Mennonite Weekly Review

Articles : Washington Witness by Sitther

April 25, 2011 issue

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  Keep Colombia in our hearts

  Perry Renteria, 28, was a motorcycle taxi driver in the Choco province of Colombia. Renteria, along with his wife and child, were members of a Mennonite Brethren church.

  In 2009 a paramilitary group threatened Renteria and forced him to work for them. He drove his motorcycle taxi for the paramilitary but decided one day to stop his support.

April 26, 2010 issue

• Building Haiti with justice

  On Jan. 12 in Haiti the world witnessed one of the most catastrophic events in recent history. The earthquake that struck that day brought attention to a nation that has suffered injustice for generations.

Oct. 26, 2009 issue

• Toward peace in Afghanistan

  The debate is on. The public, the media and politicians are expressing their opinions on what must be done to bring peace and security in Afghanistan.

April 27, 2009 issue

• Colombia’s ongoing struggle

  Almost two years ago I visited Colombia as part of a Mennonite Central Committee learning tour. While there I met Pastor Rosendo Romero. At that time Pastor Romero was living with his family in an area where Colombia’s paramilitary demobilization took place.

Oct. 27, 2008 issue

• Sharing: the fast we choose

  Tonight as we sleep, 16,000 children will die across the world due to hunger-related causes. This will add up to almost 6 million children this year alone. Another 153 million children under the age of 5 will remain malnourished.

April 28, 2008 issue

• Support Colombia’s victims

  “What you experience only in your nightmare is our daily reality,” explained a rural church member on my trip to Colombia last year. She was responding to my question about government claims that violence has decreased in Colombia.

Sept. 24, 2007 issue

• The benefits of true Jubilee

  The year 2007 was declared as the Jubilee Year by Jubilee USA Network, a coalition of faith-based organizations that work toward debt cancellation for developing nations.

April 23, 2007 issue

• Keeping faith in Colombia

  I do not have hope, but I have faith. — Hector Mondragón

Oct. 23, 2006 issue

• Colombia: a call for peace

  “When armed men came into one of our churches and kidnapped some of its members, we felt the same terror that was felt in the Amish schoolhouse,” Ricardo Esquivia, a Mennonite peace leader from Colombia, stated in a meeting with Rep. Joe Pitts’ office on Oct. 5. Pitts represents Lancaster County, Pa.

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