Three generations of one family reflected on their Bible college experience during a Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) banquet in March. Paul Peters graduated from Canadian Mennonite Bible College in 1951; his daughter, MaryLou Driedger, in 1973. Her son, Joel Driedger, graduated from CMU in 2001.
Paul: I came to Canadian Mennonite Bible College (CMBC) in 1948 from the village of Gnadenthal, Manitoba. It was an isolated community. Almost every resident was related to me or was a member of my church. I attended high school at the Mennonite Collegiate Institute in Gretna, where religion and German were integral parts of the curriculum. We were taught exactly what to …

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