My son attended a Mennonite daycare. It was such a blessing! They always treated the children with love and respect. The children learned their colors, numbers, alphabet, how to tell time... Their lunch was always made fresh with whole food. They even involved the children when they made pumpkin pie from scratch for Thanksgiving. I think the best lesson taught was kind and spiritual dispute/conflict resolution between the children. I could go on for days about how wonderful the daycare was. It was absolutely a true blessing to my son and our family. ❤

You girls crack me up! I’m a 65 year old lady that was raised in Alabama in a Christian home but not Mennonite. I moved to Ohio when I was 28. A lot of your traditions are also mine. Yes Megan, we went for Sunday drives. On Sundays we dressed in our Sunday best and went to church. After church we ran in the house to change clothes. We had our big Sunday dinner and played the rest of the day or went for a drive. We did address our elders Mr. or Mrs. or Miss as respect to our elders. I was not raised on a farm but my mother was and a lot our dinners were similar to yours growing up. My mother sewed and taught me to sew but I hated sewing. Lol. Yep, she sewed my clothing and yes I got stuck with pins a few times. Southern Christian traditions are very similar to yours. Love thinking back on those memories. Thank you for the videos….love them!

@spunkycat6144

Жыл бұрын

This!!

@sandydonais200

Жыл бұрын

Hi; watch you guys all the time(I’m a lot older, which has nothing to do w/anything), I live in Southern/central MA, & it’s as small town as you can get (love that).I was raised pretty much the same. I really like how your able to keep “FAMILY” as center of everything (also feel the same) but not everyone does. Some, not by choice, & others don’t get the opportunity. I like learning some differences & a lot the same. Thanks for sharing ! - SANDY -

@DiannaBarbee

Жыл бұрын

Everything you said was me except I am 67 and from North Carolina....same/same!

@mlm7598

Жыл бұрын

This sounds so much exactly as our growing up years were as well. I was raised Catholic in the Midwest and Sunday clothes. Breakfast after church and a dinner later. Sunday rides and no stores were open but one drug store in case of medicine needs for the community. I learned to sew at 9 and still at 76 am a seasoned seamstress. Saves a lot of $ also. :-) School clothes, Sunday clothes and play clothes. School shoes and church shoes. And so it went. Would not have dared to call any adult by their first name. Never called mom or dad by their first name. Aunt and Uncles were called Aunt Mary or Uncle George etc........LOL The good old days! 🙂

@SMD2308

11 ай бұрын

I am 57 and from New Zealand, and I grew up just the same as you! 🇳🇿

This is one of the reasons I want to keep coming back. Thank you!!

I always wish your episodes were longer! Love hearing from you both, such an encouragement and blessing!

This was so interesting and fun to listen to! I am not Mennonite, but can relate to many of your traditions and values. I have a lot of respect for you ladies!

I can relate to many of these😆 It's fun to think about! Thanks for the episode!! So fun😁

I was just in Lancaster County last weekend. We watched Moses at S and S. It was amazing! We also visited Agape Cafe and Lapp Valley farm, based off your and our Airbnb host’s recommendations! They were good! I live in the Bronx and so going there is so amazing and peaceful. I never want to leave! Y’all are so lucky to have grown up in the culture as Christian believers; what a blessing!

I have lived in South Carolina for over 40 years and the Mrs Sarah Mr Chris definitely is the norm in the South in my opinion. LOVE the podcast!!

Sewing video with you both!! YES!! 👏🏼. Megan, you inspired me to make myself and my daughters matching dresses this past Spring, thank you! 😊

Jayna your honetsy is much appreciated. Great Podcast ladies.❤😉🥰🙏

Jana I love how proud you are of your Mennonite culture and heritage! The family history aspect is so fascinating and cool to me! I would love to be surrounded by that much family!

I was raised old order German Baptist, which is an Anabaptist group, and I can relate to SO many of the things you were talking about!! Although I now go to a different church, I am so thankful for the values I was raised with, and plan to try to pass them on to my children. Love watching you ladies! Thanks for being a bright spot in my day 😊

Thanks for sharing these are my favorite videos. Loved the realness of this one.

