“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 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 Memories 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“Canada is only two miles away. An easy hike. The Kootenai Indians were the first inhabitants, and the area still boasts mountainous… — Ora-Jay Eash Canada 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 Amish 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 Amish 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“The only thing I remember about his being ordained minister was that my mem had just had a baby so she hadn’t… — Ora-Jay Eash Bishop 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“Before moving to the West Kootenai, prayer meant saying the Lord’s Prayer in German, silently in our minds. As children sometimes we’d… — Ora-Jay Eash Prayer 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“It was a solemn and serious time, almost like a funeral. A bishop is the ultimate example. They stand out in dress,… — Ora-Jay Eash Bishop 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 Adventure 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 Amish 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
“Being in Indiana was harder than I had expected. As we spent time in the familiar community, we didn’t seem to fit… — 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 Amish 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
“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 Amish Copy Share Image
“a store called Emma-town. We’d tie up our horses and hang out. The wilder youths in the community would go to the… — Ora-Jay Eash Nature Copy Share Image
“I grew up knowing I wanted to be a member. I had already joined the church first, but since I was always… — Ora-Jay Eash Baptism 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 Amish 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“Even now when we visit Indiana I get a twinge in my heart to see the old place. There is a new,… — Ora-Jay Eash Family 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 Amish 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 Amish Copy Share Image
“This last week there’s a young couple here that were our neighbors in Indiana, and we’ve been spending quite a bit of… — Ora-Jay Eash Food 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 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 divorce in an Amish community. Many Amish young people turn earnestly to the question of family and marriage in… — Ora-Jay Eash Amish 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 Amish 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 Humid Copy Share Image
“In addition to having to preach, more is expected from him. His life and his family are set up as role models,… — Ora-Jay Eash Family Copy Share Image
