Last month we took a team from the Canadian Foodgrains Bank out to visit our Agricultural and Livelihoods project with long term MCC partner Organization To Develop Our Villages. We spent two days visiting ‘old’ farmers who are graduating from the project this year. These farmers were all living below the poverty line and going…
43rd Birthday
I turned Forty Three this month. After the sudden death of my Father in 2024 and my health emergency in 2025, I’m feeling very glad to be alive for another year. Not that I’m not always glad to be alive but sometimes – in all the day to day bustle – it can be easy…
Thanksgiving 2025
November was a busy month with many visitors, events, and tasks. Because of this we celebrated American Thanksgiving a little early this year on the Saturday before. This year welcomed MCC Alumni and long time regional Peace Educator Max Ediger, our Connecting Peoples Coordinator Minear, and the current class of SALT/YAMEN participants. Altogether they represented…
No coincidences with God – Experience of Service in Cambodia
Bell, the second YAMEN participant from Myanmar, is volunteering with one of our local partners, Mission DOVE, and was recently interviewed for their blog. I thought that I’d share her responses here as well. “My name is Bell, and I’m from Myanmar. I’m currently a volunteer teacher at Mission Dove, teaching Level 6 students. Even though…
Peace Club Explorative Visit Learning Tour
In August 2025, MCC India and MCC Bangladesh made an explorative visit to MCC Cambodia’s Peaceful Education in Rural Primary Schools program in Prey Veng province. This learning tour was intended to promote the mutual exchange of knowledge and to share the results of MCC Cambodia’s efforts to localize the Peace Club curriculum to the…
2025 Asia Peace Practitioners Research Conference
The day after returning from itineration in the US and Canada I hopped an early bus to Siem Reap to attend the 2025 Asian Peace Practitioners Research Conference (PPRC). The PPRC is designed for peace practitioners, advocates, researchers, and anyone committed to peace in Asia to come together and discuss important topics in peacebuilding in…
Two New Positions with MCC Cambodia & Myanmar
Three years go fast. We’re once again looking for people to join our team to support incredible partners who are doing inspiring work in Cambodia and Myanmar. This time around we have two open Partner Advisor positions. Both positions will accompany and strengthen the capacity of local MCC partners in the areas that where they’ve…
Summer 2025 Itineration
We were blessed to be invited to share about MCC’s ministry at a different Mennonite church every Sunday during our 5-week home leave. I thought I’d share a brief outline of the churches that hosted us during this itineration. I’m not going to share about visits with family here but we did bury my Father’s…
Update from Hualien on Super Typhoon Ragasa
Last week Taiwan was struck by Super Typhoon Ragasa. In Hualien, where we visited Mennonite ministries in June, at least 18 people were killed, 300 injured, and more than 7000 were displaced. I wanted to share an update from the Mennonite Christian Hospital in Hualien, Taiwan on their response to the disaster. Rain or shine,…
Peace Clubs and a Bombshell
Last month I traveled to Prey Veng province to sign Peace Club agreements with two new rural Primary Schools. I’ve written about the importance of doing this in person before – our work is about more than tasks, it’s about relationships. Also, when I go to meet the people participating in our projects directly, I…