“Since all the Amish dress the same, our names were on a label inside the garments, and shawls” — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“And work is what Ora Jay and I set out to do after we were married. We focused on our house, our… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“It is common for Amish boys in rumspringa not to dress Amish at all. Girls usually do, unless they go to parties… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“There’s never an occasion for an Amish man to hug or kiss a family member out of affection. Kisses are used only… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Baptism into the church is one of the foundations of Amish faith. It was their desire to fulfill the believer’s baptism as… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Growing up Amish, I was always well provided for. I felt loved, even though I don’t remember my parents telling me that.… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“My mother’s side came to the United States from Germany and Switzerland in the 1770s. In 1785 one of my descendants went… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“We were impressed by how the Amish in Montana had chosen this more spiritual way. The church services impressed us too. First,… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Montana. Ora Jay’s uncle lived there, and he often talked about the secluded place he’d found in the mountains, a place of… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Twelve to fifteen Amish families and twenty to thirty Amish bachelors lived in the West Kootenai. They were there because they wanted… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Where we came from in Indiana, the Englisch weren’t so polite. Then again, the Amish usually weren’t polite either. There was a… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“No parents wanted their youth to do this rumspringa wild thing, but they just did it anyway. Rumspringa, in an Amish community,… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Ora Jay’s father tried farming for a time, but it didn’t work out so he went to work in a local trailer… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“A group of us also started having church every week instead of every two weeks. We called the “off” week Sunday school,… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“LaGrange County, near the town of LaGrange, Indiana. It is the second largest Amish community in the country, but to us it… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“I was looking forward to the adventure of Montana — who wouldn’t? The Amish community there is small and intimate, and the… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Many people don’t realize that there is no true hope of salvation in most Amish churches. The concept that faith in Jesus… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Amish parents often worry about their older children, especially those who are old enough to join the church but haven’t. The Amish… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“At a funeral the preacher holds nothing back during his sermon and speaks with reality and fear. The Amish believe that during… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“When many people think of the Amish, they think about children walking barefoot or riding their ponies to an Amish school. In… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“These were the messages we were hearing from some of our non-Amish friends. Hearing these things and opening our hearts to their… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“It must have been God’s will,” they said. I’d been trained to believe that to be true, but the words bounced off… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“There is no divorce in an Amish community. Many Amish young people turn earnestly to the question of family and marriage in… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“While our Amish friends were discouraging change, our Englisch friends were encouraging us to open our hearts and talk about things we’d… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Amish in this area like to hunt and fish. In fact, in addition to the locals, who live here year-round, twenty to… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“In all Amish communities, students stop going to school in the ninth grade, at age fourteen. Ninth grade in our school consisted… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“No one hugged in the Amish church, and it was awkward at first. In fact, the first time I ever received a… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“One weekend we went to a concert at Buck Lake Ranch in Angola, Indiana, where Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner were performing. That was… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“These were the messages we were hearing from some of our non-Amish friends. Hearing these things and opening our hearts to their love started… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“Outside, men were helping with the horses and buggies. They used chalk to number the horses and buggies so they could be matched when… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“I knew that moving to Montana was the right decision, but it wasn’t an easy one. Some days I would sit by myself and… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“the growing season is not so good. As the tomatoes and sweet corn hardly make it till the first frost. I guess they generally… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“Growing up Amish, I was always well provided for. I felt loved, even though I don’t remember my parents telling me that. There was… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“It is common for Amish boys in rumspringa not to dress Amish at all. Girls usually do, unless they go to parties and such.… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“In the same way as a preacher is chosen, a bishop is chosen by lot as well.” — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“Amish parents often worry about their older children, especially those who are old enough to join the church but haven’t. The Amish believe such… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“And work is what Ora Jay and I set out to do after we were married. We focused on our house, our things, our… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“It is different out here than what we were used to in Indiana. Weather-wise you just don’t have the humid, sticky weather. Although it… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“Since all the Amish dress the same, our names were on a label inside the garments, and shawls” — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“On the first weekend after you turn sixteen, you are expected to do something different — wild. It’s a time of life when you… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
“We also received letters from out of state, one of which invited us to be part of an Amish circle letter for those who… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share
