The New Promised Land?
A country that offers freedom of religion, land for farming, maintains relatively low fuel prices and is free of Islamic jihadists? In fact, Muslims constitute less than 3% of the predominantly Christian population and are still facing difficulties in being officially recognized. Think Israel? No...perhaps, Australia or New Zealand then? Nope. The new promised land calling the Mennonites is an ocean and a continent away but it's certainly not Australia or New Zealand. The greener grass beckoning the "Russian" Mennonites is none other than Angola on the African continent. About 3 years ago a small group of Sommerfeld Mennonites from Mexico departed the American continent and headed east. They partnered with a mining company and have since established several small villages, living in shipping containers and braving the new hardships that always accompany migration. Now the migration itch has reached its fingers into Belize. First Peru, then Suriname, an...