Mennonite World Review

Articles : Eastern Mennonite Missions

March 4 issue

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  Photo by Courtney Mast/EMM

  EMM trio care for abandoned children in Kenya

  LITEIN, Kenya — Though Litein doesn’t show up on most maps, three young women serving through Eastern Mennonite Missions’ GO! program have found their way to this hilly corner of rural Kenya.

  Courtney Mast, Mallory Beiler and Olivia Kruis live and work in Litein, helping care for 52 children — orphans, the children of a prostitute and children who were simply discarded.

Feb. 4 issue

• Team to reach out to Muslims with focus on Christ’s peace

  SALUNGA, Pa. — Eastern Mennonite Missions’ new Christian/Muslim Relations Team wants to equip Christians around the world for life-giving interaction with Muslims.

Dec. 24, 2012 issue

• West African church commissions first missionaries

  CATEL, Guinea-Bissau — Catel Mennonite Church joyfully commissioned five men as missionaries to five villages Nov. 18. The commissioning marks a milestone in the development of the 7-year-old church.

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

• Groups respond to machete attacks

  NAIROBI, Kenya — For three days in late February, about 2,000 youth armed with machetes attacked villages in inter-ethnic violence east of Kisumu, an area where the Kenya Mennonite Church has a strong presence.

March 5, 2012 issue

• EMM helps establish new outpost in southern Sudan

  MOROBO, South Sudan — In January, Eastern Mennonite Missions worker Hedi Lee helped install two long-term East African missionaries in Morobo, a community tied to a transformative moment in her life.

Feb. 13, 2012 issue

• Kenyans write book on their history

  NAIROBI, Kenya — Nine Kenyan delegates and three editors gathered at the Mennonite Guest House the last week in January to proof the manuscript of a history of the Kenya Mennonite Church.

Jan. 2, 2012 issue

• Peruvian villagers welcome health team

  CUSCO, Peru — Mary Dunn and her Eastern Mennonite Missions team recently took a break from clinics and lessons about nutrition and sanitation to distribute something just as important — sweets and gifts.

Oct. 31, 2011 issue

• Holy Spirit gives power for mission

  MEDAN, Indonesia — In the mountains near an active volcano, an Indonesian Mennonite had an unusually productive harvest of chili peppers last year. He used the proceeds to buy his church a van for mission trips. His pastor objected.

Aug. 1, 2011 issue

• Native of Kenya to lead EMM

  SALUNGA, Pa. — A Maryland pastor who was born and raised in Kenya will be the next president of Eastern Mennonite Missions.

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