Simple living

Unit tour
Alamosa
Mennonite Voluntary Service
Photo by Ali Zolghadr on Unsplash
Mangos remind us to welcome a stranger
By Emily Keefer
Alamosa
Hitsuji House
Kazutomo Aratani Epp and Architect Masayuki Nagata
Mennonite Voluntary Service
Hannah Lehman, Lleyton Stutzman and Juan Witmer are participants in the 2025-26 Tucson, Arizona, Mennonite Voluntary Service unit.
Follow Jesus 25
Leigha Stoltzfus, with daughter Naomi napping on her back, addresses attendees at the 'What You Do Next Matters' seminar at Follow Jesus 25. Photo by Travis Duerksen.
2020 Service Adventure unit enjoying the outdoors in Alaska: Kelby Youngberg, Isaiah Fellers, and Ginny Miller.
Emily Keefer and her grandmother, Esther. Photo provided.
Service Adventure
Northern lights in Alaska
Menno Village
Akiko Aratani and Ray Epp’s family, from left: Kazutomo, Ayame ( our granddaughter), Yohei, Mai, Ken, Akiko, Toshiharu and Ray.
MVS
Joanna Lawrence Shenk (far right), with the 2024-25 San Francisco MVS participants: Conrad Liechty, Sav Roth Walter and Ana Esperanza Neufeld Weaver. Photo by Milo Jones.
MVS = community commitment
By Travis Duerksen
United States