Yes a sewing video. I’m a quilter and would enjoy that.

What a relatable episode with my life currently, in Ontario and been attending a conservative Mennonite church and my children have been able to go to the connected school. A lot of things you talked about I am now familiar with, been holding back going much further into the culture by my husband who isn’t really into the Mennonite lifestyle. I really enjoy your posts and am continuing on my personal growth with god and the next steps I should take. Have a blessed week!

Even if I am confused, I still love listening to your pod casts 😊

This was a great one ladies, I learned a few things and found out I know a few things as well! Love you both, have a great day!

Great video! I always look forward to these chats. Fun hearing my name pop up too. 😄

I love watching your channel and your KZread very interesting Y’all have a blessed Monday afternoon.❤

Today was brilliant. You made me giggle lots. Thanks ladies.

I am so excited to watch this now! Love you girls- you both inspire me in so many ways thank you💖

@MeganFoxUnlocked

Жыл бұрын

Excited to hang out!

Hi ladies and thanks for another insightful and entertaining video. My life is not like yours but I’ve so appreciated following you for well over a year now. Megan, you’re not asking for my advice but I’m going to give it. I’ve heard you refer to your age or getting older with angst, or in a negative way. Not all the time, but every time you do it makes me tense up. Please gro to enjoy the stage-and age- you’re experiencing! I know you don’t want your daughter to think this way but I don’t want YOU to think this way! There’s so much to enjoy about getting older. I’m saying this at 54 and what are you, about 31? Oh my gosh, there is so much good coming to you, look forward to it! Embrace your age!!

I’m a free will Baptist. And we surprisingly have many similarities! Even down to wearing a head covering! Although I only wear it in Bible study or corporate worship. I love the Mennonite’s value on families and hard work and want to start that type of culture in my immediate family’s life so it can be passed down hopefully. 😊

One thing to mention is baking and cooking is a taught skill. I had a Mennonite friend who was one of 10 children and could bake and cook so well. Her family had Fasba on Sunday and tables were doubled up and filled with delucious food. I was a roomate who was far from home and was invited a couple of times. From the youngest baby to the oldest grandparent were included. It was a wonderful sacred and family time and will always remember . I am a believer in Christ and share very similar beliefs. Thank you, Megan and Jayna, so enjoy you both.

Love your channel. Growing up in Maine, we always referred to our neighbors as Mr, Mrs, and Miss, and in some cases Aunt, if they were really close family friends.

Thank you for being so balanced in your opinions, ladies. It is so refreshing. You are both lovely.❤

Eating healthy was expensive until Aldi came I loveto get All my produce & fruit there ,, It's very dry in SE South Dakota praying for a nice steady rain .. I love watching you both God bless & happy home making to you both

I am in LOVE with Jaynas dress!!!!

Love listening to these talks while i sew❤️....me also sheepishly putting my large expensive scissors away and getting out my little snippers🫣🤭

I really appreciated this video. It was super interesting.

Well done ladies this was the best one yet! I’m a Christian, but not Mennonite, and I just love hearing you two go back and forth. I love how real Jayna is and how obviously uncomfortable Megan gets. 😂 this was so entertaining and all in good fun. I could have listened to two hours of stories and insight about your unique world.

@Hannah_The_Elon_Jew

7 ай бұрын

Glutton

Yes, Aldi hasn't ever sold things with food dyes! Ive been allergic to food dyes my whole life so Aldi, trader joes, whole foods brand have been a lifesaver so I feel included!!

@jacklynnsmith5668

Жыл бұрын

I am so excited to learn that information 😃

My family here in Kansas still does that style family reunion that Jayna described.

Megan, as you were talking about thunder, it was starting to storm here in NC. Kind of funny.

Oh my gosh! I am 1st and 2nd cousins with my cousins!!!! My mom and aunt are sisters who married my dad and his cousin. We were so very close growing up!! This was a very interesting episode! Thank you for sharing so much of your culture and personal opinions! Smiles, Abby Smith

I woud love to hear more about parlors, I've never heard of them before.

