Nine years of long-distance, finally a COVID bride Written by Connor Gerbrandt Sunday, Feb 21 2021, 5:02 AM Peter and Erika, the bride and groom, pose for a photo after their wedding at the Mennonite Heritage Village.
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A couple who has maintained a long-distance relationship for nearly a decade has finally succeeded at their second attempt to get married since the beginning COVID-19 global health crisis.
“After nine years now we are finally together and we will never be alone,” celebrated Erika Namuco, mere moments after sharing her vows.
While Namuco has been living in Steinbach for years now, her now-husband, Peter Justine, was only recently able to relocate from the Philippines. For obvious reasons, immigration has been challenging lately and Namuco feels blessed that the federal government approved his one-way flight to Canada. She adds their ceremony at the Mennonite Heritage Village on Thursday marks their second
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A Time for Active Wisdom and Well-Being
Gary Dyck, Blog Coordinator
Executive Director, MHV
At the Mennonite Heritage Village (MHV) we are currently developing a ‘MHV and Well-being’ plan which will include community partners, programming, site use and promotion. MHV already does a lot to support well-being naturally. The setting is beautiful and includes historic wood buildings, trees and a pond. Engagement of all five senses in learning how previous generations lived. Volunteer clubs, such as the quilting group, the sawmill crew provide a significant source of relationship time while providing ‘meaningful play’ that can bless visitors.
In her intriguing book Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom, anthropologist Mary Catherine Bateson defines one of the later stages of life as “active wisdom – an entire cohort with something new to offer to the world as years of experience combine with continuing health.” It is wonderful how seniors, as seen in our MHV
Creating a New Exhibit
Curatorial Assistant, MHV Dietrich Klassen received The France and Germany Star (accession no. 2020.26.13) for serving in France, Belgium, Holland, or Germany between June 6, 1944 and May 8, 1945.
Over the past few months, the curatorial department has been busy getting ready for the new temporary exhibit, “Mennonites at War”. Since starting at Mennonite Heritage Village last May, this is my first time working with an exhibit from start to finish. I got a small taste of it last spring, as we set up for “MCC 100 Years,” our 2020 exhibit commemorating the hundredth anniversary of Mennonite Central Committee. This year, I am excited to be part of the process from the beginning.
The Debt We Owe
Executive Director, MHV
It is now January and the Mennonite Heritage Village is hosting our auditor, preparing to send out our donations receipts and making our plans for the months ahead. The staff are also busy preparing their budgets for 2021. Fortunately, 2020 was a good year financially for MHV, but more about that in a future article. What follows is a bit of a rant, but please read to the end for the positive ending.
We all have a lot of debts these days. We owe our government income tax, our infrastructure and civic duty. They in turn owe trillions to bonds and other instruments of loans in the world.