Mylinda is a pastoral artist and trainer. She partners with IM colleagues, national church leadership and social change organizations to seek justice, healing and transformation through restorative art and creative expression.

What Puerto Rico’s Tabonuco trees taught me about the value of deep connections to survive storms and flourish in life and ministry.

Boaz serves through the Kingdom of Peace and Development (KOPAD) organization promoting ministries of evangelism, discipleship and peace and conflict transformation.

Lance and Christina describe themselves as “Zimbabwean peace warriors.” Working with the Trees of Peace ministry in Zimbabwe, they conduct trainings in conflict transformation across Africa utilizing experiential learning methodologies which they learned from their mentors, Dan and Sharon Buttry, IM global servants in peace and justice.

A short reflection on violence in El Salvador and the United States, a need for peace that transcends borders, and the role of church as peace-builders in our world.

The couple will continue their current ministry through Misión Vida y Paz (MVP) (Mission Life and Peace), a registered non-profit in El Salvador and a new IM partner. MVP, founded by Eliberto and Molly in 2015, is a peace-building and educational program based on biblical values that is being introduced in the public schools.