My Ankela Tells Childhood Memories

[@omalleyelley12]

Love how honest and straightforward she is. But also how she has lived without fear

[@OurFamilyJourney]

Oh I would just love to meet and spend time with your Ankela! What a wonderful lady, full of wisdom and good stories to tell. We can learn so much from our Grandparents 🥰

[@janetcrawshaw2240]

Your grandmother's story is a testament to God's faithfulness. There is nothing quite like hearing someone reflecting on their life journey and being able to see how God has been with them through both good and tough times. She is obviously is at peace with her life now and can see the deep value of her faith and that of her heritage. Thank you for sharing.

[@jenniferann2237]

I was a nurse in a hospital and we bought "twiddle" lap pads for our dementia patients. Hand made ones would have been even better!

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

So cool!

[@doodlebug4022]

Your grandmother is a true blessing to so many people. Thank you for sharing her with us, it warmed my heart.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

You are so welcome

[@lornam3637]

Thank you for this wonderful interview. My friend went almost six weeks ago to find her Grandmother in a refugee camp in Moldova. She is 80 years old and had walked 10 km on her own to catch a bus. She was only carrying her bible. They are now in Romania waiting for her visa so my friend can bring her home to Scotland. It has been so difficult for them both. I'm so sorry that the UK wasn't there for the gentle Bruderhof people in their time of need then and it seems now too. I will try to listen and welcome our friends in need seeking refuge more actively xx

[@paulinatorell5273]

She reminds me of my grandmother so much. What a sweet, sweet lady. And what a blessing to you and your children to have her. Bless her🙏🏻💞

[@petagayekrug5204]

Hi you two beautiful soul it’s a pleasure listening to you

[@71suns]

Be still my heart. What a joy to sit and listen to you and your grandmother. Thank you.❤️

[@jessicae3930]

Hi from Sannerz. I miss you, Bruderhof.

[@sandiewandie]

I really like Ankela's advice to her 18 year old self. Thank you for sharing !

[@lynnebunning7273]

What a sweetheart your nana is. How I would love to have someone like her in my life. You are blessed indeed. The world need more like her. So many children could do with a hug & love from her. God Bless you & your family. Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨❤️❤️ 🇺🇦🌻🇺🇦🙏🏻💙

[@tigermiep]

Oh! Thank you for your hello! Laura, what a blessing to have your grandmother still with us.

[@dianes2652]

Your Ankela is very sweet and wise. I am a Lutheran with German family on my mom’s side. We would call my great grandmother Grossie. I love your channel. What a beautiful testimony. God bless you and your family 🦋🙏🏻

[@zzzzipy12]

What an amazing & strong woman. Bless & you will be blessed.

[@soniariley8821]

I would love a lady like Ankela l do not have any grandparents and l love to listen to their stories and we have family that live in Germany but since the war, we worry about them every day. These ageless gems can teach everyone a lesson and then maybe you might learn something. My family come from Spain and France but I cannot speak a word which makes me sad. They fled the Germans and ended up in an internment camp but it was really cruel to the people that were there and my family have a lot of bad memories of their time there.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

I'm so sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing.

[@sjwells04]

Our favourite Ankela is back! You’re so lucky to still have grandparents around, I wish I did.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Yes, I feel very lucky. Thank you for your comment

[@sjwells04]

@@LaurafromtheBruderhof thank you and Ankela for sharing her stories and wisdom with us. I’ve missed the wisdom of elders since my grandparents passing x

[@randomuploadsfromgrandmaja4046]

How lovely to visit with your Grandma again! Bless you both. Love to see you both ❣️

[@swisski]

Grossmueti Ankela is such a sweet lady to listen to. She reminds me a lot of my own Grandmother who spoke with a very similar accent. I couldn't help but draw a parallel between her twiddle-muff and a fidget spinner. It so precious to have someone who remembers the stories from a long time ago. The Lord keep and bless you both.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Thank you. You too!

[@_Claire_88]

What a sweetheart 💛 Grandmothers are so precious.

[@athomewithkarmen]

This makes me miss my grandma so much, but also brings so much joy to my heart. Thank you for posting!

