Mennonite World Review

Articles : Latin America and Caribbean

April 29 issue

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  Photo by Linda Shelly/MMN

  Partners reunite in Ecuador and Colombia

  QUITO, Ecuador — Members of U.S., Ecuador and Colombia Mennonite churches gathered for a time of learning and fellowship in March.

  Representatives from Central Plains Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA, Mennonite Mission Network and IMCOL (the Colombia Mennonite Church) visited with congregations in Quito and Riobamba before traveling to Bogotá, Colombia, along with representatives of the Ecuador churches.

March 18 issue

• EMM works to prevent child sexual abuse in southern Chile

  CHILOE, Chile — On the islands of southern Chile, where government studies indicate as many as seven out of 10 children are being sexually abused, Eastern Mennonite Missions worker Noemi Teeter fights for their well-being with sexual abuse prevention seminars.

March 4 issue

• Southern Cone churches meet in Chile for first time

  Angostura de Paine, Chile — After a two-year delay due to a massive earthquake in 2010, the biennial gathering of the Mennonites of the Southern Cone took place in Chile for the first time Jan. 23-27.

Jan. 21 issue

• MCC works to eliminate Haiti’s temporary housing

  Almost three years after a massive earthquake devastated Haiti, Mennonite Central Committee continues to address long-term needs for housing and sustainable livelihoods.

Dec. 10, 2012 issue

• Argentina ministry touched both indigenous and infirm

  Esteban and Susana González Zugasti cherished their visits with the indigenous communities in the Chaco region of Argentina, where they, along with their three children, are mission workers.

Nov. 26, 2012 issue

• MCC responds to Sandy’s devastation in Haiti

  AKRON, Pa. — Before Hurricane Sandy devastated homes, beaches and entire communities in New Jersey and New York, the storm dumped as many as 20 inches of rain on parts of Haiti.

April 16, 2012 issue

• Church planters press into new territories in Guatemala

  CAHABON, Guatemala — Before moving to Nuevo Esperanza in January, K’ekchi’ church planter Mariano Choc had been traveling four hours every week — on foot — to plant a church there.

April 2, 2012 issue

• Haitian pastor, family attacked

  A group of robbers attacked an orphanage in Haiti early on March 19, killing one person and raping another. They injured at least three others, including Mennonite Pastor Lesly Ber­trand.

March 12, 2012 issue

• Help offered for Low German-speaking addicts

  WINKLER, Man. — Thanks to Ed Zachar­i­as, Low German speakers around the world struggling with alcoholism will now be able to learn how to take it een dach opp eemol (one day at a time).

Feb. 6, 2012 issue

• Honduran Mennonite pastor murdered

  Rafael Erasmo Arevalo, 42, a Mennonite pastor in Honduras, was attacked and killed after leading an evening worship service in Veracruz on Jan. 22.

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