Amish Step Up To Help English Neighbors After Tornado Strike
The community is Parke County, Indiana (Rockville). Amish here decided to help their neighbors in need following a recent tornado strike. From WTWO 2:
ROCKVILLE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) — Last Saturday morning, an EF1 tornado hit Parke County including the residence of John Cole and his family.
The damages include the destruction of a more than 125-year-old barn, destruction of another building that also totaled the 2 vehicles, and some minor damage to their house.
Cole said after this storm settled his family was approached by some local Amish residents they knew and offered to help.
As you probably are well aware, this hardly unusual behavior – the Amish rally to help those in their community, but are similarly quick to lend a hand when direct neighbors are affected. Or, even those further afield, as we saw recently in the story about Amish helping rebuild in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene.
The help is always appreciated:
“They voluntarily reached out to us after the tornado and said that they wanted to help get things cleaned up, so they have been over here cleaning up the yard and cutting down the trees,” said Cole. “It has been really heartwarming.”
Cole said they will never be able to thank them enough for being a source of light in these dark times.
Two recent similar examples of this that come to mind – both happen to be from Montana.
Some of you probably remember the Amishman who organized a group of 150 people to move an English neighbor’s garage after flooding on the Yellowstone river. They did the job for just “cookies”, in other words, basically for free.
Another example happened when a flood wiped out a critical access road in another community and Amish helped restore it.
In that case they used the road as well, so also benefited, but nonetheless, as one woman said, “We are very, very thankful for their expertise, and they’re willing to help everybody that is not in their family and community.”
Well done by the Amish folks in Parke County. Here is more about that somewhat unusual community.
