Ohio
Story
… children Amos and Josiah Bixler, are hosting 2024-2025 IVEPer Elvis Otieno, who is from Kenya. Elvis serves as the … 2024. We had time to read our preparation materials from IVEP and the book Foreign to Familiar, which was helpful in … of our friends in the community and our church had hosted IVEPers as well, so we knew we had good support in this …
United States
Story
… of dollars I thought I would earn as a stipend through the IVEP service. I knew as a volunteer I did not earn a salary … forever grateful to yourself for accepting to serve as an IVEPer. They that wait upon the lord shall renew their … that God has enabled me to face all of this. For the IVEPers who are soon returning home, do what you can, don't …
Education, Peace
British Columbia
Story
… being painted, but his as well. I then realized that IVEP is not an event, it’s a space where worlds collide, it … of my and my roommate’s lives. To the imaginative, the IVEP experience is not just a year, it is the indelible pages … I left with a tranquil heart. I wouldn’t profess that the IVEP year was perfect, it was riddled with curveballs, …
Indiana
Story
… 2021, we welcomed Monica Raharjo into our home as an IVEP participant in Elkhart, Indiana. Monica fully joined in … they invited us to their home, along with another former IVEPer. It was a full house, but it was also full of laughter …
United States
Story
… Header photo: IVEP 2023-2024 participants during orientation in Akron, … funny to schedule a phone call with two of my fellow IVEPers for 6 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.! The landscape is … from Cambodia to Harleysville, Pennsylvania … 71 … 25 … IVEP … Stories of cultural exploration in the U.S. …
Illinois, Kenya
Story
… months. Editor’s note: Zilpa Charles is a 2023-2024 IVEP participant from Kenya who is serving in Chicago, … Photo courtesy of Living Works … 192 … 119 … 25 … IVEP … Exciting, nerve-wracking, amazing, enriching …
Education
Virginia
Story
… family, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, are currently hosting IVEPer Hulda Sharon, who is from Indonesia. Top photo: From … Virginia. Photo/Sinead Sargeant … 162 … 25 … 103 … IVEP … Old memories and new memories …
United States
Story
… the airport after arriving in Wichita, Kansas, following IVEP orientation, memories of my own arrival in my SALT … on farming projects. Observing as Naomi adjusted to her IVEP placement, I remembered those first days in a placement … as she finds her own place in our community. … 71 … 195 … IVEP … GSL … Seeing the value of intercultural connection …
Education
Cambodia
Story
… … My name is Phally Sok from Cambodia. I was an IVEPer year 2007-2008. I was born in a peasant family in the … I was selected to join an exchange program with MCC called IVEP where I spent one year at Heartland Farm in Kansas. Once … people, languages, seasons, and cultures. Participating in IVEP was not just an opportunity to learn about life in the …
United States
Story
… creating a peaceful environment resonate easily with our IVEP goals of growth as global citizens, learning and mutual … for me to take these ideas to heart while interacting with IVEPers, friends, neighbors and family? For me to really … in the quieter winter months ahead. … 71 … 195 … IVEP … GSL … Slow down and connect with others this season …
United States
Story
… eyes and a wide smile. Samuel Lasiti is a Kenyan MCC IVEPer volunteering with us at our Jubilee Climate Farm, an … journey — to care for one another. … … 71 … 195 … GSL … IVEP … Inspiring dedication and solidarity …