Tag Archives: Monteverde Friends

Going Beyond Local Boundaries

Posted on December 3, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

My family, and many others in Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) have close ties with Monteverde Friends.  Lucky (Standing) Guindon, my mother’s cousin and constant companion during their childhood, was one of the original group of Quakers who moved to Monteverde, … Continue reading →

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Bear Creek Friends and Monteverde Friends School

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Jeff Kisling

Last year I wrote about this drawing on the envelope of a letter from Monteverde Friends School, which is in Costa Rica. Soon after I received my letter, Bear Creek Friends Meeting’s clerk, Jackie Leckband, brought another envelope to meeting … Continue reading →

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Bear Creek Friends and Monteverde Friends School

Posted on December 17, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve written recently about the connections between Bear Creek Friends Meeting, in the countryside north of Earlham, Iowa, and the Monteverde Friends community in Costa Rica. A recent email conversation began when I expressed my appreciation for the hand drawn … Continue reading →

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Responses from Monteverde Friends School

Posted on December 3, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I recently wrote about this drawing on the envelope of a letter from Monteverde Friends School, which is in Costa Rica. My family and Iowa Quakers have a long history with the Monteverde community in Costa Rica. It is always … Continue reading →

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Giving: Friends Schools

Posted on November 29, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

This time of year most of us are flooded with pleas for financial donations. This year my attention was caught by the hand drawn picture on the envelope from Monteverde Friends School.  My family, and many others in Iowa Yearly … Continue reading →

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Monteverde and Iowa Quakers’ peace concerns

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

Yesterday I briefly described how Quakers decided to leave the U.S. and move to Costa Rica because of increasing militarism. At the same time (late 1940’s) that Eston and Marvin Rockwell and Wolf Guindon were imprisoned for resisting peacetime conscription … Continue reading →

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Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm

Posted on October 14, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

“Tropical Storm Nate created a state of emergency in Costa Rica and here in Monteverde. Cut off from the main town of Santa Elena by a washed out bridge, no electricity/internet/telephone, limited water and food supplies, and uncertainty about future … Continue reading →

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