Q&A: Answering Your Questions Part 2 | The Mennonite Mom 

I always enjoy your vids and daily look to see if you have posted. The Landlord issue one viewer has, reminded me of when I use to rent. The most important thing to do when praying about situations in which your dealing with being at the mercy of someone else when it comes to a roof over your head, is not just sit and pray, but consider making a list of ways to get out of renting. What broke me free from renting is my hubby was living on family property before we married and that was out in a rural area, which I LOVE. The biggest mistake we made at first was NOT getting a piece broke off faster because of living near a rather difficult sibling he has. BUT, we were able, by Gods merciful love and grace FINALLY got a piece cut off and BUILT our home, over time. Was the BEST decision we made. It is ours. But, it still gets a bit rough on hard repairs now we are much older, but, you are the owner, we planned hard on our finances even at below poverty level, and God, because we asked Him for wisdom, and He gave it, have never looked back on being imprisoned with renting. Prayer is important, but, sometimes, God wants to see fruit from us on writing down ideas to get out of the situation by possibly using family and other resources to get out of these situations. Asking for wisdom, and lead us to possibly the person who may have an empty home to sell on land contract, which them means, you can grow food. Pray, talk to folks who have land you could invest in, build on, (never ever build until you have a deed in your hand, don't ask me why I know this, LOL). Don't ever sit and let the situation eat away at you. Plan to GET OUT, save up money, ask brethren if you have a church for info on a possible place to buy in which the payments would match your monthly rent. Ask God to send you folks who know how to inspect and look for bad issues before you buy. I have sat in that persons shoes, and it gets gut wrenching, especially repairs the landlord won't fix. and then, trying to find another place to be able to afford. Use all the resources around you, and have a notebook to also write down thoughts on this matter, ideas etc. A prayer journal for the situation is great to look back on. Once you trade the stress of the situation into, being fired up in various ways and options to get out, you will see how God taught you great wisdom through the whole process, and you will be able to help the next person in the situation. This is why I spoke up, :) Prayer is indeed important, but also, make sure you go and investigate your options that especially family close by will be willing to help with. Someone may have a basement you could temporarily live in, save up money to go beyond what you thought. Somewhere, God has a place waiting. It will come.

I'm a young Mennonite mom from Ohio and I love your channel so much! I so appreciate how you share from your heart and let your love for Christ shine! Your thoughts on child training are spot on too and I couldn't help but shout yes while I was watching 😉. We've been blessed with a little boy of our own and I know I've missed the mark many times however from the time he was born my husband and I have tried to raise him with this exact principle and I just want to encourage you to keep it up! Consistency is key just like you said and now that he's going to school it's been a blessing to receive notes and calls from teachers and friends about this very thing. It's not easy but now I feel like its paying off. He's not perfect of course but neither are we! A thought that made this click for me before I was even pregnant is this: In today's society people spend so much time and money to train a dog or pet to do all sorts of things on command yet we expect our children (God given gifts who are much more precious) to just "get it" without spending time to train them and then wonder why we have to raise our voices in order to get their attention, much less listen. I'm praying God blesses you and your family in a special way. Keep it up!!

I feel so annoyed when some youtubers never discipline their children for anything. Your thoughts on this are spot on. Thanks for addressing this, hugs.

Your ideas on child discipline are spot on with my way of thinking. I totally believe actions should have consequences to prepare them for adulthood and employment when rules will need to be followed.

You are blessed that you can still trust the Mennonite private schools enough to send your kids there. Unfortunately, a lot of other Christians are choosing to homeschool because the secular world has had such a negative influence in even the Christian private schools.

You did really good on answering some tough questions. I enjoyed hearing from you.

Really enjoyed that Thankyou xx

I’ve been a subscriber for a couple of years now. Xander was a toddler. Still love your videos. I also just watched a video. I’m not sure how old or new it was but you and hubby was explaining your faith. I love your values. I grew up Baptist although I’ve fallen away from the church. I especially love the little blessings I receive from your videos. I have prayed more in the last couple of weeks since I have kinda been going through some older videos. Some I’ve already seen, some not. I had missed them. I kinda thought that maybe you had stopped making them. I don’t know how but I wasn’t getting them like I once did. Anyway, I know this is a long one but I just wanted you to know how blessed I feel just watching your videos. Thank you and congratulations on your pregnancy. Especially since you know it’s a girl. Hugs to Xander!

Thnx for the video! Very interesting! Love seeing glimpses of others lives! 😊❤

I loved your answer about parenting. Well done!

Great post. I am so happy you're feeling better, particularly when you go on vacation. Your parenting advice is basic and spot on. They need to hear the word "no". There's nothing wrong with being firm yet loving. God bless.

