Here is another guest review of the Little People, Big World episode which aired Tuesday July 14th on TLC.

The following review was written and submitted by Podge/Rodge Groupie:

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Well, here we are. Another season of fun and frivolity. Let’s dive right in.

The outset being shot of the two separated parents was perhaps not the best way to open the new season. I’m guessing however, we will hear a lot more about this as the season unfolds. Here’s hoping it’s not the centerpiece of season 11. With the lack of any other substance besides the wedding, I am fearful for the coming weeks.

Zach and Tori finally have a ‘plan’. It was mentioned that they have been engaged for apporx. a year now, and after the dust settled from Jeremy and Audrey’s wedding, the focus can shift easily. Matt’s reticence to move the church again struck me as odd. Perhaps a bit of some of the ‘Anything for Jer, but not so much for Zach” syndrome might be lingering, it seems we will see the church being moved, or destroyed (another concern), in the following episodes.

An argument ensues over wine barrels filled with flowers. Both Amy and Matt have (they believe) valid points, but the idea of Amy making more decision on the farm crops up later, it gets a bit confusing to me.

Matt has many big and great plans for Zach and Tori’s wedding, but they want none of it. They are just not that kind of people I suppose. It seemed apparent that Matt’s insecurity has not waned an iota in the new season. He has a pathological need to always build it bigger, more extravagant, more extraordinary, and this was very evident in tonight’s episode. A big question to all this is why? Matt has never said why he acts like this. Which of course, leaves room for speculation from the viewers. I think it harks ‘way back to his childhood, when he feels he has to prove that he can be the best, build the biggest, so he can feel like a big person, not an LP. He has lectured on “living an extraordinary life” and this has been the topic of threads past.

The most accurate line of the episode, for me, was when Amy called Matt an “adult child” during their discussion/argument of the wedding plan set-up. I really don’t see any reconciliation here between these two.

Matt called Jeremy. Why? Perhaps Matt did not ‘get his way’ and was hoping Jeremy would convince Zach differently? Would Matt have overturned Zach and Tori by saying, “Jeremy wants ‘this and that’”. Why does Matt need or seek Jeremy’s approval? Same idea for the moving of the shed. A family decision as reached but Matt still wanted Jeremy’s input. Would it override the entire family? It appears to be the case.

The engagement party seemed to go well. Ease up on the butter in the cream cheese icing there Amster. I never bought her cook book. So who am I to judge? Lawn Darts is a very dangerous game, and has been off the market for many years.

The doghouse. I think it was very nice. And a heartfelt and good gesture. However, why all the secrecy and the sort of “They don’t like any of my plans. I’ll show them!!” attitude? Back to the adult child again? Does all the aplomb and grandeur really need to be there? He could have said nothing to the cameras, then called the people outside, and said, “Here is a gift for you. I made it for Mr. Sullivan” That would have been great, no question. I hope this isn’t another desperate attempt at ‘drama’.

Jacob gets his GED and moves out. Funny, Amy says, “Well now, I’m an empty nester FOR REAL” Excuse me, Amy. What about your complaining for the last three years about being an empty nester. Was that just a ‘pretend’ empty nester? I can’t remember, how old was Jeremy or Zach when they moved out?

We arrive at the confusing part of the episode. Matt is all for giving Amy more input and letting her in on more of the day-to-day operation of the farm. Got it. And Amy wanted to be in on more of the day-to-day operation of the farm. Got that too. So, why the argument/discussion? Matt says he needs/wants a new pressure washer (can’t remember which word he used) and Amy says, ‘And later, you want to buy ‘X’ right away, and then ‘X’ right away. No.” This struck me on two points. One, Amy is not well-versed in the operation of the farm, so truly doe not know the needs of a running business. Two. Why is she so concerned about the money right now? I mean sure, she always was concerned about where the next meal was coming from, but it seems as if she is looking ahead to the future somewhat, making sure that there is as much money in the bank as possible. Things that make you go “Hmmmmmmm….”

Zach and Tori reveal what they have planned so far as to their wedding. And it does not seem like a lot. Much to Matt and Amy’s surprise. Under normal circumstances, this could be cause for alarm, to be sure. However, this is LPBW. Is this REALLY the case? Or if this wishy-washy whatever attitude and lack of any firm decisions part of a storyline cheat sheet on someone’s desk? It is getting harder to believe anything on this show. Where else could we get so much free invented drama? My personal opinion based on what we have seen is; Zach and Tori would be happy to slap on the blue jeans, head on down to the Justice Of The Peace, take two witnesses, and Bingo! Done. But let’s think about this a moment. That would make Season 11 scraping for any kind of material. My point to all this writing is, I just don’t know what to make of it. Both sides are equally possible to me. A quick trip to the JOP would be a material and ratings disaster. It’s too convenient to have the rushing and pushing and making Zach look like a slug who can’t plan a two person race to a one seat outhouse, and have everything work out in the end, no outhouse pun intended.

Here is the guest review submitted by Anne J Bailey. All opinions and statements belong solely to that of the author Anne Bailey.

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Anne J Bailey here. Before I begin, I would like to thank all my fellow Christians who sent words of support and encouragement. In the end, I have decided to do as we are all called to do; trust in Jesus. We need more Christian voices in public, in the media, and on the internet. This is what Jeremy http://twitter.com/jeremyjroloff and Audrey Roloff http://twitter.com/audreymirabella deserve so much credit for doing what they do with their social media. Sure, I would like them to expand on it and bring it to the show and to be more vocal about certain family members mocking of Jesus, but they deserve credit for what they accomplish with their example. They are Christian voices doing what they can to spread the Kingdom of our FatherJesus Christ. Even something as mundane as discussing a reality television show, we need Christian voices for God reminds me that there are people out there who can be influenced and are waiting to be inspired by God. They can be influenced by sinful behavior (Jacob Roloff), they can also be swayed by Christian voices. The final decision for me to contribute here was decided by God who has told me that He will not steer me wrong.

One final note before I begin, God has blessed me with a voice and opinions. We are called to speak about what is right and what is wrong. If we don't speak and express our hearts, people can be confused and corrupted. I am not perfect. I have flaws. The Roloffs are not perfect. Even Jeremy, Audrey and Matt (the best of the Roloffs) are flawed people. We are all flawed people blessed with a perfect savior. However, I am called to review what I watched and thought with my Christian heart. I believe in saying what you mean. Good can come of it. I will speak from my heart and trust in God.

Let us being.

The show opens with both Matt and Amy discussing their failed marriage. They state they are separated. They hoped it would work out, but it's a stalemate and isn't working. Let me be clear. They are both at fault as in the name of Jesus you must work to make marriage work. That's what God calls of you. Don't take the easy way out. That's what they're doing. The Roloffs are good reminder to God's people not to be distracted by unimportant things like money and fame. Living a life that pleases Him is what is important. The Roloffs have allowed their priorities to be hijacked.

They both speak of wanting to co-exist for the sake of their kids, namely Zach and Tori's wedding.

Matt, Amy, Zach and Tori film a scene consisting of Zach and Tori explaining their vision for the farm on their wedding day. The most important part of this is Matt's perfect explanation after Amy runs him down and challenges his planning and vision, that he would not go into Amy's kitchen and tell her what to do, but she will go into his area of expertise (planning and projects) and tell him what to do. That was the downfall of their marriage other than losing the focus on God in their relationship. Amy doesn't respect Matt. She doesn't show him respect. She won't allow him dignity. As a wife, Amy failed Jesus by failing Matt in the marriage. These are tough words to write, but they have to be said.

Tori is alright. Certainly better than Jacob's current girlfriend and certainly not as impressive as Audrey. The latter exudes a passion for Christ and charisma. Tori is Ok. Matt means well. He wants to give Tori and Zach a wonderful wedding. He has big ideas. Tori's speech to the camera shows no appreciation for Matt's intentions. She only says that she needs to be careful not to hurt his feelings because he will be her father-inlaw soon. Audrey has not said such a thing.

Amy disrespects Matt for filming in front of Zach and Tori by telling him "Go ahead and do it, that's what you always do". Amy is so unappreciative of Matt. She needs to look herself in the mirror when the day comes where she asks Jesus why she failed in her marriage. Matt's ideas are done out of love for those that he cares about. They might not be everyone's cup of tea, but it is wrong of Amy to deem him as selfish and ignore that he wants to make things nice for his family.

Jeremy makes his first appearance in this episode with Matt via Skype. As other reviewers have noted, the authenticity of the scene is in question as Jeremy's appearance is identical to how he is seen later in the episode and the background of his Skype scene appears to be the main house. Nevertheless, it does do an accurate job of showing that Jeremy is the only one who is on Matt's side, the only Roloff who understands Matt means well and wants the best for Matt. Jeremy gives Matt advice about the party so that he won't ignite furor directed back upon himself.

I have purposely saved Jacob Roloff's presence in this episode to last. He is the darkest and most disappointing aspect of the Roloffs.

His appearance in this episode was limited to a few scenes for the camera. Mainly a staged scene consisting of Jacob getting his diploma in the mail. Jacob tells Amy he is moving out. Jacob says he doesn't have a plan. Jacob reveals that most 18 year olds don't have a plan but he really doesn't know what he's doing. He doesn't have a job other than collecting payment for this filming. When Matt suggests Jacob get a job, Jacob makes a crack about not being mature enough for that. He drives away in his brand new truck that Matt and Amy have provided for him.

What other Roloffs said about Jacob: Amy tells the viewing audience high school was a struggle for Jacob and that he never liked it. The most honest part of the episode was Amy's exasperated words that Jacob has a lot to learn about life. It is clear that Amy (rightfully) doesn't have respect for the person Jacob has become. Amy also gave a vague and deceptive explanation that Jacob "hangs out with friends a lot" and is "moving in with friends". Matt, Amy and Jacob participate in a staged and silly scene of Matt giving Jacob meat to eat as he moves out.

How Jacob came off to uninformed viewing audience: If you knew nothing of what Jacob is like when not being filmed, you would have been confused. Jacob suddenly leaving would have felt rushed. You would have wondered what happened? What did you miss? Jacob came off to the viewing audience as a burned out, stoner, a drug using teenager with a 'too cool to care' attitude.

What you really need to know is the truth about Jacob. He is dark soul. He rejects Jesus. He is lost and angry. He aims to destroy good . He is arrogant. He thinks is too cool for everyone. He thinks he is smarter than everyone. He uses drugs. He curses. He has sex before marriage without any regret. He lies. He says things. Then he denies he said them. Then he lies some more. He's hateful. He expresses no remorse for any of the things he has done. He responds to people reaching out to him with their love with his hate and insults. He is anti-American. He is anti-Christian. He is anti-police and pro-criminals.

http://twitter.com/ffoloR_bocaJ

Jacob's mere inclusion in this episode highlights not only Jacob's lying words, but his hypocrisy. He spent considerable time being difficult towards the family for the participation in the show. He whined and complained. He made it clear that he resented it. He attempted to make his parents look bad. He was vocal about bad mouthing the show. He vowed to quit. Even now he went on a twitter spree passively aggressively condemning the filming of little boy "Jack" from another show "Our Little Family". Despite years of being disgruntled, years of acting out, years of vilifying his own family, a year of screaming at people that he will quit the show because of how much hatred he has for it…..there Jacob is, making it his income earner. Relying on it to live after he had done all he could to make it look bad. Even as he condemns 'reality shows', he is choosing $ of principles.

The lack of integrity is typical of people without God in their lives.

I thought about the most responsible way the Roloffs could have dealt with the train wreck that is Jacob. As I said in the beginning, even the best of the Roloffs, are flawed. Only Jesus is perfect.

The Roloffs, if they didn't want to address the disappointment that Jacob has turned into, they could have shut him out of filming. Not allowed him to get his cut of the pie. They could have ignored him.

Or they could have shone a light and asked for prayers for their troubled family member. They could have opened up and showed the way for others who experience family members or sons or daughters who have chosen to shut Jesus out while following the temptations set forth by the Devil.

The Roloffs instead have chosen the weak path of trying to hide it. No explanations are given and white lies are told.

The truth is Jacob was expelled from the fine Christian school right before high school. He then spent a few years in high school. Struggling. Skipping school. Being tardy. Showing a lack of respect for teachers and students. His too cool to care attitude came across when he choose to publicly mock his own school's football team – young men who were giving effort and demonstrating some school spirit. Jacob took to social media to mock them. He would later go on a public twitter rant with his girlfriend calling his athletic high school peers "dumb followers". Jacob and his girlfriend would later delete these tweets.

While it is tempting for Christians to conclude that Jacob's life really went to Hell because of the lack of God in the public high school, it should be noted there are some fine young men who went the same public high school such as

http://twitter.com/Tyler_Parker33

The above twitter account belongs to a young man who loves God and America. He's not afraid to voice stand for God and say basic God given facts that popular culture tries to destroy such as the simple understanding that "Gender is your God-given sex at birth and shouldn't be changed". Jacob and his girlfriend Isabel has childishly attacked Tyleron twitter always resorting to combating Tyler's logic with childish insults. Tyleris not afraid to confront Jacob on his ignorance. It is something the rest of the Roloffs could learn from. No, it is not easy to take a stand against a family member who you have love for even as they live a sinful life and disrespect you, but sometimes doing the right thing is not the same as doing the easy thing, which is silence.

And that brings me back to the staged show for the episode. Matt and Amy giving Jacob meat as a going away present.

Rather than a silly and staged scene such as that, would it not have served God's people more and helped others in a similar situation to be honest about the direction Jacob's life is headed? For them to speak to the heart and admit Jacob had rejected God and that's why he is lost and has so much to learn about life. I've seen it too many times. People who "Don't believe in a 'man in the sky'" think they are unaccountable so they live selfish and sinful lives because they only care about themselves and live only to please themselves.

I must also note, that Jacob's girlfriend, Isabel (twitter account http://twitter.com/isabelsgarreton) made her first appearances on the television show. She has officially appeared the television show and I open to be discussed so I don't need to foolishly have mentions of her named edited by Spiritswander as she has now appeared on the show.

