“One weekend we went to a concert at Buck Lake Ranch in Angola, Indiana, where Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner were performing.… — Ora-Jay Eash Dolly Parton 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 Friendship 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… — 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… — Ora-Jay Eash Right decision 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… — Ora-Jay Eash Sweet corn 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 Cybersecurity 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
“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… — Ora-Jay Eash Car accident 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 Marriage 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.… — 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… — Ora-Jay Eash Life 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… — 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 Parenting Copy Share Image
“sounds like you have some sad memories of ’90. We never know what the new year of ’91 will bring and is… — Ora-Jay Eash New year 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 Old enough Copy Share Image
“through those conversations with our new friends, God brought healing from the guilt. Since then, we’ve chosen to enjoy being with the… — Ora-Jay Eash Communication 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 Parenting Copy Share Image
“His preaching isn’t one of concepts, but of experience, and the messages are often those that have been passed down through tradition… — Ora-Jay Eash Bible Copy Share Image
“there is no such thing as a honeymoon; the next day we got to wash dishes from the evening before! The custom… — Ora-Jay Eash Next day 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 Family Copy Share Image
“The bishop in each district considers the opinion of the other preachers, and the bishop has the final say concerning all issues… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“young people at church have a hard time understanding what is preached. They speak Pennsylvania Dutch at home and English in school,… — Ora-Jay Eash Hard time Copy Share Image
