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  • @PeterSantenello
    @PeterSantenello  2 года назад +5054

    Hello Everyone! I just want to clarify that this is one group of Amish out of many. Their opinions and views on life are theirs and do not represent all Amish people. Most of this group are Beachy Amish and Marcus (the older man) is New-Order Amish. Beachy Amish are the most liberal Amish with the most amount of modernity in their lives. This is why I was able to record this conversation. When we "English" (all people that aren't Amish) say "Amish" we categorize many different types of Amish into one group and this is why this can get so confusing.
    For example, the Beachy Amish can have cars and electricity in their homes. The Schwartzentruber Amish are the Amish who chose to live away from modernity completely (without cars, phones, etc.) and are quite often the Amish we think of when we think of the Amish.
    Here is an oversimplified list of different types of Amish I met while in Holmes County, Ohio:
    -SWARTZENTRUBER AMISH (the most conservative and most removed from the modern world)
    -DAN AMISH (somewhat removed from everybody else, conservative)
    -OLD-ORDER AMISH (can't drive vehicles but some of them can ride as passengers, only have steel wheels on their carriages, not rubber. Allow Rumspringer--their youth to explore the world and "try things out").
    -NEW-ORDER AMISH (Broke away from the Old Order Amish. Less conservative than Old Order, but more conservative in the sense that they don't promote Rumspringer, they use rubber on their carriage wheels, use more modern sliding doors on their carriages, some have phones.
    -BEACHY AMISH (The most accepting of the modern world and the closest to the most conservative Mennonites. This is the group in the video)
    There are many other sects and to confuse things even more each sect has different rules depending on their church.
    None of the Amish are easy to open up like this on camera and it's only because of Josh that we got in with this beautiful group of people.
    In the next few weeks, I'll have a video inside a Schwartzentruber's home. They agreed to let me film as long as I didn't show their faces. It was a surreal experience, to say the least. I will also have some videos for you with Old-Order Amish people.

    I hope you enjoy this series! Like most things in life, there's much more beneath the surface with a lot of complexity mixed in. I hope you find as much joy in discovering the Amish as I have. See you next Sunday!

    • @nataliasantenello
      @nataliasantenello 2 года назад +44

      ❤️❤️❤️

    • @beatdownwornout4122
      @beatdownwornout4122 2 года назад +77

      I absolutely love this series!

    • @svenkarlsen2702
      @svenkarlsen2702 2 года назад +40

      Wow. I love it. I can't wait.

    • @woohoo800
      @woohoo800 2 года назад +35

      Good job Peter, you're killing it.

    • @Jasmine34952
      @Jasmine34952 2 года назад +19

      @@user-ij9tz1df5f Good point JP. I'm Canadian so I too would be curious about this.

  • @crownhic6827
    @crownhic6827 2 года назад +3970

    I’m a little jealous of their way of life. They live for family and friends. They don’t live for government or society.

    • @emmib1388
      @emmib1388 2 года назад +119

      why not start tomorrow living for family and friends? :-)

    • @crownhic6827
      @crownhic6827 2 года назад +87

      @@emmib1388 isn’t that funny how easily we forget the one thing we swear to never forget.

    • @lifeinvader1016
      @lifeinvader1016 2 года назад +45

      I mean a government or society is just a collection of friends and families.

    • @yvtcdtvbybt8328
      @yvtcdtvbybt8328 2 года назад +190

      You forgot the most important thing they live for, the Lord.

    • @raphaelcardoso7927
      @raphaelcardoso7927 2 года назад +17

      This works really well for small societies. They, however, contribute to its demise by having too many children. Big society big problems

  • @zz3astro
    @zz3astro 2 года назад +4429

    Not a soul looking at a phone. Real people talking to each other, fully engaged. Reminds me of life before the Internet!

    • @Kaiser_Kloob
      @Kaiser_Kloob 2 года назад +247

      And yet you are on the phone browsing the internet. Strange isnt it?

    • @maximusthemerciful9452
      @maximusthemerciful9452 2 года назад +50

      @@Kaiser_Kloob maybe they know something we don’t.

    • @andrewhernandez1275
      @andrewhernandez1275 2 года назад +53

      @@Kaiser_Kloob he said it reminds him of life "before" the internet. Dull people like you make comments reiterating what was already said and you think you're clever....

