Mennonites see value in old things. They don’t like to throw used items into the trash heap. The following article was written by John Wiens, in honour of his dear friend, Harry Riediger. Harry Riediger and his wife Margie Riediger were chosen by the Essex-Kent Mennonite Historical Association to receive the prestigious annual Community Service […]
Agnes Boldt Toews, born 1936 in Fernheim, Paraguay
My parents were John Henry Boldt, born in Memrick, Russia, and Elizabeth Funk born in Samara, Russia. Mom and Dad met and married in Paraguay. My siblings were Jake, Elizabeth, Helen, Anna, Johanna and a half sister Tina. Tina’s mother – our father’s first wife – and Tina’s three sisters died in the typhus epidemic. […]
Our Visit with a Mennonite Family in Chihuahua, Mexico
Note: names have been changed When we come to this farm with its adobe brick buildings, we see no people or farm animals. Ben, our driver, goes to the door to announce our arrival. Our van load of visitors is invited into the large, spotless main room where Ben introduces us to the 62-year-old mother. […]
