“It’s like standing on the edge of a cliff with nothing but darkness…you don’t know what’s down there. But you just know you’re gonna jump.”
National Geographic is currently airing “Amish: Out of the Order”, a program about leaving the Amish. I’ve posted a clip below. Curious to hear your comments.
I’ll make two of my own: it’s not made clear, at least in this clip, whether the folks in this piece left before or after baptism. I suspect it’s a mix of situations.
And: Amish choose non-Amish lives for various reasons, and come from a variety of backgrounds and situations. Here we are getting a story viewed mainly through the lens of one person’s experience, a gentleman named Mose Gingerich. Mose is formerly of a Wisconsin Amish community and appeared on the “Amish in the City” program a few years ago.
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Children with speical need
I have a good question how do Amish parent treat their speical need children born deaf blind Austic down syndrome mental retardtion deformed foot or arm to name few? How do Amish parent or Amish’s behavoir toward children with speical need? Also are children with speical need are lonely the wall are up surround them and are they happy or do they feel trap in Amish life? I guess Amish parent do not put their children in speical need eduction do they?
I hope Amsih children with speical need have aleast have “smile” on them Ithink.
That is a good question about Amish children with speical need to find what they are like in that Amish life for them.
Thank you for information about this a good question.
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Special Needs Children
The family members I am commenting on aren’t actually technically Amish, they are Pike Mennonite, a form of h&b mennonite (close enough). I have 2 cousins, who were fraternal twins. They were born with malformed hips, and also cognitively LD. I played with them when we were small. They were expected to help around the house, and were treated the same as other children. They learned how to read and write. I have another cousin who was Down Syndrome, she also was given chores, according to her abilities. She went to a special school. I was a special needs teacher, in Central PA, and I had an Amish boy, who had severe cerebral palsy. He had a top of the line electric wheel chair and a computer to help him communicate, and he went to the school districts special education classes. In my experience, Amish and conservative mennonite don’t shy away from medical intervention and special needs education when it will benefit the child.
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Help for Homosexuals, Amish or Non-Amish
After reading a couple of posts regarding gay Amish, I would like to share this website to offer anyone who needs the Lord’s help & hope for deliverance from this bondage-this ministry was started by a man 19 years or so ago, who came out of the gay lifestyle & helps others find freedom in Jesus Christ-awesome ministry.
http://exodusinternational.org/
Please share as there is no pit the Lord cannot pull us out of, whom the Lord has set free, is free indeed!
Many have been healed through Jesus, by way of Exodus International. Or, just committed to serving Him celibate-like the founder of the ministry.
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Ignorance is bliss
Valerie, you are a close minded fool. That’s all.
Valery,I commend you for obeying God's word.
I hope you keep on trying to help those trapped in the gay lifestyle. The most important thing is that you tell people what Jesus said. Your sins are forgiven you-GO AND SIN NO MORE!!
No offense taken
Jen, I understand why you would say that and I take no offense.
Truly I am close minded about doubting the Truth in God’s Word, open minded, to how it can change me & anyone who trusts in Jesus.
May the Lord lead people out of captivity,He is sovereign over all & came to set the captives free, His timing is perfect, perhaps today, someone needed to see that and this would only be another attempt to offer hope for them.
May this be for all who would come to the Cross: Iasiah 61:1: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me because of which He anointed Me, He sent Me to proclaim good news to the poor, to heal the brokenhearted, to preach liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to declare the acceptable year of the Lord, the day of recompense, and to comfort all who mourn;
I Cor 1:18: For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
That power, can set people free.
May the Lord bless your day.
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And what may that power be exactly?
Compelling
I have found the series compelling. It looks at the social dynamics and family functioning that has held this community together.
Mose has appeared to be a genuine man who seeks Christ, and some of the others who are on the show. That is inspiring.
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