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@bonniewoodard2771]

Brilliant ! thank you both, Ankela and Laura ... so much wisdom surrounds your Ankela ... we enjoy listening to her memories and her reflections ... I learned a lot from this video ... mainly about Faith ... very grateful, thank you both very much 💞

[@ingridarcher69]

What an Amazing Lady - and Gene Pool! Thank you so much for sharing🌟. Your hair looks Fab, Laura👌❤️

[@juliejacobs9424]

She's a lovely lady. Your very lucky. 😊❤️🙏🏽

[@swampophelia2098]

Ankela please talk about your crocheting, I’m an avid crocheter myself, particularly on a long needle. Tunisian crochet I think it’s called

[@lhernan301]

Thank you so much for sharing your stories with us Ankela. I would love to sit with you and hear stories of your life in Paraguay. I will make sure to follow Laura so as to not miss any of your visits. Blessings to you and your family.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Welcome 😊 Please do!

[@friendshipforever12]

Ich wünschte die Welt wäre wie diese Gemeinschaft. Mit Werten. Liebenswürdigkeit. I wished the world was like this community. With values. Kindness. You give hope. Mit herzlichen Grüssen aus der Schweiz 🙏☺️

[@tutenknall6815]

Ja das wäre so schön. Ein Traum.

[@michellesunshinestar]

I have 100% German on my mom's side. My dad's side we can't trace, either Scottish, Irish or English. I took two years of German in high school. Listening was hard. Spelling and reading weren't all that bad.

[@chickletinseattle]

Love this chat!

[@irenedonaldson1930]

I absolutely love the chats with your Ankela. I brings back good memories and stories from my Oma.

[@beatrixlanger4603]

Ihr seid eine sehr liebe Familie und ein Vorbild für Viele. Schöne Grüße aus Wien (Vienna) Trixi

[@stefanieglimm9079]

Your Ankela is the sweetest :) I would love to hear her speaking German (I am from Germany and a German as a foreign language teacher ) Wish you all the best !

[@stillyourb]

oh how i wish i had a grandparent in my life...this is so heartwarming and fascinating to me. Thank you thank you Ankela, for sharing❤️❤️ I look forward to more chats!

[@aliciaangelwings4544]

I love watching your Ankela! She has alot of wisdom and love watching her make the twiddle muffs. Such a wonderful idea.

[@leonettacook923]

Thank you Ankela!!!!!

[@simondavey7787]

Ankela is a legend and Laura, this is one of the best videos on your channel! Thank you. The Bruderhof are like my distant family; I might not see them very much, but I know God is teaching me through them.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

You are so welcome! Have a great day.

[@benfir8920]

God bless Ankela!

[@coopermom71]

Such a joy to listen to her stories. What was child birth and raising like for Ankela?

[@cardero1952]

I absolutely LOVE these interviews with your Ankela! I am learning so much from her, and how nice she is making the ‘muffs’ for people with challenges. I sure look forward to the next time you two are together. I’ll try to think of a question. ♥️🍁

[@davegilford1257]

I enjoyed that so much! Sadly I only knew one grandmother and she died when I was just 4 so it has been wonderful listening to your chats. I'd still like to know how she does her double sided crochet!!!!! Thank you so much for a lovely broadcast

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

I'll have to ask her next time I visit! I have always been fascinated by it 🧶

[@davegilford1257]

@@LaurafromtheBruderhof 👍👍👍👍👍

[@andrewdewitt7234]

What a fascinating life! Ankela needs to write her life story - it would be such a great gift for future generations.

[@patfros5902]

Thank you so much for sharing! My grandfather (opa) lived also in Paraguay! 🙏🏼♥️🙏🏼

[@joolsen3611]

My Nan used to make twiddlemuffs before passing. We are based in New Zealand.

[@swampophelia2098]

I love your skirt Laura, I could listen to your grandma for hours

[@staceycv]

Oh so beautiful! Thank you, I would love to have her as a pen pal. Can this happen?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi Stacey! You can send an email to my address listed on the "about" tab. Cheers, Laura

[@marywipf2737]

Was very nice to hear ur voice again ...

