Mannonite Kvashtins

I believe this originally comes from Facebook, but had a friend give this to me a while back. Been trying to clean up my office and wasn't sure where to file it, so I thought I'd file it on the blog! Thought I'd answer the questions while I was at it:)

In an affert to gat to know my Mannonite friends a little bit batter I taught I vould ask you some kvashtins about your life. I have here 25 kvashtins, val, maybe more but whose counting? Besaides naumbers gives me da creeps, dat government vit all it's naumbers schtoff, it's just a scam to make us more veltlich I tink.
Anyvase, put on your tinking cap, under da kerchief of course, and answer these tings for me okay?

* Do you own da most basic necessities like a knipsbrat, a picnic table and a lawn swing?
NO!

*Do you prefer compst borch or somma borcht?
That's a tough one...can't say I prefer one over the other...love them both!

*Is one of more of your relatives a "minister"?
Yes!

* Do you have aunts and uncles your age?
I don't, but Raquel has an uncle only 3 years and 9 months older than her (same age gap as between Dexter & Jeziah)!

*How many kinds of sweets and jam do you have for Sunday faspa?
It varies...but yesterday it was 3 kinds of sweets and 2 kinds of jam.

*Who do you think makes da best pickles ever?
me:)

* How long does it take you after meeting another Mannonite before you start to wonder if you could anyhows yet be related?
I think I often try to connect someone to another person I might know. I think it's cool to meet someone who knows someone you know in a far away place...that's what makes this a small world!

* Have you uttered the phrase "fon vaut sorte Pannasch bast du?"
No, but I'm sure my dad has as his mother was a Penner.

* Did you visit relatives in Alberta on your honeymoon?
Nope!

* Do you have partzeltye every day for the entire first week of the new year?
No, I'm just thrilled if I even get it once!

* Is your idea of keeping up with the "Jaunsis" having a bigger garden dan dem?
No competition there!

* Do you know exactly which spots in Manitoba have the best potatoe soil ever?
Probably not!

* Did you milk a cow when you were a kid?
I think I tried...I did grow up on a dairy farm for a few years of my life.

* Does it take you at least 3 settings to feed everyone at a family gathering?
Not anymore...but I remember a time when it did. Men first, then children, then women...whoever came up with that idea?

* Does it make your week gaunz till naxt Saunday when someone compliments your buns?
Can't say it does...

* Did you celebrate your 18th birthday by starting to listen to funeral announcements instead of Aunt Ollie on CFAM?
Have never been into either

* Did you think Stu Clayton was about as hot as they come?
Who's Stu Clayton?

* What did your parents treasure more, their Locust and Wild Honey Plautdietsch records or their Teichroebs book?
Definietly Locust & Wild Honey...would love to hear one of those again!

* Do you have more friendshauft in Mexico, Belize or Sout America?
Don't have a whole lot of relatives in these countries. Most friendshauft lives in Alberta!

* Do you have to buy at least 50 boxes of flapper eggs for Easter?
No, but I do remember flapper eggs at Easter!

* Do you have at least 3 Uncles with the same first name?
No, but a lot of doubles.

* Do you spring clean in fall?
I do fall cleaning in fall

* Would you actually die if someone saw you at the LC or would you just be gaunze marshich ashamed?
So does LC stand for liquor counter?

* Do you remember the "bangs debate"?
Can't say I do...never been a problem here.

* When you went to church on Sunday mornings, were you the kid holding someone on your lap or the kid being held?
I'll say neither, if anything I was the kid being held. Advantages of a small family!

* Do the words, Christmas vench, strike terror in your heart?
YES!

* Have you ever cruised a village?
Lol...oba yo!

* Did you share bath water with your siblings because it would run dat sista completely dry to fill the tub 14 times on a Saturday?
Can't recall sharing bath water, but could have been limited to how much was used because the well might run dry!

* Did your parents judge your date by how good a farmer their dad was?
Lol...discussions were definietly had about farming practices...not that it made a big difference as farming did not become our career!

Childlike Faith

Just had to share about Jeziah's prayer time tonight. He often picks unique things to pray for and he comes up with all the thoughts on his own. Our conversation around here lately has been about High Valley performing with Paul Brandt at the CCMA's. I'm assuming that is what triggered this prayer "Thank you Jesus for Paul Brandt. Help him to get home safely to Alberta. Keep him safe when he is traveling. Thank you Jesus for Curtis, help him to get married soon. Keep High Valley safe when they are traveling to Alberta." For those of you that don't know, Curtis is the youngest of the brothers in High Valley , and he's the only single one! I have no clue where that came from, but I just had to smile, and I believe that Jesus was smiling too:)