Do you think if you had not gone to public school you may still be OOM? Do you regret going to public school? HOw many grades did you complete? (Sorry if you feel like you are in a fishbowl....but you asked for it!! LOL! )
Why do you like the way you were raised? What were the blessings? What were the deprivations?
Had I not gone to public school... God knows - but that is where I "lay the blame"
No I do not regret going to public school - even though we homeschool our kids. We have different motives than some. Being anti-social, anti-higher education, introverted, etc. are simply not options. We plan, and are, making a difference in our community for Jesus and other good causes.
Eight grades only. Then continued after I left home at 16 1/2. (GED and tech courses) I should also say many current mennonites get their GED as well, but very few Old Order Mennonites go to college.
I love the way I was raised because divorce was nonexistent, and families were everything. We played interactive games rather than TV and video games. I loved the garden, being self sufficient, and country life.
Deprivations... In hindsight I would have loved to continue my education in college, and should have done that after leaving the church. And doing the horse and buggy in the year 1980 was a a bit weird - not to me - but to explain the rationale to outsiders - it was really an unneeded burden.
BUT, God knows the end from the begining, and I love my family/job/business and have a very good life today.
Thank you Jesus!
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I am a firm believer in the Old Paths
Articles on such subjects as "The New Birth," will be accepted, whether they teach that the new birth takes place before baptism in water and Spirit, or that the new birth consists of baptism of water and Spirit. - THE PENTECOSTAL HERALD Dec. 1945
"It is doubtful if any Trinitarian Pentecostals have ever professed to believe in three gods, and Oneness Pentecostals should not claim that they do." - Daniel Segraves
Brother Hoover what kind of trade did you father do? Most I understand apprienticeship their sons after the eighth grade.I see that you did not do that.
Had I not gone to public school... God knows - but that is where I "lay the blame"
No I do not regret going to public school - even though we homeschool our kids. We have different motives than some. Being anti-social, anti-higher education, introverted, etc. are simply not options. We plan, and are, making a difference in our community for Jesus and other good causes.
Eight grades only. Then continued after I left home at 16 1/2. (GED and tech courses) I should also say many current mennonites get their GED as well, but very few Old Order Mennonites go to college.
I love the way I was raised because divorce was nonexistent, and families were everything. We played interactive games rather than TV and video games. I loved the garden, being self sufficient, and country life.
Deprivations... In hindsight I would have loved to continue my education in college, and should have done that after leaving the church. And doing the horse and buggy in the year 1980 was a a bit weird - not to me - but to explain the rationale to outsiders - it was really an unneeded burden.
BUT, God knows the end from the begining, and I love my family/job/business and have a very good life today.
Thank you Jesus!
Is there a more conservative one between your wife and yourself?
SH, I know you said that you really didnt understand the language of the formal Church, but from what you remember, what was church like? what is the structure of the services?
what was preaching like? was there a lot of teaching?
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Had I not gone to public school... God knows - but that is where I "lay the blame"
No I do not regret going to public school - even though we homeschool our kids. We have different motives than some. Being anti-social, anti-higher education, introverted, etc. are simply not options. We plan, and are, making a difference in our community for Jesus and other good causes.
Eight grades only. Then continued after I left home at 16 1/2. (GED and tech courses) I should also say many current mennonites get their GED as well, but very few Old Order Mennonites go to college.
I love the way I was raised because divorce was nonexistent, and families were everything. We played interactive games rather than TV and video games. I loved the garden, being self sufficient, and country life.
Deprivations... In hindsight I would have loved to continue my education in college, and should have done that after leaving the church. And doing the horse and buggy in the year 1980 was a a bit weird - not to me - but to explain the rationale to outsiders - it was really an unneeded burden.
BUT, God knows the end from the begining, and I love my family/job/business and have a very good life today.
Thank you Jesus!
This is what I find so appealing. My husband and I dressed up last night to go to Culvers and have ice cream. He, in a medieval costume and me in my OOA dress and kapp. I'll post pictures later.
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No I do not regret going to public school - even though we homeschool our kids. We have different motives than some. Being anti-social, anti-higher education, introverted, etc. are simply not options. We plan, and are, making a difference in our community for Jesus and other good causes.
That is the part of any group that lives the way that you were raised (Amish, Mennonite, etc.) that confuses me.
The total separation thing is really wonderful to me in a lot of regards, I see the beauty in that lifestyle. But I don't understand how they get around the biblical imperative of reaching the world.
My best friend is a part of a group that for lack of any official name I will call "House Church". It is not an organization, and there is no formal structure, but in a lot of ways, their practices go along the same lines as what the Amish and Mennonites practice. Not in the more extreme ways, but very separated. They are some of the most Godly people that I know, however, I always get hung up on the evanglism aspect. It is wonderful for their family, but what about the rest of the world?
Thanks. I need a black bonnet and scarf to complete the outfit! Also, the skirt comes to just below the knee, which I am afraid is a wee bit short. But it still looks pretty good with my black socks and tennis shoes. People sure did stare at me at Culvers!
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Those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt the people doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
Had I not gone to public school... God knows - but that is where I "lay the blame"
No I do not regret going to public school - even though we homeschool our kids. We have different motives than some. Being anti-social, anti-higher education, introverted, etc. are simply not options. We plan, and are, making a difference in our community for Jesus and other good causes.
Can you explain your reasons for homeschooling?
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Deprivations... In hindsight I would have loved to continue my education in college, and should have done that after leaving the church. And doing the horse and buggy in the year 1980 was a a bit weird - not to me - but to explain the rationale to outsiders - it was really an unneeded burden.
So your thinking veers more to that of the black bumper Mennonites? You think a car should be used instead of horse and buggy?
I think I understand the rationale of the horse and buggy....as much as I have tried to get into the minds of the plain horse and buggy people, but it would be a hard concept for outsiders to understand. The way I understand it, it has a great deal to do with community. I think the car does detract from community in a way that horse and buggy does not, at least collectively. Also, it definately keeps districts small. I see many benefits to this as well, but again there are negatives to it and community has a great deal to do with family and less to do with type of transportation. My mother comes from a family of fourteen children and they are very close but many live very far apart. They are Catholic and do not live under any "rules", per se, but most are very Catholic and much of the family reunions etc center around the Catholic faith.
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BUT, God knows the end from the begining, and I love my family/job/business and have a very good life today.
Sounds like you are very blessed.
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When I was young and clever, I wanted to change the world. Now that I am older and wiser, I strive to change myself. ~
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