MWR : Articles : Jan. 23, 2006

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Articles : Jan. 23, 2006

Retracing a journey with friends of faith

Important streams in the history of Mennonite missions and the encounter between Mennonites and their Native American neighbors will converge at a gathering in Clinton, Okla., in several weeks.

Student’s path leads back to Belarus

KLAIPEDA, Lithuania — Being a college student is an experience Suzanna Krivulskaya never takes for granted.
Private land development deal raises concerns among some Mennonites

A speculative land deal in the works in southern Ukraine is causing concern among North American Mennonite groups with ties to the former Soviet state.
For disabled, a better way to travel

MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. — Most of Kirby Goering’s experiences with Mennonite Central Committee in Zambia in 1969-70 were pleasant.
Nigerian Bible college trains its first group of new church leaders

UYO, Nigeria — Etim Akpan Usen biked 1,800 miles on his Hero one-speed through shirt-drenching heat and rain to receive his certificate from Mennonite Bible College.

Memories of an icon’s visit

NORTH NEWTON, Kan. — After 46 years and waves of history to wade through, it’s hard to remember details of Martin Luther King Jr.’s visit to Bethel College on Jan. 21, 1960.
Leader who fled Vietnam speaks to EMM

SALUNGA, Pa. — After fleeing Vietnam and hiding for a year in Cambodia, Mennonite house church leader Truong Tri Hien shared some of the difficulties facing the Vietnamese church with the Eastern Mennonite Missions board Dec. 2.
EMM opens new work in Bulgaria

LANDISVILLE, Pa. — Lamar and Pat Myers are empty-nesters now. They’re grandparents, too, but they’re about to become pioneers in the mission field of Eastern Europe.
‘Seminary’ in a Kansas prison

HESSTON, Kan. — A Hesston College professor last fall taught a class for future ministers in an unlikely place — a state penitentiary.
Aiding ‘forgotten community’

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — An Eastern Mennonite Missions staff member and Vietnamese Mennonites from Delaware helped the Asian community of a fishing village recover from Hurricane Katrina.