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Parents of 19 children, live in Tonitown Arkansas, and have been married since July 21, 1984. Jim Bob was born July 18, 1965 (54) and Michelle was born September 13, 1966 (52.) They met in the early 1980s when JimBob accompanied a fellow Church goer to a followup meeting with Michelle, who had recently experienced a religious conversion. At the time, Jim Bob was attending Shiloh Christian School (associated with First Baptist Church, which was later renamed Cross Church - the same Church Jill was married.) For their first date, Jim Bob took Michelle to the Shiloh Junior-Senior banquet. 

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Parents of 19 children, live in Rocky Top (Tennessee), and have been married since December 19, 1987. Gil and Kelly met in college (Anderson College, before they transferred to Carson-Newman College) when Kelly was working as a Chemistry TA. They state they didn't originally want kids, but changed their minds and ultimately left things up to God. They had a show on TLC United Bates of America, which lasted one season. They currently star on UP's Bringing Up Bates.

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Meet Jill & David Rodrigues and their 13 children, ages almost three to almost 21. Eleven of them still live in the house. The oldest daughter, Nurie, is married to Nathan Keller (who is also Anna DUGGAR'S brother) which pretty much makes Jill adjacent to fundy royalty.  The oldest son, Timothy, lives in a camper parked behind the garage. the family is referred to here on Free Jinger as the Rods or Jrod.

David has a print ‘ministry’ that is dependent on the children's labor and Jill is a grifter extraordinaire. Jill has had 5 SEVERE miscarriages (get used to seeing this phrase).

They’ve grifted a house, a car, and an RV, among other things, and travel around ‘singing’ for their supper. The children are part of the act.  When they travel, they live in an RV that was meant for, at most, 6 people.  Jill and David get the bedroom while the children sleep on sofas, in sleeping bags on the floor, and the youngest sleep in baby cages that Jill and Dave had specially built into a closet and a kitchen cabinet.

The Rod kids don’t go to school and learn at home, in the loosest possible senses of learn and home.  They have chore lists and do most, if not all, of the work.  In addition, they are SEVERELY underfed, but don’t worry—there’s always money for Jill and David to have a date night.

When Jill found out that her latest unborn baby might have some form of disability, which they thought at the time may have been caused by an  in utero stroke, Jill’s instinct was to throw a Pamper Mama party/shower, with a registry that included a KitchenAid mixer, several designer scents, bedding for herself, and a couple of baby items, apparently as an afterthought. In response to criticism of this party, Jill immediately threw her oldest daughter under the bus, allowing her to take all the blame. The baby was born without a key part of her brain, but so far is not showing (visible) signs of delay.

Jill has a Facebook page (public right now) and an Instagram page (now private).  She also occasionally updates their family blog page.  She sells Plexus and considers it a MIRACLE from God.  Recently, she even got her daughter and son-in-law to agree to buy Plexus products.

Jill was also homeschooled, making her kids second-generation fundies. Her parents, Ma and Pa Turtleneck, allowed Jill to dictate that the family of four girls would be skirts-only. One of the sisters, Amy Foster, became a quadriplegic after her husband fell asleep at the wheel. Jill continually milks her sister’s plight and seems amazed that Amy’s husband still loves her even though her quiver was forced to stop at six. David was raised outside the faith but was converted after receiving a tract at the mall. Jill met David at church, but since she was still a young teen and he was an adult, she had to wait several years to date him. Needless to say, their first kiss was on the wedding day.

(updated 1.31.21 - Description provided by @Jellybean with updates from @Xan and @VanillaBean)

UPDATE 2019: Lori Alexander wrote a book (basically turned her blog into a book. There was little, if any, new content) called "The Transformed Wife" and now blogs at  https://thetransformedwife.com/

She has also discovered social media and delivers her dangerous and unbiblical advice on:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thetransformedwife/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/laalex2?lang=en

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetransformedwife/?hl=en

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsPbQz30YqPNOE4pKedswUA

Lori blogs at lorialexander.blogspot.com which she considers her "ministry" to younger married women. She preaches mostly submission with a side order of child "training" (she is an unapologetic Michael & Debi Pearl follower). Her blog has become an incessant tirade about men needing lots of sex and women giving it no matter how they feel and how women can change their husbands by submitting and being "godly".

Ken Alexander, her orthodontic consultant husband, visited FJ in early 2014 to set us all straight....hilarity ensued.

John Shrader (a/k/a The World's Worst Missionary) moved his wife, Esther, and their evergrowing brood to Zambia to convert Christians to the "right" brand of Christianity.

Before moving to Zambia, the Shraders lived in a pop-up camper while on deputation.  They relied on the kindness of various churches, as well.  John grifted money for a plane (sight unseen already located in Zambia) and flying lessons.

Since moving to Zambia he has grifted an amazing amount of money and items for his "ministry."  He has converted approximately 2 people in the 5 or so years he's been there.

The Shrader's quality of life is far above what they had in the US.  They have all the necessities: an actual house, a fridge with an icemaker, and a supply of sunflower seeds and beef jerky.

Join us as we chronicle John's misadventures in deepest darkest sub-Saharan Africa.

Steve and Teri and their many joyless children, including the Reversal Kids, born after Steve had his vasectomy reversed. Uriah is their bus. The Moody books are written by their daughter Sarah. The Corners are written by mom and dad. 1Ton Ramp (aka IT on Ramp) is their Christian IT school.

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