The show chose not to introduce her and didn't even clue the television audience in on the fact that she and her brother are the "friends" that Jacob is living with.

That in itself is another disappointment I have with the Roloffs. Matt and Amy chose the easy way. Instead of confronting Jacob about his behavior, instead of THEM kicking Jacob out of the house, instead of them banning Jacob from the show (forcing him work on his own) they just allow him to do what he wants while still allowing him to come and go as he pleases, while still allowing him to live off the show he claims to hate so much, and then they top it off by giving him a truck. His girlfriend was sleeping with Jacob in his room when he was 17 at the Roloff home. Yet they allow his girlfriend to attend Tori's engagement party and go along with it like all is well.

I might discuss Isabel more in a future episode, she is a sad story. Experienced tragedy, yet instead of finding comfort in God and seeking God's love, she surrounds herself with the darkness and drugs that Jacob Roloff brings into her life.

That brings me to the end of my writing for this week. Thank you to all who expressed their love and support. You are welcome to email me bailey.anne83@hotmail.com

You never know what God will have the future hold in terms of my own site which would be 100% Christian controlled and content.

I will end as I will always end my weekly writing; with a Christian quote. This comes from Jeremy Roloff's Christian friend Jarrid Wilson @JarridWilson

"I'm not a Christian because I have everything together, but because I'm a broken person who was saved by a perfect Savior."

God Bless and enjoy your weekend and always let God guide you.

This is to discuss the new episode of Little People, Big World featuring the Roloff family which is airing on Tuesday July 21, 2015 at 9:00 PM on TLC.

Also, just another quick word/warning about comments that are to follow:

I will continue to allow comments and opinions about Roloffs and people who are strongly associated with them in their social media and who appear on the show, however, comments about family members associated with friends of people who appear on the show or in the Roloffs social media will not be published.

Thank you for your cooperation.

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Episode review written by Rap541

The weird video-esque filming seems to continue. In the rerun Matt notes how he moved out when he was 18. It’s weird except that I was secretly glad I graduated high school and went to boot the very next day.

So we’re on the farm. Amy is oddly checking Christmas lights and musing on her separation from Matt. They have been separated for close to a year and a half. Matt wants to pick thru shit and Amy notes how awkward it is. Matt wants to paint “her” house. Amy is kind of a bitch about it. Their relationship is “evolving”.

Matt and brother Sam go to the gym to work out. Matt doesn’t want a dramatic moment like last year. Matt notes how gym machines are awkward for him. It’s very clearly an empty gym. There’s some machismo but I allow it. Sam wonders what is up with the marriage and Zach and Tori. Then food arrives. Then Matt notes how counseling failed.

Zach has the notebook and he and Tori and Molly are doing wedding stuff. Molly loves Tori FYI. Tori wants burlap and lace and glass. Molly notes its not very formal. I join Zach in being bored. Molly notes that Zach is trying at least.

Jeremy and Zach skype. Jeremy insists for the show that Zach visit. Its all so awkward. Amy notes how strange it is.

So Jeremy has Zach in LA with his orange vintage BMW. Jeremy thinks LA is a total riot. . Audrey goes on about being married. Audrey is pro church while Jeremy is pro adventure. Jeremy notes how doing an online registry - so fans can buy you stuff – is awesome. I’m genuinely curious how Jeremy spends his days.

Tory is excited about flowers. Amy loves Tory, its pretty clear. I think Tory’s mom is there but I missed if she was noted.

Jeremy takes Zach paddle boarding. I’ll be kind. I don’t see the appeal of paddle boarding.

Oh look the church is about to be torched!

Zach is fixing up his house. He wants wood floors. Matt basically notes how unlikely it is for Zach to be successful but Zach boots him out. Matt sagely notes what a loser Zach is. Tory meanwhile is all “I like hardwoods” and Zach likes knots and she doesn’t. Somehow Zach thinks his friends will help him with the install. I like the hardwoods. I am also vaguely amused that Zach owns his own home while Jeremy rents but Jeremy is presented as being more successful.

Jacob and Bryan? Help rip out stuff. Jacob is immediately bleeding. Tory is all “Why isn’t it done???” Jacob rips up floor and wrecks the sub floor. Zach seems cool with it.

To be honest this is dull. There’s some boring talk about how Zach has messed up the floors and somehow Zach ends up calling Matt. Matt notes how he has no idea how to actually install the floor and tells them to call an installer.

Amy rolls in to the house, looking for matt. Matt is in his weird personal sauna and Amy is awkward. Matt notes what a bitch Amy is. He calls Caryn and makes Caryn plan the wedding. He basically treats it like a crisis. Tory and Zach like the gazebo and want to be married there, but moving the church is now somehow impossible.

Somehow now moving the church is impossible because even tho Matt has stated multiple times that he designed all the buildings to move, somehow the church can’t be moved. Also Matt is offended that Tory doesn’t want the heart on the barn. Caryn and Tory hate the benches. Matt tells them to delay the wedding, mostly I think, because its cute and partly because he just doesn’t give a crap.

Now Zach shows off the new hard wood floors to Tory…. She loves it. Zach is amusingly cute on how Tory immediatwly moves on to having the kitchen redone.

Meanwhile Matt is moving the church because even tho he doesn’t want to, he will. Yeah looks like the church will be semi wrecked.

Commercials clearly indicate the divorce.

The pews in the church are broken and apparently no one realized they weren’t bolted down. Amy comes in after the fact and is annoyed. For all the whining about the church, frankly it doesn’t seem to be damaged at all. The gazebo is moved and Tory is all noting how she is blessed. There’s a lengthy OMG from Amy on how awesome it is that Tory and Zach are in love.

Next week, Matt and Amy chatter their Christian vows! No wonder gay marriage passed.

Here is another episode review written by Podge/Rodge Groupie:

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We open with Amy and Matt doing more of the ‘separation showcase’ routine.
I wonder how long the viewers will take to lose patience with this seemingly endless
stalemate. I am already thinking, “Goodness, just get divorced already!” Counseling
was no help (more on that later) and it’s clear that there is no reconciliation here.
Ever. Amy seemed to me to be a bit bitter about things, and Matt was trying to
portray a bit of helplessness. All the while of course, neither side admitted to being a
part of the problem. That thread has been common through all of this, also. Can we
please move on, folks?

Matt and Sam go to the gym. Matt is concerned about his mobility and the
decreased loss of flexibility. At least he acknowledges this, for the camera or not,
whatever. I’m a tad surprised that they don’t have a change of clothing into workout
gear, that made me feel things were a little bit staged. I imagine anyone could see
some grandiosity and attention seeking from Matt, but at least he is portrayed to be
trying to so something. They go to a sports pub for breakfast. I’m not sure why it
HAS to be a pub, the idea is somewhat out of place for the situation. Matt seemed to
glance at the camera a few times. Too bad there wasn’t a product placement here.
That food looked good and a large serving size as well. He seemed to know the
waitress with a familiar tone. Bro Sam asked about counseling, and Matt told him
the Counselor said there was nothing he could do. Shocking. The whole conversation
appeared natural and Sam was forthright and direct. We’ve heard this before on the
show, but perhaps the brothers haven’t hashed this over until now.

We now head to The Party Place for decisions on tables and settings. I believe
Tori when she says her and Zach both lean a little more toward the “go with the
flow” attitude. Zach asking about flatware rental prices lightened the mood a bit. In a
lot of all this planning, I always remember the old phrase, “Is this the hill you really
want to die on?” as in what is really important? What really matters? I also agree
with Molly that Zach has no qualms about letting Tori make the choices should a
divergence in opinion crop up.

The twins do a Skype convo. Amy moves into the scene. I thought it funny
when she said to Zach, “You’re moving away from me”. Pretty hard to fit that
swollen head in that small camera lens there, Amy. Zach has had enough of butting
heads with his mother, and he knows that the only person who butts heads with
Amy is Matt. I have no problem letting the cat speak for u all.

Zach arrives in LA. I’m glad I have no desire to face the thick smog you see in
the shots. Jeremy’s hay baling hairdo is something that I still find odd, but it’s his
choice, not mine. No biggie. The banter over Zach’s shorts was awkward and I think
forced a bit. Knowing what we know today, Jeremy’s praise of the LA life gets
confusing with the time span for moving back to Oregon. Regardless of who it is, in
any show, moving out of that smog back to somewhere with much cleaner air is a
good move indeed.

The apartment. The usual plesantries. Zach found Jeremy’s gluten free eating
“odd”. A word here. We don’t know if Audrey has celiac problems. If not, it is still
only a choice. I myself had reduced my gluten intake simply for a little more brain
health. You can decide to reduce gluten without all the “EEK, frankenwheat!!!”
nonsense. Different flours, like tapioca flour are widely available now, so this is not
a hill that Jeremy wants to die on. No biggie. Hey, I now have a new definition for
knick-knacks and collectibles. Random nonsense. If that’s the case, my house is out
of a Lewis Carroll nightmare! The twins discuss married life. It will be interesting to
see both married lives in action. I can’t see them being the same, as Zach and Jeremy
are different people.

The flower shop. Tori chooses flowers. With Amy’ getting a little input.
Zach and Jeremy go paddle boarding. Bonding time.

Matt drops by Zach’s house while Zach I doing some staged reading. Yes Matt,
they can do it without you. We saw. And when they did phone you, you were sooooo
helpful. It appears that Zach and Tori get along very well together, it showed in the
hardwood floor shop. We’ll see how this goes, but Zach is willing to give it a go.

Matt gets a heath-enhancing apparatus delivered to the farm. And, as usual, he
just HAD to have it. And, as usual, he does it under Amy’s nose. Why does he feel he
has to? Let’s take just a moment. Last week, Amy and Matt discuss the purchase of
new equipment for the farm. And Amy said no no no. Where did this sudden (?)
increase in Amy’s control come from? At the time of filming, there was no talk of
divorce at all. It seems strange to me.

Alright, renovations at the Zach Roloff household. I’ve actually helped a friend
of mine do this. And believe me, we were much more careful with the tack strips
when we pulled them up. It’s careless to leave them nail side up on the floor. Jacob
was not wearing the proper footwear, and the tack strips were strewn all over the
place. Let’s everybody take a little more thought here, OK? Tori did not see much
progress, this is normal. We added a new lodge room to the basement of an unused
purchased church. You can put up stud walls for three weeks, and the members
come in and say, “Hmmm, not much progress.” You put up drywall for ONE DAY, and
then it’s all “Wow! Man, you’ve got a lot done!”. Par for the course.

Zach comes to realize that he doesn’t know how do put a nice floor down.
That’s fine in my view. Years ago, MR would have kept going, or micro-managed his
team of minions to get the job done. Matt’s input was a bit of a surprise. And yes,
Zach and Bryan and Jacob did a lot of work and saved a lot of money with all the
preparation. We’ll see how it looks.

Amy finds Matt in his sauna. Matt likes his new sauna. Amy does not. “And
stress us all out in the meantime?”. Amy, YOU are creating your own stress here. I’m
not sure she could be married to anybody right now. Or in the future.

Caryn joins the entourage to drive around the farm. Matt really plays up how
difficult it is to move the church. Sigh. He was told previously that it is a major point
in the wedding couple’s plan. Even Caryn piped up that this is critical to their plans.
Matt’s protestations are unfounded, as we will see later. Tori does not want the
dead, dried up, twisted old heart on the barn. Matt says, “But then it’ just a barn.” So
what? It’s just a barn without a dead, dried up, twisted old heart on it Matt. OK, the
benches. I’ve a bone to pick with Matt here. I’m positive Matt did not stop and look
at the benches before he took Zach and Tori to see them. Otherwise, he would have
seen how horrible they are. And he calls it ‘strike three’, c’mon on, Matt. You are so
burdened. “How do you think I feel?” We don’t care, Matt. This is not about you.

The new floor is in. Tori is pleased. Then she mentions the kitchen cupboards
and other changes, Zach has already been to school for his selective hearing. He’s
learning fast.

Matt was so melodramatic about moving the church. If he would have lowered
the back of the church to the ground before pulling it off the skids, it would have
been much easier. No, must have drama. It’s good to see Camarino still running the
farm. Matt doesn’t. Amy whines that she isn’t not in on things that happen on the
farm. You never cared before. Boo hoo for you, Amy. No camera time for you. The
gazebo is moved, and they all lived happily ever after. Except Matt and Amy.

This was written and submitted by Anne Bailey. All opinions expressed belong to her.

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Anne J. Bailey here; Welcome my friends and thank you for the tremendous outpouring of support I received last week. Remember, there will always be some who hate you if you are a Christian living to spread God's Kingdom. We listen to Jesus. Not individuals fueled by hatred.

I'm going to start my weekly review column with an important message that was noticeable in this weeks episode of Little People, Big World. The important to have wholesome shows with good Christian messages featuring inspiring people who are walking with God. Jeremy and Audrey Roloff represent this in the younger generation. God is using them in great ways.

Considering some of the recent trash on reality television, shows promoting a twisted and perverted life style like the Bruce Jenner (that's who it is and I won't conform because pop culture is pushing their immoral values on society) freak show or even the new TLC show: I am Jazz". We must speak and let the networks know that we want a show featuring proud Christians like Jeremy and Audrey. I encourage you to make your voice known. Write TLC at Discovery Headquarters. Email them. Tweet. Hashtag #journeyofjerandauj

Now I will begin my review of the happenings in the episode.

It opened a dark and sad note. Matt and Amy's failed marriage. I addressed my concerns last week about their decision to divorce. Matt and brother Sam go to the gym and lunch so they can discuss the state of Matt and Amy's marriage for the cameras. Matt explains that marriage counselling failed. That's because change needs to begin within after seeking Jesus and listening to what God calls you to do.

On a side note something that you should realize because they sometimes introduce people on the show but Matt's brother Sam, is not someone we want to see on the show often. If you look at Sam Roloff's twitter: http://twitter.com/samroloff he is hardcore liberal with values that often oppose the Bible. He currently is supporting the socialist Bernie Sanders run for President.

