Peacemaking with paintbrushes

PUNDONG, Indonesia – Last year when an earthquake demolished homes in this largely Muslim community, the Indonesian Mennonite Diakonal Service (MDS) organized with local Muslim groups to rebuild homes. In this context where Muslim and Christian communities have sometimes clashed, a four-member Youth Evangelism Service (YES) team served for most of January through April 2007.

The team lived in a temporary bamboo shelter across from the Pundong Mennonite Church and helped to paint the newly-constructed homes.

http://www.emm.org/news/feature/2007/June/peacemakingpaintbrushes.html

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