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YAMEN: Planting seeds of goodwill, transforming communities
Sheila Rivera Plúa first heard about YAMEN eight years ago, when her parents became hosts for a YAMEN participant serving in her home city of Manta in Ecuador. “YAMEN* is an excellent program for professional, spiritual and personal growth,” Sheila Rivera Plúa says. “And this happens when you’re willing to grow, to step outside your comfort zone, and to embrace the place and culture you’re in.” She is currently serving a one-year service assignment in Arusha, Tanzania, the home city of
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A pastoral letter from Anabaptists in Ecuador
A state of “internal armed conflict” has been declared in Ecuador since January 2024. The government continues to struggle against violence from organized crime groups. The three Mennonite national churches in Ecuador – Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Ecuatoriana (IEME – MWC member church), Iglesia Cristiana Anabautista Menonita de Ecuador (ICAME), Iglesia Cristiana Menonita (ICME) – call…
