Patricia is an IVEPer from Colombia who is learning new skills in the kitchen of a Bible college.

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 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.

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 Mari Luise Friesen of Paraguay entertaining fellow exchange visitors with Paraguayan harp music during the MCC Exchange Visitor orientation in Blooming Glen, PA.

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.

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

This is a photo of IVEP participants making music with violin and piano at the year-end conference in Akron. (Left to right): Victor Lai of Taiwan, Monique Matter (not an IVEP participant), Claire Matter of France and Noriaki Inakazu of Japan.

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.

The Wienss family, left to right: Mikael, Marthe, Hans Joachim, Luc.

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 (left to right): Thomas Kipfer of Switzerland with harmonica, Marik Glodek of Poland with guitar and Thomas Staub of Switzerland with guitar. They are leading singing at the midyear conference of Mennonite Central Committee's International Visitor Exchange Program, which was held February 4 to 10 in Phoenix, Ariz.

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 Eveline Hiebert of Paraguay shoveling snow in Pennsylvania.

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.