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Wilmington College Students Visit FUM–Belize

Students from Wilmington College, led by WC Campus Minister Nancy McCormick, spent their Spring Break, March 8–15, in Belize at Belize Friends School, Centre, and Church, in Belize City. They volunteered in a number of capacities while there, including painting school rooms, leading games, and holding crafts sessions with children from the school’s neighborhood. Here are some of their reflections:

John Muhanji, FUM Director of African Ministries, Takes Sabbatical

Friends United Meeting’s Director of African Ministries, John Muhanji, will be on a three-month sabbatical leave from March through May. During this time he will be a scholar-in-residence at Pendle Hill Study and Retreat Center in Pennsylvania for ten weeks, during which he will be able to share in the daily rhythm of learning, work, and worship with other program leaders and scholars. His main objective is to showcase the African voice in Quaker theology. In his absence all office and farm operations will be taken care of by the able staff at the FUM Africa Ministries Office. We wish John well as he takes time away to re-energize and hope that the time spent at Pendle Hill will give him access to experiences he would never be able to come across within his area of jurisdiction, and that the knowledge acquired during the program will be shared through written journals for the Quaker audience.

Ambwere Farm Welcomes New Manager

The FUM Sustainability Committee together with FUM staff at large are pleased to welcome John Kibet Sitienei who is joining the team in the capacity of Farm Manager at the FUM Ambwere Farm in Kitale, Kenya. John comes in with vast experience in farm technical operations. He holds a Masters in Seed Science Technology from University of Eldoret and has been privileged to work with Kenya Seed Company among other prestigious seed production companies in Kenya. He has made various achievements in his career and has worked as a team player level as well as a manager. Apart from farm operations he enjoys spending time with his his wife and four children. We wish him well as he joins the team in this third season of planting at the FUM Ambwere Farm.

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Sweet Caroline

The sunbeams off the lake streamed through my sister’s veil, as she danced. Near sunset that kind of light is Rumplestiltskin, spinning everything into gold, and this evening did not disappoint. The watery light lit her dress, the twinkling decorations, the smiles on friends’ faces, and our father’s red-white hair.

Psalm #139

I praise Your decision to make Eve and Adam free with the stipulation that they walk humbly.

Intending and Letting Go

At the end of the year retreat, the QVS Fellows and I gathered in idyllic Vermont to reflect upon the past year and set intentions for the next. One way we did this was to build a cairn in the middle of one of the many rivulets that vein their way through the Green Mountains.

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An Enduring Truth

Throughout our history, the people known as Friends (or Quakers) keep rediscovering an essential and enduring truth: There is one who speaks to our most basic needs and most significant hopes—Christ Jesus the Lord. Both individually and communally, we are learning to know and follow the Voice that guides us in the way we should go. Together, we seek to understand and obey that truth which sets us free. As a people, we share in the experience of that powerful life which makes all things new. Maybe you are searching for an authentic and transforming faith and community to call home—if so, come in and join us as we seek to know and follow Christ.