Mennonites — Like The Amish, But Not The Amish!
THE MENNONITES OF PARAGUAY.
A cloud of dust hid the the bus as it disappeared off into the distance. We looked to our right and then to our left.
Up a slight incline about a quarter mile off the road to the left, lay a farm owned by a farming family.
To the right, a half mile away or so, was a small village and the home of a Pastor.
Both sides were Mennonite, but one eschewed almost anything from the 20th century, no cars, tractors, electricity.
The other side used tractors to plough their land and had electricity.
We had always assumed that ALL Mennonites drove about in buggies, the men with dungarees and cowboy hats, the woman in frocks, headscarves and looking serious. But something we learned in the Mennonite colony of Filadelfia, was that like most religions and cultures, certain people and groups adhere to the ‘rules’ more than others.
We visited the mayor of Filadelfia who gave us the names of the two families he said might have rooms for a night or so. We were now deciding on who to visit.
