MoM 100: Tour’s first leg comes to an end

July 12, 2023
John Longhurst | Special to Canadian Mennonite

Ingrid Reisen Moehlmann of Winnipeg (left) and Jennifer Bergen of Abbotsford take time to swing behind an Old Order Mennonite school house in southern Ontario. (Photo by John Longhurst)

Ingrid Reisen Moehlmann of Winnipeg (left) and Jennifer Bergen of Abbotsford take time to swing behind an Old Order Mennonite school house in southern Ontario. (Photo by John Longhurst)

And that’s it: The first leg of “Memories of Migration: Russlaender Tour 100” is over.

From July 6-11, 60 people travelled by train and bus from Quebec City to Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, getting to know each other, sharing stories and learning more about the journeys taken by their ancestors 100 years ago.

The first leg ended with two days in the Kitchener-Waterloo area...

For the rest of this blog post, visit canadianmennonite.org/stories/first-leg-ends.

John Longhurst is a freelance writer from Winnipeg who is blogging about the tour.

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Ingrid Reisen Moehlmann of Winnipeg (left) and Jennifer Bergen of Abbotsford take time to swing behind an Old Order Mennonite school house in southern Ontario. (Photo by John Longhurst)

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