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odd node-lang-en node-full ia-n clearfix" about="/en/stories/they-just-want-me-learn" typeof="sioc:Item foaf:Document" role="article"> <div class="node-inner"> <header class="node-header"> <nav class="clearfix"> <strong>Read this in:</strong> <ul class="links inline"><li class="es first"><a href="/es/stories/solo-quieren-que-yo-aprenda" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li><li class="fr last"><a href="/fr/stories/ils-veulent-simplement-que-japprenne" class="language-link" xml:lang="fr">Français</a></li></ul> </nav> <p class="submitted"><strong>Posted:</strong> October 18, 2024 </p> </header> <span property="dc:title" content="They just want me to learn" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="node-content"> <div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><figure class="clearfix field-item even"><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/featured-images/yamen_2.jpg"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-medium" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/featured-images/yamen_2.jpg?itok=CTwxX9TD" width="390" height="290" alt="" /></a></figure></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-featured-caption field-type-text field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Arni Alice Paidjo </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden view-mode-full"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>From Indonesia to Bolivia – a <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/en/yamen">YAMEN</a> year through the five senses: </p> <ul> <li>Taste: fresh food (especially the meat) </li> <li>Touch: tight hugs and kissing the cheeks with sound </li> <li>Smell: sun on the skin </li> <li>Hear: noise of a city (microbuses, taxis, people who talk loudly, etc.) </li> <li>Feel: like home </li> </ul> <p>This is how Arni Alice Paidjo describes her time in Bolivia, Santa Cruz. The member of Gereja Kristen Muria Indonesia (Muria Christian Church of Indonesia, GKMI) in Salatiga, Indonesia, served with YAMEN 2023-2024. </p> <p>The Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) program is a joint program between Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). It emphasizes expanding the fellowship between churches in the Anabaptist tradition and developing young leaders around the globe. </p> <p>Participants spend one year in a cross-cultural assignment starting in August and ending the following July. </p> <p>Participants are drawn by MCC’s work in peace, relief and development; the opportunity to meet and learn from other young adults coming from different countries; and the exposure to learn a new language, and new ways of living and to practice new skills. </p> <p>They experience an immersion into living out unity and building peace. </p> <p>Even before she had learned much Spanish, the young persons’ group at the local church she was attending invited her to their retreat and the leaders invited her to join the worship music team. There was an open invitation to youth Bible study every Tuesday and Saturday and to just eat ice cream after the Sunday service. </p> <p>“Those young peoples are now my close friends,” Arni Alice Paidjo said. </p> <p>“They don’t care where I come from, they just want me to learn many things from their church. </p> <p>“Living out unity is when we begin to learn to open ourselves to other people who are very different from each other, bringing them to know God through us, making them feel accepted and giving them the opportunity to do good things together,” she said. </p> <p>“Building peace is when you start to open yourself to know that you are different from each other and at the same time you healthy relations everywhere.” </p> <p>The deluge of new experiences in her YAMEN year pushed Arni Alice Paidjo to lean in to following Jesus. “I can find God so easy when everything around me are superfine…..When the difficult times are showing up, I can so easily judge and not believe for a while. So when I can still believe in God in every situations – good or bad, I can trust God. When I do that, just go and follow Jesus.” </p> <hr /> <h2>More YAMENers speak: </h2> <table style="width:100%"> <tr> <td style="border-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="image" style="display:inline-block"><img alt="" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/website_files_2020/2024-02-yamen-deboral.jpg" width="250" /> <figcaption>Debora L</figcaption> </figure> </div> </td> <td style="border-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)"> <div style="text-align:center"> <figure class="image" style="display:inline-block"><img alt="" height="250" src="/sites/default/files/website_files_2020/2024-02-yamen-priscillamensah-pro-zd9tef1k.jpeg" width="188" /> <figcaption>Priscilla Mensah</figcaption> </figure> </div> </td> </tr> </table> <p>“I believe the meaning of life goes beyond achieving personal goals. YAMEN opens the door to serving others in a new culture and with new people, which will broaden my perspective of life, God and the world around me.” <em>— Debora L, member of Meserete Kristos Church (MKC), Kebena local congregation in Addis Ababa, serving in Kenya. (2024-2025) </em></p> <hr /> <p>“I am learning how to adapt, accept and love this new church community without comparing it to others or the one at home,” she said. Living out unity without comparisons means “there will be love that can unite us all.” <em>— Priscilla Mensah, member of Ghana Mennonite Church, Dalive congregation, serving in Uganda (2024-205) </em></p> <hr /> <p>“Escuchar la idea de servir en otro país, conforme a mis habilidades me llenó de mucha satisfacción, pues podría seguir desarrollándome a mí mismo tanto como cristiano y como profesional, pero también podría aportar de lo que he llevar un poco de la cultura de R.D a otro país es increíble.” <em>— Dany Familia, member of Iglesia Evangélica Menonita Preeminencia del amor, Banica, part of Conferencia Evangélica Menonita, Inc., Dominican Republic, serving in Honduras (2024-2025) </em></p> </div></div></div> </div> <nav class="clearfix"> <strong>Read this in:</strong> <ul class="links inline"><li class="es first"><a href="/es/stories/solo-quieren-que-yo-aprenda" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li><li class="fr last"><a href="/fr/stories/ils-veulent-simplement-que-japprenne" class="language-link" xml:lang="fr">Français</a></li></ul> </nav> </div> </article> </div><section id="block-views-similarterms-block-2" class="block block-views even block-count-6 block-region-content block-similarterms-block-2" > <h2 class="block-title">You may also be interested in:</h2> <div class="view view-similarterms view-id-similarterms view-display-id-block_2 view-dom-id-91b4cf6c24ca139f648b29b22804c025"> <div class="view-content"> <div class="views-row views-row-1 views-row-odd views-row-first"> <div class="views-field views-field-nothing"> <span class="field-content"><div> <a href="/en/stories/what-does-peace-need-thrive"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="image-style-juicebox-square-thumbnail" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/juicebox_square_thumbnail/public/featured-images/20231119_132400.jpg?itok=oFb6yaUg" width="85" height="85" alt="YAMENer Hector “Ramon” Calix Dueñas joined members of the Jesus Christ Light and Life Mission Church" /></a> </div> <div> <h3><a href="/en/stories/what-does-peace-need-thrive">What does peace need to thrive? </a></h3> <p class="post-meta">June 13, 2024 | Testimonies</p> <p>A YAMENer’s reflection from Colombia Peace doesn’t look the same in every context. 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