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MVS Minute #01: What does MVS smell like?

​What does Mennonite Voluntary Service smell👃like? Let Anna Ludders with the MVS San Francisco unit tell you! To learn more about MVS (smells and all!), go to the Mennonite Voluntary Service web page. 

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