I love Instacart. So, much. I go to Florida or Tennessee too so you can change address and use it when you're somewhere else. I hate shopping and I get way too much when I go myself. It saves gas and I always overtip because they work so hard for me by sorting it out when the store is out of something and it's well worth it.

I live in the north but my mom was from the south and I think it is definitely a southern thing to say Mr and Mrs!!

Being a Black Bumper (Horning) this is hilarious 😊😊😊Thank you also for mentioning about children’s education in a One Room schoolhouse. I was a helper in one for a few years in Lancaster County. Not only did the teacher have her GED and she was very well read and bright, but some of the students were so so bright. I personally became Anabaptist at 21. I went to college. I can tell you from experience the teacher was college material and so were some of the children. So people from the outside can not judge. Thanks for bringing up that point. Now that I am Mennonite for 37 years I defend them, haha

I love Megan’s “…and let’s change the subject”!😂 I literally laughed out loud. This was fun hearing about many of your cultural heritage thoughts.😊 Edited to add that the “Scouting” in most forms is just kind of like pranking your friends, not really anything ever meant to be harmful sounds like to me maybe?!🤷🏼‍♀️

I grew up Brethren in York County and I can relate to a lot of this. Never heard of parlors and scouting though 😅

I’m from PA and I’m the FURTHEST thing from Mennonite, but one of my best friends is Mennonite and we just get along great. The lord reminds us our similarities are so much stronger than our differences!

Nice job ladies! Funny funny stuff!!

I would love a sewing video! I can crochet & embroider but, that's it! Growing up we had Sunday dinner at Grandma's house on her china. I still use a clothes line. We call the sewing circle a "stitch &b*tch"

@jaynaburkholder1507

Жыл бұрын

Oh my word. 😅

@ozarkview928

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

So fun to hear you talk! I’m not Mennonite anymore, but grew up in it. In Iowa we didn’t call it scouting, we called it bushwhacking! One night after church my boyfriend, now husband, was at my house. When we thought we finally had everyone out of the house. I went to the bathroom, only to find another guy hiding in there! Most times they didn’t actually come inside though. Fun memories and a culture that’s hard to describe. I’m thankful for all the good values I learned.

Absolutely knock about clothes is how I was raised! This is very interesting 😊

Scouting, knock about clothes!! Yes. Only we said in dutch😊

Great video really enjoyed it.

Yes!! to sewing videos!!

You both make me laugh! God bless you!

This was a fun episode! Sunday afternoon drives in a blue Astro was exactly my family 😂 hay rides at my childhood church was frowned upon 😆 my parents are second cousins 😅🙃 don’t worry, my husband is NOT even close to being related to me😂

Take a shot of espresso every time Megan says "anyways" lol 😊 love ya'll!

We still have our Thiessen reunions, based on my great grandparents descendants. Always a good time!

In our family, I married my husband and his sister married my 1st cousin. I’ve never thought about the DNA being similar! 😂 This was a fun episode, thankful for my PA Dutch heritage and central PA way of life!

I like your all's outfits! 😊

I grew up very conservative, so I relate to so many of these things! Maybe some of it is culturally also because we have a lot of German blood in my family. My mom has double first cousins. 2 sisters married a pair of brothers.

This video has been one of my favorites 😂 my neighbors (husband and wife) have twin grandmothers. We have a lot of maple syrups disease in our community because of this

I enjoyed this one … I grew up Amish in Iowa and now live in Lancaster(we are Mennonite) but not Mennonite, Mennonite like you 2 are. I guess we brought new blood too as 4 of our kids married here. 3 of our in laws grew up Beachy so Amish background and our daughter that got married in March married a true ,blue Mennonite… I like that. Even though I wasn’t from here I could understand everything you talked about some stuff I learned after I moved here. I appreciate my heritage as you do. Don’t be ashamed of it.

