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My Father’s Spiritual Journey
As I mentioned in my previous post, my father, David Jacob Toews, was born into a Mennonite family in Russia in 1914. Mennonites have a very strong sense of family, and maintaining their tradition is very important. As a group they…
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My Father’s Early Life
In an earlier post, I mentioned that our family moved from Uxbridge, Ontario, to the small town of Bothwell, Ontario, when I was 9 years old. But before I write that story, I need to tell you a bit more about…