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| Jacob Hutter |
On my last night while we were sitting out in the porch Jake talked to me about the history of the Hutterite colony. He told me that it started way back in the 1500's. The first leader was Jacob Hutter.Around the 1530's a lot of people started persecuting the Hutterites. I was shocked when Jake told be this. It's hard to believe that their colony had to be persecuted just for their beliefs.The Hutterites still kept their faith strong.When some Hutterites were in jail, they wrote all kinds of music, and stories. There are about 28,000 Hutterites today.Education and religion is very important to the Hutterites. It is needed to endure the hard tasks that will be taken during adulthood. Religion is very important because they have to learn to read the Bible everyday. Jake said that his parents had taught him how to read the Bible since he was four. Even though it's not a subject at school, it should be taken seriously.