I gave up makeup same time I did pants. The Lord dealt with me about pants but not makeup. My cousin would talk to me like she just couldn't imagine going out in public with no makeup! I felt like an ugly monster how could I do this to people lol have to look at me with no makeup! So I decided next trip to town I would get some makeup and literally the minute my hand picked that item up the Lord dealt with my heart and said this is the problem....the fact that I felt like I had to have it! The Lord may deal with some about coffee, some about playing pool, and who knows what else! It's that moment where the Lord is asking for obedience and no matter how great or small the matter to obey is always the best ❤

I've heard a lot about your beliefs from your channel and I still believe we have So Much in common. I won't go into the differences. I know I get excited about my Church and put my two cents in too much. I'm still imperfect as usual and never realized until recently that that is rude of me to do so on your channel and also sounds preachy and I want people to feel cared about regardless of their religious or non religious choices. I'm sorry and will do better. ❤ Thanks for the idea..need my staple - protein shakes. Hubby is sick but said he'd get them later..maybe instacart delivery would be good. ☺ Also love the super easy sew a dress idea from Megan!! ❤

Great video !

My mom and her gang of conservative mennonite friends from before she was married still do the chain letter and they are all around 80 years old or so. Of course some of them are no longer living but it’s still going. It’s sad to know that it will end one day but I think it’s so cool.

Yes to: Sunday drives, family reunions, scrapple, hay rides, sewing circle (now that I'm retired, I'm part of one and love it), no make-up, circle letters (both of my parents' families had them for years--highly helpful for large families who were spread around the country), learning to sew as a young girl, double first and second cousins, Mennonite education (in my experience with college-educated teachers), focus on teachings of Jesus, and an absolute appreciation for the Mennonite culture and background. And Megan, I met Josh last week at September Farm. He's a sweetheart.

I grew up going to church Sunday mornings and then we would have a big family dinner. Usually a roast or something in the oven all afternoon. Sometimes we’d go to our cottage in Ky and my dad would fish and boat. Usually we’d take a Sunday drive trying to explore places we didn’t know. Then I vividly remember homework late on Sunday evenings. Back to the real world. 🤣 Love you both!! Patti in Cincinnati!

Oh my goodness, there is a lot about this that I can relate to. I come from Mennonite background and even though we’re not in the Mennonite church anymore, it’s still part of my heritage. I didn’t always appreciate it, but I’m thankful for it now.

I´d love it if you had another person there to chat with you, who had a completely different background. It would be very interesting to see what questions come up and how you react to each others arguments.

Funny! German Baptist here in OH and most communities aren’t that different! We have almost all the same things! Although Jayna, had to laugh, we always called our third set of clothes “ knock-a-round” clothes!! Pretty close! We call circle letters chain letters and all our youth group is called young folks😀 Would love to visit and chat with you ladies sometime!!

I grew up in PA near you and always called adults Mr. so and so, or Mrs. so and so.

I'm Jewish so Our day of rest is Saturday. I totally feel you on the lawn mowing but what always messes me up is Sunday is just a normal day for us alot of us even work on Sundays but I go and get the mail forgetting it's not going to be there 😂😂

@nelly7043

Жыл бұрын

I observe the Sabbath(Saturday) as well.

@kayleelove4309

Жыл бұрын

Same 😂 I also forget that everything closes early on Sunday. I was raised seventh day Adventist.

@nette9836

5 ай бұрын

Some Christians observe Saturday sabbath. I try to.

@chayafaith710

5 ай бұрын

@nette9836 That's awesome that you do! I have a few Christian friends who do as well 😊😊

I love this video. As you mentioned, much of the Mennonite culture is similar to my Christian PA Dutch upbringing. This video was so much fun to listen to. Oh and the cousin thing is in a lot of families but it is gross because my cousins were practically like brothers and sisters to me 😂! Where do we find the Honey i'm Homemaker blog?

YES! More sewing videos!!

I'm an amish lady and I always knew that we have a very similar viewpoint on pretty much everything. But this just did clarify it evens more. I had to laugh a few times. For sure about the directory. We still have one to.

