Mennonites' Brief Review
Take a drive through Spanish Lookout and Blue Creek communities, and you will see some of the finest and costliest homes in Belize with well cared lawns and magnificent driveways. Take a drive through the Old Colony communities and the Old Order Mennonites' communities, and you will see wooden clapboard houses, metal shacks and front yards filled with odds and ends of farm equipment. Of course, their belief systems plays a role in the way they invest their money. Review: The Kleine Gemeindes have probably contributed more to the economy of Belize than any other Mennonite or immigrant group. From the 1950's until now, they have had thriving businesses and products that keep growing in demand. At first, only Mennonites worked in the businesses but as time went by and more Hispanic immigrants began arriving, the Mennonites found out it was cheaper hiring locals and immigrants to work in the companies. As of now, between 70 to 80 percent of laborers in ...