lookeyloo March 14 Share March 14 They did stuff! 7 1 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8607151
EmeraldGirl March 14 Share March 14 I always like to see Jana and John together. They seem very close still. I am surprised that Abby has so many eye wrinkles at her age. I don’t know what the rest of her family looks like, but genetics will get you every time. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8607350
Gemma Violet March 20 Share March 20 Jana's latest video below. This was videoed a couple of weeks after Jana and Stephen got married. It's mostly scenes of Stephen's family band performing at a place called Old Threshers Foundation. 1 1 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612147
EmeraldGirl March 20 Share March 20 That trip is my worst nightmare. Let’s get in a tiny camper and go to a super boring place. Hannie and Jennie are certainly getting around. I didn’t see any parents with them either. I guess there were enough older siblings to make sure they didn’t sit on any guy’s laps like that one gal in short shorts. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612157
Tasya March 20 Share March 20 What a contrast of Stephen's family's performance with that of a Rodrigues family performance 😄 I think either Johannah or Jennifer may have a little crush on the younger Wissman brother. There was a lot of zooming in on his face. 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612245
BetyBee March 20 Share March 20 Stephen's family is more talented and they seem to love performing (unlike the Rodrigues family). Stephen seems like a hard worker and a really nice guy. I hope that's the case! 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612256
lookeyloo March 20 Share March 20 Camping isn't my thing either but it seems like they like it. Are Stephen and Jana still into the ILBP or have they distanced like some of the others. Jana used to be on the talking heads saying almost nothing and making faces - she seems happier now. Wasn't there some speculation that she "settled" for Stephen? I think she really likes him. But, then again, she doesn't talk to me so what do I know. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612323
Minivanessa March 20 Share March 20 (edited) On 3/20/2025 at 12:40 PM, BetyBee said: Stephen's family is more talented and they seem to love performing (unlike the Rodrigues family). Stephen seems like a hard worker and a really nice guy. I hope that's the case! Expand The Wissmans are way way above the Rods in education, the quality of their music, and I think quality of life (at least as to material comforts, income level, nutrition . . . ). I haven't looked at their theology but I assume they're in the IFB world, ugh. But the bios of the adult kids show that they have : JOBS. Like, real jobs. Anyway, their website - https://wissmannfamily.com/ - although it hasn't been updated for a few years, compares favorably to the mess that Jill R maintains for public consumption. Edited to add: they also have a YouTube channel with a few videos, the newest of which is 4 years old: https://www.youtube.com/@wissmannfamily6451 Also, this interesting statement is on the page about their "Ministry:" Quote Financial Arrangements We have been blessed to be able to truly say, “The Lord is our Provider”! We travel on a love-gift offering basis, trusting God to meet our needs through the generosity of His people. If you prefer not to have a free-will offering, please let us know and we will negotiate enough to cover our needs. Expand Sounds like "trust others but count the cards." Or "In God we trust. All others pay cash." They'll travel to perform at your church, but they aren't going to go broke paying for the gas and other travel expenses to do so. I wonder how often they got burned before they decided not to make over-generous assumptions about the "generosity of God's people." 🤣 BTW I'm not slamming them for this. I think it's sensible. Edited March 20 by Minivanessa Add YT channel 9 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612353
Gemma Violet March 20 Share March 20 On 3/20/2025 at 3:01 PM, Minivanessa said: I haven't looked at their theology but I assume they're in the IFB world, ugh. Expand Stephen is a Mennonite, so I guess the whole family is as well. 9 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612642
EmeraldGirl March 21 Share March 21 On 3/20/2025 at 3:01 PM, Minivanessa said: Or "In God we trust. All others pay cash." Expand Jean Shepherd, right? It was a book with down-home family stories that also included the origins of the movie “A Christmas Story”. My dad knew him because they grew up close to each other. My dad swears that he knew all the kids in the movie. And my dad‘s name was Ralphie. 😉 Anyway! The Wissmans seem like a fairly happy family. I think Stephen always looks happy, and so does the one that married Jer. So there must be something to that, compared to the Rods and their fake smiles, and the Duggers searching out new things in life that they never knew about. I just wish that one of them, someone, in any family, would try and be different and get a college education. Mostly they work for the family, and it’s usually some form of manual labor. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, but no one ever chooses to further their education beyond homeschool high school. 4 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612771