We want Ron and Peg Roloff. I want them to have the freedom to express themselves and speak with God in their hearts. They will be on a new episode soon. I pray they don't get censored via intrusive editing. It would also be very encouraging if Ron and Peg spoke of their disappointment they have for what their grandson Jacob has come to represent. Ron and Peg are salt of the earth good people. An episode featuring Jeremy and Audrey visiting with Ron and Peg would be TV viewing that would be inspiring and worthwhile. Pray for Ron and Peg and the sadness they endure because of family members.

Tori, Zach and Molly go wedding party shopping. Molly and Tori are friends. That was pointed out a long time ago. That can be positive with Molly set to join the Roloff clan, as long as it didn't play too big of a motivation for Tori to become a Roloff. Zach defers to Tori on the party selections.

The next segment is best part of the show this week. Zach goes to Californiato visit with Jeremy and Audrey.

One must applaud Jeremy for what a loving and supportive brother he is to Zach. He is genuinely happy for Zach and Tori that they are joining in the unity of marriage under God. Jeremy does what God has called him to do. Give love and encouragement to his family as they take important steps in his life. As Jeremy has listened to Jesus more and more with each year, his maturity is very noticeable.

Zach visits Jeremy and Audrey's place in California. Zach is inspired by Jeremy and Audrey's loving marriage. With darkness comes light. What will you choose? Look at the world of the Roloffs. You have a poor example of commitment and marriage in Matt and Amy. But then at the same time you have an inspiring example of what a marriage should be with Jeremy and Audrey. They are doing it right because they have handed the controls to Jesus. And they thank Him for it.

Audrey shines again. Audrey explains to Zach that they have met wonderful people in Californiathrough their local church. Audrey expressed that she is blessed by the people God put in their lives. I am glad Audrey brought attention to that. Despite the message from the mainstream media that people are bad, there are a lot of good people living for God in your neighborhood and community. Go to your church and they can be found.

They segment also included a playful scene of Jeremy and Audrey showing off their double sleeping bag. They playfully invite Zach to see if he can fit. It is amusing, funny and light hearted. Of course, I have already seen some miserable people on this blog take it seriously and criticize them as weird. All I have to say to that nonsense is something my father used to say: God blessed you with a sense of humor…use it! LOL!

The portions of the show featuring Jeremy and Audrey are always the highlight of the episode. Producers and executives should take note.

The next segment worthy of discussion is Zach's decision to install hardwood floors into his house and he wants to do it himself. Friend Bryan and brother Jacob Roloff are present for this to "help".

This is essentially the Jacob portion of this episode. Jacob is a sad state of a person. He is sullen. He is so unenthusiastic. He is too cool to show any emotion or to smile. Perhaps he is "high" for all of this since he is so proud of his marijuana smoking? Jacob wanders around the room hurting himself on camera by sticking himself with nails. As he's wandering around trying to appear cool he trips. It is funny. He was not injured so my critics can calm themselves. Perhaps it's God's way of trying to instill some humility into Jacob since he thinks he is such cool guy.

Zach, perhaps taking his cue from Jeremy, tries to be encouraging to Jacob. He tells Jacob he's doing a good job. Jacob proceeds to ruin the sub floor for the camera. Jacob won't successful at anything in life until he makes the necessary changes.

As Amy said last episode, Jacob has so much to learn about life. What he needs to learn is that he will never excel in life, his life will always be a struggle until the time comes where he let's Jesus into his life and accepts Jesus and his Lord and Savior.

The comparison between Jeremy and Jacob is stark. Jeremy is talented in almost every area. Jacob has no talents to speak of save for his apparent penchant for smoking a lot of weed and bashing God, America and the police on twitter. Jeremy is personable, lively, captivating, energetic and happy. Jacob is void of emotion. He is mopey. and unfriendly.

Tori comes to check on them. The warning should be made that all filming is done with a grain of salt as it is for the camera, but sometimes you can glean personality traits from them. Tori does not impress. Tori has shades of Amy and that's not a good thing. She is very critical with a "That's all you've done?" remark. Tori isn't happy. That was the downfall of Matt and Amy's marriage. Amy refused to support her husband. She was always quick to criticize him. That's not what God calls of you when you take your vows before God. I will kindly remind everyone that you don't hear Audrey criticizing Jeremy like that. Audrey takes her vows seriously. As Jeremy's wife, she builds him up and supports him as she is called to do. Tori is exhibiting some disturbing traits that could become an issue later if she does not address them.

Eventually Zach decides he is in over his head and calls Matt. He comes and makes the wise decision to put egos aside and call a professional.

Amy and Matt have a brief scene for the camera while Matt is in a personal sauna. See my comments about Tori unfortunately following Amy's example. Even one of the other reviewers on this Blog got it right by saying that Amy is so grumpy that no one is capable of living with her right now.

Zach and Tori want to move the church and the gazebo for their wedding. Matt, although he always faces unfounded criticism, once again gets things done to make those he cares about happy. Matt Roloff deserves more appreciation.

However, I am moved to mention the differences between Jeremy/Audrey and Zach /Tori. And I liked Zach this episode. He is maturing and trying to follow Jeremy's example. I want you to all notice even in symbolism, Jeremy and Audrey wanted the backdrop of their wedding to be the church. While Tori and Zach moved the church out of the way. It is a tiny thing but it should be remembered.

Next week appears to center around Matt and Amy coming to the unfortunate decision to divorce and Matt informs his parents Ron and Peg of their failure for God.

Congratulations to Zach and Tori Roloff as their wedding was Saturday July 25th, 2015 held at Roloff Farms and is of course going to be featured soon for episodes of Little People, Big World on TLC.

People Magazine had a brief story about their wedding.

http://www.people.com/article/little-people-big-world-zach-roloff-wedding

A new episode of Little People, Big World featuring the Roloff Family is airing on TLC tonight July 28th at 9:00 PM.

Here is the episode review written by Rap541

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To be fair as I rewatch, Jeremy very clearly states that “Adventure” and not “God/Jesus” brought him to Audrey. Also, Amy who seems like a very jealous momma, seems to very much like Tori. I so don’t get the fun of paddle boarding but then, I like distance running which on the surface is dull. Matt’s whole health gadget thing is annoying in that he chortles about hiding it from Amy. Also for the record, I think its pretty clear Matt was being a dick about the wedding. You want to know why? Everyone, seriously stop and consider.

Would Matt have ever told Jeremy and Audrey, even in jest, that he felt that they should delay their wedding? Serious put your hand on your Bible and swear you genuinely believe Matt Roloff would have ever told Jeremy to delay his wedding.

I also renew my objection to Matt whining how awful it was when Zach and Tori asked for the play church to be moved when I recall not one protest from Matt when Jeremy asked it to be moved in the first place. In fact I am utterly certain Matt proudly snotted how clever he was to make all the farm structures moveable. If you praised him when Jeremy asked, why in God’s name do you think Jeremy’s twin brother was wrong, and awful, and bad, to ask for the same effort?

So previously Amy and Matt are clearly about to declare the divorce. Huh. I wonder if Matt will address how he snotted how awesome he was in comparison to other reality show whores who got divorced. I bet Matt won’t say a word on how he’s better than Kate Gosselin.

Zach and Tori argue about the placement of the church and tent. They argue like newlyweds. Zach calls for daddy to decide and I instantly wonder if this was staged. I very much wonder if Jeremy being called to the farm from California is staged. Oh wait, I don’t wonder at all, as Matt drones on how awesome it is that Jeremy dropped his entire life and business to make a gate for the goats. If this actually was real, I would have no doubt about why Jeremy is a failure at photographgy. Seriously folks, as presented, he dropped everything in his life to make a gate for the goats.

Amy notes that Matt married her to “perform a duty” in having kids. Matt notes how nice it was when Amy just did his chores without bitching. There’s lengthy flashbacks of Matt whining how he’s never at fault for anything. Amy says she is sad about the divorce. Matt notes how he needs to make a decision – since Amy making one is you know, a woman, and Matt is the man and he needs to be the one to say it.

And *commercial*.

So finally they talk. Matt notes how he has to be the man and say “get out of my life, bitch”. Ironically Amy is actually the one to say divorce first. Matt doesn’t seem all that sad. Amy seems to feel it but also seems a bit like “how did we get here?”. Matt notes how he isn’t willing to force it. And end dramatic scene we all knew was coming from 2010.

Jeremy wanders in for no apparent reason. No mention of Jeremy’s job or how he can afford to fly in. Zach wants Tori to compromise. Amy notes how she’s making the two boys food.

Now we’re in Portland. Matt goes over how Jacob and Molly were told off screen and now he’s telling his elderly parents he’s pitching his bitch to the side. I love how Matt does the prayers for show with his folks – and before you bitch, Christian fans, cite me examples of Matt praying by himself or not in front of his own parents. Honey is appalled by the divorce. They’re obviously very guarded in front of the cameras. This is a very cold scene. Also, since it has already come up, the reason you only see Pop and Honey for like two minutes is that they got cut out of the show back in the day because they wanted to get paid and Matt said no. Honey even wrote a letter about it online.

There’s a fight over the tent placement. I sense Matt is with me in that I am so bored by all the stuff. Matt takes Zach aside and tells him to let Tori have her way over the tent. Tori notes in a haybale that she’s perfectly aware that Zach is caving to her.

Now we’re back to the “crisis” gate that required Jeremy to drop his life in Los Angeles. Jer drones on about precision and design and Matt notes how utterly perfect it is.

Amy heads out with “Lisa Dixon”. They talk about Jacob in that Amy calls herself an empty nester again. Lisa pokes the separation for the cameras. Amy says it’s a divorce thing. It’s sad. Amy haybales how sad it is. Amy wonder why it happened and diplomatically doesn’t mention what an ass Matt is.

Despite you know, the wedding, the most important thing to Matt is the animal gate. Matt notes how while Jeremy’s photography is “encouraged” – it’s understood that Matt’s mini-me will return to the farm and take over the farm (despite the divorce). Despite the whole micromanaging undertone where Matt is clearly in charge, Matt insists Jeremy is in charge of the animal gate. Matt insists the cement thingy is wrong. Matt makes Jeremy pull out the thingy and redo it. Jeremy isn’t pleased. He stomps on it. In theory it’s done well. I have no idea since no one explained anything.

Matt sticks Amy with telling the twins they’re divorcing. I bet she had to tell Jake and Molly by herself as well. Amy tells Zach that marriage is awesome. She feels bad, it’s obvious. I’ll even throw Jeremy a bone in that he looked hurt by the business. Amy notes how she’s pleased she held out until Jacob ran from the house.

There’s a commercial for the wedding.

The twins natter about the wedding. Everyone, well, Matt and Jeremy, whine about the positioning of the tent. Zach asks Jeremy to be the best man by giving him a bottle opener. Amy is all “I’m divorcing! Time to redecorate!” She wants guest rooms for guests. They tie on bandannas and do redecorating. I wonder if Lisa ever saw the hoard. They start with Jake’s room.

We’re still on redecorating. Amy notes how Matt actually made most of the choices. She and Lisa paint Jacob’s room dark brown.

Now we’re back to the gate project. Matt is all about the goats. I totally see why Jeremy is not building a photography business. Matt calls Amy to see the new gate. There is a couch out in the open for no reason. The gate is pretty ramshackle in that you have to steer the vehicle onto the board that triggers the gate. But since we’ll never see it again except in montages, who cares.

Amy and Lisa redo a table. She drones on about the divorce that again, we all knew was happening in 2010.

Next ep – Jeremy notes how clothes always look like ass on his brother.

A quick note – no regrets from Matt on how he crowed like the cock on the walk on how he was so much better than the TLC families who ended in divorce.

Here is another review submitted by Podge/Rodge Groupie of the Little People, Big World episode which aired on Tuesday July 28th, 2015 on TLC.

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REVIEW OF IT’S NOT EASY LETTING GO

I’m going to break up the storyline, and follow each segment to its end.

We open with a discussion between Zach and Tori. OK, so they disagree about the
placement of the tent. Zach presents the unlevel ground idea. Tori disagrees. Zach
defaults to Matt, and Tori wonders why. Matt does come out and takes Zach aside,
and tell him, “Zach, there’s one rule in life. The woman is always right.” I laughed at
the irony. Yeah, Matt. Like every time Amy said “no”, you just turned around and did
whatever you wanted anyway. Period. Whether Amy was right or not.

Jeremy shows up at the farm. Let’s stop here. I can see Jeremy’s fan and
‘supporters’ being quite upset at how Jeremy is being portrayed on the how. It is not
good. After staying at home until he was 22, and waiting to have inculcated into his
mind Jesus’ plan for him, and graduate from Brooks Academy, he heads off on what
his supporters describe as a very successful photography business. All good so far.

However, Matt calls him up to the farm ‘right away!’ to…….build a gate? There’ a lot
wrong here. Matt obviously has zero respect for Jeremy’s success and still thinks of
him as his personal lackey. Remember, people Matt Roloff and Amy (for now) Roloff
are co-Executive Producers of the show. We’ve waxed eloquent in the past about the
bad writing, repetitive storylines etc etc. Jeremy doesn’t stand up to his dad and say,
“Look, dad, I’m in the middle of running a business and a website here. I can’t just
drop everything.” TLC takes the business view of thing, and wants Jeremy on the
show for ratings, regardless of his life in LA. Remember, this was taped a long time
before Jeremy and Audrey moved back to Oregon.

The other bit that’s wrong is the technical side of things. Matt put his hand on one of the two springs on the post, and there was a metal hinge post mounted above, My guess is there once was a spring-
loaded gate there in the past! Ecklind Gates make a fiberglas spring gate with soft rubber bumpers that spring open a you push through, the spring closes the gate again. Either direction. Job done. This is my reason for thinking this whole thing is staged. Pick a reason above. The wrong placement of the lag bolts was well timed, getting them back in ‘jut in the nick of time’, another feeble attempt at staged drama.

