Velda Miller
I was born and raised in the countryside of LaGrange, Indiana. For the first twenty years of my life, I lived with my parents in an Amish community. My home situation was not the most…
Saudi entrepreneur and Amish farmers bring camel milk to US
When Walid Abdul-Wahab met the Amish and Mennonite farmers he now works with, they didn’t suspect he was a Muslim from Saudi Arabia. “They assumed I was Amish because of my beard,” he says. Abdul-Wahab…
Ohio house fire kills 2-year-old, injures 10 members of Amish family
MIDDLEFIELD TWP, OH – A fire swept through an Ohio home on Wednesday night, killing a two-year-old and injuring 10 members of an Amish family, officials said. The two-year-old child was pronounced dead upon arrival…
Troopers looking for hit-skip driver involved in Amish buggy crash
PAINT TOWNSHIP, OH – Authorities are searching for a driver who struck an Amish buggy and then drove off following a crash in Holmes County on Tuesday afternoon. According to the Wooster Post of the…
As Amish populations grow, south county school districts dwindle
ORWELL, OH – Grand Valley Superintendent William Nye said Orwell is getting close to being the next Middlefield when it comes to the size of Amish settlements. Nye, who did his dissertation on Amish populations…
Amish farmer seeks pardon by Trump for mislabeling products
An Amish farmer in Kentucky is asking President Donald Trump for a pardon after he was sentenced to six years in federal prison for mislabeling homemade herbal products. The Lexington Herald-Leader reported Wednesday that 58-year-old Samuel Girod…
Preview set for documentary on famous 1965 ‘Amish Incident’
WATERLOO – Gene Raffensperger stood next to the big yellow school bus in front of a country school and watched as Amish schoolchildren came out of the school. They were crying as their mothers embraced…
Going to the police was the hardest thing: Amish woman sexually assaulted by her bishop fled the strict community
It was supposed to be a new start when Misty Griffin – just shy of 19 – went to live with the strict Amish community. After an isolated childhood on a remote mountain farm –…
Amish Voice – November 2018
Amish Voice – November 2018 IN THIS ISSUE: Beliefs of our Fathers: God (Chapter 1) Desperation Births the Beautiful – Norma Miller Original Mandate – Joe Keim God is Perfect, but He’s Not a Perfectionist –…
Church Vows or Marriage Vows: Which is more important?
Background: Some time ago, a preacher in the Amish church left the culture with his wife and children. Not long after they left, the former preacher’s siblings and church came to visit the family. They…