Pablo Yoder Funeral
A much-loved, respected and admired conservative Mennonite writer, missionary, and father has now passed from death unto life. I saw him in person in Belize but never had an opportunity to speak to him. However his true life books detailing the spiritual struggles of individuals in Central America impacted me profoundly since the characters in his stories were people I could easily identify with, having grown up in the same culture and environment. Muddy jungle trails, eating mangoes, thatched roof and candlelight, brown-skinned children playing on the muddy streets. This was my culture too, and through his non-fiction stories and autobiography I could see a man who went all out in embracing eternal life and who brought out the best in those around him without caring how poor, how ragged or how rich they were.
Pablo Yoder was a US-Nicaraguan conservative Mennonite who grew up in Costa Rica but later moved to Waslala, Nicaragua after the civil war. Within Mennonite circles he was an influential writer, composing doctrinal study books, poems, non-fiction religious books, devotional articles, etc. as well as speaking at conferences in various countries.
A. Mendoza