What an enjoyable video! As an "outsider" who has joined the Mennonites, you hit on some good points. I loved the "guy for everything." That is so true. I just ask one of the ladies from church if I need to find someone reliable and they always know someone! The saddest point is that of the Mennonite privilege mentality. That is so prevalent here in NW PA. They judge others for not following a rule or law to the T, but then turn around and stretch another rule or law to benefit themselves. My husband and I were shocked by that and still a bit baffled how they justify it. Anyway, Mennonites are still human and we love being part of them. The community and love and shared faith is what drew us in and why we stayed. You guys are not afraid or ashamed to stand up for what you believe. You do not waver in what you believe because society decides its no longer acceptable. I do think that you missed two important distinctions. The way that you identify each other by your husband's names. For example, the Jacob Weaver family is identified as the Jacobs. His wife as Jacob's Mary. That really confused us for a while! Your pronunciation of certain words is also unique. Fav-rite for favorite is one that comes to mind. Oh, I almost forgot "the name game." You know how when you meet another Mennonite they try to find out how you are related or who you are related to? I get a chuckle out of the confused look they get when they ask our last name and can't connect us with anybody. Thanks for stepping out and sharing this. We're all unique and quirky in our own ways. How boring it would be if we were all alike!

I can relate to many of the things you mentioned. I was raised in Indiana and I'm over 70. I still refer to people who were grown ups in my childhood as Mrs. Doe or Mr. Doe. I've heard of scrapple, but never had it. I think of it as a German thing and I have a German background. We took "rides" in the country on weekends or even evenings when the weather permitted. My mother sewed a lot for me, and I did some for my daughter when she was young. I do have cousins that share Great Grandparents who have married. It was not either's first marriage and they have no children together. I think that makes them 2nd cousins and spouses...... because Ancestry says I'm 2nd cousin to them and we are the same generation, I have the same Great Grands.Oh & here's a good one. My 1st cousin met my husbands 1st cousin at our wedding and got married a year later on the same date. so our kids are double cousins. I LOVE all your videos & chat!!

So fun. I was raised Christian, still am... born in the 1960's. We always had Sunday Day Of Rest, and would go for a Sunday afternoon drive, and stop and get an ice cream, so something like that. Our sewing circles were called "Sewing Bee's". As for sewing, I would start your daughter out, right on your main machine! My Dad, was one of 13, and his parents and siblings had a group letter, that they called the "Robin Letter" and we LOVED when we got it! Dad would take his old letter out, read it aloud to our family, see what had changed in that period of time, then read aloud all the new letters! So fun to hear all about the family!

I grew up Lutheran LCMS. Lots of similarities. And the occasional small town where every mail box has the same last name 😆...And everyone at church is some kind of cousin. We also had a small school. We didn't have any technology or updated books but it was by far better education than public school I attended later. It was embarrassing not knowing how to use a computer though. Love your chats

My have had the same plumbers for a while. It started the grandpa's and then their sons and so on still passing the business down most honest people I knew growing up.

Yes, knock about clothes!😅 I almost forgot that we used to call them that 🤣🤣🤣

So many things are similar to how we live. We also have the hard copy church directory and my husband always calls it the "Dutch Book" as everyone comes from a Dutch heritage originally from the Netherlands. In my family (5 children) I was the first to get married. All of my siblings married to cousins of my husband so if there is/was a family event on my husband's side all of my siblings would be there. My sister and two of my brothers got married to a brother and his two sisters. On my husband's side he has three brothers married to three sisters. Love following you!

I'm Mennonite as well, Russian Mennonite which from what I hear is different from yours, but oh wow so many similarities!! This was a great conversation, I really enjoyed it😊

I just admire how the Mennonites live, and how they love God . The closeness the families are. My family doesn't get along. There's just to many unkindness shown. Keep up the good work. I enjoy your video. Happy Father's Day to your husband.

@jaynaburkholder1507

Жыл бұрын

Eric and I often say how grateful we are that both our families get along so well!

I am a Mennonite from Paraguay, South America and we have so much in common 😅 sunday afternoon drives yessss a must do 🤣

From my angle, I'm loving the Menonite community • I don't know everything about it, but love everything I see through yt • Christ first and then very practical life applications 💕 also, I agree with the topic on education • accredited or elite doesn't always offer the best sound education 💕

I really wish Jayna would start a KZread channel. I love how honest and proud she is to be Mennonite. She truly embraces it all and doesn't appear to get caught up in the worldly things.

Keeping up with the Mennonites😂 good one!

