For a person who never intended to study engineering, Jaimee Schmidt can get pretty excited about toilet design. But what the Richmond Park MB Church, Brandon, Man., member loves even…
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WINNIPEG Joan and James Alty have lived and served in South Africa for six years, but they still feel attached to their Canadian home church, Crossroads Mennonite Brethren, Winnipeg. The…
It was a simple choice that set an unexpected life trajectory which guides a family on mission into the third generation. In the 1960s, a newly-minted U.S. Mennonite teacher chose…
Pastor Ruben Zuniga, who just celebrated 19 years of ministry in B.C., went on his first mission trip – to his homeland, Mexico – this summer.
The year was 1945. World War II had ended just months before. Clara was busy packing and getting ready for a journey into the unknown, the Belgian Congo. She and…
More than a year ago, a member of our 50-plus Life Group at West Portal Church, Saskatoon, said, “I’m tired of just sending my kids on mission trips – why can’t we go?!”
Janelle Hume didn’t like missions. Missionaries always appeared too holy and righteous. They definitely weren’t attractive people with an attractive lifestyle.
But experience can change a young person’s impressions dramatically. And that’s what happened to Janelle.