It may look like a scene from a bygone era these young people are part of a Community President take Central America. They belong to a Christian Group known as mennonites Ultra Conservative Party students who shoes among woakes. Hit a a. New school house will sit on one side voice on the other the recession passages from the bible in own tacho. Were there were there. This morning the youngest children and then in the alphabet i. Look at the letter i am pointing to. God. The older children are reading the new testament printed in frock to the traditional german script and not to history geography or Foreign Languages the bible is the only text book. Saying and baden i teach them to read saying pray recite poetry right here count thats it. The children begin their schooling at age 6 and finish when the 13th long enough to the basics. But this is what we learned from when i went to school when the father of my grandfather went to school that every hour with. No university not in a high so college or anything. Studying and practicing and i learning to feel better doing repeat them. After he finished school became a blacksmith like his father he has 20 children 3 of his 60 grandchildren are pupils in his class mennonites believe children are a blessing directly from god. Blue eyed blondes abound originating from germany the netherlands and switzerland the mennonites nigeria 250 years ago and some adventure who settled in central and south america. Devout and about to stay strictly adhere to the doctrine of men or siemens a 16th century dutch priest lead lives full of rigor and discipline. There are over 2000000 mennonites worldwide but only a fraction are old order mennonites virtually selfsufficient they live in settlements with their own schools churches and tribes this isolation shields them from modern day temptations. Mount one colony of this secluded community has agreed to be filmed for this documentary. Life in this religious group revolves around the bible everything is predetermined right down to the color of their clothes just after that is kind of dresses thats going to religion and it will kind of different clothes. That the rules are very strict breaking them can have severe consequences sorry you know if people dont obey the church we must shun them but. Yet the temptations are many a few months ago france forced on a front beat an object a smartphone i know the reality is though i do not feel guilty i see there are so many good things. Behind a serene for side some members are rebelling theyre challenging the communitys most fundamental doctrines. Real help is one of the shop and. Then their mind like a cell phone its made by see it from so on said the living nothing are brown on the other hand is opposed to change thats why he and several other families plan. To set up a new colony in an even more remote part of the world cause of the amazon. That you know thats from being ground 0 but there are. Some who are the mennonites and why do they flee one civilization isnt even possible to escape the contemporary world in this day and age. We take a closer look at one of the 21st centurys most cloistered communities. Our journeys begins in Central America on the western edge of the turquoise waters of the caribbean sea. Situated between mexico and guatemala is the country of families the former british colony has an extremely diverse population among the south 400000 inhabitants im a caesar those creoles and mine. Most of the mennonites live further inland hidden the why in the countryside is little billys an old order colony established in the 1970 s. Time seems to have stood still cause after been. Strong buggies and used to get around. Its not used to having contact with outsiders going off hostile but somewhat perturbed by our presence. I dont know what to make of our cameras some even hide their faces like this woman. Is it possible to google you whom you. Allowed it because people get frightened and young ladies here when they get pregnant. So when theyre yeah. Because theyre pregnant. Theyre not they do not give you straight thats the real. Conservative mennonites spurn want technology. A few are open minded mike france is a great to talk to us. And were here. And im grading here the whole of my life ill never be in town were out. By a whole. Whole country ok and i like it over again like a culture and every day its beautiful and enjoy what i have found is 36 years old. Lives on this farm which he built himself. When. He and his wife elizabeth have 7 children the. 15 year old twins honor and capturing of the youngest. Daughter is 13 and alyssa 10. Abra hannah and peter 6 and 8. Times are the youngest just 4 years old. Theyre a typical mennonite family must have 7 to 12 children. They live a simple way of life a few fields a chicken coop and a couple of cows are enough to keep the family fade. The girls tend to the lots talk to me a little as i dont pour it all on the same side put some here and some their. Choice to. Franz works from home and. Hes a mechanic in his workshop he repairs machinery for customers who are not members of the community. Here and around 500. 