As someone who moved from the north to the south, I didn't grow up using Mr. and Mrs. for anyone but teachers. However, after moving to North Carolina I hear it often. So it must be more common in the south.

I'm black, South African and Baptist and with the exemption of buddy gangs, we do everything else you mentioned - both as a church and in my culture. Recently we had a boy who really wanted to learn how to sew and asked if he could join the ladies sewing group at church 😁 it was a unanimous no. The reunions are also important in my culture, my grandfather says "the dowry has to leave the family", meaning if you don't know your cousins, you could end up engaged to one of them.

@spiritmatter1553

Жыл бұрын

Good on you for keeping boundaries on your female spaces, though I hope that young man finds sewing instruction somewhere. He could have a rare talent.

According to the list my family of heritage is basically Mennonite except we don’t wear head coverings and women wear pants 😂❤ I’m from the south and ‘yes ma’am’ ‘yes sir’ is a big thing! Love hearing you ladies chat!

Love Sundays, meet with my church family. Definitely a day of rest. Don't need botox, will get a new body in heaven 😊

My husband and I both grew up old order Mennonite, although different denominations of Mennonite and different states. His brother is married to my dads sister (my aunt). So my brother in law is also my uncle, and their kids are my cousins, AND they are also my kids' cousins. Also, their kids are my nieces and nephews too now. 😂

I grew up with 3 types of clothes too. Play clothes, going out clothes and church clothes. We also grew up calling adults either Mr.? Mrs., Aunt, or Uncle.

Love hearing you talk about your view of a mennonite, definitely a bit different then what I learn growing up. I grew up in somewhat of a cult, we always called ourselves mennonites and even Christians, but not open to the gospel, we went to church on Sundays n that it's, never ever mention Jesus! The first time I heard an English talking person say they're mennonite, I was blown away.. were I grew up marrying second couisen was done often but first couisen was not allowed. I thought me and my husband were not related, later found out we were 3rd cousins, but that hasn't ever bothered me.

Paper piecing can be a good option to make quilt blocks. She can learn to sew a line. The paper gives extra support.

Love love love Aldi! And I didn't know it is German. This makes me happy because the Aldi cereal is what I buy so that it doesn't make me have a bad allergy feeling in my throat. And my kids can enjoy their cereal with no food dye. My son cant handle food dyes- it makes him puke and get so wild. lol

This episode is so fun. I am Norwegian and we live alot like you. Here allmost all stores are closed on sundays. You can NOT cut grass, chopp wood or any other loud work ( its a day of rest, also for your brain :) ) There is not many that go to church, but we still have one day for rest. I do have my nice china... Iused to have school clotes (not uniform) and outdoor clotes. We did have "sunday" clotes ( my kids have some formal clotes but other than that they use any thing from the closet) But i am a bit older then you ladys ( i am almost 48) But i still think we are alot alike :) Megan: Sit with your girl and sow with here, i have been using a sewingmachine since i was 4. And i got one as a gift when i was 14 ( i got confirmated (baptised) its a very big thing here, like a comming of age thing. Thank you ladies for sharing your world! Be blessed

In the south when we moved here the neighbors kids called me Miss Linda, Mr. Bob

I am a seamstress and I am a costume designer in the theatre world! Sewing is definitely a dieing trade. Especially those that know how to sew well!I’ve been doing it for over 20 years

@Cherokeefit

Жыл бұрын

It's because it's expensive now!!! Use to be cheaper to choose this route to make items 😂

Sundays in Austin are so different. In my apartment complex all the cars are parked and I seem to be the only one up and dressed in conservative clothes and going somewhere. Yet churches seem to to be very full. So it is truly a big city but maybe most church goers live in homes. That would be fascinating to study.

I was homeschooled, and until 9th grade studied from the Source of Light curriculum produced by Menonites.

Bernina has a guard that goes on it that’s to prevent your fingers going in the needle. I used one for my granddaughter. Also, I agree with Janna that you should let Evonne use your machine so she doesn’t get frustrated. I put the foot pedal on a stool so my granddaughter could reach. My husband loves Scraple! He went to a Quaker Boarding School outside of Philadelphia. I loved hearing about your background.