Ok, the divorce. With the individual haybaling and scene shots, I am getting
very tired of the constant wallowing in self-pity from both of them. Enough is
enough already! Please, just stop. Say, did anyone notice in one of the flashbacks,
when Matt asked Amy, “Why did you marry me in the first place?” Amy did not
answer the question. She answered that question with another question, “Why did
you marry me?” You don’t answer a question with another question. That’s in my
top three pet peeves, right put her with twisted telephone cords and cold toilet
seats. That was entrapment, a sucker punch to the back of the head. Matt played the game in the office though, getting Amy to say the D word first.

I didn’t see Pop and Hunny being really too surprised over the whole affair. As a aside, my thought for their absence from the show, regardless of the evidence in print and otherwise, was Pop was getting sick and tired of Sonny-boy’s micro managing everything. He said so
more than once on the how in the earlier seasons. Where is Pop during Pumpkin
season? The Old Western Town. How far is that from the Pavillion? A far as you can
get. This is for another item thread.

I wonder how Matt and Amy decided, off camera, who would tell whom about the final decision. Again, this separation has been going on for so long, I didn’t detect too much surprise among any of the children. Concerns maybe, but I would be speculating.

Amy and Lisa Dixon go for lunch. As Lisa has been divorced I can see her Christian ethics being brought into question. Was amazed me was, even after the divorce announcement, Amy all of a sudden decides to start re-decorating HER house. Hold it hold it hold it. Who says Amy is keeping HER house? Who says either party is going to buy the other out to keep the farm? We know for a fact that Amy’s
signature is on the mortgage for the 104 acres that was the neighbor’s farm. And it
might be on everything else. I’ve seen my friend’s go through a divorce when a
moratorium is declared on expenditures and stuff like this without the expressed
agreement of both parties. You just can’t do things like that.

The following review of the July 28th episode of Little People, Big World was submitted by Anne Bailey. All opinions and statements belong to the author.

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Anne here for another week. Folks, I'm not a happy camper. From my mouth to God's ear, I speak the truth. There are times as Christians where we must hold other Christians accountable, not to punish or embarrass them, but in an attempt to steer them and others back towards the path that Jesus laid out for them. Everyone except God makes mistakes.

My style for my review is not to review segment by segment. It is to comment on the parts and themes we are shown.

This episode could be called "The divorce episode". It is incredibly sad and disappointing.

I have tremendous amount of respect for the majority of Roloffs but the themes in this episode aren't admirable for any Roloffs except for the wonderful Audrey. She is the only Roloff that did not suffer a chip to her character.

Matt and Amy voice over that they are divorcing. They film together. Neither of them appear to be ashamed or very emotional about betraying their vows to each other made in front of God for God.

This is what I have a problem with. Divorce is wrong. The figure of 50% is often said to be the divorce rate in today's society. Today's culture corrupts people with immoral things like sex, prostitution and sexual perversion like the gay lifestyle and freaks like Bruce Jenner. who are an affront to God. We shouldn't just shrug our shoulders and say "Oh well" when people treat divorce like it's an employment contract.

Marriage is not a contract. It is for God. It is serious. It is for 2 people to join on a quest for Jesus. It's not to be viewed like a construction developer who signs a contract with a builder and when one of the sides aren't happy, they step away and move away. When you say "till death do us part, for better or worse" it is supposed to mean something.

Let me be clear. Both Matt and Amy are to blame for their failure in their marriage. It's not something you pat them on the back and say "Good job" and move on. It's very sad that they failed so badly.

Matt is filmed for a scene where he tells his parents Ron and Peg over lunch that he and Amy have destroyed their promise to God and decided to file for divorce. Peggy looks visibly hurt. Ron looks annoyed. However, they both, unfortunately, bite their tongues. They let Matt off the hook with weak words along the lines as "sometimes you have to let go".

When a man and woman take their vows in front of God they are promising it is forever. Does anyone have a doubt that if Jeremy was diagnosed with a life altering debilitating disease tomorrow that Audrey wouldn't stand by his side as his partner in marriage? It means even if your husband or wife turns into a jerk tomorrow, you are going to work it out. It's not a contract where you if you don't feel appreciated you get to break it. Shrugging it off as acceptable is wrong.

I wish instead of trying to utter supportive words to Matt on camera or make jokes to lighten the mood, Ron and Peg would have explained to Matt that they too experienced trials and tribulations throughout their marriage. Don't think any marriage that lasts as long as Ron and Peg's does so without any down times. Nothing is smooth sailing one hundred percent of the time. With Jesus as your focus, you can endure together.

Amy tells her friend who has also been divorced. I am disappointed once again. This segment is "Oh, poor Amy". Amy wants to feel sorry for herself instead of taking responsibility for her part in the failure of her marriage and her friend is more than willing to help Amy play the victim.

Amy tells Zach and Jeremy for the cameras about the decision to divorce. Zach doesn't seem to understand the significance. He doesn't put forth much of any emotion except that he's not surprised. Jeremy at least looks genuinely hurt. Unfortunately, Jeremy also refrains from speaking any true words about the impact of this decision. Amy attempts to give Jeremy and Zach words of wisdom about having a successful marriage but even she appears guilt-ridden and realizes that she has just destroyed her own character by quitting on her marriage.

Molly and Jacob are not involved in any of the divorce scenes. That doesn't sit very well with me, giving Jacob a pass from the divorce. He certainly didn't help the state of his parent's marriage with all of his horrendous attitude and behavior the last few years when he was old enough to start growing up and should have been taking responsibility for his actions. Now divorce is the end game and Jacob gets to walk away. He has no character.

On to other things…

Jeremy and Matt. It was a good decision to give some Matt and Jeremy scenes to counter all the sad and disappointing divorce segments. Jeremy visits the farm to help Matt design and build a gate. The best part of this is that it is evident that Matt is proud that he helped shaped Jeremy's creative nature and that he has passed on something useful to Jeremy. For Jeremy's part he is appreciative of Matt's lessons over the year and is proud of Matt's pride in him. Matt certainly needs that in his life since his marriage just failed and let's be honest, Matt's other able-bodied son is a train wreck of epic proportions. Let's be honest folks. While Matt has been talking over the last few weeks of being proud of the man Jeremy has become, what is Jacob actually doing?

Jacob Roloff is using twitter to seek out drug dealers! I am not kidding. It is not a lie. In case you're not "hip to the lingo""hmu" means "Hit me up" (aka. contact me).

Yes, Jacob Roloff is using twitter to ask drug dealers to contact him because he is interested in their services.

It is awful. How can anyone be proud of someone like that? People, the truth needs to be spoken even if it hurts. God commands that you do the right thing even if the right thing and the easy thing do not go hand in hand. I am disappointed the Roloffs let Jacob's behavior go without speaking up.

This is not OK. I pray that people surrounding Jacob stop doing something other than nothing and speak up. His life is full of darkness and emptiness that he is resorting to asking drug dealers to contact him. Drugs are not the answer. Jesus is the answer. It's very sad and frightening that he tweet something like that and it gets any "favorites" at all. That's why it's all the more important that Christians begin speaking out. It is a very sad situation.

The last aspect of this episode centers around Tori and Zach disagreeing on the set up for their wedding. I expressed concerns in my previous review that Tori was summoning her inner Amy and all of her bad traits about disrespecting her husband were starting to surface. I am even more concerned now. I would like to hope that Tori is just playing for the cameras and is a really good actress. She is bossy, stubborn and a complainer. Tori better do some serious reflecting upon the break up of Matt and Amy's marriage and make a promise that she will not become Amy Roloff part two because she is displaying that some of the same qualities exist within her. Tori needs to do some praying and seek spiritual counselling to ensure she does not become a wife who belittles her husband. I would like to nudge everyone to pay a little more attention. Notice that you don't see Audrey engaging in the verbal put downs and insults towards her husband? She meant what she said in her vows. You'll notice a few paragraphs down when I quote Audrey while she is giving advice to women of Christ, she emphasizes the importance for women to show their husbands respect. That is why you'll notice Audrey's behavior differing from some of the other women we've seen.

And with that, I will end with a positive note which comes from Audrey Roloff. She wrote a beautiful article on her blog about the meaning of the phrase "Braid it". That is the phrase Jeremy and Audrey use for their relationship.

I encourage all to read it, digest it and soak in the meaning of what she is saying. All should read it, especially after all of the disappointing things we have seen recently. God calls you for higher things. Audrey understands and articulates it well.

http://www.aujpoj.com/what-is-braidit/

Here are some of the highlights which are extremely relevant given the subject matter of divorce, commitment and God.These wonderful words are from Audrey Roloff on her blog: "What Does 'Braid it' mean?"

Lord grant us the strength to pursue on through

May we braid it together, Christ, you and I

It was a reminder that successful relationships have a structure. And we wanted that structure.

Think about the structure of a braid, it has three strands. The third strand is what holds a braid together. Without it you would be left with a twist, which is easy unraveled. The third strand is the most important, and is imperative to keep all three intertwined.

So what are the three strands? For us it is:

1. Christ

2. Jeremy

3. Audrey

Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. 10 If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. 11 Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? 12 A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. <

This structure of a braid, paints the perfect picture of accountability within a relationship. Christ being the head, then the husband, and then the wife. Throughout scripture Christ’s love for us is made known through his, unconditional love, relentless pursuit, provision and protection, truth and guidance, mercy and grace.

So many couples enter into marriage and become, “better than one,” but dismiss the accountability of the third strand (Christ) which prevents the breakage. This third strand makes it possible for love to grow stronger, deeper, and wider, with time. "And may you have the power to understand, as all God's people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is. ephesians 3:18"

Marriage is inviting a third party into the relationship, Christ and all the love that comes with Him. That doesn’t dismiss the fact that braids still get frizzy and messy at times, but the braid of marriage will not unravel because it's tied together by a promise that transcends circumstances, change, and feelings.

And very wise words from Audrey about marriages that fail:

Men, love your wife like Christ loved the church. He is our example, He is our standard.

Women, love your husbands and look to them with great respect.

If your marriage, or relationship is more of a twist, than a braid. We urge you to invite the stability and freedom of the third strand.

Words cannot express the love and admiration I have for Audrey. She is such a wise, Christ loving young woman. It warms my heart. She is an example and inspiration.

On that positive note, I will end for this week. Thank you readers for your support and as always, trust in God.

It has been an interesting few days for Jacob Roloff on social media. Some of it is starting to garner attention so we will do this item on it so everyone can see catch up and see it for themselves. As always, for people who follow Jacob on social media, he generates a lot of discussion and controversy.

On July 29th, Jacob, who has always been very vocal about his fondness for marijuana tweeted a criticism of local dealers of weed and called for people "who don't suck at selling weed" to hit him up. Of course, some people are horrified that he would post on social media a call for "drug dealers" to contact him while others dismiss it as weed is legal in many states. For those not aware, Jacob has been very vocal about his belief that alcohol is far more damaging than marijuana and has often retweeted the benefits of marijuana. On his Ask.fm account, Jacob Roloff once admitted to smoking weed, taking Acid as well as Xanax. Jacob has strongly hinted that he has anxiety issues.

Then early this morning August 2nd at 2:00 AM, Jacob's girlfriend, Isabel Garreton, posted this humorous picture of Jacob with the caption "This picture lol" Some people immediately began voicing their displeasure and their opinion that Jacob looks "stoned" and pointed out that it appears that he is sitting in the driver's seat [Although Isabel has since tweeted to a friend that it was taken "in the backseat of your car].

Jacob also posted an instagram photo along with a thoughtful paragraph on his recent experience of filming with 7 year old Jack from another TLC show "Our Little Family" and Jacob reflected on his feelings of being forced to film as a child. Jacob's post is even garnering comments from other Roloffs, who as a rule, always ignore Jacob's social media postings about important matters.

It should be noted that for people who have followed Jacob on his now stale Ask.fm account http://ask.fm/jacobroloff (he stopped using it 8 months ago, but answered almost 8000 questions for the majority of 2014 on a variety of subjects including religion, drugs, homosexuality, Little People, Big World being fake, gun control and much more) the fact that Jacob is revealing that he "really disliked" filming is nothing new.

On Ask.fm Jacob would often refer to the show as "totally fake" and "that stupid show". At one point when Jacob was 17, and a few months away from his 18th birthday, he declared that he would quit the show once he turned 18 and refuse to sign a contract with TLC. Jacob even explained his plan was to not participate in the show, the most he would do was sign a waiver so that TLC wouldn't have to blur out his face during Zach's wedding. However, Jacob had a change of heart and is now a paid "cast member" and full participant for the new season of "Little People, Big World" which is currently airing Tuesdays at 9:00 PM on TLC.

However, since Twitter (Jacob's twitter http://twitter.com/ffoloR_bocaJ ) and Instagram (Jacob's Instagram http://instagram.com/jacobroloff45 ) are more mainstream than Ask.fm and that his family members and many of the people connected to the show (Jacob recently exchanged playful tweets with one of the long time producers of the "Little People, Big World" Nicholas Caprio)follow Jacob on twitter and Instagram, this post and introduction by Jacob is garnering more attention than usual as it is the first time that many people are really seeing Jacob speak out about how he really felt about filming.

Jack, the 7 year old boy from TLC's other show "Our Little Family" and his family recently visited the Roloffs at their farm for filming. Jacob was a participant in the filming with Jack and Jacob has been reflecting upon the kinship he feels since he was 7 years old when Little People, Big World began filming.

For those that can't see what Jacob wrote, it reads:

This is Jack. I've never felt I had more of an opportunity to influence someone's life than when I told him how much I didn't like filming when I was his age, so he knows just because the adults say it's what's best, doesn't mean it's what's best. Then after, I asked him how he felt about it and after a pause he said, "I like it medium", meaning not at all, which is exactly what I would've said at 7. Seeing him for the few days that I did and hanging out with him for the short time that I did was a crazy reflective experience, seeing what it looked like (more or less) to be a 7 year old thrown into different situations for your parents' ratings. He doesn't know that yet though. He's more of a central focus character in his family's show than I ever was, too, so there's more 'depending' on him; I can't imagine. Im hoping I get to see him again and how he turns out, and that what I said sticks with him. -- Jacob Roloff August 2, 2015

Jacob's thoughtful commentary has already generated reaction from people around him and family.

