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Here’s an exciting opportunity for you all! The SEED program consists of three different aspects: reflection/education, service and advocacy. As part of the advocacy component, we are in the planning stages of organizing a special delegation of our families and friends to come to Colombia and see for themselves the work of MCC here in

The Caribbean Coast is a beautiful place! It’s lush and green and tropical. Everywhere we look, something edible is growing- from bananas to papayas to grapefruit to unidentifiable tropical fruits. Cows, chickens and pigs roam the countryside. The Caribbean Ocean, former home of slave traders and pirates, is warm and beautiful. The beach is lined

Over the last week, all of the Seeders have been leaving Bogota to go to our placements. Erica and Daniela left first last Sunday, and the rest have been leaving day by day. The four of us that are going to the Caribbean coast are leaving last, bright and early Monday morning. We are heading

I was walking home from the park the other day reflecting with my friend Larisa about the conversations we both had before coming to Colombia with friends and family. A number of times, I was told to watch out for drug traffickers, or, jokingly told that I could come back to Canada rich if I

(sometimes, after a long week of discussing development and theological differences, it’s good to join the rest of Bogota in flying kites to celebrate the Accession of Mary) Does time, as it passes, really destroy? It may rip the fortress from its rock; But can this heart, that belongs to God, be torn from Him

Peace week! We looked at many different ways of building peace, from the bottom up through grassroots movements, to laws and international activities. Peace is so much more creative than conflict! Over and over, it was stressed that we must examine ourselves and our personal approaches to conflict, lifestyle and peace. The need for coherence

I was going to write a nice list of facts about the armed conflict in Colombia, our theme of the week. For example, did you know that there have been more disappeared persons in Colombia, a country that boasts having the longest democracy in Latin America, than in Chile or Argentina, during the high of

After a very full week of Colombian history, a relaxing four day retreat of getting to know the entire MCC Colombia team, we have finished as intensive week of studying economy, both that of Colombia and our own. On Monday, we looked at the structural power of our respective countries and economies, looking at the

What do you think of when you hear the word culture? What is Canadian culture? What best represents Canadian culture? What is Colombian culture? How is culture even defined in the first place? In case you can’t guess, last week was all about exploring culture, both our own and here in Colombia. To start the

Life in Bogota continues, each day faster than the other! I’m living in what is known here as the Mennonite Barrio. Many of the leaders of the Mennonite Church of Colombia live here; I’m staying with the son of one of the pastors, while his wife and two-year old twins are in Canada for paperwork.