“Why I Left the Amish,” shows a smiling second-grader with bright dark eyes. The story she tells, however, is anything but a simple tale of a happy childhood… FULL STORY >>>

by Jennifer Johnson • Daily NewsPublished/Last Modified on Monday, November 15, 2010 9:16 AM CST After years of living in an Amish community, Anna Dee Olson said she had to leave or commit suicide to… 

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…