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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 assignment in Arusha, Tanzania, the home city of MWC’s
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Deep, spiritual transformation on YAMEN year
“I have always desired to see and understand the world beyond my immediate environment, to learn from diverse communities. When I learned about YAMEN’s vision for young people of global learning and service, I saw it as a platform that will expose, shape and equip me for the betterment of myself, the church and my community,” says Moses Johnson Jumbo. Moses Jumbo, a member from Mennonite Church, Inen district, Nigeria, served
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YAMEN: Opening a window onto the global church
YAMEN 2024/2025 orientation at Cambodia. Photo: Sarah Sarauniya Adamu “This service experience, without a doubt, was a beautiful gift…. Upon returning [from my service assignment], I realized that my place was at home, with my faith community, but my heart burned to return to the Indigenous Mayan Popti’ communities where I had spent my time
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A role model for others
Glory Michael Sunday is from Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria where she attends Ikot Ekang Itam Assembly, a congregation of MWC member church Mennonite Church Nigeria. She’s currently nearing the end of her term with YAMEN (Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network) serving as a teacher at P4T Nursery and Primary School in Kyangwali Refugee Camp
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Healing wounds through art
A YAMEN experience Bogotá, Colombia – For Keila Viana, seeing how art can heal wounds deepened her understanding of God and his love during her international service in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “I believe that during this time God worked a lot in my life,” says Viana, a 22-year-old young adult from the Iglesia Evangélica Menonita
