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block-region-content block-main" > <article id="node-751" class="node node-group article odd node-lang-en node-full ia-n clearfix" about="/zh-hant/node/751" 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="en first"><a href="/en/yamen" class="language-link" xml:lang="en">English</a></li><li class="es"><a href="/es/yamen" class="language-link" xml:lang="es">Español</a></li><li class="fr last"><a href="/fr/yamen" class="language-link" xml:lang="fr">Français</a></li></ul> </nav> </header> <span property="dc:title" content="YAMEN" class="rdf-meta element-hidden"></span> <div class="node-content"> <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>The Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) program is a joint program between Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Central Committee. It places emphasis on expanding the fellowship between churches in the Anabaptist tradition and developing young leaders around the globe. Participants spend one year in a cross-cultural assignment starting in August and ending the following July. </p> <p><a href="https://mcc.org/get-involved/volunteer/yamen">Link to YAMEN page on Mennonite Central Committee website</a></p> <h3><span title="Click and drag to resize"></span><a href="/group-stories/751"><strong>Click here for stories about YAMEN</strong></a></h3> <p class="rteright"><img alt="" src="https://mwc.staging13.peaceworks.ca/sites/default/files/yamen_asia_1-small.jpg" /></p> <p> </p> <div style="font-size:100%; color:#000000"> <table style="width:600px; margin:auto; color:#000000"> <tr> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:500px; vertical-align:top"> <table style="margin-top:0; font-size:1.0em; color:#000000"> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4683"><img alt="diversity" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/2023-mcc-yamen.jpg?itok=se9fqB3v" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Graphic design and cooking pave the way to emotional resiliency</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>What do cooking and graphic design have in common? For Adi Nugroho, it’s never been about mastering either of these skills. Technical skills are simply the backdrop for developing emotional tools and creating a space for connection, even across cultures. When Adi’s host mom, Angela Opimi, was asked...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4683" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4504"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/20220712230242316.jpg?itok=wcjy9eao" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Unexpected placement equips for future service</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Stephanie Setiawan from Sidoarjo, Indonesia, had no plan to go to Latin America. She applied for Mennonite Central Committee’s International Volunteer Exchange Program in 2013/2014, but the slot for her synod was already taken. The coordinators offered her a YAMEN placement in Colombia instead. As...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4504" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4271"><img alt="Smiling people on the waterfront" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/img-20220223-wa0015.jpg?itok=_t4y7GKr" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Praising God together across barriers</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>“I can see one family with a lot of members, worshipping the same Father,” says Natacha Kyendrebeogo from Burkina Faso. She is one of four young people serving through YAMEN on the Mennonite World Conference (MWC) Assembly team in Indonesia. YAMEN (Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network) is a...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4271" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4130"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/yamen-2021-tiara_asrilita-children.jpg?itok=X4P89xIB" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>“God’s time was perfect”</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>“When I first signed up for the program, I never thought a pandemic would happen,” says Elda Antonio Garcia, a YAMENer from Mexico. “Now that I am living in the midst of it, instead of seeing it as a challenge, I see it as a blessing…. It is incredible how people open their hearts to help others.”...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/4130" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3968"><img alt="physician in clinic " height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/rs109534_ela_castro_yamener_medical_appointment2-scr.jpg?itok=7Dw-o5S5" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Called to care, equipped to serve</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>How YAMEN put this doctor on the path she’d always hoped for Dr. Ela Castro always knew she wanted to spend her life serving those in need. By all outward appearances, this is what she was doing. She’d studied for years to earn her medical degree. She was working at a health-care clinic. She was...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3968" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3828"><img alt=" Olicky, Enosh, Jeu Song" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/olicky-yamen-kb.jpg?itok=EiQ8cbBg" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Locked down but uplifted</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>“The love from Indonesia”: for YAMENers Enosh Rupamajhi, Jeu Song and Olicky Muchindu, the warmth of relationship – from their hosts and each other – is a hallmark of their year. YAMEN offers young adults from around the world an opportunity to leave what they know for a year to serve, grow and...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3828" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3599"><img alt="Minear Mak, YAMEN participant Cambodia, Cocora Valley, Colombia. " height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/2020_minearmak-yamen-1.jpg?itok=cckVmplr" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Spaghetti and chopsticks: Mutual transformation in YAMEN</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>This story was written in February 2020, before the COVID-19 pandemic became a worldwide threat. As of April 2020, Minear Mak is still serving in her YAMEN assignment, remaining in close contact with MCC and MWC administrators as health and government guidelines continue to change. Some YAMEN...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/3599" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/727"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/yamen-gp-2019-centromeno.jpg?itok=PrCLnQAf" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>More curious, more daring</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>“During this year I have learned to be more curious and adventurous. When I return to my country, I hope to be a better servant for Christ and in my church, and also to be more daring when assuming responsibilities,” says Gerhard Peters, a 2018–2019 YAMEN participant. The young man from a Mennonite...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/727" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/690"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/mwc-mcc-yamen-diana-flag.jpg?itok=CSa_CN_L" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>“Every second, God is here, helping me”</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>“A chapter of my story was written while with YAMEN,” says Diana Martínez. The young church leader from Colombia served as an educational assistant at Casa Hogar Belén, a children’s home in Managua, Nicaragua, 2017–2018 through YAMEN. YAMEN (Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network) is a joint...