Jacob's girlfriend, Isabel, who was present for the filming, added this in a comment:

isabelsofiagarretonI've never seen a little kid look up to someone so much and the fact that he was seeking you out in every crowd and hanging on your every word is enough evidence for me to confirm my theory that you have the biggest heart in the world. Being misunderstood all your life and you've never let it hinder your ability to keep moving forward, keep trying to inspire people to think outside the box and to question everything. I've learned so much from you and I have no doubt in my mind Jack will remember what you said to him for the rest of his life. ❤️

Jacob's cousin, Rachel Burton (Matt Roloff's sister's daughter) added:

rachelburtonyou are an incredible young man, cousin.

Then Jacob's mother, Amy Roloff, added this comment which included an apology:

amyjroloffYou're an awesome son Jacob. You, like your brothers and sister keep blessing me everyday. I'm sorry it was so tough on you.

When the entire Roloff family appeared on the "Oprah" show in 2008, one of the questions she asked was if one of the kids said they didn't like filming the show, would the Roloffs end the show? Matt and Amy more or less, said yes they would quit if someone in the family really disliked filming.

http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/Little-People-in-a-Big-World/8

From the Oprah website in 2008

"Family comes first for the Roloffs, and Matt says they would stop doing the show if anyone in the family didn't want to continue. "We are always just one episode away from not doing it anymore becomes family is the priority," Matt says. "We feel, all in all, we've become a closer family because of this show" -- Matt Roloff - 2008 From "The Oprah Show"

A new episode of Little People, Big World is airing tonight at 9:00 PM on TLC. This review is written by Rap541

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The bonus footage isn’t all that interesting. Amy and Lisa pretending to be married and painting each other was an odd choice, I admit. The gate project is still obviously make work and I still wonder why there is a couch out in the junkyard near the goat gate. Amy strikes me as ready to move on. Also there’s a weird pagoda sort of structure all thru the goat gate stuff.

We start with Matthew on an ATV whining about how he’s getting a divorce. There’s much fond reminiscing about how awesome Matt is for building a playground. Matt notes how he wants all the kids to live there forever and also all the grandkids.

Huh, Jeremy turns up. Amy notes how often he visits the farm. Jacob’s room is now a guest room. Jeremy notes how awesome his mom was for him. Personally I don’t like the curtains. Amy notes that Jeremy is around to help Zach get a tux. Audrey isn’t coming but will be there soon.

Jeremy heads fifty feet over to Matt’s house, and Matt notes how AWESOME it is that Jeremy is around. Jeremy notes that the sauna makes the place smell like bachelor pad. Hmm…. Jeremy hates Los Angeles. Despite all the prior previous love expressed. Jeremy really wants to be invited to stay. Interesting how quickly the tide turns.

Now we’re off to do a fitted suit. FYI – this is clearly comped and fitted suits are expensive. But there are some valid points raised about how clothes look on dwarfs. Zach is funny with how he is amused by the color grey. To be fair, its nice that Zach wants to look nice for a change.

Now Amy is making pumpkin salsa! She’s *refining* it. Yes, yes the Roloffs are making pumpkin salsa and marketing it. Hmmm… no Roloff Salsa on Amazon.

Zach and Tori debate wedding invite etiquette. Also the guest list is exploding. Zach really wants to go to the courthouse and email everyone. Zach is visiting Mom at the big house and wants to take Tori for a special date. Where he makes a meal and of course he wants Amy to help and this feels sooo staged. Also Amy refused to just make the meal for them. Amy is obsessed with Zach making the whipping cream. She also wants him to make garlic.

Meanwhile at the secret Matt office. Amy and Matt are going into the pumpkin salsa business. They are planning a taste test. I don’t know… pumpkin salsa sounds really gimmicky. I will admit, I am pretty easy going about my salsa but if it is “exotic” then it needs to be *really* good. Matt wants the taste test in the wine cellar as it is “neutral”. Amy wants it in the main house, no doubt because she recalls all the spiders, snakes obvious open holes in the walls, and collapsing bricks of the wine cellar. Did I mention the standing water?

Now we’re at the house, at the tasting test. There’s pumpkin peach and two other flavors, pumpkin verde and pumpkin corn. And a fake salsa to trick people. Matt tells the testers that Amy wants it done chipless. She immediately disagrees. Everyone tries the salsa. Most people don’t like three, and everyone seems to like one. Pumpkin peach won, and the store bought was the crappy number three so yay!

Jeremy is out on the mule with dad. Now he muses on how he loves the farm. Matt hay bales how they’re redefining the family. Matt tells the three boys he wants them to all live on the farm. Jeremy is pretty openly planning to move back (ahem). Jacob is “um ok” and Zach is like “it depends if I will be Jeremy’s bitch”.

Now Zach is making food for Tori. Zach makes a mess. Apparently biscuits are torture. There’s a burned pot.

Zach is taking Tori to her fav spots and they smooch. Tori thinks the wedding is for other people but the marriage is for the two of them. And the dog. Tori is shyly pleased that Zach set the table and made a theoretically edible meal. Tori manages to not vomit, yay! Then Zach turns on the Christmas lights and they have a sweet on camera date that didn’t look too forced.

Now we’re up to Tori getting a dress. They all drink mimosas. Amy seems shocked that Tori included her even though Audrey already did and this was filmed for the cameras. I’m too jaded from My Big Fat American Gypsy Wedding because I am all “where are the glowing butterfly lights? Why is no one saying the f-word? WHERE IS THE BLING???”… I like that they did make an effort to keep the dress a secret. It’s cutesy but I allow it.

So the expo is happening and if they go national then there’s a huge profit. Matt somehow wants a couch at the booth. Amy is also a bit anti-Roloff red. Matt also wants his face on the label. I won’t fault them for trying but the salsa is gimmicky. I notice even though I think Jacob was there, he’s not in this. It’s like a dull Dragoncon, where no one is selling steampunk goggles. Matt notes how if the salsa doesn’t sell, the FARM IS DONE!

“TRY SOME SALSA!” Matt shouts. No one comes so Zach is sent out to peddle the salsa. Suddenly there’s people everywhere! There’s word of mouth. I dunno…. To be honest, I’ve had a lot of salsa and to be honest, I like me some cilantro, tomatoes, peppers and onions. I don’t even like mango salsa even tho I adore mangos. I will try it if it turns up on amazon.

Anne J. Bailey here. Hello friends and readers. Thank you for the emails and support encouraging me to continue with my column.

And that's what it will be now. People have been asking me so often what I think of this and that with the news about a Roloff or something they posted during the week, that my column won't be limited to an episode content which is made for television anyway.. I will still comment on certain themes in the episode but it will be broader. I will speak my mind giving the Christian perspective about what people want to hear about.

Let's get started.

The big news both in the episode and then which they shared on their blog is that Jeremy and Audrey have left Los Angeles to move back to Oregon. They have moved to Bend, Oregon.

Jer & Auj were thankful for the amazing friends they met through Jesus, but the "LA" way of life was not for them. God has guided them back to where their souls feel most comfortable. They are meant to live in a place where they can appreciate nature and the beauty God created. As Matt said on the show, Jeremy's heart is in Oregon.

Some hateful, anti Christian people immediately tried to disparage Jeremy and Audrey with comments attributing their move to a "failure" or snarky comments about "God made a mistake by sending them to LA".

I must respond to that comment and educate the ignorant. When you pray to God and ask Jesus to guide you, God will never make a mistake. You (or ignorant others) might not realize the plan, but there is always a plan. God sent Jeremy and Audrey to Los Angelesfor a reason. It wasn't a mistake. It could have been to forge relationships with other Christians who will come back into their life at later date and provide great blessings. It could have been to send the message to them to appreciate their surroundings so they fully realize how blessed they are by God to live where they are now. Jeremy and Audrey understand that. It's about time all the people on this blog understand that.

My next topic this week is Tori.. It was another week where Tori was coming across as bossy and giving indications that she has many of Amy's unfortunate traits.

I need to share this with my audience. Many people already know but if you aren't aware, you can email me at bailey.anne83@hotmail.com .

I would like to thank the following person. It was an email from a Christian who is a little person thanking me for speaking the truth on this blog in the name of Jesus. They praised my assessment and urged that we pray for Tori to reign in some of her potential damaging characteristics. I won't name the person who has played on Zach's team in the past at little people events because I don't need to cause unwanted drama, however they told me that the majority of Zach's little person's friends are put off by Tori's influence on Zach and that it is well known that Tori discourages Zach from his friendships with little people. I was told to let my audience know to pay special attention to the lack of Zach's little people friends at Zach's wedding. You'll notice that Audrey doesn't try to control Jeremy's friendships. I feel that Tori really needs to read Timothy Keller's book "The Meaning of Marriage" to prevent herself from becoming the type of person who is destructive to the marriage (see Amy).

Thirdly, yes, a lot of people were commenting on Jacob's very brief "contribution" to the episode which consisted of his incoherent muttering the word "yeah" when Matt asked if he planned on living at Roloff Farms one day.

There is so much wrong with that. I won't even elaborate now about what it says about Jacob's lack of character that it's in his plans to live of the farm they build which he contributed nothing towards and in fact complained and attempted to destroy the means to keep it, and the constant disrespect for his family yet he's ready to run back to mooch with no guilt, but I disgress.

We need to send prayers to the remaining Roloffs. Pray that they wake up. Pray that they realize the easy way that they're choosing, which is to ignore Jacob's drug use and destructive and disrespectful behavior and his immoral values. Ignoring it while granting him all the privileges of being an honorable person is ultimately destructive to Jacob himself as well as the family. Extending that invitation to Jacob was a grave mistake on Matt's part if it was legitimate offer. Even if it was for "show" it sends a poor message.

Finally, I urge you to follow Audrey's blog here. On a fun note, Audrey and Jeremy attended the "Move" Tour with Audrey's parents who love the show "Dancing With The Stars". Audrey's mother, Cendi Botti, volunteered Jeremy to go up on stage for a dance competition and Jeremy got picked. He did fabulous job of course! Audrey Shared the video, click below.

Click here to see Audrey's video of Jeremy dancing on stage at the Move Tour.

Audrey has shared that she now has a dream to be on "Dancing With The Stars" with Jeremy. I often talk about Christian influence in the media and entertainment. It would be a blessing for the millions of Dancing With The Stars viewers to be exposed to Jeremy and Audrey's Christ guided life. Make your voice heard and let's get Jeremy and Audrey on the show!

That is it for this week. Until next week, keep asking God for guidance while remembering all that you have to do is listen and act. Be the person God asks of you.

The new episode of Little People, Big World featuring the Roloff family is airing on TLC at 9:00 PM tonight August 11, 2015.

The following episode review was written by Rap541

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On watching the rerun, I am amused at how Jeremy is presented as giving up his hugely successful career doing photo shoots. My basic question is “When did Jeremy fly to NY for a paid shoot?” since he openly mentioned how he flew to NY for an awesome shoot, and also – if he was so busy, why were he and Audrey always off camping? And why was Jeremy constantly flying home?

So the new episode. Amy is done with self pity, and Zach wants a budget. Apparently there is porta potty issues. I am reminded of Matt cheerfully telling the Manuel twins to crap and piss in the woods in episodes of yesteryear.

The wedding is a month and a half away so its early June and everyone is wearing heavy coats. It rains and hails. Zach is budget conscious. Ironically I think a weather alert chimed as I watch. Matt notes that the budget is an issue. Apparently there’s free glasses, and Matt is all “I have free glasses from Pondo when Pondo went out of business…..” Was there EVER any budget talk about Jer and Audrey’s wedding? I don’t recall one moment where Matt or Amy suggested on screen that Jer and Auj should consider less expensive options.

Now we’re on to Amy and Lisa Dixon and the charity and the possible mud run. Yes, apparently a haboob is about to strike Phoenix as I watch as we’re getting weather alerts on the cable channel,

Now we’re on to Zach and Tory’s signature drink. He makes a funny joke about a “babymaker” drink. The drink sounds like a fancy lemondrop in a mason jar. They come up with several fancy drinks. They name the drink after the dog.

Back to the mud run on the farm. Amy and Lisa are roaming around. The mud run looks like it is before the wedding. The swamp fort looks like it is pretty ramshackle. Amy wants all the kids in the mud run. Matt rides up on a vehicle. Matt is appalled at the idea of doing a mud run. He openly shits on the whole idea and oh look, another weather alert. Matt tells her he is gonna tell her how she’ll be doing it because he has a cock and she needs to shut her bitch mouth. He repeats how he doesn’t want a mud run and will spend his time bitching about it and not supporting it.

So Matt stops Jacob from mowing the lawn to tell him about the mud run. Matt tells Amy to shut her bitch mouth and accept his dominance. She runs the course to make some point to him. Matt openly sneers at her.

Zach and Tory try cakes. Zach clearly likes poppyseed cake, and apparently Tory likes it as well. Zach is all “poppyseed it is”.

Now Matt notes how they have to scrounge for the wedding since they are super poor and all the cheap shit is hidden in various barns but they have to go cheap because it’s Zack. Apparently Matt, like Amy, is a hoarder, and there’s some secret stash of wine glasses, chafing dishes and cables. Matt notes how awesome he is and shits on the mud run for charity idea again.

Matt proudly notes how he’s doing the entire mud run that he previously hated and yuks it up for the cameras. Amy wants the courses to be set to allow for different skill levels. Essentially Matt is an ass about it. Amy notes Matt needs to deal. Matt is condescending to her.

Matt notes how the place is a pigsty for the wedding. There’s like… hoarding everywhere. Matt thinks clearing out the secret barns is super important for the wedding. Matt decides Jeremy needs to track ho shit. For some reason there’s a ton of couches on the farm and Matt is all “We need to smash couches no one ever sees on camera to prepare for the wedding!”.

Jeremy notes how bees have moved in mysteriously, despite how he was featured in an episode several years prior where bees were intentionally introduced to the farm. I am pretty sure the bee episode is on dvd, Jer, if you need to catch up. Killer bees attack various Roloffs.

