A Different View Podcast

In our second and final story of our COVID-19 series, we get a peek into what was a living nightmare for the Bietz family. Back in March when they went to Peru on a long-planned vacation, the family of four had no idea they would be stuck in the South American country, even when the Canadian Embassy told them it was safe to continue their vacation.  A national lockdown. A desperate family. Endless calls to the Canadian government who had little help for them. And day after day went by cooped up in a Peruvian hotel room, which they weren't allowed to leave. This is their story.    A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it. Click here.  Thank you!   

In our first story for our COVID-19 mini series, we hear from Richard Fenna.  He and his wife, Kathy, were living and working in Tanzania until Kathy had made plans to go back home to Canada. Richard planned to join her a month later before the birth of their baby. But when the coronavirus hit Tanzania — and knowing how quickly things can change in Africa — Richard had a choice to make. Stick with his current plans and risk not getting out at all or leave everything behind to be with his wife?  Listen to find out! A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it. Click here.  Thank you!   

In Episode 8, we catch up with Jaimie 2 years after Part 1. She fills us in on what it's like working and living in Haiti, what the media isn't reporting about the country, what has happened with her niece and what the past two years has taught her. Sadly, this is our final episode for Season 1 but feel free to listen back to the first season as often as you like. If you haven't yet left us a review, there are details below on how to do that. Thanks for listening! A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  Click here to fill out our season-ending survey: https://forms.gle/49d5vjDPFWeM1sCv7  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found on our website:  www.adifferentviewpodcast.com. 

In Episode 7, we travel back in time to Haiti where a baby girl was born and then put up for adoption after her mother died in childbirth and her father was financially unable to take care of her. Fast forward more than 20 years and Jaimie Weber, now in Canada after being raised by Canadian missionaries, shares her incredible, faith-giving story of searching for her birth family and reconnecting with her Haitian roots.  A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found on our website:  www.adifferentviewpodcast.com.

After a short hiatus, we return with Episode 6, a historical episode. Before there was a hospital or mental facility or nursing homes in Waterloo Region - or really anywhere in Canada for the most part - there were poorhouses, a sort of one-stop-shop for the poor, the elderly and the castoffs of society. This story is a deeper look into Waterloo's very own poorhouse, the first of its kind in Canada, with a focus on Levi Caroll. Levi left Maryland as a slave in search of the freedom he hoped to find in Canada and like many others like him, ended up at the poorhouse. Join us as we head back to the 1850s, at the experiences of the "inmates" of Waterloo County House of Industry and Refuge and the lives they lived, for better or for worse. A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found on our website:  www.adifferentviewpodcast.com.

Host and creator of A Different View Podcast has an update on the podcast and a special request for listeners.  A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  Click here to fill out the survey LaShaina mentions or here: https://forms.gle/49d5vjDPFWeM1sCv7  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found on our website:  www.adifferentviewpodcast.com. 

In Episode 5, we hear the inspirational story of Paul Troy. Diagnosed with Crohn's disease as a teenager, Paul's hopes of being just one of the guys disappeared.  Paul encountered many obstacles but he is a fighter and inspires all of us with his never-say-die attitude. There's also a lot of education in this episode for those of us that don't know what Crohn's disease is. A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found on our website:  www.adifferentviewpodcast.com. 

This episode picks up where the story of Yvonne Leahy left off in Episode 3. Pregnant and alone, she boards a ship to Canada. Journey with her as she takes us back to her first impressions of Canada, the unique struggles she faced and whether she feels Canadian nearly 70 years later.  A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found at:  https://www.adifferentviewpodcast.com/post/ep-3-love

In Episode 3, we crack open a brand new story. 93-year-old Yvonne Leahy came to Canada from Wales in 1945, married but alone and pregnant, along with 48,000 other "war brides".  This is the story of one of many would-be Canadians who fell for our Canadian boys while they fought overseas during World War 2.  A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found at:  https://www.adifferentviewpodcast.com/post/ep-3-love

Episode 2 is the second part of Emma Drummond's story. It picks up the morning after Emma runs away from home in the middle of the night.  Will her family report her missing? Will they still talk to her? Emma faces these questions, plus a whole lot more in her new, modern world. A Different View Podcast is created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! It's an important way to help new listeners to discover the show. Say hello on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.   If you enjoy the show, then please consider supporting us on Patreon so we can do more of it at: https://www.patreon.com/adifferentviewpodcast Thank you!                  All credits, sources and full show notes can be found at:  https://www.adifferentviewpodcast.com/post/ep-2-escape-part-2

In the very first episode of A Different View Podcast, we give listeners an idea of what to expect from the podcast this season and begin telling the story of Emma Drummond.  Emma's parents made the choice to become Old Order Mennonite and Emma grew up in that culture. She takes us through what her life was like and what led her to flee in the middle of the night in an effort to leave behind what had become a miserable life for her, taking only a few clothes and a gripping fear of hellfire.  Created and hosted by LaShaina Blair-White. All credits, sources and full show notes can be found at:  https://www.adifferentviewpodcast.com/post/episode-one