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The Mennonite Migration - Anabaptist (Jeremiah 29:11)
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Mennonites have been exiles repeatedly—driven from Switzerland, then the Netherlands, then Prussia, then Russia, then to North and South America. Each migration felt like catastrophe; each produced new flourishing. Russian Mennonites established prosperous colonies until Soviet persecution drove them out—to become farmers, teachers, relief workers worldwide. Jeremiah 29:11 is their story: plans for hope and future through repeated exile. Sometimes God's plan includes packing up and starting over. The community survives; hope persists.
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