Gemma Violet March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 12:32 AM, EmeraldGirl said: I just wish that one of them, someone, in any family, would try and be different and get a college education. Expand Jana was attending college for nursing before she got married. I hope she's continuing her education in Oklahoma. 3 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612777
Heathen March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 12:41 AM, Gemma Violet said: Jana was attending college for nursing before she got married. I hope she's continuing her education in Oklahoma. Expand She's in Nebraska, not Oklahoma. She was doing prerequisite, pre-nursing classes, if I recall. It would be a legitimate surprise if she continued now that she's married. 11 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612974
Gemma Violet March 21 Share March 21 (edited) On 3/21/2025 at 6:31 AM, Heathen said: She's in Nebraska, not Oklahoma. Expand Oops, you're right. It's Jill who's in Oklahoma. In one of the People magazine articles, Jana said she was in her second semester in the Spring of 2024. I think LPN was a 3-semester program at the school she was attending (the local community college in NW Arkansas), but I could be wrong. So I'm thinking she'd probably had some nursing classes by the time she left. I hope she continues on towards getting her license, but who knows. Edited March 21 by Gemma Violet 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8612985
ginger90 March 21 Author Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 7:41 AM, Gemma Violet said: Oops, you're right. It's Jill who's in Oklahoma. Expand The Dillards live in Arkansas, Derick works in Oklahoma. 4 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613030
Minivanessa March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 11:54 AM, ginger90 said: The Dillards live in Arkansas, Derick works in Oklahoma. Expand True, that. IIRC they live in Siloam Springs, which, to be fair, is right on the border with OK. 6 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613041
ginger90 March 21 Author Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 12:19 PM, Minivanessa said: True, that. IIRC they live in Siloam Springs, which, to be fair, is right on the border with OK. Expand They do but it’s still Arkansas. 😁 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613044
Zella March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 7:41 AM, Gemma Violet said: I think LPN was a 3-semester program at the school she was attending (the local community college in NW Arkansas), but I could be wrong Expand Yeah she was attending NWACC in Bentonville. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613149
Gemma Violet March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 12:21 PM, ginger90 said: They do but it’s still Arkansas. Expand I've really got to brush up on my Duggar locations. 🙃 7 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613281
EmeraldGirl March 21 Share March 21 (edited) Ha ha, and I thought Jana moved to Kansas! I can’t help but wonder if she got scared of the real world and working, and that’s why she got married. It also wouldn’t hurt for Jana to have her license in case something happens to Stephen. He does manual labor, what if he gets hurt or disabled? Edited March 21 by EmeraldGirl 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613366
Salacious Kitty March 21 Share March 21 Wasn't sh on the Dean's List at school? It seemed like she took her studies seriously, ev n if it was just pre reqs. Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613369
Zella March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 7:18 PM, Salacious Kitty said: Wasn't sh on the Dean's List at school? It seemed like she took her studies seriously, ev n if it was just pre reqs. Expand I don't remember. But I do remember a mention of her being present for some event a student religious organization did, and I don't think it was public knowledge that she was enrolled at the time. I just remember thinking it was annoying as hell for a Duggar to shoehorn themselves into that because I assumed she'd just shown up with no connection to the school. It never even occurred to me that she was a student there and that was an extracurricular group for her. I retract my criticism, years later. LOL In any event, based on that, it does seem like she may have participated more in the campus social system than I would have assumed a Duggar would, even if it's still very much within their wheelhouse. 8 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613414
Salacious Kitty March 21 Share March 21 I think the Dean's List is how she was found. I don't know who to credit, but I do remember that she was found on a list of some kind. 6 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613415
Zella March 21 Share March 21 On 3/21/2025 at 8:26 PM, Salacious Kitty said: I think the Dean's List is how she was found. I don't know who to credit, but I do remember that she was found on a list of some kind. Expand That would make sense. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8613417
