Wipf has a fax machine and desktop computer in his office and a laptop and two-way radio at home. Internet access for a select few is in the works. A pool of vehicles is available. There are delivery trucks for the trusses, plus tractors and a new combine. At Wipf's home, which he shares with his wife, Mary Ann, and their son and his family, a stack of Bibles sits in the living room, and Wipf leads nightly church services and reads Scriptures daily.
Spirituality is central to colony life.
A chaste lifestyle means no card games, photographs, jewelry or makeup. Smoking or swearing could lead to expulsion. Rarely do Hutterites leave the colony, Wipf said. And rarely do newcomers join. Hutterites pool their money.