plain folks in Minnesota

#1 · October 8, 2001, 1:17 pm

Quote from Forum Archives on October 8, 2001, 1:17 pm
Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Hi, I wanted to comment on living "plain" in Minnesota. Where I grew up in
Finland (small town only 25 miles from me now), there is a very large amount
of plain folk type people who live there. Most people I dont' think even
know they do. We only know because of our plumbing business and we do work
for some of them. They all have acre after acre of land and what beautiful
land it is!! They all homeschool, they all dress modestly and seem so
friendly when you meet them. Most do not have electricity.They employ each
others children for things and seem to barter frequently. These people live
way out in the boonies on very very beautiful land. I was amazed to find
them there after growing up in the area and never knew they were there! They
don't have to worry about any harrassment, people who know they are there
just except them and enjoy them. It is a wonderful area. Love, Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [HomeSteadHeaven] Re: Tennessee/Lisa

> Lisa,
>
> I know you typed to Johanna but I had to type to your question regarding
the
> interacial family. I want to share a story with you that is true. It
> happened to a friend that I've somewhat lost touch with except for a few
> emails a year. SueDawn has a large interacial family. They have a
ministry
> of adoption and at last count I believe had 13 children. I've sort of
lost
> track. A couple of the children are biological but they rest are all
> adopted and many with special needs. SueDawn and hubby looked for years
for
> a place to go. They wanted to live plain but just couldn't find something
> that met their needs. Deal after deal fell through. Then one day they
were
> able to obtain a farm that seemed like a dream come true. Not only did it
> have a large farm house to accomodate their large family but it also had a
> mobile home where her daughter, hispanic son-in-law and new baby
> grandaughter could live. Her daughter wanted to live near her mother and
> help with all the children. We all rejoiced for them. We couldn't
believe
> it was finally happening for them. They gave their notice on their rental
> home and the man that owned the farm was gracious to let them move in
before
> closing. They had taken two loads to the new farm, about 3 hours away.
> Hubby and Son-in-law had just loaded the truck in Memphis and were on the
> road to the new farm. SueDawn received a call from the Sheriff telling
them
> not to come. She was in shock, people in area found out that they had an
> interacial family and had burned down the mobile and left behind a white
> cross in the yard. The sheriff told them they'd moved 2 miles over the
> imaginary line where people of color could live. They were devestated.
The
> seller let them back out of the deal given the circumstances but they lost
> their earnest money, were out the expenses of having made two trips to the
> farm (actually more than that) and having rented a truck. I'm not trying
to
> dissuade you from TN but I think you are justified in being concerned
about
> the interacial issues. Where we lived in Indian many Amish and Mennonite
> families adopted bi-tri racial children and it was commonplace. Not so in
> TN. I don't think it's because they don't want to adopt the children, I
> believe they too know it's not accepted very well. You need to go where
God
> leads you....Deanna P.S. Just heard there is a Conservitive Mennonite
> family starting a church in Duluth somewhere. Now MN is very open to
multi
> racial families....very common place here....Deanna
>
>
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Posted by: dabanks <dabanks@...>

Hi, I wanted to comment on living "plain" in Minnesota. Where I grew up in
Finland (small town only 25 miles from me now), there is a very large amount
of plain folk type people who live there. Most people I dont' think even
know they do. We only know because of our plumbing business and we do work
for some of them. They all have acre after acre of land and what beautiful
land it is!! They all homeschool, they all dress modestly and seem so
friendly when you meet them. Most do not have electricity.They employ each
others children for things and seem to barter frequently. These people live
way out in the boonies on very very beautiful land. I was amazed to find
them there after growing up in the area and never knew they were there! They
don't have to worry about any harrassment, people who know they are there
just except them and enjoy them. It is a wonderful area. Love, Julie
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Haley" <dhaley@pinenet.com>
To: <homesteadheaven@weloveGod.org>
Sent: Monday, October 08, 2001 11:24 AM
Subject: Re: [HomeSteadHeaven] Re: Tennessee/Lisa

> Lisa,
>
> I know you typed to Johanna but I had to type to your question regarding
the
> interacial family. I want to share a story with you that is true. It
> happened to a friend that I've somewhat lost touch with except for a few
> emails a year. SueDawn has a large interacial family. They have a
ministry
> of adoption and at last count I believe had 13 children. I've sort of
lost
> track. A couple of the children are biological but they rest are all
> adopted and many with special needs. SueDawn and hubby looked for years
for
> a place to go. They wanted to live plain but just couldn't find something
> that met their needs. Deal after deal fell through. Then one day they
were
> able to obtain a farm that seemed like a dream come true. Not only did it
> have a large farm house to accomodate their large family but it also had a
> mobile home where her daughter, hispanic son-in-law and new baby
> grandaughter could live. Her daughter wanted to live near her mother and
> help with all the children. We all rejoiced for them. We couldn't
believe
> it was finally happening for them. They gave their notice on their rental
> home and the man that owned the farm was gracious to let them move in
before
> closing. They had taken two loads to the new farm, about 3 hours away.
> Hubby and Son-in-law had just loaded the truck in Memphis and were on the
> road to the new farm. SueDawn received a call from the Sheriff telling
them
> not to come. She was in shock, people in area found out that they had an
> interacial family and had burned down the mobile and left behind a white
> cross in the yard. The sheriff told them they'd moved 2 miles over the
> imaginary line where people of color could live. They were devestated.
The
> seller let them back out of the deal given the circumstances but they lost
> their earnest money, were out the expenses of having made two trips to the
> farm (actually more than that) and having rented a truck. I'm not trying
to
> dissuade you from TN but I think you are justified in being concerned
about
> the interacial issues. Where we lived in Indian many Amish and Mennonite
> families adopted bi-tri racial children and it was commonplace. Not so in
> TN. I don't think it's because they don't want to adopt the children, I
> believe they too know it's not accepted very well. You need to go where
God
> leads you....Deanna P.S. Just heard there is a Conservitive Mennonite
> family starting a church in Duluth somewhere. Now MN is very open to
multi
> racial families....very common place here....Deanna
>
>
> --Shortcuts:
> WANNA READ THE ARCHIVES AND CATCH UP ON WHAT YOU'VE BEEN MISSING??? GO
TO:----> http://www.welovegod.org/digests/homesteadheaven
> --->(you will prompted for a userID and Password.....for the userID type
in this --->"archives"<--- minus the quotes, and leave the password field
empty.
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