“On the first weekend after you turn sixteen, you are expected to do something different — wild. It’s a time of life… — 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
“In 1970, I was sixteen years old, the rumspringa age for Amish youth. I was now old enough to start going with… — 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