You are such an encouragement. I love your upbuilding videos!! Thanks for being a blessing.

I totally have the same memories of my grandparents house. Only their kitchen had heat so a lot of time was spent in their kitchen. I couldn't live like they did (outhouse, no running hot water).But I am grateful for their examples of frugal living. Have a great vacation.

Loved your answer about parent training/temper tantrums.

Thank you so much for this video. I completly agree wiith your thoughts on parenting and just overall enjoy your channel very much. God bless

Awesome video! Please make more regarding your view on parenting!

You are one of the most wisest Moms - parents on the face of the planet.. I parented with these same standards and like you We were always getting beautiful comments about our boys behaviours.. God bless you and your husband.. And your beautiful little Xander.. I love his laugh 😂

I enjoyed listening to your answers, and thought your answer to the childbearing question was especially good. You are looking so healthy right now. I am so glad your stomach issues are more under control.

wow! I love big families! Were on our 3rd and hoping for more in the future :D

My mum always said "use your words" and waited - we were often removed from the situation for "time out" which I still think should be viewed a positive - till we'd calmed down enough to talk about what was wrong. My parents were a little inconsistent with discipline so I totally agree with the warning and then a punishment. ❤❤❤ completely agree with respecting our little humans - I was also never called a child (to my face), it was always small human or little person - and that you still need to use age appropriate language and guide them through life. Brilliant advice and answers ❤

You are such an inspiration to me. I love your videos. Thank you my sister.

Wonderful wisdom. Great lessons. Boy you have got things from His word. Love you to pieces

I love these informal videos. Your personality makes it so fun and easy to listen to. Have a wonderful day. Sisters in Christ

Such good points about parenting and Santa! 🤣

Good Morning🤗 great conversation today very real , thanks for sharing💖. My guess is you guys are going to Florida💁🏻‍♀️🏖🏝🌞

Thank you for my heart

Great video, thank you

Do you know what a big blessing you are? Every time i hear you, you are such a big blessing to me.

Hi, I am new to your channel and find you and your family so sweet and interesting . I love your Christ centered life , farm and lifestyle. I can't get enough of your videos. Thank you for sharing 🥰

Awesome! The first to post! Love your videos. You have a gift sharing visual stories in the videos. Thank you for all your time and effort.

I love that you are ministering to so many, God will bless you for this, I get so inspired to talk to ppl about the Lord from you.

Fantastic answer...soagree with you..my babies are 40 and 42 now..we had our days!!! They are good people now.

Hey since you enjoy doughnuts you need to try my uncle's doughnuts at country store cafe! They are in the newburg area!

Big big family's back when. God's blessings on you .

Great post, it is lovely to see your evolution as a young woman, who is firstly a wife, then a mother, daughter and sister and friend. I love your passion in the continuum of life processes and Xander will excel because of it. Because you have taken the time to look after you, and work towards optimal health we have seen you blossom into fulfilling each of your roles. You can walk with your head up, back straight and shoulders back in grace and dignity as a leader to those who follow, encourager to those alongside of you with respect to those who lead. In the fullness of time good things come to those who wait and trust in the Lord. Be blessed and know God sees the desire of our hearts and witnesses the purity of our spirit. He honours those who honour Him.

Thanks for sharing.

I'm guessing Hawaii. As a retired teacher I think your philosophy is spot on. Children need limits. It gives them security.

Have you Ever Tried Hello Fresh? I've Seen Other You Tubers Get This And They Talk Really Good About It. And It Looks Really Good.

Thanks so much for sharing! Most of the music we listen to comes from my daughters. They don't tend to like pop, to which I'm grateful! Lol. We'll check out "Music Bed". Raising kids is difficult, and every child is different, you are absolutely correct. I'm in my fifties and I still don't have the answers, either. One of my daughters is very intelligent and logical, so she has a need to have things reasoned and explained. On the other hand, another of my daughters is all emotions and needs to feel things. Discipline is always a challenge. We are constantly looking for family friendly, Christian content. I think we need to be careful with labels like "false Christians". We can disagree with doctrine, but still respect the person! 15, and 17 kids?! Wow! That's impressive! You're doing amazing work. Thanks again!

