For family home evening this week, we decided to go to Lancaster and explore the Amish a little more (abt 40 min drive). We let the kids play with the animals at the petting zoo. Then we hopped aboard an Amish wagon and went through the back roads of a real working Amish farm. It was amazing.
Did you know that the Amish are allowed to have cell phones? As long as they are not "connected" to the world by power cords, and telephone wires, it is allowed. This belief is based on a interpretation of Matthew from the Bible about "being in the world but not OF the world ". Teenagers who are not baptized are not bound by the rules.So technically they are not Amish just because they are born into an Amish family. They have to choose to be baptised at which time they are forbidden to do/use certain things. They go through a period of "rumspringa", or running around, in their teenage years,often with a certain amount of misbehavior that would otherwise not be tolerated.
We saw one farm that had a Hummer3 parked in the barn. Apparently our driver knew the families teenage son who attended public high school, had a drivers license and dated non Amish girls. Very interesting...Anyway, we had a great time. Then we hit the "Family Cupboard" for some Amish cooking. YUM! That nights lesson:
Hard Work + Dedication + Strong Family values = Good People
Plain clothes + Horses + Wagons= Not For Me
See kids, being Mormon isnt really all that weird is it!
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Eden, I can't believe you found me! I am so glad to hear from you. Your family is so cute. The last time I saw you was when you were working at was it Zumies? So long ago. I added you to my links so keep in touch!
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