
May I present to you the first Mennonite woman in history to be ordained: Annie Zernike. This historic ordination occurred here in the Netherlands in the year 1911. The above portrait of Annie was created by her husband, the painter Jan Mankes.
Dedicated to the exchange of cross-cultural tales of derring-do; Maintained by a recent ex-pat making her way in the South after 5 years on the Dutch polders.