    • @andrewhernandez1275
      @andrewhernandez1275 2 года назад +16

      @@Kaiser_Kloob looking at your channel I see you're probably a kid...you get the dummy pass because we were all dumber than we'd like to admit when we were younger

    • @andrewhernandez1275
      @andrewhernandez1275 2 года назад +41

      @@Kaiser_Kloob learn to speak less and pay more attention and learn from other so that you don't have to be the one who fails....then when you do make a decision,it's well prepped and better off to actually hold substance.

  • @russellcosby9224
    @russellcosby9224 8 месяцев назад +578

    As an Army Vet I am not offended that they stick to their beliefs! It's people like them I fight for.

    • @twentyagenarian6300
      @twentyagenarian6300 8 месяцев назад +1

      What is an Army Vet? (:

    • @russellcosby9224
      @russellcosby9224 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@twentyagenarian6300 army veteran, someone who has served in the Army.

    • @Tigusfoyle
      @Tigusfoyle 8 месяцев назад

      I support our troops but that logic is wild. Killing people in the middle east for the Amish basically eh?

    • @dogetothemoon223
      @dogetothemoon223 8 месяцев назад +3

      @@russellcosby9224 A vet is someone who fought in a war. Service itself doesn't make you a vet.

    • @russellcosby9224
      @russellcosby9224 8 месяцев назад +19

      @gigadude556 you are wrong sir. "The term "veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable."

  • @misaelfraga8196
    @misaelfraga8196 9 месяцев назад +174

    As a early Millenial I remember a time without smartphones, and internet. It's such a memory now, but I can relate going outside to have fun not just sitting in your room watching RUclips.

    • @andyc6542
      @andyc6542 8 месяцев назад

      The irony is, you’re sat here, on RUclips.
      Nothing is stopping you being a slave to the internet. Buy a standard phone. Stop using social media. Get in tune with nature more.

    • @therealz360z7
      @therealz360z7 6 месяцев назад +3

      Now we have a huge problem with diabetes and childhood obesity .

    • @mxgirl918
      @mxgirl918 4 месяца назад +5

      Back when I was in school, free time and fun meant hanging out at a friend's house to play board games or watch movies, going to a cafe to chit chat and have a bite or playing sports together. Nowadays free time and fun means playing some multiplayer game on your phone and sitting around staring at your phones rather than actually interacting.

    • @neilthewheelio
      @neilthewheelio 3 месяца назад +4

      As good as technology is, I am grateful the internet was not available to my friends and family when I wa growing up. My greatest memories as a child was playing outside, making swings, go karts, getting muddy in the woods, riding our bikes all around the neighbourhood and also having quality family outings and games nights. Precious times that as a society we have drifted away from as a consequence of technological advancement. I feel privileged to have seen both sides of the internet divide.

    • @Kingofrestrrooms666
      @Kingofrestrrooms666 2 месяца назад +3

      Me too. Entertainment at home in the 60’s 70’s 80’s and the 90’s was no internet/cell phones. Heck I didn’t get a smart phone until 2010! TV , music radio, playing with neighbourhood kids the piano guitar playing in back yard climbing trees riding skateboards and doing chores for my mum.

  • @dav255
    @dav255 2 года назад +2008

    "There is a big difference from believing the Bible and obeying the Bible" - Josh
    Well said.

    • @Glory.To.God.In.The.Highest
      @Glory.To.God.In.The.Highest 2 года назад +21

      Oh yes!

    • @IntuitiveCoachTheresa
      @IntuitiveCoachTheresa 2 года назад +20

      100%!

    • @ginimathews6550
      @ginimathews6550 2 года назад +7

      Amen!

    • @momoflogan
      @momoflogan 2 года назад +5

      AMEN!

    • @protestant77
      @protestant77 2 года назад +14

      JESUS says keep Sabbath holy
      POPE says keep Sunday holy
      The WORD says the 7th day is holy!
      The WORLD says the 1st day is holy?
      7th day Sabbath = (Exodus 20:8-11)
      1st day Sunday = (Mark 7:7)
      WHO DO YOU OBEY 🤔??????

