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By Jane Morrow
First Mennonite Church of San Francisco
50 years of MVS
MVS celebrates 50 years in San Francisco
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
Just Peace Pilgrimage
A pilgrimage of learning … and unlearning
Miriam Offe volunteered at a head start preschool in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, during her time in Service Adventure in 2023.
Service Adventure
What’s the impact of Service Adventure for a host community?
The pilgrimage included a tour of Monument Valley, on the ancestral land of the Navajo Nation. Monument Valley is considered sacred by the Navajo people. Despite this, it was mined for uranium in the 1940s-60s, leaving behind nuclear waste, abandoned mines, and numerous health hazards for the local Indigenous population. Photo by Myrna Krehbiel.
Solidarity Pilgrimage
Solidarity pilgrimage in Navajoland
Mya Cook looks up at a cross placed on the border wall. Photo by Jonathan Wenger.
Christ at the Borders
First Mennonite Church group experiences Christ at the Borders
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.
Retirement
Hollinger-Janzen retires after more than four decades of mission 
By Jane Morrow
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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.
Just Peace Pilgrimage
The group spent Saturday afternoon on Chapman’s Peak, a mountain with a sheer western face overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Steve Schallert, Director of International Solidarity at Iziko Lamaqabane, had the pilgrims reflect on the trip and create a roadmap for themselves for one week, one month, and one year after they return home to their normal lives.
Service Adventure
Miriam Offe volunteered at a head start preschool in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, during her time in Service Adventure in 2023.
Unit tour
Savannah Roth Walter, Ana Esperanza Neufeld Weaver and Milo Jones along the coast in San Francisco
Unit tour
Alamosa
Anchorage Service Adventure
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