That I Would Go For My Family
I first saw David* sitting on a curb, his frame outlined against the Suchiate River in the distance. The Suchiate separates Mexico from Guatemala, a natural border turned political. To the right of us stood the...
Returned to Honduras
SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras ‒ The cellphone vibrates against David’s pant pocket as he rides on the bus, but he does not dare pick it up. It is risky to use his phone because it’s an easy target for thef...
Gender equality as presupposition: the story of ANADES in El Salvador
Founded among women of rural base communities towards the end of El Salvador’s brutal civil war of the 1980s, the Asociacion Nuevo Amanecer de El Salvador (ANADES) has a long history of accompanying colectivos ...
Introducing Konbit Peyizan
For 37 years, the Haitian staff who operated from MCC’s office in the town of Desarmes have walked for miles every day, up mountains and through rivers in Haiti’s Artibonite Department, to work in remote and vu...
“Lord, the people are crying … “
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Lars Ackerson is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator for MCC-Honduras.
March 7, 2019
Buenos dias! I’m Lars Akerson (pictured right), the Connecting P...
Faith, and meanwhile, … coffee!
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John Fredy Chocue Parra works with MCC SEED—Colombia.
“...that is why it depends on faith, in order that the promise may rest on grace and be guaranteed to all his...
Development as Community
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Rebekah and Derrick Charles are the Country Representatives for MCC Nicaragua & Costa Rica.
A little while back, our team had a discussion on Amartya Sen's D...
What’s in the bag? Hope
Wendy Vado is the Connecting Peoples Coordinator with MCC Nicaragua/Costa Rica.
A few days ago I traveled to Colombia for a regional orientation for new MCC workers. I confess that I was not exactly excited...
A Sacred Pilgrimage
Nancy Sabas Gonzalez works with MCC-Colombia as the Companion and Promoter of GemPaz’s regional work.
Since 2011, Luvis Diaz Chavez and Judith Navarro Martinez have demonstrated their commitment to the wome...
Andean Anabaptist Encounter — Statement on Venezuela
Elizabeth Miller is the Country Representative for MCC Colombia-Ecuador.
In November, representatives from Mennonite, Mennonite Brethren and Brethren in Christ conferences in Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Ven...