Journey to Bosnia, Return to Self

by Suzanne Hubbard OHatnick

Overview

God works in mysterious ways. On the way to Mexico, I went instead to Bosnia and Herzegovina. I left a marriage in disarray only to find the roots and the possibility for new growth in a distant, unfamiliar land. I went to a post-war zone and dealt with my own war. When I returned, people would say to me, "why go so far away, what connection can 'those people' and 'their war' possibly have with us?" It was neither the facts of the war nor the history of the region that introduced me to our common bonds. It was the stories of the people I met. Their lives taught me about my life. Our circumstances may differ, but we can share our pain, our joy and life in the Spirit, however we define it.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156998753
Publisher:	Pendle Hill Publications
Publication date:	07/16/2016
Series:	Pendle Hill Pamphlets , #348
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	161 KB

About the Author

Suzanne O’Hatnick is a member of Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends, Stony Run. She is currently working in Bosnia and Herzegovina on a two-year project funded by the United States Agency for International Development to support the nonprofit sector.

Suzanne earned her BA in French at Hollins College (now University) in Virginia and her MAT in French and Spanish at the University of Pittsburgh. In her early career Suzanne served as a Volunteer in the Peace Corps in Peru and taught Spanish and French in secondary school in the US. She directed a nonprofit international exchange and training organization in Maryland for a number of years and has served as an organizational development consultant to grass-roots non-profit organizations in the US and abroad. Since 1996 she has worked as a consultant primarily in Bosnia and Herzegovina, serving on a peace team as well as working on human rights and the development of the non-governmental sector. Suzanne is married to Robert O’Hatnick. They have two adult children, Joannah and Jacob.