There are no barriers in God
Ayda Maria Villalobos is 21 years old, from La Mesa, Cundinamarca, Colombia, currently serving with IVEP at Artisan's Hope in Harrisonburg, VA. This is copy of the testimony she recently shared at MCC ...
Mining & Mennonites: The Prophetic Role of the Church in Ibagué
José Antonio Vaca Bello is married and has two daughters. He has been a member of the Mennonite Church for more than 35 years and has carried out different responsibilities within the church at a local and nat...
Peace in the Street and the Time of Yellow Butterflies
Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog.
The Justapaz office is adorned with yellow butterflies. On cubicle dividers, windows, walls a...
A Letter from the Future
Vibrant and active young people define the LACA region. From photographing beauty in the midst of structural injustice to show Haiti on its own terms, to the fight for conscientious objection in Nicaragua, to l...
Moving Beyond Yes or No: The Search for Prodigal Peace in Colombia
Bonnie Klassen is the Area Director for South America and Mexico. She lives in Bogota, Colombia.
I still remember when the Caguan Peace Talks between the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed For...
Hospitality in Quito
Elizabeth Phelps is a co-representative for MCC Colombia. This blog is part of our ongoing series on migration.
There is a small Mennonite church in Quito, Ecuador, that has opened its doors to refugees from ...
Colombia’s long road to bread and peace
Angélica Rincón could not stop smiling. All around her, crowds of people cheered and waved signs, banners and Colombian flags. Rincón – like others who have worked with MCC Colombia’s partners – had longed for...
Desiring Peace in Colombia: Chocoanos Protest Government Abandonment in Nonviolent Civic Strike
Carrie Vereide and Daniel Christie live and work in Choco, Colombia as part of MCC's Seed program.
August 24th marked a historic day for Colombia. The negotiations between the Colombian government and the R...
Colombian Anabaptist Perspectives on the Peace Accords
Wednesday, August 24 was an historic day in Colombia: the national government and FARC guerrilla group announced that they had reached an agreement after nearly four year of negotiations, effectively ending the...
Hospitality, Boyasence Style
Anna Vogt is the Regional Advocacy and Context Analyst. This post was originally published on her personal blog.
I have never felt so welcomed in a place as I did in Turmeque over the last MCC retreat. I ha...