Kathryn and Daniel Smith Derksen

South Africa

 

 

https://www.mennonitemission.net/workers/Africa/South Africa/Kathryn and Daniel Smith Derksen

Daniel and Kathryn Smith Derksen and their two children, Jacob and John-Clair, serve in Cape Town, South Africa.

 

 

Kathryn and Daniel Smith Derksen

Kathryn and Daniel Smith Derksen

Dan and Kathryn provide logistical support, develop peacebuilding programs, and engage partners in program development. They serve with the Southern African Development and Reconstruction Agency.

<div class="ExternalClass57F00315D3DC42F98C544BF613CB6E7C"><div class="HomeCongregation"><span class="congregationName">Evergreen Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Kirkland, Washington</span></div></div>

<div class="ExternalClassC42DCF20FCC745348843235A219D43C7"><div class="SupportingCongregations"><span class="congregationName">Evergreen Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Kirkland, Washington</span><span class="congregationName">Northminster Presbyterian Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Seattle, Washington</span><span class="congregationName">University Christian Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Seattle, Washington</span><span class="congregationName">Seattle Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Seattle, Washington</span><span class="congregationName">Tabor Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Newton, Kansas</span><span class="congregationName">Grace Hill Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Whitewater, Kansas</span><span class="congregationName">Shalom Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Newton, Kansas</span><span class="congregationName">First Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Halstead, Kansas</span><span class="congregationName">West Union Mennonite Church</span><span class="congregationLocation">Parnell, Iowa</span></div></div>

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