Visit Paraguay 2009,
This assembly
is scheduled to be held July 14-19, 2009, in Asuncion, Paraguay. This grand get-together will have many parts - Assembly Gathered, Global Youth
Summit, Global Church Village, tours, and special activities for children and youth.
Assembly Gathered will be held in the still-under-construction Centro Familiar de Adoracion, a
Pentecostal facility built to accommodate 10,000 persons. Each day will include worship, songs from around the world, prayer, Bible study, eating
together, playing, and visiting.
The MWC General Council and MWC Commissions will meet preceding and during Assembly Gathered.
Assembly Scattered will provide opportunities for persons going to and returning from Assembly
Gathered to be hosted by church communities in Central and South America.
Are There Mennonites in Paraguay?
Indeed! A colorful kaleidoscope. There are about 32,000 baptized Mennonites in Paraguay. They
belong to 21 different national conferences, eight of which are members of MWC. These eight conferences, comprising two thirds of Mennonite
membership in Paraguay, are the official hosts of the assembly. Three of these conferences are made up of German-speaking Mennonites who first
migrated to Paraguay during the 20th century. Two conferences are Spanish-speaking, arising out of the mission efforts of the immigrant Germanic
Mennonites. Three conferences emerged from the interaction of indigenous Enhlet and Nivacle communities with the Germanic Mennonite settlements.
German-speaking Mennonites have been migrating to Paraguay during the past 86 years, some
seeking a place of separation from outside influences and others seeking a place to call home after fleeing Europe as refugees. Today, Paraguayan
Mennonites cover the spectrum - from social separation to being at the very heart of political power. (Four Mennonites currently serve at
cabinet-level positions in the government. The First Lady is a member of a Spanish-speaking Mennonite congregation in Asuncion.)
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Mennonites in Paraguay face the realities and dilemmas that many of us do, wherever we
are in the world. We are culturally, linguistically, and ethnically very diverse. We struggle with how to address the wide range of material poverty and
prosperity among us.
This Is Why We Should Go
Alfred Neufeld, chairperson of Assembly 15 National Coordinating Council says: "We need your blessing;
come and bless us. We need your correction; come and correct us. We need your counsel; come and counsel us. We need your encouragement; come and encourage
us."
Travel, Registration and Cost
Registration forms, including details on travel and costs, will be distributed in April 2008.
Registering early gives you more options for international Flights, lodging, and tour groups.
Costs may also increase with late applications. Try to avoid the bottle neck of air travel into Asuncion
on the days immediately before and after Assembly Gathered.
Those traveling from North America and Europe should plan for a basic over-all cost of $2,500 to $3,000
US. This should cover the costs of international travel, registration, Assembly Gathered, food, lodging (one- or two-star hotels) and some local
touring. Stopovers en route, tours and higher-level hotels will, of course, add to these basic costs.
Travel agency tours may cost more, but they also provide additional services.
For More Information
about any of the items in this Update, contact:
Mennonite World Conference
50 Kent Ave.
Kitchener Ontario N3G 3R1, Canada
Telephone: 519/571-0060
Fax: 519/571-1980
Email:kitchener@mwc-cmm.org
http://www.mwc-cmm.org/
Travel arrangements provided by
Menno Travel Services
(Canada) L.T.D.
Mennonite World Conference
Registration Material
Contact a
Menno Travel Consultant
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