GARNETT, Ks.–What does a good Amish boy growing up in Jamesport, Mo., do? In Henry Yoder‘s case, he becomes a professional bull-rider. In Henry Yoder’s case, he becomes the 2008 world champion of the National…
ABINGDON, Va. – For David King, a change seemed to be in order. This farmer had grown up in an Amish community at Lancaster County, Penn., then settled along the North Fork of the Holston…
In her second article about growing up Amish, Anna Dee Olson describes her experiences during Rumspringa — the time when Amish you people get to date and meet one another. The definition of Rumspringa is…
Anna Dee Olson, who lived the Amish lifestyle until age 24, describes her journey from growing up Amish to be shunned by her family for sinning and acting against the Amish faith. What does the…
Ezekiel, who grew up in an Amish household, describes his journey from the Amish to where he is today. He also touches on how some Amish beliefs continue to shape his life. I am 33…
Part of his childhood was spent without electricity or running water, and his family traveled to town each week by horse and buggy. In fact, the first time Leroy Troyer rode in a car he…
Jacob Stoltzfus is in his final year of formal education, and it shows. His bright eyes and smile exude the confidence of a pupil who has mastered all that his school has to offer him,…
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — Some choose the simple life, others are born into it. Elizabeth Byler remembers a time when she would do anything to lead the life the average American is accustomed to. She…
One of five children, I was born in 1979 to an Amish Family. My parents decided to leave the Old Order Community in Central Pennsylvania to make a new life. Upon leaving they took their…
Nickel Mines Pensylvania School Shooting The Former Amish Respond Note: The following responses came from former Amish people who questioned how the Amish were able to forgive the man who walked into a schoolhouse in…