LilJen March 24 Share March 24 the trip to Hawaii suggests that she's shepherded her earnings from the show well. Hawaii is a pricey place to visit. And a helicopter ride isn't cheap, either. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8615536
Gemma Violet March 24 Share March 24 She gets a lot of views on her videos which helps with the income. The Tiny House tour got 1.4 million views, Part 1 of the wedding got 971,000, and the Fixer Upper tour got 900,000. Some get in the 300,000-400,000 range, so I'd say she averages about a half million views on each. 3 1 1 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8615614
YupItsMe Wednesday at 04:35 PM Share Wednesday at 04:35 PM On 3/20/2025 at 5:20 AM, Gemma Violet said: Jana's latest video below. This was videoed a couple of weeks after Jana and Stephen got married. It's mostly scenes of Stephen's family band performing at a place called Old Threshers Foundation. Expand Does James just go everywhere? He’s always in these videos no matter whose channel. 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8617287
BetyBee Wednesday at 05:02 PM Share Wednesday at 05:02 PM On 3/26/2025 at 4:35 PM, YupItsMe said: Does James just go everywhere? He’s always in these videos no matter whose channel. Expand He's like the Duggar version of Forrest Gump. 3 14 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8617319
EmeraldGirl Thursday at 06:26 AM Share Thursday at 06:26 AM Jinger said on a podcast that James calls A LOT. He sounds like a sweet kid who wants to keep up with everything and everyone. 4 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618335
AstridM Thursday at 07:57 PM Share Thursday at 07:57 PM (edited) On 3/26/2025 at 4:35 PM, YupItsMe said: Does James just go everywhere? He’s always in these videos no matter whose channel. Expand It seems like he is ALWAYS traveling/on vacation. Does he work at all to support himself? On 3/27/2025 at 6:26 AM, EmeraldGirl said: Jinger said on a podcast that James calls A LOT. He sounds like a sweet kid who wants to keep up with everything and everyone. Expand Yeah, NO. He scares me the most of all of them (besides Josh). I think he’s a creeper. Edited Thursday at 07:58 PM by AstridM 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618762
emma675 Thursday at 08:16 PM Share Thursday at 08:16 PM Which one is James again? I always get confused about the order of births pretty much after Jinger. All of the boys after her are pretty much one big lump in my head (with the exception of Jed! because he's so obnoxious). 5 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618776
Salacious Kitty Thursday at 08:59 PM Share Thursday at 08:59 PM On 3/27/2025 at 6:26 AM, EmeraldGirl said: Jinger said on a podcast that James calls A LOT. He sounds like a sweet kid who wants to keep up with everything and everyone. Expand That's interesting, because Jill was his sister mom. I wonder how often he calls her? 3 2 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618818
dargosmydaddy Thursday at 10:52 PM Share Thursday at 10:52 PM On 3/27/2025 at 8:16 PM, emma675 said: Which one is James again? I always get confused about the order of births pretty much after Jinger. All of the boys after her are pretty much one big lump in my head (with the exception of Jed! because he's so obnoxious). Expand Third youngest boy, older than Justin, younger than Jason. The dark haired one that looks kind of like Amy. 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618911
jcbrown Friday at 12:30 AM Share Friday at 12:30 AM Was James the one that fell into the orchestra pit? And was Jackson the photo bomber? Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618976
crazy8s Friday at 12:34 AM Share Friday at 12:34 AM Jason is the one who fell in the orchestra pit and Jackson was the photo bomber for a few years. 3 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618979
jcbrown Friday at 12:36 AM Share Friday at 12:36 AM On 3/28/2025 at 12:34 AM, crazy8s said: Jason is the one who fell in the orchestra pit and Jackson was the photo bomber for a few years. Expand Good gods, this crew occupies too many of my neurons. 11 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8618982
EmeraldGirl Friday at 08:26 PM Share Friday at 08:26 PM I’m OK with him keeping up with the family if he’s not a creeper. Wasn’t there talked about him being the one always taking pictures? Derick was mad that someone took the picture of him talking to JB because it lasted all about three seconds, and the picture made it look like they were best buds. Jinger didn’t seem to mind, like he wasn’t calling to be spying or something. Maybe it is because she was his buddy. I have no idea how old James is. But if he is like the others boys, he is probably doing the flipping house thing, and that seems to give the boys all a lot of time for travel, etc. 2 1 Link to comment https://forums.primetimer.com/topic/149131-jana-and-stephen-slow-and-steady-gets-the-best-wedding/page/8/#findComment-8619571
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