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/690" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/686"><img alt="Khammoun Xayalath (Lao) Laotian cucumber salad host in Indonesia" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/yamen_laos.jpg?itok=F0KNVh-g" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>A recipe to cure homesickness</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Laos and Indonesia are both in South East Asia, so some kinds of food are similar. But sometimes, as Laotian teaching English on YAMEN in Indonesia, I miss Lao food. When I make food from home, it helps me to not feel as homesick. Cooking Lao food to share with others helps me to share God’s love...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/686" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/635"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/rs86398_img_3737_1.jpg?itok=YS5r3sCk" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>YAMEN ambassador of peace amid violence</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Damaris Guaza Sandoval says her year of service in La Ceiba, Honduras, was about equipping young people to be God’s ambassadors of peace where violence is common. The 26-year-old from Cali, Colombia, worked as a social worker with Proyecto Paz y Justicia (PPyJ; Peace and Justice Project), a...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/635" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/603"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/yamen-rs85757_sam_7878_0.jpg?itok=Z_mON5j7" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>How it works: Emergency food distribution</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>In many parts of the area near Kibwezi, Kenya, I see corn that has dried up. Driving around, it’s hard to find any corn that people will be able to harvest this season. In February 2018, MCC’s partner Utooni Development Organization (UDO), which I volunteer with, started a food relief project in...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/603" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/551"><img alt="Woman breaks bread" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/16179845_1572440079433667_7202550618909270562_o_0.jpg?itok=aMubCeeZ" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>A transformative year: YAMEN participants meet God and people</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Bogotá, Colombia – “The gospel connects us all no matter where we are,” says Laurey Segura. She lived out this realization as a teacher and youth worker with the help of Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN), a joint Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Mennonite World Conference (...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/551" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/527"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/nr-yamen_marlly_aceituno_dina_molina_juliana_arboleda_rivas.jpg?itok=DVfaOxaQ" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Spanish speaking YAMENers face unique challenges in Latin American placements</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Serving in an area of the world relatively close to your home country where the dominant language is the same as your own might seem relatively easy. But Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) participants who hail from Latin American countries and are serving in other countries in the...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/527" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/416"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/photo_1_0.jpg?itok=KT65Y7JY" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Healing wounds through art: A YAMEN experience</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Bogotá, Colombia – For Keila Viana, seeing how art can heal wounds deepened her understanding of God and his love during her international service in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. “I believe that during this time God worked a lot in my life,” says Viana, a 22-year-old young adult from the Iglesia...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/416" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/486"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/p_20160702_123521.jpg?itok=vA5XAZHG" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>YAMEN service builds faith</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Bogotá, Colombia – Taking a risk and trusting in God are sure ways to grow in faith. For Marisela Dyck and Xavier Chen, serving with the Young Anabaptist Mennonite Exchange Network (YAMEN) program in 2015-2016 was a year of lessons in relying on God. “During my service I learned that looking for...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/486" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/356"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/yoweri-yamen_2015_cropped-web_edit_0.jpg?itok=j_SzVwSJ" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Church participation enriches cross cultural experience</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Winnipeg, Manitoba – Opportunities to fill leadership responsibilities in a local church enrich Yoweri Murungi’s one-year cross cultural service assignment in Lusaka, Zambia. His many new experiences include leading praise and worship services, Bible study classes and youth ministries at the...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/356" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/276"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/rut_and_leticia-final_0.jpg?itok=Xqo7v1G8" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>YAMEN! experience feeds passion for helping children</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Joint release by Mennonite World Conference and Mennonite Central Committee Bogotá, Colombia - Within days of her arrival in Bogotá on 21 August 2013 for her YAMEN! term, Rut Arsari already knew it would be difficult for her to leave. The wonderful people she would meet and the close relationships...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/276" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/239"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/shammah_yamen_story_2_0.jpg?itok=W7o9WKTY" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Young adults learn to love God and others through cross-cultural service</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Uganda — Among the many memories that Shammah Nakawesi of Uganda brings home from her one-year service assignment in Indonesia is her new understanding of loving God and others. “Even in the uncertainties of life, loving God and loving others is all that matters,” says Nakawesi, who served as an...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/239" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/188"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/sindy_novoa_caro_0.jpg?itok=bbtCLySO" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>Offering our blessings to the world</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Sindy Novoa Caro lives in Bogotá, Colombia, where she belongs to the Casa de Oración church, a Mennonite Brethren congregation. In 2010–2011, Sindy served with YAMEN in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, as a teacher´s assistant in a school for children living near the garbage dump. Since her return to...</div> </div> </div> <a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/188" style="border:none; color:#fff; margin:0 5px 0 0; text-decoration:none; padding:0px 2px">Read more</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="width:184px; padding:12px 6px 12px 0; vertical-align:top"> <div style="padding:1px; border:1px solid #2c8ccc"> <div> <div> <figure><a href="https://mwc-cmm.org/node/173"><img alt="" height="135" src="https://mwc-cmm.org/sites/default/files/styles/newsletter_thumb/public/featured-images/27-01-2012-yamen_0.jpg?itok=Rp0dwiB6" width="180" /></a></figure> </div> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding:12px 6px; vertical-align:top"> <div> <div> <div> <h3>No longer foolish and small</h3> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div> <div>Sukodono, Indonesia--In 2008 I went to Cairo, Egypt, under YAMEN! to work at the Anaphora Retreat Centre of the Coptic Orthodox church. I used my limited English language as a basis for learning Arabic. 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