The Volunteer Adventures of Ed and Sara Unger Stoesz, 1964-2011The Volunteer Adventures of Ed and Sara Unger Stoesz details forty seven years of service of a Mennonite couple from Altona, Manitoba. In addition to their work as electrician and home maker, Ed and Sara each have given ten years of their lives to volunteering in their home community and abroad. From Sara Stoesz helping in 1972 to start a Mennonite Central Committee Self-Help Store, to Ed Stoesz going in 1975 to Paraguay to help set up a radio station, their volunteer service over the last forty-seven years exemplifies a desire to help others on the basis of their Christian faith. Their selfless vision and commitment have inspired their children to publish a book of their exploits. The book has been written to honour their parents, give inspiration to their grandchildren, and give thanks and encouragement to all people who give of their time for others. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
I Dedication to the Grandchildren | 5 |
II Volunteer Assignments | 17 |
III Overseas Adventures and Trips | 67 |
IV Final Tributes | 79 |
Diary of Ed and Sara Unger Stoesz | 93 |
Psalm 8 19 | 113 |
Common terms and phrases
Alberta Altona Appliances Altona Community Self-Help April Attended August Barry birthday Bolivia Brent Gouthro Canada Celebrated Christmas Community Self-Help Store Conference Mennonite Church Conference of Mennonites Dad's Dennis and Rhoda Dennis Stoesz Don and Naomi Ed and Sara Ed’s electrical Engbrecht Fernheim Colony Goshen College grandchildren Grandpa Hoeppner Jake January Jared Jeff July June Kalynn Koinonia Farms Linie Friesen Margaret MCC Self-Help MCC Thrift Store Menno Mennonite Central Committee Mennonite Church Mennonite Church Canada Mennonite Collegiate Institute Mennonite Disaster Mennonite World Conference Mennonites in Manitoba missionaries Mom’s months Sara Stoesz October Ontario Ottawa Paraguay Pennsylvania picture Russia Sara took Sara Unger Self-Help Centre Self-Help Crafts self-help items Selma Loewen September Don Sonya southern Manitoba Steinbach store in Altona Summer Susan Giesbrecht Ten Thousand Villages thrift shops Thrift Store trip Violet Visited Don volunteer service wedding week Wiebe Winkler Winnipeg Yvonne and Brent Yvonne Stoesz Yvonne’s