Handmade quilts are on the beds, bus maps and Bibles on the shelves, and “home away from home” in the motto. The International Guest House in Northwest Washington, owned by the Allegheny Conference of the Mennonite Church USA, offers discount stays to any and all. Stoner and his wife spent the last year as the volunteer host couple; they return home to Ohio in August.

What have you learned from this year of practicing hospitality?

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