This is a photo young people from East, West, North and South sharing with each other at Visitor Exchange Program conference in Denver. They are (left to right): Max Wiedmer of France, Maria Soliz and Maria Amurrio of Bolivia, Marzenna Krol of Poland and Beatrice Wittenwiler of Switzerland.

This photo shows Dawn_____ before she graduated from China West Normal University where Todd and Jeanette Hanson taught English since 1994. Dawn later participated in the MCC International Visitor Exchange Program (IVEP) in Kitchener, Ontario with a placement at the First Mennonite Church and another placement at the House of Friendship.

Daphne is an IVEPer from Holland with interest in nursing.

This is a photo of departing "trainees" watching others play volleyball at the MCC Akron office the evening before their trip home. Back row (left to right): Philip Su from Taiwan and Rigoberto Degaiza from Panama. Front row (left to right): Martin Fischer from Switzerland, Jean-Luke Hussar from France, Albert Tseng from Taiwan and Pierre-Andre Geiser from Switzerland. Standing in the background on the far left is James Gonsalves from Bangladesh.

Esther is an IVEPer from India who is furthering her training in architectural design.

This is a photo of German and Austrian trainees singing with guitar accompaniment. They are Astrid Janzen, Elisabeth Huettman, Goenna Baade Barbara Walz and Sylvia Furgler.

This is a photo of Helene Klassen of Unna Massen, West Germany, reading to a young girl sitting on her lap. Helene works with handicapped children in Ephrata, PA.

This is a photo of the participants at the 1986 Intermenno orientation. Third row (left to right): David Kanagy, Joel E. Goertz, Jake Olfert, Doug Amstutz, Gord Penner, Agatha Hildebrand, Wendy Peters, Lynn D. Schmidt, Brent Landers, Tim Boettger and Ken J. Dyck. Second row (left to right): Elizabeth Schrock, Audrey Heinrichs, Rosalie Steinmann, Pam Neher, Lyn Schantz, Shirley Brubacher, Anita Bergen, Cheryl Pannabecker, Shari Erickson, Hilde Strempler, Karen Staples and Lisa Rene Wilbur. First row (left to right): Theresa Ziegler, Phil Burkholder, Amy Schmidt, Keily Vargas, Jeff Leaman, Bud Klassen, Steve Miller, Richard D. Gleysteen, Linda Bender and Dorothy Moyer.

This is a photo of (left to right): Karin van der Veur of the Netherlands introducing herself to Neeta Paul and Asha Joseph of India. They are standing outside Blooming Glen Mennonite Church.

This is a photo of Maryline Filleur, exchange visitor from France working in the production room at Akron MCC headquarters, is demonstrating her work to North America trainees enroute to Europe with the Intermenno Trainee program.

This is a photo of India Visitor Exchange Program participant Neeta Paul getting acquainted with others in the program soon after her arrival in North America.

This is a photo of a group of international exchange visitors swapping stories at their mid-year conference in Nebraska.

This is a photo of participants in the MCC Visitor Exchange Program gathered at Hesston, Kan. for their mid-year conference. They are (left to right): Hannelore Penner, Anna Penner, ?, Elsbeth Boesch, Ulrike Maekelborger and Laura Loewen, guest, of MCC (Canada).

This is a photo of IVEP participants sharing their experiences after six months in North America. (Left to right): Hannelore Harder from W. Germany, Gudrun Fellmann from W. Germany, Ingrid Voth (standing) from Paraguay, Frederique Delhaye from France and Neftali Lemus-Magana from El Salvador.

This is a photo of Eveline Hiebert of Paraguay shoveling snow in Pennsylvania.