Amy notes how much there is to do. Sullivan is there. Amy orders people about. Oh look Audrey has time off from her prestigious job to attend the mud run. Matt notes he now loves the mud run and how he firmly believes Zach will totally suck at it. There is concern over the lack of mud.

Amy makes food for Molly and Zach. Amy sends Zach without food to do chores. Molly is all “oh mom, I eat raw hamburger” Amy actually prays for a change with Zach and Molly.

Matt pats himself on the back for loving and conceiving the whole idea! Also there technical problems and *someone* forgot the porta potties. Matt and Amy blame each other and Matt openly blames Amy for it. Caryn decides she doesn’t care who wins and tries to help.

More porta potty drama. People are arriving and they can’t possibly crap in the woods! Despite you know, how the Roloffs are farmers and crapping in nature is ok. I notice that the crowd here is fairly small and also I really don’t understand how this is making money. Audrey of course has adorned herself with warpaint. The crappers show up on time and now the race begins? Although I don’t really see how it was a competition or how teamwork was involved. The kids run the race in a stupid goofy way… looks like Audrey and Tory stepped up to be famous. If Isobel was on the team, she wasn’t mentioned by name, FYI.

Oh wow, ball lightning and thunder! Makes all those weather alerts make sense.

Now Amy and Lisa and her entourage are forced to run the course for no apparent reason other than that the crowd for this is pretty light. Amy is all about how this is a team thing. Amy notes how she loves her charity foundation. Matt notes how he was really the mastermind to the whole thing. In a surprisingly open moment, Amy admits it didn’t really make a lot of money. Jeremy is wearing his fem headband. Also it is super raining here! Next week apparently there’s a windmill tower. Let’s hope I am not flooded out.

Hello friends and readers, Anne J Bailey here for my weekly column.

Thank you for the emails of support, comments and suggestions for future topics. You may email me at bailey.anne83@hotmail.com

I apologize for this week's column being a day late and I would like to thank Connor for his passionate email urging me to shine a light on Jacob Roloff's destructive and reckless use of twitter to spread hate - which leads to violence and even death towards brave men and women around the country who serve as police officers and put their lives at risk every day - when law abiding citizens are in trouble, it is these brave people who come running to in while others run away.

However, at the last minute, because of certain hateful comments I have read, I have decided to delay discussing that important topic to discuss something else.

The topic is Audrey Roloff's blog. If you haven't already, please visit it here at http://www.aujpoj.com/ and make it apart of your daily browsing.

Audrey also graciously answered frequently asked questions here http://www.aujpoj.com/faq/

Almost immediately, certain people, began attacking Audrey as "a sell out", attacking her for focusing on her blog and accepting revenue that her blog generates.

There are several things wrong with these attacks.

For starters, I will call it like it is. Audrey is attacked and will always be attacked by some people who they have hatred in their hearts for Christians and for vocal Christians who spread the Word of God and give thanks and glory to Jesus Christ.

One thing is predominantly clear if you read over Audrey's entire Blog. She loves Christ. She live to please Jesus and gives thanks to Him.

She is a wonderful young woman. Given these dark times in the world, we need more young people like Audrey. She is so full of positive energy and passion to serve God that it is inspirational. I urge all Christians to support Audrey and Jeremy. We need more people like Audrey and Jeremy in the media, on television and on the internet.

What makes the attacks against Audrey especially distasteful is that many of the same people critical of Audrey either stay silent about the real destructive force associated with the Roloffs or worse, offer praise to Jacob Roloff.

While Jacob Roloff promotes anger, lies and hatred. Audrey is focused on being positive and spreading God's love.

As evidence, read Audrey's blog entry entitled "What Is Braid It?"http://www.aujpoj.com/what-is-braidit/ . It is an inspiring tale of love and wisdom and the value of putting God first in your relationships if you want them to last.

Instead of celebrating in Audrey's wisdom and love, some hateful souls already attempted to criticize her stating that she "stole" the 3 strand concept. Audrey was explaining the meaning of "Braid it" and what it means to her and Jeremy. She never claimed that no one else has ever used that analogy.

Here is another entry from Audrey's Blog History which demonstrates why many Christians have so much respect and adoration for her. Read this beautiful poem. The entry can be found here .

From Audrey Roloff 2013:

Be Pointing To Him

Sometimes I think
What will people say of me

When I'm only just a memory
When I'm home where my soul belongs
Was I loved?
Would no one else show up?
Was I Jesus to the least of us?

Was my worship more than just a song?
I wanna live like that
And give it all I have
So that everything I say and do points to You

I encourage everyone to read the rest of Audrey's poem here http://www.aujpoj.com/be-pointing-to-him/

Audrey is more than words. Even though "fans", "readers", "viewers" aren't privy to all the amazing and acts of love someone such as Audrey does in her daily life, when you give of yourself in the name of spreading God's Love, word gets out because her act of love was so powerful and inspiring.

When Audrey writes "Was I Jesus to the least of us" - we can all (those of us who are informed) answer that with a resounding "Yes!"

If you weren't aware to what I'm referring, I will fill you in.

While Audrey was still dating and engaged to Jeremy Roloff, Jeremy's brother Jacob Roloff was dating a girl named Stephanie.She has experienced a lot of pain and confusion in her young life and it was not helped by getting involved with a troubled dark soul such as Jacob who himself has rejected God and bashed Christianity and Christians. However, God puts people in our lives for reasons, even if we don't know why at the time. Perhaps it is to connect with people you would not have met without know the first person.

This is what happened with Stephanie and Audrey. While Audrey had no obligation to befriend her (then) boyfriend's brother's girlfriend, she did as Jesus would have - she showed Stephanie love and made sure she understood that Jesus loves her. Audrey became a mentor to Stephanie.

For the purpose of this post, I tried to located some of Stephanie's many twitter or Instagram posts because she wrote in length about what Audrey meant to her, but I can't seem to find Stephanie's account at the moment. You'll just have to trust that she wrote very touching paragraphs thanking Audrey for reaching out to her and wrote about how much respect, love and gratitude she had for Audrey.

What really cements Audrey's character and desire to love others as Jesus loves us, was that Audrey wasn't afraid to do the right thing. As Audrey's wedding to Jeremy approached, Jacob and Stephanie's relationship dissolved. Although Stephanie is by far better off without Jacob in her life, there was still pain and hurt. Audrey could have easily turned her back on Stephanie, a hurt and broken girl in need of love. Some posters to this blog ignorantly said she should have uninvited Stephanie to her wedding because that's what Jacob wanted and give Jacob what he wants. Audrey knew what was right. And that was to do as Jesus commands - Love others no matter if they were dating the brother of your boyfriend/fiance/husband or not. Audrey still invited and welcomed Stephanie to her wedding. She posed with pictures and celebrated with her. She befriended her and showed her love. Stephanie took to Instagram to express her gratitude to Audrey for being there for her.

That is an example of Audrey backing up her words to love others as Jesus loves. Shame on people who don't see that or try to minimize the impact Audrey can have on people.

Jumping back to the topic of Audrey's giveaways (doesn't it seem insignificant compared to the previous story?) on her blog and collecting some money from the sponsors she has, there is nothing wrong with Audrey focusing on her blog. As Audrey wrote, she only promotes products she believes in. If a reader of Audrey's blog is interested in a product and it will make them feel good about themselves, there is nothing wrong with that. God does not forbid his people to make money.

At the end of the day, the big picture is that Audrey's blog is about her living a life that inspires people to live to the fullest and to follow God -- and for that Audrey should be commended and supported.

A new episode of Little People, Big World featuring the Roloff family airs tonight Tuesday August 18th, 2015 at 9:00 PM on TLC.

Review Written By Rap 541

Matt in previously scenes notes how Zach’s wedding is all about his need to do some project.

So this will be about a windmill. Because why not? There’s a montage of farm scenes and then Matt calls from the magical office and demands Amy attend a state of the union meeting. They talk about the gazebo. Amy nots that NOW that she’s an empty nester, she loves having the kids return. Matt is all “No one seems to like the salsa”. There’s no orders and they may need to market it locally.

Tory is making mason jar personalized glasses. I really find arts and crafts dull so this is boring. On the plus side I like the idea of *receiving* a personalized mug at a wedding.

Molly and Amy are doing a baking class for no real reason but the cameras. There’s much commentary on Amy’s cake failure. They are going to make a mayonnaise cake. For someone who has actually written a cook book, Amy seems pretty clueless about cooking. The whole thing is fun except that its all clearly forced for the cameras. Molly at least has gotten better in front of the cameras. The cake made is for the rehearsal dinner.

Now Matt and Jeremy (up from Los Angeles) are doing stuff. Matt feels various areas of the farm are boring. They decide it’s time to build a giant windmill and of course Matt loves everything Jeremy suggests, and it will also be a walk around bar. Amusingly they pretend there might be other weddings on the farm for non Roloffs.

Tory and Zach struggle to seat people. First world problems, kids. There’s weirdness about separating the parents at tables. Matt is all “I need Jeremy to approve the windmill” and Jeremy of course tongue bathes Matt and Matt makes sure to note how Jer is his kid.

Now Matt and Amy go to the grocery stores locally and pitch their salsa. If the salsa business doesn’t work, yup, they could lose the farm. The store chain is small but they vaguely resemble a Wegmans so maybe they are good. (Wegmans lovers sound off). They pitch their salsa as gluten free and vitamin filled.

So after a commercial break, Darren at “Roth’s” wants to do a taste test. Matt is surprisingly negative about the whole thing.

Next up Zach and Tory turn up in the barn to see the giant windmill project. Zach expresses some concern that it won’t be finished in time, as is Tory. Zach and Tory have reservations but accept that their wedding is about Matt and not them.

Molly schools Zach on Jane Austin. Zach, Jeremy and Molly have a communal fire. Molly notes how Jeremy only theoretically lives in Los Angeles. Jeremy notes how despite all his comments, he really hates Los Angeles and wants to be on the farm. Molly and Zach both comment how they don’t plan to live on the farm. Molly wants to fly the nest. Jeremy notes how he wants the farm and hmmm this doesn’t feel like Jeremy asserting his rights to the property at all!

Now there’s windmill parts. No one seems to know what to do, and Matt publically chides Sven for daring to suggest they read the instructions and not wing it. We watch as everyone flails about not knowing what they are doing. No one, including precious engineering minded Jeremy, has any idea what to do.

Matt gets the call from Darren and gets an order on camera.

Zach and Tory are doing a photo backdrop and need pallets. Matt wants *good*wood pallets but somehow the pallets on the farm aren’t good enough. Matt offers to treat Zach’s friends to ice cream at DQ because apparently they’re all five years old. This doesn’t feel staged at all as everyone perfectly comments on the ice cream shakes they want to the camera and sit around toasting blizzards. Matt tells all the “boys” to get pallets because Tory is such a horrible person. Its Mueller and Dan and Jake.

Matt continually comments on how the pallets are “sketch”. Zach notes that Matt is micromanaging. The pallet thing is an interesting photo background but not my style. Tory likes it and has a blond friend in tow.

Jeremy notes how the windmill is a nightmare. He doesn’t understand the plans and neither does Matt. Matt pointedly corrects Jeremy’s errors on camera and notes how the deadline won’t be met. Huh… how can Jeremy not instinctively manage? I mean he’s Matt’s chosen!

Matt calls for Camarino as Jeremy is failing. Matt is all “There’s drama and the wedding will suck”. He openly chides the Not Jeremy workers for their failures. Someone other than Jer completes significant portions of the windmill.

Molly and Tory go shopping for dresses. Molly notes how Tory is her best friend and Tory is all “Yay Molly will be my sister!” and this is actually quite sweet.

Meanwhile the windmill is still being toiled over. There’s a tower, and a crane and clearly most of the work has been done by people other than Matt and Jer. Jake appears and doesn’t speak. Oh hey, the windmill has to fit perfectly in the brackets and the brackets don’t fit and Matt notes how it MAY NOT GET DONE IN TIME FOR THE WEDDING!!!

Matt shouts again that they don’t fit! Matt send Jer to make it fit and of course it does and Matt triumphantly shouts his joy. Then Matt gets into his mechanical penis to pretend he did something. Apparently establishing a folly windmill with no accompanying bar is a huge thing. Somehow the windmill will provide some shade despite not being all that filled in. Tory notes “Boys and their toys” and seems to know what she married into.

Matt and Amy head to the local store to look at the pumpkin salsa being sold. Roth’s does look like a Wegmans but there’s no way they’re as cool.

Hello readers, Anne J. Bailey here with my weekly column.

For this week, I would like to thank Connor for the passionate email suggesting this subject for a topic in my next article. It is something very real, very important and something that has very real consequences.

Jacob Roloff is hateful, angry, reckless, arrogant and ignorant. That is a dangerous combination that can do a lot of damage.

People need to be aware of what they are putting out there into the world. Are you doing good, is your message positive one for Jesus or are you spreading hate and evil? Are your intentions pure? Will people take your reckless words and do damage?

One of the most careless and hateful actions from Jacob Roloff is the endless stream of anti-police rhetoric and venom he spews at the brave men and women. I will remind you that the Roloffs call the police to protect them whenever there is chaos or if they ever feel threatened.

Understand that, police have come to protect Jacob Roloff and his family yet Jacob has no conscience when it comes to him vilifying police officers.

What is behind Jacob's hate that he tweets about day after day, week after week, month after month?

What I am about to say is in no way said as an excuse for him. However, we need to understand that part of Jacob Roloff's make up is that he wants to be bad. He wants to rebel. He wants to cause disturbance. He's ignorant, he wants to do something that will make people mad.

He was raised with Christian values. He mocks Christian practices such as prayer and believing in heaven.

He was raised in a family that had members who were proud Americans. Jacob bashes America.

He was raised in a family where everyone in the family except for Jacob understands that gay marriage is harmful to society and being gay is not natural and is a perversion. Yet Jacob will tweet pretending to be in support of gay marriage. Does he really believe that or is it just another way he can be bad by going against what will upset people around him? Evidence points to the latter. It's well documented that Jacob was (justifiably so) NOT accepting of a gay boy at his high school who began letting everyone know that he was attracted to Jacob. Understandably, Jacob said he didn't want to be in the same room as the gay kid and refused to speak one word to him the entire year. This suggests Jacob knows gays are perverts who shouldn't be "accepted" because what they do is sexually perverted and morally wrong. Jacob even once in his own words said "That's when (referring to sexual acts) I consider it to be a sin".