I agree 100% with your answer to the tantrums, but Ido have one slight addition. (As was recently suggested by Becky over at A Place To Nest) you can be your child's friend AS LONG AS you are their parent FIRST. It might be said that you can be friend-like with your child(ren.) For instance, they have friends that they go play child-like things with. We can do silly things with them and, more importantly, we need to keep the lines of communication open. I think this happens when everyone gets older. I don't mean to say that you will pal around with them as a friend would, but that you can have times that will be like a friend. If that makes sense.🙄 I like these styles of videos a lot. I always get excited to see your video up😊. Some place warm? Not here in Michigan where it's snowing as I type. 😐 I love Michigan. It's not my home state (Illinois is) but I am getting older (not too old) [44] but each year winter hits it gets worse and worse. I have an autoimmune disease that the Dr is still trying to help pinpoint, and winter is no longer my friend. I used to love winter! So, some place warm sounds fantastic. I am super glad that you and Nolan get to go- and you will have (had) no worries.😊 How does Xander do without you?

Hi, my parents also came from large families. My father had 15 siblings and my mother 10 siblings and each of them had at least 5 kids.Lots of cousins. Another Mennonite to watch is Mary from White Cottage Company. She is a extraordinary talented lady. She builds and upgrades all kinds of things. She is well worth watching.

Thank you for your thoughts on child rearing which I totally agree with.

Thank you for sharing you doing a wonderful job maybe we can meet some day in person. my Mom came from a family of 18. and my Dad from a family of 8. I'm from a family of 13😍

Great QA enjoy it very much, you answered all those questions very well great job! Gods Blessings thank you for sharing! Hugs Liz x

A family of 2 children would be wonderful.

Que lindo seu vestido bonito

I am a homeschooling mom, it is not for everyone. It is not easy but it is what I felt called to do by God. There is good and bad weeks but we have be very blessed with abilities, support, and materials. Lastly without God at your side homeschooling would not be possible. It is hard but worth every bit of the hardship.

Loved your answers for children and punishment. Would you like to be the spokesperson for our great country!! 😂 Seriously I feel like our world needs a reminder of common sense and respecting each other!

My grandma was born in Russia and was the oldest of 17 children (4 children passed when they were young)

This goes for grandparents as well, may I add. I am watching my 5 year old granddaughter 5 days a week. I am honored my daughter trusts me with her, which also lets me know I raised my kids well. I am not the spoiling grandma either! Consequences are a huge part and goes with explaining! Nevertheless, I had a horrible time with my middle child during the teenage years. It all paid off!!!

I'm guessing Mexico or Hawaii. I like what you said about Santa Claus. haha.

I'm guessing you might be in Florida for vacation 😉!

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I guess your going to visit Wayne an Melissa in Greece 👏🤷‍♀️

Im the oldest of 12 and have 2 of my own and love it!!!❤

I am curious about the veil you use....There is any difference between the black you wear and Megan Fox use a white kind???

I absolutely loved this! I loved how you explained about raising children these days. I'm so thankful to know my husband and I are not alone in our way of thinking which is the same as you. Also about not having play dates every week. We do home school but my children do have other kids their ages in our little church. I am content to be at home and have raised my children the same. My daughter is turning 14 in a couple weeks and would much rather be home than doing anything else. You're such a blessing to me!

I come from family of 15 myself 😊

I’m guessing Florida or on a cruise.

Thanks, for sharing... I'm guessing FL.

Ande esta menino bonita

If only more parents had your philosophy on child rearing! I raised my son with rules, expectations and consequences. He grew up to be a responsible, confident and very loving man, who is now 41, by the way! A lot of children and teens today are hard to even be around because they are unruly, rude and disrespectful. Not all, mind you, but a large part. God Bless🙏

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I am the youngest of 10 children and I thought that was a big family! 7 girls, 3 boys! Ok back to video!

White Cottage Company is another Mennonite channel I like.

Bim dia amiga e amigo. Eu gosto muito de tudo vc. Amos menina linda.

Big family, but sounds fun💘

I guess Hawaii!

Your church school isn’t free for members?

My Mom came from a family of 13 children she's the eldest..My Dad 2. Tina

I came from a family of 18 and we have 13

When did your parents switch from old order to conservative?

🌸Hawaii!💐 Hawaii🌷🥳

Are you going to Florida with the Megan Fox family?

I'm new to your You Tube Channel I like your Little Ones Name How Did You Come Up With His Name? ,And Does His Name Have. A Meaning To It? My Son Has A Name That has A Meaning To It. His Name Is Shane, It Means Gift From GOD.Wen I Was Looking At Baby Names I Wanted It To Mean Something I Just Didn't Want To Pick Any Name. I Like Your Son Name I Think It's Unique For One I Haven't Heard It Until Now. MANY BLESSINGS TO Y'ALL MERRY CHRISTMAS TO Y'ALL. You Have A Beautiful Family.

If you are heading to Florida don’t expect too warm. It was 65 today. Hopefully, we will start warming up soon.