United States, Canada
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… interested. In the U.S., explore opportunities to host an IVEPer at your home or organization . … MCC’s young adult … leadership. … International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) , a yearlong cultural exchange and volunteer work …
United States
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… reflections from Monika (Penner) Pauls, who served in IVEP 1988-89, and her daughter Maren Pauls, who was in IVEP 2022-2023. Top photo: Monika (Penner) Pauls (left) lives … Pauls Monika: I never imagined, before participating in IVEP, all the things I would experience and all the …
United States
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… MCC terms. My wife, Beth, and my first involvement with IVEP began when Brooke Strayer, young adult coordinator for MCC Great Lakes, asked us to host IVEPers from other states when they came to Goshen, Indiana, … Friedenswald. Although we didn’t feel we could host an IVEPer full-time the next year, we were committed to the …
Education, Peace
Colorado
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… Our MCC Central States (CS) IVEPers gathered in Denver, Colorado, for their first retreat … cultures. Since this was the first retreat I’ve led with IVEP, I felt a strong responsibility to provide the IVEPers … and agendas and trying to predict the needs of each IVEPer. What I realized throughout the weekend was the thing …
Education
Missouri
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… from Brazil, who were in the United States as part of IVEP. We saw it as a great opportunity to learn, serve and … move on to their next adventure. … 169 … 195 … 103 … GSL … IVEP … The value of life together with the IVEPers …
United States
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… help them arrive and thrive and be a guide. Being part of IVEP and working with DLCS has given me the opportunity to … this dearly appreciated opportunity. Three days after our IVEP mid-term retreat and ten days after my birthday, I … to be worth it. Header photo caption: Daniel Otoide, an IVEPer from Nigeria working at his desk at Della Lamb …
United States, Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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… Center in Denver, Colorado, as program assistant through IVEP 2017-2018. He currently works as peacebuilding … in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Top photo: The IVEP 2017-2018 group poses expressively during orientation in …
Ohio, Great Lakes
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… through MCC's International Volunteer Exchange Program (IVEP) . Top photo: Misael Barron Kipfer, from Bolivia, plays … encourage anyone who possibly can to consider hosting an IVEPer. It is a life-changing experience! … … 190 … 74 … …
Ohio
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… Editor’s Note: Tim and Jennifer Shue have hosted four IVEP participants since 2016. For the 2024-2025 cohort, they … we receive the benefits of any leftovers! … … Our four IVEPers have all been from temperate climates, so few things demonstrate the joy of hosting an IVEPer more than seeing them experience a good Ohio snow or …
Food
Kansas
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… Header photo: Jason Schmidt (IVEP Supervisor 2022-23) at his farm, Grazing Plains Farm, in … the previous year, I had the honor to supervise an MCC IVEP participant on my dairy farm and creamery. I was … and my world felt smaller without the richness that her IVEP placement brought to us. Would I do it over again? …
United States
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… things in this season knowing that they will change. My IVEP year in 2014–2015 was the first time I lived in a place … from when I started. These seasons changed me. As an IVEP alumna, it has been a special honor for me to have the opportunity to now work with IVEP. It has been a privilege to witness God’s love and work …