So why does Jacob pretend to be an enemy to the fight to preserve traditional marriage if he himself has called gay acts sinful and refused to interact with a gay? Is it just another example of him pretending to take a certain position that he knows will cause disappointment to his family and people around them?

Could this play a factor in Jacob's hatred towards American police?

However, we can't downplay Jacob's own drug use. He did once use twitter to alert his druggie friends that police were in the area where they apparently went to get their drugs. His girlfriend, Isabel, once tweeted that it is so well known that she knows where to get any type of drug that all of her friends come to her to ask where they should get them. Given that, is it surprising Jacob hates the police?

Jacob is a twitter parrot for the #blacklivesmatter movement. The majority of his twitter content consists of Jacob retweeting black activists...or white men who pretend to be black (Shaun King scandal). Jacob seems to have the same goal as many upper class white teenagers in today's society, they think it is cool to hate on white people and pander to black people.

Jacob makes himself look like a fool with his anti police rhetoric. He joined the conspiracy theory that Sandra Bland's mug shot was actually a picture of her after she was dead. That was factually proven to be ridiculous and false as police later released the video of her having her picture taken.. Jacob never apologized. He also joined the witch hunt trying to present the security camera company's dispatchers as liars as they reported that a black man drove his car through a dealership's store front window and began kicking out the windshield. The video proved that what was described was exactly what happened. Jacob never apologized.

Just this weekend Jacob tweeted out more anti-police sentiments

Jacob Roloff @ffoloR_bocaJ
"Cops do whatever they want lol damn"
August 22, 2015

Posting all of this propaganda against police might be the worst of all that Jacob has done on social media. He might think he is being hip or cool by being anti police, but he needs to understand that his hateful sentiments can have consequences. Due to his celebrity, Jacob does have more influence than the average 18 year old because he has people who follow him merely because they like Little People, Big World and thought the Roloffs were a nice Christian family. Jacob is spewing hateful messages supporting the criminals merely because they are black and demonizing the police officers in many cases just because they are white.

Jacob isn't mature enough to ever think for one second what it would be like to be the police officer who gets a call that some crazy person just drove threw a dealership's storefront at night and is smashing cars or has an angry 6'4" 220 pound black "boy" who just robbed a convenience store charge at them. Would Jacob not react and give to the criminal the benefit of the doubt. Just like the police officer who recently was pistol whipped unconscious because he hesitated when dealing with a criminal because he did not want to be accused of using excessive force by the likes of Jacob Roloff on twitter. I noticed that Jacob didn't have one tweet about that incident. Jacob has blood on his hands.

It is irresponsible and negligent to put out those kind of hateful sentiments against the police when that kind of rhetoric can spread this kind of hate towards real men and women who are bravely serving their country.

And finally, if Jacob feels in danger, were to get assaulted or robbed, who is he going to call? The police whom he bashes day after day. That tells you all you need to know about Jacob's lack of character.

I pray that Jacob seriously reflects upon the hatred he is spreading.

Have a blessed Sunday my friends and fellow Christians.

The new episode of "Little People, Big World" airs tonight, Tuesday August 25th, 2015 on TLC.

Episode review written by Rap541:

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On a rewatch, no one still mentions Isobel by name and Tory’s maid of honor isn’t Audrey or Molly.

I again love how Matt and Jer gave up and hired people to make the windmill because they couldn’t figure it out.

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I’m also amused with the windmill drama that Jer wasn’t doing anything at all until his daddy told him to get in there and touch something! And sure enough, Jer *touching* the windmill was the miracle needed to make it fit the brackets.

Also the rain wedding drama would work better if the commercials didn’t show the walk down the isle with no rain.

Also Matt’s a little too gleeful over how its raining.

TWO WEEKS TILL THE WEDDING!

Matt and Amy are in the weird wedding barn. Matt and Amy wax on how awesome the Journey of Jer and Auj was and how stupid stupid stupid Zach and Tory are for not considering the rain factor at all.

Amy is all “We’re doing the wedding but we’re also stuck with the rehearsal dinner”. It’s funny how none of this prep was ever presented as a chore when Jer was getting married even tho he wasn’t helping because he was in Santa Barbara. Amy is mocked for her cake skills. She is determined to make a cake.

ONE WEEK TO THE WEDDING!

Zach has already had a bachelor party but Matt wants to do something special with Jeremy! And Jacob. Matt very much wants Jeremy to have a kid. Matt has something special planned for Jeremy. It’s a Chinese fishing boat. I am sure that Jeremy will shine his sailing skills out as he wants to be a yacht captain when he grows up and we’re not to ever note that Jeremy is 25 and no job but the job Daddy finds for him.

Meanwhile there’s a bachelorette party for Tory and of course Auj is front and center despite the maid of honor being Cyndi, Tory’s childhood friend. Everyone is in special shirts that have quotes from Zach. That’s actually kinda sweet. Tory seems pleased with Cyndi.

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They play a game at the party that I sense would be more vulgar if it wasn’t filmed. Tory is worried about “ugly crying”.

Meanwhile on the TaiPan, there’s sailing. Matt of course asks Jeremy to wax on how married life is awesome. Auj apparently quit her job. Apparently Jeremy and Auj have already gone to a counselor for their marriage.

At the chick party they’re on the beach and there’s a fire. There’s pictures and Audrey everywhere, and Milly and Tory is all pleased that Cyndi snuck some of the older women, Amy, Tory’s mom and an aunt to the beach. Amy is all “My lil man is leaving me!” Molly interestingly notes that Auj is a friend and Tory is one of her *best friends*.

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FOUR DAYS TO THE WEDDING!

In theory Amy and Matt haven’t actually decided on a gift yet. This feels very forced. Matt wants it to be exciting. Amy thinks it needs to be sweet. Matt has a ridiculous idea of a waffle maker and Amy wants a shadowbox and this feels really really fake.

The windmill has a pergola but it’s nowhere near as fancy as the model. It’s “perfectly functional”. No, it’s a windmill with a pergola.

Amy calls up Molly to do some pinterest stuff. Some sort of mementos for the shadow box.

TWO DAYS TO THE WEDDING!

And of course that means we’re all about Jer and Auj. Auj notes how she is the best interpreter of Jer and Zach’s relationship. Jer is wearing Auj’s headband again. Auj’s weird lil samurai top knot isn’t a great look.

Molly and Amy is making a cake for the rehearsal dinner. We get a rehash of the baking class. Amy has realized baking is a science (true – my mom is an incredible savory chef but *baking* is science)

There’s a tent vendor asking questions and Tory has no answers! It may rain.

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Amy continues working on the shadow box. She offers to work with Matt. She shows the concept to him. Molly notes how Matt tends to take over things.

DAY BEFORE THE WEDDING!

Jeremy has stopped by Matt’s pad to help him pick out a suit. Jer snots how cool he is to help dad pick a suit.

Amy’s sister Kathy pops in to cook for Amy. Molly makes kebobs. There’s a tent. Tory is worried about the rain and worries it will rain. She prays it won’t.

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So we’re at the rehearsal dinner and this is two hours long! Zach and Tory are pleased. Amy’s cake looks like something I made with my pal Jenifer when we were ten and my sis and Jen’s sis were fourteen.

The shadow box is presented and Tory loves it. The kids smooched at the swamp fort. Tory seems really excited for the wedding. By really excited I mean I don’t think she’s faking it simply because there’s cameras. She doesn’t see, that good an actress.

Matt cheerfully notes how delighted he is to say how its raining! Not a smidge of disappointment in his tone.

Tory’s worried but her friends who I have never seen except for Molly and Auj are reassuring her. Matt again cheerfully notes how delighted he is that its raining. Auj makes sure to get her picture taken. Tory despite the rain is clearly delighted. Amy gets in the haybale to note how much she loves Tory. She publically welcomes Tory to the family.

Amy is called to the bachelor pad to discuss the second tent that isn’t there for the ceremony. Amy is hesitant. Matt wants the tent but zach says no. Matt is annoyed.

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Six hours before! Its still raining and Zach is all screw it. Also Tory notes that God was with them with stopping the rain just in the nick of time. Tory is anti-makeup. She sends Zach a fun gift. Zach is in a nice suit and everyone praises him. Then we see Tory in her dress and the dog is led away for a change. Oh hey Tory haters, Matt is all telling Zach how frigging perfect she is for him. When you merrily shit on Tory please be certain to mention how you SOUNDLY disagree with Matt and with Jeremy… because I will be commenting if you don’t mention how Matt, Jeremy, Auj, and Amy all happily endorsed Zach marrying the woman you are worried about. I firmly expect all you PROUD AND LOUD Christians to PUBLICALLY note how wrong Matt, Amy, Jeremy and Audrey are to TRUST Tory.

So this is very sweet even tho I am not a wedding person. I think this the first time we see tory’s dad. Also people are wearing shorts at the wedding. Tory is verklempt. Also Zach has about half the groomsmen Jeremy had. Zach’s vows are sweet. Tory’s vows are sweet as well… Yeah… gotta be honest, *haters*, I don’t think she’s marrying him because she loves Jeremy more, or Molly more, or being a Roloff more. Guys, she’s pretty obviously overjoyed. Oh yeah that kiss… Rap was a lil verklempt too… then I had some SMARTFOOD WHITE CHEDDAR POPCORN!! OOH YEAH CHECK OUT THE GIVEAWAY!!!

So everyone is happy. Since I am hateful I note that Jeremy can’t resist noting how he got married first. Also Jeremy notes how awesome the windmill idea is although we never get a close up to see if the windmill was anything more than a skeleton set up. Zach and Tory wander in to hugs and applause. Now I am a bit bored since I am not terribly sentimental. There’s a picture booth. Considering its Zach and tory who got married, there’s a bit too much display of Jer and Auj. Jeremy does amusingly echo Zach’s speech. Jeremy nicely notes how incapable and sucky Zach was as a soccer player which is such a weird place to go. Not a bad speech otherwise but weird.

Then Matt gets up to claim center stage and calls Zach his second boy and notes there’s several more boys to go. He cries and goes on about the birthing difficulties. It is mostly sweet even tho I kinda sense it’s for the cameras. I’m jaded by the show, I admit it.

Molly thinks the wedding was super comfortable and the bride and groom were glowing. There’s a sweet dance… yeah I really don’t think she is faking it, haters. I also thought Zach and Amy were sweet. Also a nice editing mistake – Zach is thanking Dad and Jer at night and when the camera switches to Jeremy and Matt, it’s obviously daylight.

If the blonde by Jacob was Isobel, then I note how she wasn’t mentioned even by name and I only saw her that once.

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A new episode of Little People, Big World airs tonight, September 1, 2015 on TLC.

Episode review written by Rap541

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So I have finished packing for Dragoncon. And now we’re having a candid talk with the Roloffs. The season started with a lengthy clip show and ends with what seems to be a clip show.

Not sure who the blonde chippy is, but she seems pleasant. Heh, no Jacob. Where’s Jacob? Amy vaguely doesn’t answer at all, and there’s utterly no explanation as to why he’s not there.

Jeremy is doing photos and Audrey is thinking of writing and have moved to Bend. And now we’re into clips of Matt delighting in how it was raining on the wedding day. It’s interesting that Matt has Jer and Auj on his couch, while Amy has Zach, Tori and Molly. There’s a lot of wedding talk and Amy expresses how she was impressed that Zach spoke well for a change. Zach and Tory are cute and giggly. Zach’s teeth look better. Matt insists he was totally freaked out during all those scenes where he was dancing with glee over the rain.

More clips of Tory and Zach arguing over the tent. Now we have the church being dragged around. The blonde asks how cool the farm was when they were kids. Honestly this is dull.

Tory is asked rather softly about the dwarfism and was she creeped out by the sex, etc etc etc. She says it doesn’t matter to her. Zach admits to being awkward with girls. Basically Zach feels like a stud with Tory. They want children. The blonde asks about the possibility of dwarf children. Tory admits to having some concerns and Amy bucks her up. Zach now says it will be three years to babytime for them. Tory is shocked! Amused and shocked. Jer and Auj decline to say if they’re pregnant and Auj keeps her hand firmly on Jer’s crotch for a lot of the talk. Jer is wearing some sort of weird leggings. Molly has a boyfriend.

Someone asks about raising average size kids. Auj’s hand is still in Jer’s lap. Amy blah blahs about raising kids, the kids blah blah about having little parents.

Now we’re showing clips of the divorce talk. Yup Auj has her hand on Jer’s crotch. All the makeup is really well done, btw. Now clips of the pumpkin salsa and the mud run. And now clips of Matt on his mechanical penis aka the track hoe. Matt’s latest project is a giant concrete pumpkin, which may be Amy’s idea… that she got from James and the Giant Peach. The blonde notes that the projects cause friction. Amy notes they cost money. Auj’s hand is on Jer’s crotch. Amy notes that the real problem is that Matt’s projects overtake everyone else’s life. Matt pretends to quit the interview.

Now we have Matt and Amy next to each other on the couch and the blonde is digging in her claws into the divorce. Matt notes that the show is the twins life that they don’t know anything else… which is odd that Molly and Jacob aren’t included in that. Matt and Amy both insist the show was always about education. Apparently the farm was a sty when they bought it. Matt still insists the western town and pirate ship were entirely for the kids and not as attractions for the paying customers and apparently Matt has forgotten some of his other interviews. Amy nicely articulates her problems with the projects, namely that Matt insists and overrides her and there’s never time or resources for anyone but Matt. Now clip shows of Matt and Amy bickering. Matt loves the cameras. Matt insists they don’t argue much despite the whole clip show of the arguing. Amy notes she can’t answer without actively disagreeing with Matt publicly and doesn’t.

