Hope

Shoulder tapping
​Biz Bomberger (right) plays soccer at a youth camp during his participation in a Youth Venture trip to Peru. Photo provided. 
Spotlight and backstage: the drama of Youth Venture
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
United States
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MVS gears up for annual local leaders’ gathering
Mennonite Mission Network staff
United States
Returning home
​These youth and children hand out meals on the International Day of Peace as part of the Colombia Mennonite Church's celebration called "Pan y Paz" (Bread and Peace). This distribution of food symbolizes that justice making (everyone needs something to eat) is integral to peace-making. Photo by Kelly Frey Martin.
Transformed by Colombia
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
Colombia
Thailand
​Memee Yang (right) prays for Song Vang at the Thailand Sister Care seminar held Jan. 20-22
“Women talking is like a sweet candy” – Sister Care in Thailand
By Carolyn Heggen and Rhoda Keener
Thailand
Mission legacy
​Mary Hope Wood Stucky shares Bible stories and prayer with the children at bedtime in the Cachipay
Mission worker in Colombia leaves 75-year legacy
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
Colombia
Migrant advocacy
​Humane Borders publishes a map that tracks the deaths of migrants fleeing beyond the U.S.-Mexico border into the Sonoran Desert where they die from heat
The death and deferment of migrant dreams
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
United States
Grief Ministry
​The album cover of 'Chloe and Me: Because Love Never Ends
Navigating grief in our bodies: Dealing with ‘an unspeakable loss’
By Cindy and Herm Weaver for The Mennonite
United States
Serving others
​Michelle Schrag
Wheat harvests, home repairs, and honoring immigrants
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
United States
Career Corner
Photo by Ben Earwicker.
Exploring Anabaptism
​Clever Mashiant (right) of the Shuar indigenous group in the Ecuadorian Amazon reflects with Jerrell Ross Richer on following Christ in ways that are authentic in a multicultural context. Photo by Jane Ross Richer. 
future hope
Bishop L.W. Francisco (center) of Calvary Community Church
Mennonite Church USA ‘Hope’ gathering stresses peace with justice
By Mennonite Church USA and Mennonite Mission Network staff
United States
Border Wall
​Arloa Bontrager
The wound in the wall
By Laurie Oswald Robinson
United States