00 a month on average. His daughter catarina finished school 2 years ago since then shes been working with her father. We have only grown up the job. We had big boys and i could think she would have to work against the boys would have to do this job this is probably a job for the boys with. The roles in a mennonite household who clearly defined. The women take care of the home. And they do the cooking cleaning and laundry. They also so close for the entire family and that too is governed by strict rules. When elizabeth needs more fabric she goes shopping theres no sign or advertisement to indicate that it is a store and the choices here are limited. This one is too dark for me this ones pretty nice for the younger girls. The brighter colors are reserved for the younger girls dresses the darker fabrics of the married women the men are to wear straw hats and checked all stripes. By half a meter will do. Everything is precisely specified. As you see any big difference between these 2. Elisabet only speaks plattdeutsch or low german a dialect used primarily by mennonites her sister in law margaret however also speaks english and she feels as you know some of the customs there thats where we have learned like god since my parents my grandparents great grandparents we just keep it like that its been like that all the time where what you know you just have to bear is can address its guns or religion if you do all kinds of different clues you know and youre a no not a you dont know up make up not in america now it will get worse for. Her if youre. Going to stop a car oh man its her like dad. We dont like a house. You have to. Material for 2 dresses and a shirt for what amounts to 8 euros theres no excessive spending mennonites little of so austere its almost monastic void of distractions no music no sports and no television. The closest they come to a moment of leisure is in church every sunday. We were asked not to film there am. A Community Leader has agreed to meet and talk with us. William is Something Like the colonies male he too has 7 children in order to give us a better understanding of their believes he invites us to his home for dinner the only source of light is a single oil lamp the house has no electricity and furnishings a spouse there are no pictures on the walls only the bare minimum. Let us pray. The girls sit on both sides of the table while william sits at the head and his son at the other end of the meal is eaten in silence its a practice mennonite so followed for centuries. Tonights dinner consists of bins of vegetable soup and sausages life as it was lived in the 19th century. If you. Really do. With long history bible says that to be accepted into heaven you were not allowed to have any modern things like t. V. s telephones computers or cars or were taught to renounce modernity when certain people did not want to obey the church very much shunned that they could no longer take part in the Community Like city already in mind only one time to visit not on. The no is explicit i think you abide by the rules or you were banished from the community. Or not has changed since the mennonites came in found in the colony here half a century ago. This used to be nothing but jungle now the colony is spread out over a 100 square kilometers and post nearly 3000. 00 inhabitants. When they built roads they paved the way for the development. In spite of their respect for the doctrine some believers find modern conveniences hard to resist. For france it all began when he had to buy a fine for work hes taking a huge response showing it to us. For what i saw. For yourself things of yours and others that i feel very guilty. Very. They know their reality is enough you see there are so many good ones and france discovered the internet and i love the music the rhythm of country and western radically changed his familys life. Function on me and very very fascinated. Theyre really like their new life its a new lifestyle for us. If we really had there is any music so sure. They could lehrers the. Life. And then abruptly france which is not the spine. Theres someone from the red. Hide your for now this ones for my brother you have. Really but i dont like to see them. Mad if they dont see the point it will be more happy to me so that maybe in the future they will start to know more. About the reality busy. France has to be careful even round his brother if anyone finds out that he has a fun. Communication. Is what happened to him he used to provide medical care for the families here he lives next to 2 friends. Kind of surgery. To sit down here and sit down here and then have a speech then the problem probably shot if the pain then there are the men i would have them they dont cover them up shakhtar all the people from the king here and yet. Preacher said yeah yeah. 20 years was the colonies lady doctor he has no formal training his mother was a nurse and he taught himself by studying medical textbooks people to find in order to save lives. And i felt like i had to have it because there were so many accidents and. You then i felt like an obligation to call. A taxi or to call on the doctors or i said that was so useful for me and i had it then and they were complaining about that and they wanted me told to lose it and i said no. That decision cost him dearly because he broke the rules he lost everything. Then they then knew that they would excommunicate me the day before i would say i heard about at least 60 patients at least 60 that went on the whole day up told late in the night the next day i got excommunicated no one claims again so that stops from 60 to overnight to 0. Since his expulsion will has been shunned by the community these days he sells time as an hours drive from home. He decided to found a new non conformists congregation within the conservative community. Mennonites behind the wheel of a pickup trucks a surprising size they belong to the dozens of families that now attend the new church. From all appearances these believe is still seem to abide by the traditional mennonite codes of conduct but on closer inspection there are undeniable signs of change even from the pulpit this sermon is read from a smart phone is no bible to be seen. The great read all the gospel of matthew the 11 disciples went to galilee to the mountain where jesus had sent them when they saw him they worshiped him but some doubt. Vilhelm instigated the construction of the new church. Vehicle music is. Sought out only what is not allowed to drink. And all that what. Is wrong. This Development Troubles more traditional mennonites they believe that sosa being lost. Is one of those traditionalists