Any other Amish people out there?

blessingsx2
blessingsx2 Posts: 119 Member
edited December 2024 in Introduce Yourself
Just curious to see if I'm the only one on here that grew up Amish. :)

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  • shellygw
    shellygw Posts: 33 Member
    I didn't grow up amish, but my dad's family was mennonite and i attended the Mennonite church with my grandparents until I was about 6. I have a large family on his side that is both Old Order and Mennonite.
  • blessingsx2
    blessingsx2 Posts: 119 Member
    I also come from a rather large family, I have 5 brothers and 3 sisters (and LOTS of cousins)!
  • banana3522
    banana3522 Posts: 1
    I grew up Mennonite in IL and have Mennonite family in Ohio. Amish live all around my extended family in Ohio.
  • Ohmydaze
    Ohmydaze Posts: 403 Member
    Not me, but I grew up as a Jehovah's witness, and people kept asking me if I was Amish :)
  • Pedal_Pusher
    Pedal_Pusher Posts: 1,166 Member
    I'm living in an Amish paradise...........
  • pastryari
    pastryari Posts: 8,646 Member
    Amish people??

    Don't they not use electricity and therefore a computer/internet? How would they be on MFP?
  • Fockertots
    Fockertots Posts: 221
    Not Amish, but attended a Mennonite church through middle school and most of high school.
  • Shayzeepoo
    Shayzeepoo Posts: 178 Member
    Not me, but I grew up as a Jehovah's witness, and people kept asking me if I was Amish :)

    I grew up JW too.. Glad to be out of it though, for various reasons.
  • OneFitDude16
    OneFitDude16 Posts: 169
    Amish people??

    Don't they not use electricity and therefore a computer/internet? How would they be on MFP?

    Yeah you're kinda cheating haha but there are alternatives to using electricity. You could do as the caveman and use a hammer and chisel loll
  • Eve23
    Eve23 Posts: 2,352 Member
    Not Amish, never even been to Amish country:blushing:

    But I would like to welcome you here anyway :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

    Love meeting lots of different people. Grew up as the oldest of 7.
  • FireBrand80
    FireBrand80 Posts: 378 Member
    I'm living in an Amish paradise...........

    LOL, my kids have discovered Weird Al.

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  • splashangel
    splashangel Posts: 494 Member
    Times have changed, even for the Amish. There are still some who don't have electric though.
    I'm Apostolic and am often confused with Minennonite and Amish. Are you still Amish or raised and left?
  • BeckaT79
    BeckaT79 Posts: 216
    Amish people??

    Don't they not use electricity and therefore a computer/internet? How would they be on MFP?

    They may have grown up Amish but chose not to join the church, therefore leaving their Amish community, or they could be on their Rumspringa which is a time usually following their schooling in which they are able to experience the ways of the world before their baptism into the Amish faith.
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  • jesusHchris
    jesusHchris Posts: 1,405 Member
    I watched a documentary on the Amish once, so I pretty much qualify as an expert now.

    It was pretty interesting.

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  • blessingsx2
    blessingsx2 Posts: 119 Member
    Ok I think I should have explained myself a little better. My husband and I grew up Amish but never joined the church and therefore we have electricity, phones, and computers. Most of our families are still Amish though.
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