
What you might not notice
If you pass by 450 North Prince Street in Lancaster, you might think it’s just another office building with a coffee shop on the first floor. You might even think that Lancaster doesn’t need another b...
5 Jan 20253min

Arriving in Cambodia
Ana Borntrager, who is participating in EMM’s Advance program recently arrived safely in Cambodia for the outreach portion of the program. Advance is a 9-month, gap-year program to connect and grow wi...
29 Dec 20243min

The Ladder
This season we’re reminded of Jesus' birth. An EMM worker named Elizabeth (whose last name we can’t mention due to sensitivity concerns), wrote a beautiful poem about how Jesus' birth calls us to proc...
22 Dec 20244min

"You must stay"
EMM worker Tim Groff had the opportunity to sit beside Pastor Victor Gonzales on a long van drive from Managua to the village of Orinoco on the Caribbean coast and listen to his stories. As they trave...
15 Dec 20244min

Learning locally to serve globally
Now, the Advance participants get to take many of these cross-cultural learnings that they gained in Lancaster with the Neighbors Community Center and grow in their learning internationally. One team ...
8 Dec 20243min

To Give Thanks
Today’s Focus is pulled from our Archives — a beautiful poem called “To Give Thanks” written by Daisy Yoder, who with her husband, served with EMM in Ethiopia for more than 20 years. They wrote in 197...
1 Dec 20244min

The Impact Fund supports training
If you would like to support EMM’s work of training, we invite you to join us by partnering financially. We encourage you to make a gift to EMM’s Impact Fund by December 31. You can give online. We ar...
24 Nov 20244min

Transforming lives in Vietnam
North American Vietnamese Mennonites and EMM began to reengage with the church in Vietnam in the 1990s, spurring on a new season of growth. The church was legally registered and recognized by the gove...
16 Nov 20243min



















