In the News ... Caprock Chronicles: "Mennonites in West Texas: Part 2"

Editor’s Note: Caprock Chronicles is edited by Jack Becker, a Librarian at Texas Tech University Libraries. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. This article is a brief history of the oldest continuously meeting Sunday School classes in Lubbock and the challenges it has faced and successfully met.

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• So many hurdles, yet David Rempel was determined to overcome them

By Jack Becker, Contributor
• Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

LUBBOCK, TEXAS - Fleeing from Canada to Mexico, Mennonites found life harder in their new home in Mexico. With limited education and available land running out, keeping a family fed became difficult. These troubles led David Rempel, the oldest son of Jacob Rempel, down the path of escape. Yet leaving a Mennonite colony was not easy ...

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