Very interesting! There are so many sorts of Mennonites in the world I know almost nothing about.

We are city Mennonites trying to find our place in a church near our home. Our ancestors stayed in West Prussia after the persecutions ended and immigrated in what is sometimes called, the second wave of Amish immigration. We were not brought up plain. We never moved to Russia. Came right to the Midwest, mainly central Illinois, in the middle to late 1800’s. Never in Russia and never in Pennsylvania. Slavic but not Polish. City name is Brenkenhofswalde, Brandenburg, Prussia. Since 1945 Poland.

I know Esther Schrock! She is very sweet. Glen Flora is not too far from me. I don’t remember ever meeting Leroy, but I’ve heard his name many times. What a neat connection. :)

We had some friends who lived in Glen Flora. I think they are both deceased now. Leroy and Esther Schrock. We worked together on the Wisconsin relief sale for MCC. That effort ended about 18 years ago. Esther was such a sweet and hard working person. We knew a few other people too from up there. We have lost touch and now we are older too. I’m 75 and my husband is 81. I’m sure they lived way before your time but are probably someone your parents would know.

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I live maybe 30 minutes from 29.

Do you live close to Hy 29 in Wisconsin which we call the Mennonite Highway?

I’ve discovered, looking at Chad’s photos, that he captures things with his camera I would have completely missed. He has an artist’s eye. :) Good to hear from you, Marian.

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