News and updates from Heritage communities around the world.
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Thanks to all of your prayers, our 38th annual Homestead Fair was an amazing success! Almost 16,000 people attended the fair weekend, and there was a wonderful atmosphere of friendship and support. The weather the next day was dismal—damp, rainy, and the kind of Texas cold that gets
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In our community in Waco, Texas, we are in the midst of a busy and intense season. We are preparing for our 38th annual Homestead Fair, where we hope to greet and encourage thousands of visitors with hope and the message that an abundant life is possible. This week we
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The biggest season of holidays of the year, ending with Sukkot, the Biblical Feast of Booths, has just ended here in Israel. We usually see the first rain after summer around Sukkot. This year’s first shower was an especially heavy rain. We woke to its sound, and it continued
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Brother Tony and Sister Pat Salmeri have joined Brother Shahar and Sister Kim Yarden in Europe, as they travel to strengthen our fledgling communities and spread the message of hope. They journeyed to Finland, where they had a joyful reunion with Tony Tulsa, Ronnie and Bettina Beegroth, and their families.
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The Heritage New Zealand community purchased Mohaka River Farm with hopes to build a campground where visitors could choose from a variety of activities. Two years ago, a cyclone tore through the area with devastating results. Although the community has worked diligently, with much help coming from other communities, much
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Dylan and Marieke Kraijenoord, who are originally from the Netherlands, are part of our community in South Africa. A few months ago, Avidan, a young man from our community in Israel, visited the South Africa fellowship. He received the Holy Spirit there and grew close to Dylan. Dylan and his
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The plane taxied into Belize City, and our friend Isaac Enns met us at the airport. He drove us down the dirt roads to Orange Walk, where a concentrated group of 5,000 Mennonites live. Belize is a warm and humid country, with everything from monkeys in mango trees to
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A Visit to the Netherlands This July, Peter and Ruth May and their family, along with Rebekah Brydon, Noah VanNess, and David Wheeler, traveled to the Netherlands. Brother Jez Dumont from South Africa joined them. Their primary mission was to help Brother Maarten and Sister Lobat Kraijenoord and their family
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Contributed by Amy Phillips The Heritage Wisconsin community resides in the beautiful “Driftless Region” of the state. It began in July of 2022 with a few families from our Texas fellowship and a small handful of local formerly Amish families. We have since grown to 25 families, 135 people in
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At 2:45 Saturday morning, a group of 68 youth and team leaders left the Homestead Market parking lot in Waco, Texas, caravanning south with equipment in tow—33 chainsaws, 5 skid steers, 8 dump trailers, 2 mini excavators, and lots of small hand tools like shovels and rakes. The
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Contributed by Ashley Fowler The Heritage Virginia community began in June, 2014. Over the past eleven years, we’ve grown into a thriving community of 61 members and 47 children. This spring we have worked together to build the Heritage Table Bakery, which we plan to open this summer. Brothers
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Sue Reveile raised eleven children—four boys and seven girls—and now is a grandmother to forty grandchildren, with two great-grandchildren as well. She carries herself with quiet grace, her laugh quick and genuine. She was eager to share her testimony. She said that everything in her life had happened