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  Anabaptist Ecovillage!
    Reasons for Jamesport, MO. 64648

    1: Land is still reasonable/affordable and farm-friendly ($1400-$1800 per acre)!
    2: Has the 6th largest Amish Community (network) in the USA (and other Anabaptist's)!
    3: It's near a State Forest, w/woods to hunt (whitetail/turkey), and many area lakes to fish!
    4: Close to Kansas City (1.5 hrs) and Des Moines (2.5 hrs); both with major Farmers Markets!
    5: Less severe winters compared to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin or Michigan Amish!
    6: Our Brethren in Christ have been assembling there for a Century (the network is built)!
    7: An established Equestrian culture; accepting of buggies and bicycles.

Become a part of the largest and oldest Intentional Community on Earth!
AE is coming on its 1st year; birthed well before the cultural trials now being witnessed. The clouds were building years ago, but we could not pull together enough of Gods Elect to make this happen: Perhaps now it is time! This is not a response to paranoia; if you're desperate for and because of being invested in the world this won't work for you either. We are the Body of Christ; a slow-growing collective of Christ-Centric people's of all backgrounds, creating a new paradigm of an old Intentional Community! God is calling His Elect to gather together, and so the decision about "where", was made to settle in/around Jamesport; to be near to our Anabaptist (Amish, Hutterite, Mennonite) brothers/sisters. The lifestyle will be defined as Simple Living!
Bottom-line: No matter what else happens (economically or otherwise), or where you are at, people have to eat: The main things humans need to survive comfortably and healthfully, are real food, clean water and warm safe shelter. If you grow/build/provide these things, you'll never be out of work! These are recession-proof! The unemployment rate among all Amish, is near-zero: Microeconomics at its finest! But we do not need to be Amish, to be Amish! What I mean is, the Amish are not a club to qualify for. The Amish, for the most part, treat all their neighbors as Christ commanded. Anabaptists (including Amish) believe in lifestyle evangelism; that is, we are what we do, and no more! AE will not try to join the Amish church, though anyone is surely welcome to do so. We will be the New English Amish! The Old Order Amish and Mennonites in Daviess County will be our Community Brethren; we'll live much like them, in that, we will join them in utilizing horse and buggy (for local travel), living off-grid and simple. We will grow/raise/hunt/fish all our own foods organically, and sell excess at Farmers Markets. We will buy, sell and trade local, and also build/construct, but within an eco-centric paradigm. We will be Monastic (but not religious fanatics) and yet, non-xenophobic. Your children can attend local Mennonite schools if you do not home-school. Future projects can be to buy more land to use to minister to others trapped in the world and its pernicious ways; perhaps as a retreat, or a camp, a shelter; to teach others how to live without a hand-out: Or whatever God directs with the people He assembles here. This is a summary, for more details read on (and please, don't be impulsive); pray and ponder before contacting!

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