In Bruderhof communities do you cater for vegetarians? -Ask Laura

[@timothystiles2697]

Thanks Laura - great episode. I've visited the Bruderhof Communities many, many times; I'm a vegetarian and never had a problem getting vegetarian only food - and plenty of it! Have a great week. Timothy Stiles

[@sarahbowman7566]

Are Bruderhof communities accessible and supportive to people with physical disabilities or conditions such as Autism and can you elaborate at all?

[@MandaJean789]

One thing I love is the members are simply trusted to work hard and then when they need the time to be with their wife and/or children they can jus be granted it. Being a community! Love it

[@crystalsmith4670]

I’m so excited you answered my question! 😆 Sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate birthdays 🎂 Thank you!

[@suebillingham8181]

It's great that children are so blessed & made a fuss of on & around their birthday. However, I would find it difficult not being able to chose & wrap gifts for my sons & grandchildren. Xx

[@suzannepeck5610]

Laura: how loved and special the Bruderhof birthday celebrations must make a child feel, and how contributory to a lifetime of self-esteem. Many thanks for sharing. Suzanne Peck

[@indigosky9578]

Hi Laura. I would like to know how sharing the kitchen and bathroom works. Does each family have set times when they use the facilities. How does it work with bathing children before bed for example when several families share.

[@dhrubamaharjan8732]

It always feels nice to watch your programme and listen to you. Your facial expression, tonality and the contents have always been impressive.

[@suebillingham8181]

How do people with mental health issues cope with the communal life?

[@TamTam-yw7id]

Recipe for your "non cinnamon roll" please. I believe my family would love it.

[@swampophelia2098]

Oh that was my question about families looking after their own elderly relatives, thank you so much for answering my question Laura, best wishes to you

[@VictoriaStorybook]

Hi Laura, I really appreciate you answering my questions regarding pregnancy and birth. What are your traditions regarding breastfeeding? For example: can a Mom choose to breastfeed beyond 2 years old? Is it common to have tandem breastfeeding (when Mom is breastfeeding both a newborn baby and a toddler at the same time)? Is public breastfeeding accepted? Thank you.

[@billedwards6985]

No two year old should still be breastfeeding

[@D.N..]

Hi Laura, I thoroughly enjoy your Q&A vids ! 🍒🌷

[@simondavey7787]

Thank you for another great Q&A. I love learning more about the community and after some months of not being able to, I hope to visit Darvell again soon.

[@meluvfriends]

Hi Laura, I love your videos, Im not sure if I missed one but could you tell me why you used to wear a hair covering but no longer do? You have lovely hair 🙂

[@livingfrugalfordebtfreedom7935]

Before it was required now it is their choice.

[@Speireata4]

So, if you noticed that the contact to a certain person was bad for someone, you would try to protect your member from that person? That sounds so nice and safe. How would you do that? Like, would you talk to the member and just advice them? Or could you do more? I have been in a very bad relationship until recently and I wonder if living in a group like yours could have protected me.

[@themonnajov]

Hi Laura! 👋🏻 I really enjoy your videos and as I've been catching up on them, I got to this one. Someone asked about pregnancy and things related to the whole process. So, I have a sort of uncomfortable question that I hope you'll be able to answer. What happens if a child is born out of wedlock whether the male parent is a member of the community or not (and vice versa)? I used to attend a church where they accepted a mother and her child that have been asked to leave the previous church because of the mother's premarital relationship from which her son was born. Thank you in advance! 🤗🤗

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi! Thanks for asking. Its kind of hard to answer a hypothetical like that, but the aim would always be to work with the parents to do what's in the best interest of the child.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

If I could suggest trying some Beyond Meat burgers, put them on the grill as well as it's competitor, starts with an M. They're really good. Given the cost of ground meat, makes it even better. Dab a little BBQ sauce if grilled, gives reason to grilling over a flame. Others add pickles, tomatoes anyway, where unless you get some real good ground beef where it really is meaty, many times it has a off taste. Where Beyond Meat and it's competitor puts regular ground beef to shame. The sausages, they could use more seasoning. But like fix Cajun style beans and rice, where it's soft and plenty of bean gravy, you need sausage, which Morning star breakfast patties preformed on a griddle with some oil and another one go real well. I used it at church during fasting season, plenty of people liked it and I think some didn't know it's vegan. Here again, if there's those that like to boast I want meat, well I understand, I have to have meat sometimes. But ground beef, it can weigh ya down. These other two, do not. It may not affect you. Which so many cover up the taste of meat with thousand islands if a big Mac, lettuce tomatoes, pickle, your eating a salad. Might as well go all the way. Now I describe it as a clean taste it has compared to beef. Where ground beef often has some kind of taste that isn't. Quite right. Then think about it, you'd be saving some child's life where the mother is probably still grieving the loss of her child. MOOOOOOMMMOOOOO, means mommy help me. She fusses back, Baby I would but I can't escape, then moo MOOOOOOMMMOOOOO Mooo, means I love you as she's her calf dragged off screaming for her. Have any of you ever watched Charlotte's Web?