Also they now say they knew each other for 14 days before marrying. What attracted them to each other? Amy says his creativity, Matt doesn’t really answer. Amy says they lived separate lives. The blonde goes for the empty nest comments. Amy is all “Matt still has his hobby, the farm” and how she has been feeling lost. She does give some good advice to the rare stay at home moms that they should really consider their resumes. Amy is doing the vast majority of the talking. God is this really two freaking hours long?

Are they weirded out that Tory is average height? Nope, not at all. The blonde harps on how alone Amy is in the house now. So now we’re on clips of the divorce. The blonde pushes them to admit how sad they are, and they basically dance around, with Amy getting stuck with most of the talking. It is acknowledged that Amy had to tell the kids alone. Blonde asks Matt how he feels about Amy being obviously saddened. He basically says its easier to be separated. What if Matt offered to come back, Amy? Amy is willing to try. Matt is all “she’ll yell at me” and makes a joke. Essentially he finds it easier to be separate. Blonde asks the obvious, was it the show? Matt categorically denies it, and Amy gets all judgy about other couples. Matt basically says he’s too awesome and wears people out. Blonde really seems emotionally invested in talking Matt and Amy into getting back together.

Now funny clips. Blonde is all “You dating??” and Amy is all “Matt’s dating” while Matt denies it. Blonde again harps on how alone Amy is. Amy regrets things, particularly how they didn’t work on their lives. Matt has NO regrets. Amy is clearly irritated by this answer. Blonde wonders if Matt wasn’t showing his wife enough love. Amy answers for him. This is mostly the Amy show. She hopes there’s grandkids and a successful business and that they don’t lose the farm.

Now we have the marrieds and more clips of the show. God, really I don’t care about Zach’s suit and Jeremy’s obsession over dressing Zach. Zach is interesting in how he acknowledges that he probably didn’t have it as bad as other little people… This is so dull. Also none of the marrieds are articulate at all. I must say Audrey, with the lipstick toned down, is much prettier. Also no one seems anxious to get knocked up.

Will the divorce angst ever end? Clips of divorce angst. Amy basically refuses to answer real questions about the divorce. Matt says nothing at all. Molly and Zach note that Mom and Dad were boiling for years. Auj has her hand back on Jer’s crotch as Jeremy waxes on how he and Auj implemented “something” to help their marriage. Auj says they ask each other questions which isn’t that bad of an idea but um… Jeremy notes how it defuses things that would have others been gigantic huge fights. Huh…

Now we have old clips… Oh look Matt pratting about how awesome he is. Jeremy sagely notes that the farm will heal his parents and Auj has her hand on Jer’s crotch again. Now Tory is doing it a bit to Zach. And then it ends. And I need bed because I have places to be!

A new episode of 'Little People, Big World' aired on Tuesday September 8th, 2015 on TLC.

It featured the Hamill family of TLC's show 'Our Little Family' visiting Roloff Farms.

This episode was light hearted and mostly featured the Hamill's children being filmed visiting the Western Town, the castle and tunnels. There were also plenty of farm animals.

There were frequent comments from various Roloffs that the Farm is begging for little kids to be roaming around and more talk of grandchildren on the farm soon.

However, as with most things Roloff related recently, the controversial topic people want to discuss is something that was never seen on the episode or hinted at.

As suggested by readers, we will post and summarize what Jacob Roloff had to say at the time (and more recently in comments with fans) about the filming experience and more specifically his feelings on Jack Hamill, the oldest of the Hamill children. He is 6 years old which is the same age Jacob was when the Roloffs first began filming.

On August 2nd, 2015, Jacob posted this photo with the following words from Jacob

Jacob Roloff:

"This is Jack. I've never felt I had more of an opportunity to influence someone's life than when I told him how much I didn't like filming when I was his age, so he knows just because the adults say it's what's best, doesn't mean it's what's best. Then after, I asked him how he felt about it and after a pause he said, "I like it medium", meaning not at all, which is exactly what I would've said at 7. Seeing him for the few days that I did and hanging out with him for the short time that I did was a crazy reflective experience, seeing what it looked like (more or less) to be a 7 year old thrown into different situations for your parents' ratings. He doesn't know that yet though. He's more of a central focus character in his family's show than I ever was, too, so there's more 'depending' on him; I can't imagine. Im hoping I get to see him again and how he turns out, and that what I said sticks with him."

Jacob's girlfriend, Isabel, who was present for this filming, commented on Jacob's instagram photo.

Isabelsofiagarreton:

"I've never seen a little kid look up to someone so much and the fact that he was seeking you out in every crowd and hanging on your every word is enough evidence for me to confirm my theory that you have the biggest heart in the world. Being misunderstood all your life and you've never let it hinder your ability to keep moving forward, keep trying to inspire people to sleep outside the box and to question everything. I've learned so much from you and I have no doubt in my mind Jack will remember what you said to him for the rest of his life"

The majority of comments were praising Jacob for being honest and thoughtful towards Jack.

Jacob's cousin, Rachel Burton, (the daughter of Matt's sister Ruth) commented to Jacob:

"You are an incredible young man, cousin."

Amy Roloff even commented to Jacob on Instagram on August 3rd (this was before Jacob tweeted that he has been "fucked out of money" from the show):

"You're an awesome son Jacob. You, like your brothers and sister, keep blessing me everyday. I'm sorry it was so tough on you."

However, some were more critical of Jacob's comment and Jacob responded to those comments. Here are some of the comments and the exchanges between Jacob and viewers of his Instagram.

Tnhills: There are some things that, out of respect for your parents and the decisions they made for the family when you were younger, probably should remain unsaid on social media. When you have children and understand what it means to provide for them, then maybe you can speak. Speak to your parents privately about this--- speak to Jack if you MUST (also privately)... But honestly, talking about your being "thrown into different situations for your parents' ratings", is just tacky. Despite the mistakes they may have made in parenting, they ARE your parents, and you can honor them by forgiving what you perceive as a mistake... And not blabbing it on Instagram. I promise you'll regret these statements when you grow up a bit.

jacobroloff45: @tnhills I'm not concerned with what you think is tacky or overstepping in this post. And I'm not taking suggestions about how to handle myself from tnhills on Instagram, sorry

Angelsfan82: Middle child syndrome

jacobroloff45: @Angelsfan82 I'm actually the last child.

AmyK0410: While I entirely support your right to express your feelings and opinions on your own experience, I don't think it's fair to say that this little boy doesn't like being filmed or imply that his parents are exploiting him. As a mother, I can tell you that it would severely anger me if someone implied such a thing about me. I think it's great that you and he had a good time together but you've crossed a line to say that what he's going through is the same as your experience.

jacobroloff45: So he knows filming will alter his whole life? I was 6 or 7 when filming started and he's 7 now and I'm not sure how long before now they've been filming, but those situations seem pretty similar, no? Both boys, both 7, both being filmed, both VISIBLY not liking it. I'm not saying they're identical, primarily because I don't have dwarfism and he's the oldest child, not the youngest, so he's actually got MORE focus and pressure on him. I think I trust my opinion on this more than anyone else's, @amyk0410

AmyK0410: My point (that you seem to have missed) is that you implied that his parents are putting him on TV for their own satisfaction..."ratings" is what you used which I assume means money, fame, etc. You don't know the reasons they chose to do the show. If it is, in fact, for money, you don't know what kind of circumstances they've been in that led them to choosing this.

jacobroloff45: @amyk0410 What do you mean? It IS money, maybe not maliciously, which I never meant to imply, but people don't go on TV for free. It is so they and their kids can have 'good' lives, full of fun trips and easy 'work'; but what I'm saying is money and fame and trips and a 'good life' are being traded for authenticity, genuine family time, and shaping the life of a young kid and, more often than not, in a bad way. IM saying, childhood stardom needs to be thought out waaaay more, and there needs to be some sort of system in place to protect the minors from being screwed over by whatever TV network, or their parents, out of money they are entitled to for appearing on TV.

lashurn96: Sounds like you're putting words in this kids mouth. If he says he likes it medium that doesn't mean not at all. Just because you're not happy doesn't mean he won't be happy.

jacobroloff45: I saw the way he was even when the cameras were on him, not in private, and I can't believe more people don't see it. The producer just asks him to do things and say things, and provokes other people to ask him things, but he knows the questions are fake so his answers were usually short or nonexistent. I could see his disinterest in the show within 10 minutes. And then when it was just us he asked me when I started filming and if I liked it, and after i made it extremely known I didn't like it at all, I asked him if he did, and he shook his head and I asked why and he changed his answer and said I like it medium, maybe thinking I would tell someone, but with certain inflections in his voice that gave me every reason to suspect what I've said. I know it's probably an unpleasant truth for everyone involved, but that kid will likely not end up loving the show or the people making him do it.

Occasionally a Roloff will post something on social media that generates so much discussion that we feel it's best to dedicate one blog item to that issue.

Last night, August 29th, 2015, Jacob Roloff tweeted:

‏@ffoloR_bocaJ

Man I wish it didn't feel like I was getting fucked out of the money from the show that was my childhood right now

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Edit: Jacob's tweet has generated a media firestorm unlike anything the Roloffs have faced before.

In the past, mainstream entertainment "celebrity news" sites such as TMZ have left the Roloffs alone unlike other TLC reality show stars like the Gosselin's and the Duggars or Honey Boo Boo. Almost no major sites ever carried the news "Jeremy Roloff" racist and homophobic scandal that the National Enquirer ran in 2008. Most times that the Roloffs were in the media it was with the cooperation of Matt and Amy Roloff and/or TLC. However, now the mainstream celebrity news sites have focused on the Roloffs with a critical eye because of Jacob's tweet.

Here is a sampling of the stories from various sites and the links to said stories.
After we first did this story on Jacob's tweet, the celebrity news site Starcasm.net also did a story on it:
Starcasm.net: Jacob Roloff says he was 'f*ked out of money from Little People, Big World

http://starcasm.net/archives/327754

Then from there, the big one was TMZ focusing on the story including an interesting analysis. Gary from TMZ claims to have talked to people connected to the show and gives his take on what he thinks happened. Basically, he says TLC is good at putting the money to minor children into trust funds - he thinks that happened and now that Jacob turned 18 he went to Matt and Amy and said 'Give me my money' and they said 'No'. That's just his speculation. Either that or he thinks Jacob "feels" like he's getting screwed because it's very possible the Roloffs who are featured more prominently on the show such as Zach and Jeremy and obviously Matt and Amy are getting paid more than Jacob who didn't want to be filmed much so it's not uncommon for a network to base the pay on how much they feature or use that person. Since Jacob didn't want to participate much, he's not going to get paid the same as Jeremy or Zach.

TMZ: 'Little People, Big World ' kid...I'm getting screwed...OUT OF MY CASH

http://www.tmz.com/2015/09/02/little-people-big-world-jacob-roloff-claims-not-getting-fair-pay-from-show/

Here is an interesting TMZ commentary from Gary regarding the Jacob tweet.

Radaronline then jumped on the story with a series of Roloff articles.

Radaronline:'Little People' Family Feud! Matt and Amy Roloff's youngest son Jacob claims he was F***ed out of reality TV forutne

http://radaronline.com/celebrity-news/little-people-big-world-roloff-family-feud-youngest-son-jacob-claims-left-out-reality-tv-fortune/

Radaronline also took this opportunity to do a "Top 10" Roloff scandals

Radaronline: DUI's, Drugs, Racist Slurs and Death Rumors: The 10 Most shocking secrets and scandals of 'Little People, Big World's Roloff family. Oops the Roloff family of TLC's reality hit Little People, Big World is not so innocent. Check out Radaronline.com exclusive gallery of disasters they've tried to hide.

http://radaronline.com/photos/little-people-big-world-secrets-scandals-roloff-family-death-rumors-drug-confessions-dui-arrests/photo/1189865/

A slew of other sites picked up the story.

The Daily Mail: Little People, Big World's Jacob Roloff, 18, 'claims he's being cheated out of his earnings from TLC show'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3219911/Little-People-Big-World-s-Jacob-Roloff-18-worried-s-cheated-earnings-TLC-show.html.

And 'OK Magazine'

OKmagazine.com: Little People Big World's Jacob Roloff goes on a rant about not getting paid for reality show

http://okmagazine.com/photos/jacob-roloff-twitter-rant-little-people-big-world-paid/photo/1001311394/

Not surprisingly, all of the media articles about it caught the attention of everyone on twitter. People from the group "A Minor Consideration", a non profit organization formed to 'give guidance to young performers' have been tweeting Jacob encouraging him to contact lawyers.

‏@Arngrim

@BarbaraJean_s@ConcernedChick@ffoloR_bocaJ if he didn't receive his paycheck for 7 years, someone needs to explain themselves.

‏@Arngrim

@BarbaraJean_s@ConcernedChick@ffoloR_bocaJ currently, TLC says they've been paying minors and setting up trust accounts. Where's his?

‏@Arngrim

@BarbaraJean_s@ConcernedChick@ffoloR_bocaJ if they PAID, and account WAS opened, did someone else, (parents?), take the money?

‏@Arngrim

@BarbaraJean_s@ConcernedChick@ffoloR_bocaJ wherever his money is, at 18, he is legally entitled to it now. Answers are needed here.

‏@Arngrim

@BarbaraJean_s@ConcernedChick@ffoloR_bocaJ he needs an attorney and an account to go through the paperwork and locate these funds.

‏@Arngrim

@ffoloR_bocaJ OK, let's sort this out - did TLC pay or not? Was a trust account opened or not? WHO has your money?

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As of yet, none of Matt or Amy Roloff, TLC or Jacob Roloff himself have commented on these stories. As of yet, Jacob has not expanded on or explained his original tweet any further. 

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Roloff Commentary By Guest Columnist Anne Bailey - Jeremy & Audrey Roloff Move to Bend, Oregon & Dream Of Being On Dancing With The Stars

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Guest Column: Anne J. Bailey - Audrey Roloff's Blog Is A Blessing

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Guest Opinion Column: Anne J. Bailey: Jacob Roloff And His Police Bashing

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Jacob Roloff tweets he feels like he's "getting f*cked out of the money from the show..."