[@michellesunshinestar]

My mom has a very German maiden name. Whenever I have to talk to the bank, and they ask for my mother's maiden name, they're like, there's no way it's not the right one. We have stories about my great grandma. My grandparents were like, English, in English. I miss my grandma. She like Sudoku's and I would always get them for her, they sold them at Dollar Tree. She died of bone cancer, so sad. Basically, you starve to death. I still remember going with my mom to get my grandma groceries. My mom and I would pick up an Amy's burrito and eat them at my place.

[@swampophelia2098]

We make those for our dementia patients, when I’m not Tunisian Crocheting I make those

[@amykathleen2005]

Wow very interesting stories

[@Machtmirdochegal]

I truly believe that accents and mannerisms really are kind of the roadmap of our life, your entire history is in there as an influence but everyone ends up connecting to different aspects and develops a unique version for themselves. I find it interesting that the high german also was continued, a lot germans emigrating tend to stick to their accent and lose the high german over time understandably, I was raised on it properly and I have to get back into it regularly when communicating, mainly because I tend to speak fast and the more dominant accent is somewhat slurred occasionally omitting the last syllable. My grandpa had this really thick accent and the only one that has that accent stayed in that region so she never connected to another kind of language, your father and uncles had other influences and a different language growing up, so it makes sense if they didn’t take to the accent. Might also be that the accent is a connection to home especially if you have been pulled away from it and by the time your ankela raised her sons they had developed roots somewhere else and they spoke a different language. The connection to home is part of the identity, one guy stopped my father in my college town because he saw his license plate and got a little homesick having moved there voluntarily, I can’t imagine what it has to be like if you had to flee and couldn’t come back. Your Ankela is an amazing lady and I just love listening to the casual way she tells those exciting unique stories like my father met Elenor Roosevelt, that’s the great thing about spoken history through personal stories, they experienced it in a normal sense while we go wait what again because it’s this huge context we’re mainly aware of when it was their normal life and they had to live it like we do today. How do I get to be her pen pal?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

love the comment! Thanks 😊 For writing to Ankela, just send me an email and I'll pass the message on to her: kzbin.infoabout

[@hondafreedom9329]

My father spoke fluent Yiddish. My stepmother's parents, who were Jewish and Belgian, were both killed in Auschwitz and Dachau, respectively. Horrible and tragic.

[@amykathleen2005]

Hi Ankela!!!

[@doroseror6510]

I am in german and live in germany. I have been following your videos for a long time, laura and i love your joy, your wit and your seriousness ig comes to questions about life and more. I would love to write to ankele. Even, if she likes by mail(not email!).what do you think?can we start a penpal?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi Doro! If you would like to correspond with my Ankela, you could send me an email which is listed on my "about" tab.

[@elsie3550]

I wish you would start a community in the southwest.

[@jenniferhofer4132]

Laura, I’m curious if the word Ankela comes from the Hutterite dialect. We pronounce the A at the beginning differently. Instead of ‘An’, as in ‘Anne’, we say ‘Ahn’, as ‘Anna’ is pronounced in the movie Frozen.

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi Jennifer, yes it is! Thanks for asking 😊

[@stephaniebandosik]

Laura, I noticed in your older videos you used to cover your hair like Ankela but lately you don't. Is it personal choice or just a matter of practicality? Thanks!!!

[@ellehfr4806]

You have an accent as well, kind of sounds mix Irish scottish slightly

[@stephencarlton1649]

Hey Laura, where have you gone? I’ve been looking for more of your videos which I enjoy greatly. But I have not received any since this video. Have you stopped them for some reason?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hi Stephen, Here is the latest conversation with my Ankela: kzbin.info/www/bejne/foDEmXp8lsd9oa8

[@michellesunshinestar]

I like being pen pals myself.

[@pointnemo7607]

Pour moi en français, c'est facile de comprendre l'anglais d'ankela ! Thank you !

[@stephaniemeier6584]

Swiss-German is not a dialect… it’s is own language. Or better…we have our own language with different dialects. We learn German at school. Liebi Grüss us de Schwiiz 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@amykathleen2005]

How to be an Ankela pen pal?

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Hello, thanks for asking! If you'd like, you can contact me directly here: kzbin.infoabout

[@louisecooper2580]

Laura your skirts get prettier everytime I see you

[@LaurafromtheBruderhof]

Thank you 😊