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Home / Menno Snapshots / Who am I? What am I? Where am I?
Aug 08 2023

Who am I? What am I? Where am I?

This blog is being shared with the permission of Mosaic Mennonite Conference, who first posted it here.

Doh Nay Kaw attended Mennonite Church USA’s convention, MennoCon23, in early July with her youth group of Whitehall (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church. She wrote this poem as an expression of her experience of self-searching at MennoCon.


Doh Nay Kaw is 15 years old. Her name means, “I have a country.” She comes from Thailand and has a Karen ethnic background. She attends Whitehall (Pennsylvania) Mennonite Church almost every Sunday. She loves being outside, experiencing new things, listening to music, and building herself up and the people she calls home.
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Who am I? What am I? Where am I? 

These are questions I often perceived myself searching for. After years of many trials and turbulence, the renewal of both mind and spirit never ceased to end.

Transformation is not linear or comes to a stopping point; it’s day by day, grace by grace, strength to strength. We do not evolve into butterflies and stay like that for the entirety of our lives but radically embrace on the journey of self-discovery, fears, weaknesses and mistakes.

Following the flow of life, I grasped to learn from the invaluable lessons and insights that will continue to build my resilience and guide future me into success.

Who am I? What am I? Where am I?

I am a soul experiencing what it’s like to be human, learning the depths of my tender heart.

I am a catalyst to forge a path of transformation, unshaken by adversity, letting my spirit be a beacon of love and healing.

I am present to proclaim that redemption can be found in the most unexpected places, and the testament of our scars helps us  navigate through the stormy seas of life into infinite possibilities that lie ahead.

The views and opinions expressed in this blog belong to the author and are not intended to represent the views of the MC USA Executive Board or staff.

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