[@HP66856]

This is a degenerate post. Beyond meat and all other fake meats are an abomination. Their ingredients are a concoction of hormone-destroying chemicals. If someone fed me this poison against my knowledge, I would be furious. Eat real food, that your grandparents would be able to pronounce and recognise. Don’t line the pockets of billionaires pumping fake food into an already sick society.

[@melfros7100]

Thank you, Laura. I warm to your smile. But, Laura, perhaps you can cut down on the extensive use of "like"! Just kidding. Here's my thing: You viewed the vegetarian-meat eating debate from a strictly practical perspective. You did not consider the more important faith-based issue that undergirds the choice. In the NT Paul talks about respect for a faith-based for a dietary habit. You do say that the vegetarian member can load the communal dinner plate with veggies and supplement with v-food cooked at home. This appears to be the only option the vegetarian/vegan currently has that is in keeping with a faith-based (not to forget environmental) choice to abstain from killing animals and eating meat. Interesting topic. Thanks.

[@UnPoquitoDeSal]

I think your argument is only really relevant if there were no vegetarian options available for people who believe that they cannot eat meat (for whatever reason) and there was a sense from the community that people were obliged to eat meat. It doesn't seem like that is the case however.

[@billedwards6985]

Can you join bruderhof if you are divorced?

[@haesuejung5591]

Hello, Laura! I'd like to join in Bruderhof Community, but what worries me is that my husband is alcoholic. Do you welcome an alcoholic as well? Only if there's no beer or wine! But to my sorrow, you have both in there, I checked.

[@cindiloowhoo1166]

Do you sew your own clothing as a community? Ladies blouses same style, different...

[@danielhurst7432]

Hey Laura from the Bruderhof. What Bruderhof do you live in.

[@DesertPrimrose]

I have celiac disease, and I wonder how people with medical dietary restrictions are handled

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi Sarie, Thanks for asking! There are quite a few people here who have dietary issues. I have a few close friends with celiacs, and they are very well taken care of!

[@DesertPrimrose]

@@LaurafromtheBruderhof thank you for your response! I love your videos and really respect your lifestyle and faithfulness.

[@moviemagus1921]

Hi Laura, I was wondering how members of your community relates to adoption? Do you adopt childrens outside of the community for example? Are those, who can have biological children adopt as well, or only those who can't have biological children? Or noone at all? Are older members of the community adopting those kids in the community who are in need of a family (parents died, etc.)?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Great question! Thanks for asking. Bruderhof couples adopt children, and adoption is done mostly by childless couples. If parents died, the children would certainly be adopted.

[@nick.s.c3102]

Hey Laura! Just wanted to say thanks for not click-baiting for views! Like not putting the question the video is about at the end of the video. 🤣. Also, are you guys orthodox Trinitarians? Like would a community affirm the Apostles creed?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Thanks! Yes we affirm all the points of the Nicene creed

[@ruthlaurie-hopper3489]

I was vegetarian but am now eating local meat as long as I know where the meat comes from and keeping in mind an animal has given its life. Whether meat eating or not animal welfare and kindness should be a priority. Animals should be able to enjoy their lives and not be kept in poor conditions or small cages where they barely have room to move. Thank you for another honest video Laura.

[@Noone-rt6pw]

The poor animal still doesn't want to die. The fact they're herded up and walked to their death means nothing. Humans like animals, which humans are literally animals, do the same thing when there's overwhelming force. Think about a calf, saying mooo, mooo, which in cow talk means where's my mommy? Others trying to comfort, MOOOOOOMMMOOOOO, which means don't worry kid, it won't hurt. Kind of brave and thoughtful knowing theyre scared to. Reminds me of Auschwitz. Where animal nature, there's no where to run and resisting is totally futile.

[@ruthlaurie-hopper3489]

@@Noone-rt6pw It is not easy decision but in my case I wasn't thriving on a vegan diet especially as I live alone vegan diet takes alot of cooking and time. I mainly eat chicken. A breast of chicken and salad or steamed vegetables is a wholesome diet. I buy locally from a farmer I have checked out. Most of my food now is local which is good. Beef is a different issue, removing the young from mother cows is very stressful for them. I don't drink milk but do drink oat milk.