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Learning tour, Ghana
From left: Yvonne Maati Platts of Mosaic Conference, Sibonokuhle Ncube of Mennonite Mission Network, Lauren Francisco of C3 Hampton, Janice Bolden of Enon Tabernacle, Philadelphia, and Wil LaVeist of Mennonite Mission Network. (Not pictured is Pastor Felix Rocha of Evangelical Garifuna Church, New Orleans, who joined the delegation the following day).
Why church unity?
By Wil LaVeist
Ghana
Stories from 2025
Participants on a Just Peace Pilgrimage to the lands of Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation were greeted by Pahto (Mt. Adams), a sacred mountain at the center of Yakama cosmology. Photo by Bruce Kuhns.
Stories from 2025
Sawatzky and Teguh Karyanto, STAKWW professor and Sawatzky's host, share conversation over a meal. Photo provided.
Gift guide
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Obituary
Bob Tolle
Advent reflection
By Brandt Waldemar on Unsplash
MVS
While some units have access to a vehicle, every group gets well accustomed to local public transportation and biking as means of getting around. The 2023-24 MVS Tucson unit on a weekend biking outing around the city. Left to right: Hannah Nuest, Deborah Yoder, Magdalena Wenger, Nely Cotuc, and Ally Weaver. Photo by Hanna Nuest.
Retirement
From back left, Daniel Goldschmidt-Nussbaumer, a Mennonite Board of Missions doctor from France, and Saturnin Afaton, a Beninese lawyer. From front left, Rebecca Assani, an Apostolic Church educator, and Lynda Hollinger-Janzen begin a river crossing in a pirogue (dugout canoe) during a community health trip to Gbeko in 1987.
History series
Anicka Fast (third from left) listens as Felo Gabriel talks with fellow biography-workshop writers in Kinshasa, DRC about choosing their biography subjects. Photo provided. 
Hitsuji House
Kazutomo Aratani Epp and Architect Masayuki Nagata
Urgent prayer request
Mennonite Christian Hospital set up a medical station at the church in Matai’an Village to provide care for the disaster-affected residents.