Blog series: Young Adults in Mission

Cultural Exchange and Applied Anabaptism: A Journey From Indonesia to the USA

By Heri Purwanto | Posted on February 5, 2017

We, as Anabaptists, should place Jesus Christ at the center of our faith, community at the center of our lives, and reconciliation at the center of our work.1 As part of the Anabaptist community in Indonesia, I want to be able to implement these three key principles in my own life, though it is often […]

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Serving Colombia from Indonesia

By Rut Asari | Posted on November 10, 2016

I am grateful that I was born and raised in Indonesia, the world’s largest island country situated in Southeast Asia near Malaysia and the Philippines. Growing up, I always thought missionaries were mostly white people from the United States, Canada, or Europe; I never realized someone from Asia could serve God in this way. However, […]

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It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday

By Andi O. Santoso | Posted on October 12, 2016

I enjoy music, and I love Boyz II Men. Of their songs, one of my favorites is “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday”. Even when we’re excited about the future, it can be difficult to let go of the past. This was my experience as a participant in the discipleship training program of […]

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The Impossible Invisibility of the Poor

By Katerina Parsons | Posted on September 20, 2016

Roberto Sosa, a Honduran poet, wrote: “The poor are many: that is why it is impossible to forget them.” Yet somehow, daily, we manage to do the impossible. I am living in one of the poorest countries in the Western hemisphere where, according to the World Bank, one-third of the people live in extreme poverty, […]

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A Journey from Kenya to Coneflower Farm

By Wanza Mwenda | Posted on September 6, 2016

The following piece is the first entry in our new Anabaptist Young Adults in Mission Blog Series, sharing reflections on Anabaptist identity and engaging in different cultural contexts than one’s own. The author, Wanza Mwenda, is currently working with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) partners in her home country, Kenya, where she builds sand dams to […]

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Anabaptist Young Adults in Mission Blog Series: Introduction

By Sarah Werner | Posted on August 21, 2016

Welcome to the Anabaptist Young Adults in Mission blog series! This is the first in a series of blog posts in which current and former young adult Mennonite volunteers in mission will share their reflections on Anabaptist identity, the spiritual foundations of their work, and explore what it’s like to engage a culture that is […]

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