The annual June sale, now called Community Festival, is a combined bake sale, quilt sale, food sale, yard sale, and entertainment, all done in the name of charity. Mennonites, mostly, bake pies, Zwiebach, ‘platz’ or whatever, deliver them to the booth at the crack of dawn and, when there is a bit of a pause […]
Two Mothers Story
The following article was taken by from the collection: Along The Way Permission given by John Wiens More stories from Along the Way by John Wiens: Two Mothers Lost in the Wilderness Building a Log Structure Shortest Church Service Ever Preamble THE STORY OF TWO MOTHERS She was only sixteen when he had asked her […]
Jacob Tiessen Story
My parents were Peter Jacob Tiessen, born in 1875 and Elizabeth Fast Tiessen, born in 1879, both in the Molotschna Colony. I was the youngest child. Father was first married to Anna Enns with whom he had six children, namely Peter who died in infancy, Anna, Jacob, Peter, Margaret and Elizabeth who died in infancy. […]
