“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 to break down the wall that our Amish ways had carefully built up over the years.… — 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 never discussed before. One of our Englisch friends even asked me if I ever felt guilty about the… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“In the same way as a preacher is chosen, a bishop is chosen by lot as well.” — 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 believe such… — 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 things, our… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Since all the Amish dress the same, our names were on a label inside the garments, and shawls” — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