hes joining several other families who decided to leave police to set up a new colony in peru one that small new to the old who would. Like. More tradition. And community so that they will be more more more i dont know exactly how to explain but the people more conservative more people together. Are bram a family will embark on a new adventure with his wife and 7 children even though hes invested a lot in his life here in little billys. So this is the house what i had. To 1st find so now d. I want to live it so let 4 out of people can years and now if they want to change i have a better one so they can put a new one so thats how im thinking now and i want to sell it for everything and the land so our prime prove represents the promise of an even better life the 1st point. Like there it sounds like is. Everything at sounds better to work theyre. Having. Having more more like more people in the. World by us are the widget. Beings and all the things what we produce they will buy more so we could sell more of what we produce that will make for more happy are. Those moving to true caring for their departure. That in town selling most of their positions. How much for the set of balls going or 5 dollars 2 dollars 4 dollars or later on fire oh. Yeah code needs to sell as much as he can. With it would be a trash can or a casserole dish everything must go. Im selling whatever i cant take with me. Ok im selling the house my all the furniture all the things we used every day were taking as our buggy the rest will be sold and if. Its good yes but not. Every dollar counts the money will go toward constructing the new colony. The auction last the whole day. One thing after wants to take to his farming equipment. 11 families to share in the space and cost of the shipping container. Lets take this over there. Yeah there is a lot we have to approach but everything together and to get it together and tell it fits. Only their most precious possessions will make the trip to peru that includes tractors and machinery needed to clear roads. The country had a few things theyre not big farmers and in the country so thats why we think about we can care cheaper we have it here and we care it over there its cheaper than we buy it from brazil or anywhere 1st of billys city then by boat yes by boat right. The container will arrive 2 months after they do there isnt much room left but has a surprise in store for his wife hes going to take their marriage bed the only reminder of the past life. Is the dead so that is what we have already at once your wife wanted something yeah i want that to keep death she want to keep the beds so she will be happy there not lose everything should lose out they go down but not lose everything. You need. Its the evening before their departure. Friends family is feeling a princess especially his wife elena. Birth america it will be difficult there we had everything here we have to start all over again. At the moment their biggest fear is the flight no one has been on an airplane before. It turns out are you afraid of flying. Not yet but i dont know how ill feel when i have to board. And you have and how do you feel about going through that im really excited really is. It a yes i cant wait. Well see who gets on the plane 1st and if i dont want to be 1st. It. Doesnt mean im going to still. The time has come for the family to guy. Its a big moment. The biggest one when i have ever had in my life. Climb in boys. You know. Parents want to see them off its not easy for his mother this is the 1st time one of the children has left the colony. Yeah you know dont worry everythings going to be fine its all under control i question im still anxious i understand. But only goodbye and safe journey. I said will you visit us maybe in april. Of next. 2. To. 3 hours later they arrive to be Important Police if he did the 1st of the group to get there. For opera this is where the adventure truly begins. Is the 1st time what i am taking the blame for thats why im telling my children not enraging 43 years i want to go with the plane so i know my children all day ill be all they can go but with together a long drive with yeah get them there ill run i would go and i will go so its going to be great. The rest of the group of also arrived 7 families 53. 00 people in total. They were all born one way tickets no one plans to return. Its time to say goodbye. Parents came to the airport to make the most of the last few moments with the family. There were no hugs book uses a simple hand. Everyone appears calm and composed. But i cant quite hold back richie is she doesnt know if shell ever see her son or grandchildren again. To take me a huge leap into the unknown. The challenges begin with the escalator. Right here. In a very. Are you scared. Let me know either this is fine. Its a bit shaky. Ah prime seems excited but his wife ellen ah its a little anxious whats that clouds clouds yes clouds. Were flying over clouds i was wondering why there was so much smoke. The journey will take 24 hours after a stopover in panama they arrived in lima the capital of peru. While waiting for their final flight to paul culpa if you can keep their eyes open no one has slept much since they left billys. Lazy lazy. Lazy to go. A long trip. In. The sprawling group of mennonites does not go unnoticed. In. The air force employee who checks in their luggage is curious. If she knows where theyre headed and i ask them about it but why are you going to put culpa we want to work there work ok and if we bought land there and thought it was planned were going to work it and it will see. What will you grow because it will grow corn beans soy melon you cumbers peppers and tomatoes all the demand will keep chickens. Where will your children go to school is to be added to get any respect and that will build. School there isnt one there yet but well build one a young inventor a pretty