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Recent info on the new colony in Suriname (posted 6 days ago): www.mennoniten-weltweit.info/post/kaum- ... n-suriname

The Mennonites of the Florida colony in Uruguay are presumably Beachy Amish. There are several colonies of the Beachy Amish in Paraguay (Luz y Esperanza, Florida, La Belleza). The Amish colony in Bolivia is defunct. Naranjito is not defunct. You are probably mixing it with the Argentinian one. Inte...

The Mennonites of the Florida colony in Uruguay are presumably Beachy Amish. There are several colonies of the Beachy Amish in Paraguay (Luz y Esperanza, Florida, La Belleza). The Amish colony in Bolivia is defunct. Naranjito is not defunct. You are probably mixing it with the Argentinian one. You'...

Does anybody know where Elmo Stoll's community in Woodstock, New Brunswick in Canada (founded in 1994) was located? It would be best if you can give me the coordinates so that I can look them up on Google Maps. I know they no longer exist.

The Mennonites of the Florida colony in Uruguay are presumably Beachy Amish. There are several colonies of the Beachy Amish in Paraguay (Luz y Esperanza, Florida, La Belleza). The Amish colony in Bolivia is defunct.

Note that Plautdietsch isn't High German, it's a separate language (a variant of Low German). Germans would hardly understand the Bolivian Mennonites. The Old Colony Mennonites teach High German at their schools and speak it in their servives - at least what they think to be High German. However, Ge...

Progressive just means they allow cars and rubber tires.

The colony is called California and was started by progressive Old Colony Mennonites in 2015. Population: c. 45 residents. They are located at -14.5276, -45.88492.

Are there any Mennonite colonies in Mexico, Belize, Colombia or Bolivia where High German (Modern Standard German) is taught at school?

According to what I've heard there is now a small Mennonite colony in Suriname that was started quite recently (a few months ago?). Do you know more?