Have you noticed I don't publish the last name of "my guys" who are ex-Amish? Never will.
Sensitive to the consequences, I discussed this topic previously with Mosie and Josh. My daughter suggested that I change names to a pseudonym to protect them.
Today we discussed it with Harvey, my son-in-law. I chatted on the phone with a lady who used to teach in an Amish school. She's givng me permission to share her experiences, firsthand observations, and spiritual compassion for the Amish. "Don't publish my name in your book," she warned. "They [Amish] don't like me."
"Why?" you ask.
Intrigued with the Amish? Facts are stranger than fiction! From my experiences as a "mom to ex-Amish" and life with former-Swartzentruber family and friends, I give honest and accurate information. Brenda
1/26/13
1/17/13
Amish Gma
From
him and frequent contact with other ex-Amish of the Old or Swartzentruber Order, I learned that obeying the Ordnung (rule book), conforming to tradition, and
submission to parents make them worthy of God’s favor and Heaven. His Swartzentruber order considers Englishers hopelessly doomed because they weren’t born Amish.
“So what was your church like?” I
asked Mosie one day.
“We go every other Sunday to an
Amish home but rotate homes. Sometimes it’s in a barn. The men and boys go in
first, and most put their hats under the bench; following them are the women
and girls.
1/7/13
Mosie
He
softly crept out the door of his farm house. It was a still, dark night. For
two miles he walked along the shadowy country road and debated his decision to
leave.
Eighteen-year-old Mosie, born into a New York Amish family, one of twelve children, turned from his society and all he knew because “there had to be more.” Tears welled up in his eyes as he feared being caught and stopped, and dreaded the painful shunning if he succeeded. Wearing his handmade, Amish clothes, and with $50 tucked into his pocket, he made his stealth escape.
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