Amish/Mennonite Country

As we drove into Amish country I couldn't help but laugh at these new surroundings. It seemed like the freshest example of religious strangeness to me. Another moment when I would be overwhelmed by the ridiculous things people do in the name of their faith.

Quite the contrary occurred.

I thoroughly enjoyed our horse and buggy tour with Tom and Bonnie (horse). An explanation of the two religions and their different sects from a first hand source proved to do away with all false stereotypes prevailing in our group.

To be honest, except for the Jesus stuff, part of me could really get down with the Amish simplicity, the community, the self-sufficiency. If there were three things to describe the most important values of Amish/Mennonite life I gleaned from Ted it might be those three.

His explanations about everything made perfect sense when it came to modernized Amish ways, but I can't say the three of us weren't a bit surprised when his cell phone rang...

Highlights: Bonnie taking a massive steamer two steps out of the gate... to which I could barely contain my childish laughter...

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