Embracing Winter 🏂

[@crystalsmith4670]

I can tell your husband is a great Teacher. You two are doing a wonderful job with your children. Thank you for sharing such sweet moments.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Thank you so much!

[@Bibliobelle_]

What wonderful, wholesome fun!! Thank you for sharing :)

[@lailja21]

Well that would most definitely be my favorite song if I knew I'd get to fly up in the air by the arms of someone I loved and trusted☺️🎶

[@marybanks9444]

O the laughter from your boys as you are singing took the winter blue away

[@suzannepeck5610]

Laura: what an idyllic, Mayberry winter life you’ve shared with all of us! We all thank you so much for your generosity of sharing! Much love, Suzanne Peck

[@kalakakku7749]

I am glad that you are having so much nice fun with your family!

[@cardero1952]

Loved your ‘winter’ video! So many fun activities, inside and out, and the boys loved them all! 🛷

[@suemoravec422]

I dont know if you have time but I would really like to view a Q&A session where you devote a few episodes to just answering questions about life on the Bruderhof and how things work in terms of health care. Do woman primarily give birth at home or does the community have a birthing center? Does the community provide health insurance policies for the members or if there is a catastrophic illness are people encouraged to apply for medicaid or medicare due to the fact that they make no money and are considered to be living below the poverty lines. From what I have seen in yours and other bruderhof videos is appears that legally all families are financially destitute with no income or personally owned possessions do those pursing a college education qualify for Pell grants and scholarships due to their financial status? Since there is no income, does that mean that no one files taxes or takes advantage of childcare tax credits? Did members of the Bruderhof receive the covid stimulus checks if so were they turned over to the community? Just wondering how all the financial stuff works health care and post secondary education is expensive.

[@beyond50skin]

Your videos always bring me such joy thank you for sharing your lovely family💜💜

[@rrjohn5]

Precious giggles at the end!❤

[@margaretknowles3060]

Enjoying watching the winter Olympics, USA doing well in the figure skating today 👍 😁 GB not doing se well, zero medals as of yesterday...If you can, taking part is important though, 👌

[@swampophelia2098]

what are you painting xander? Orange…. Orange today lol perfect 👍

[@jannier9766]

So fun!!

[@6kidsandme]

Honestly I've missed watching your videos! Going to catch up on a few.

[@margaretknowles3060]

Oh it must be so cold? The scenery looks beautiful. Don't you just love real seasons, it was a crazy 11 degrees here in the UK yesterday!

[@marthaaliceallen8711]

Joy in the journey!

[@cynthiaconrad6145]

Excellent!

[@VictoriaStorybook]

Hi Laura! As a midwife, I am curious what traditions do you have around pregnancy, birth, postpartum and breastfeeding?

[@gerardlehane7477]

Hi Laura, just subscribed to your channel, hope you and your family are safe and well. Hope this year will be a better one and more restrictions are lifted. All the best from Co Cork Ireland 🇮🇪

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Thanks for subbing!

[@GetItTogetherElaine]

Hi Laura, apologies if you have already addressed this but I have been so intrigued by your communities for a while and I was wondering if someone chose to join as a young single individual, what would the rules be around having contact with family members who chose not to join? Is that allowed?

[@jenwhitelife2464]

Laura, that was adorable with your boys. I love your family time and singing they love the community air of Comedy. I miss talking to you can you believe the nurses are still visiting three times a week helping my wound to heal. It's been altogether three months in the hospital and 7 months old. I did finally start painting last week I didn't get very far but I did draw the picture onto the board. And actually copying something from another medium and really enjoying it. I've had to take a couple of days off to rest. I could use some more prayer it's getting to be such a long time. I still feel pretty happy even though there's never a break from the pain. But as you know and I know the Lord is there and he's promised that he will not give us more than we can handle. God bless you and yours. Love,jenwhite

[@billiebluesheepie2907]

I’m sorry that you are hurting and hope you find relief from your pain. I just had two weeks in hospital and the hospital had a no visitors policy because cases of covid are really high in our area. It seemed like a long two weeks. I fell and thought I had dislocated my hip (because it has happened before many times) so I tried to get it back in, but it didn’t feel like it was in so I thought it was swollen and just carried on for three days. Someone finally convinced me to go get checked out and I was shocked to find I had badly broken my hip and I needed to have it replaced with a metal one. Billie.

[@jenwhitelife2464]

Billie. So glad you were able to get to the hospital so they could take care of you properly. It's very hard not to have visitors at the hospital. I understand how you feel. I didn't have that problem I could have one visitor a day period and my brother flew into town to help my husband. As right after I got in the hospital he fell and got hurt had to have a small surgery and spent a couple of weeks getting better. I have chronic necrotizing fasciitis and had an surgeries while I was in the hospital clearing it all and making the margins so they would not come back. I'm doing great compared to back then in the summer. So I feel great emotionally that I am getting better everyday my nurses are very excited to see the end coming and that I'm healing. I'm so happy to be home with my four animals each day surrounding me and having fun with them have a very large bedroom with practically a whole living room in it and so it's easy to be in here. God bless you and I pray that you can better quickly and are up and walking without any difficulty. Jennifer

[@joecondon2001]

A) do you have a February song and b) how do you get your maple syrup not to taste like a campfire when boiling down

[@Yotas_mum]

Love all the winter scenery.❄ I noticed you were wearing snow pants while sledding with your boys. I'm guessing that means you can wear pants if necessary?

[@merylturner2220]

I’m sure it’s not, but it looks an idyllic life! X

[@Noone-rt6pw]

It all sounds real good. What kind of fish? Crappie? Striper? Maple syrup sounds good, where it has to be better than store bought as store bought is good.😉😉😉

[@StudioTerrafemina]

. . . . . . . . . . . . . .💓 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . to all of you from waaaay up Northern BC Canada

[@swampophelia2098]

Who watches the kids when you are playing games etc

[@justinswanton287]

In Africa where I live we don't really have snow and ice. Instead we have this (in Zambia where my mother grew up): kzbin.info/www/bejne/aoW5Y2Cjq5qsgac And this though I'm not sure I'd recommend it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bHOkd5yqrryabaM But I think you have more fun!

[@dariusrad8058]

Very nice, you need a husky, by the way, why women are dressing nomadic and not the men?