Jeanne Zimmerly Jantzi spent much of her professional life serving in Africa and Asia with Mennonite Central Committee. She now lives with her husband Dan in an old log house on the farm where she grew up in Wayne County, Ohio, on the lands of the Wyandotte, Shawnee, and Leni Lenape. She enjoys writing, being outdoors, and working as a process consultant and leadership coach with Design Group International. Jeanne and Dan have three adult sons, three daughters-in-law, and four grandchildren. She loves her Orrville Mennonite Church congregation and her ties to the global church.