good. Governor chief im surprised you think that i didnt think it was possible to live out there but im happy for you. That im asking a joy it always surprised they dont know you were they havent been a lot of people they are surprised they didnt know that about you or for their skin from where you come in where you want to go so what what happens whats going on. Because they dont know you know and they dont know is did look people some but they sometimes think they take a more troubling one but not so i have groped so many and i grope on so many baggage. The mennonites take the 3rd and final flight this ones to compound a town northeast of lima thats close to the amazon rainforest theyve traveled nearly 3500 kilometers. Upon arrival a few motor taxis awaiting the mennonites a something of an attraction here too. Theres a row over here. With the Largest Court in the region to calcutta is the gateway to the amazon the city has around 200000. 00 inhabitants. Vendors from the surrounding villages come here to sell their goods. Opera is delighted im not surprised that looks happy beautiful yeah. Theres a little. Sound then a nice look fella looks like there were lots of moments yeah and that all of. Its been here. Lets have lunch alone man its all right here i think here we can work like we how we like to because i see the people is moving and lots and lots of people. Well be a beggar they different than in the least because the least so poor and so little that people on everything tight just the fast boats leave from their. Brand has no time to lose he lived police could have been minimal so he needs to plant few supplies people heading into the rainforest but 1st he has to change money. Cant say come and count the dollars this is our primes in time savings 30 years of work now hes investing it all in his future. Harsha somehow. Whatever what they sell on the auction sale and they get the money and then they change. Or buy things more i buy or land or open my land. Has a total of 18000. 00 us dollars not much to start a new life thats why the group feistiness info to save money 1st thing on the list mattresses. The. Altogether because of all pan and i have a different price thats why we are all together going on but i think. That not a lot in this one is hard it would be like sleeping on the ground. The day is drawing to an end in poo call but work has just begun tomorrow he will take an exploratory expedition to the new colony. Are certain apples apples vitamins come and get your apple. Has reserved a seat on the 1st poti ever blank the last milledge before the colony johann another member of the group is accompanying him. The triple take 2 days on. A tributary of the amazon. To go have. A problem but. The one white house but wait i thought watering every day. That they. Got everything down but. A few hours later there are no more buildings inside nothing but long stretches of forest but that doesnt trample abra on the contrary. Thats what id like. To ask tal but. I like what i like thats what it is right the nice guy looks like quite strong on power but a crow that caliber are a lot like work on the farm. Up to 48 hours on the post op run has nearly reached his personal power hours. But were almost there yes not for now. How much longer. About half an hour to do. But theres more to come on bremen your hand take another much smaller boat its the only way to reach the new high and deep in the heart of the amazon. Hardly anyone traverse. Says the river at this point. And once they touch land its still not over theyve got another 90 minutes along a muddy bumpy road. You hear that. At one point johann an auburn have to get out and push still nothing can dampen up rams enthusiasm. The road is very difficult. But they have they could change if they change. The baseline to work. You have to do Everything Else everything at the start and you know thats from starting from 0. To 2 hours the 1st house comes into view it was built by the 6 men and i found this essential to recover. The reach. And finally found your hello welcome. Got guts and luckily we could take the road otherwise wed have had to walk and. Thats nothing compared to how it was when we came with all our luggage. Around 15 minutes living here all in around in the middle of the jungle without electricity over running water. And the euro. Is a lot to be done and his family will have to live in tents because iran able to build a house of their. Own on will it be finished. He says one way he had work maybe 2. Days more and then he ready. Just 2 weeks to build a house mennonites a seasoned carpenters and they know how to make the most of what theyve got. The people and the least lot of time theres so how could that happen that we dont go to school and they do love Different Things than they do and how could it be but they say we say we work on the farm. On a farm we dont go to school we go to school on the farm. A little deeper in the forest opera musi his own plot of land for the 1st time hes waiting to hear this moment most of you get. Here. Like this this is that my piece of land here. Yes or no this is how we. How we 1st open this is the bush right now we were go inside and there i could show you how i will make my house its the land ive always dreamed of. Friends 1st instinct is to reach down and grab a handful. To plant carrots. All over. For death of the very good. To. One side and will be a false and on our side ever the arch out there and they vegetables will be here front and on the yard front yard so when people commonly see out there it is up for the yard fred the way to tell us our carry hat day the day after. This is when he wants to create a new Mennonite Community based on old order traditions like yours we will be more isolated than unborn and helpful more and everything it will be more together people living. 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