A few more photos from Jordi Busque, this time of an Old Colony Mennonite school Jordi visited while in Bolivia.
Mennonites are a diverse group.
They include everyone from “modern” Mennonites who live in cities and have professional careers, to Old Order Mennonites and Old Colony Mennonites, who live Plain agrarian lifestyles with limited technology in many cases.
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