  • @robertplant9694
    @robertplant9694 2 года назад +5348

    The way they interact and talk is so raw & real. I feel like technology has really damaged people’s social skills and ability to connect heart to heart

    • @Pathrissia
      @Pathrissia 2 года назад +112

      100%

    • @theone8331
      @theone8331 2 года назад +111

      Thats what the 1% The Cabal want and the Amish have their little piece of heaven without the so called modern technology taking the humaness away.

    • @lisacaroline4973
      @lisacaroline4973 2 года назад +20

      Absolutely

    • @cheryllewis3059
      @cheryllewis3059 2 года назад +2

      Agree - by design to dumb the masses down -it works - they (the bowel movement) knows what they’re doing

    • @cd6615
      @cd6615 2 года назад +92

      Nobody's insulting each other that's the difference. Because they put Jesus first in their thought process

  • @michaelliese3809
    @michaelliese3809 9 месяцев назад +246

    The Amish family were like us growing up in the 60's and 70's. There was no computer or anything fancy. We lived a normal life. We played outside and came home when the street lights came on. Friends were so much closer and the crime was not like it is today. People were more friendly in those years. Was a great video

    • @anheuser-busch
      @anheuser-busch 8 месяцев назад +26

      Murder rate in the US was double what it is now in the 1970s. The 1960s were about as safe as times are now. There are just more people now and constant access to news so you hear about every single scary thing that happens in country of 340 million. If you feel unsafe or isolated, you should change where you live. The city I live in has a ton of friendly people.

    • @loisreichert3640
      @loisreichert3640 6 месяцев назад +4

      That is so true! Glad i grew up like this with no technology, play outside all day, gardens, everything homemade. Innocent and great timesm

    • @justineastman7159
      @justineastman7159 6 месяцев назад +5

      Crime is certainly not worse today lol you have to check per capita and figure how much more people are on the earth today. We may hear about more crime with how quick news travels today but truly crime is much less then it once was. I hate hearing people say theres still good people.....of course there is thats great things happening now and will always be.

    • @susanb.3363
      @susanb.3363 5 месяцев назад +1

      @@anheuser-busch I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I definitely FELT safer growing up in the 60's. And I liked feeling that way.

    • @FranckLarsen
      @FranckLarsen 5 месяцев назад +1

      YES. Well said.
      I am 50 and from Denmark in Northern Europe, and I can say exactly the same.
      I think we all can. I actually, in a sense, envy that family: their togetherness, their simple joy and honesty.

  • @obienator
    @obienator 9 месяцев назад +208

    These videos are absolutely wonderful, not flashy or overproduced, usually just people talking to people.

    • @vc6218
      @vc6218 8 месяцев назад

      It’s RAW and its sooo beautiful. I just watched two young guys try to do something similar.. they have no empathy really and its overproduced!

    • @FranckLarsen
      @FranckLarsen 5 месяцев назад

      @@vc6218 Yes 😄 I saw some ten minutes of that video as well. Cringy stuff !
      There's too much of that. Peter is the best 👍

    • @Jive012811
      @Jive012811 3 месяца назад +2

      I was just going to comment the exact comment. It was so natural. I felt like I had my own seat at the table. That’s truly how intimate it felt.

    • @langyd4518
      @langyd4518 3 месяца назад +2

      the community and fellowship they had when they were all sitting around outside on swings around a fire pit, I have never seen that before

    • @jane156
      @jane156 2 месяца назад

      What an idea-people talking to people!!!😊😊

  • @MrKillfield
    @MrKillfield 10 месяцев назад +979

    What I see here is almost everything most of America is missing. A sense of purpose, community, family values and hard work. It’s so pure and beautiful

    • @joshuab2437
      @joshuab2437 10 месяцев назад +8

      It's completely disconnected from the international community. They have nothing to do with the world, whatsoever.

    • @kakhakheviashvili6365
      @kakhakheviashvili6365 10 месяцев назад +37

      "They are disconnected from the international community", yet Josh is married to Ukrainian and Amish/Mennonites can travel to dozens of countries to their fellow Amish/Mennonites of different race/ethnicity and be accepted by people they've previously never met as if they are family. Can you do that? If not, who's really disconnected from the international community?

    • @joshuab2437
      @joshuab2437 10 месяцев назад +4

      @@kakhakheviashvili6365 Josh and his family are not even true Amish. They have modern technological amenities, he made an expensive house, and travels the world like a worldly person.
      True Amish don't waste their money on technology and travel among many other things.
      Josh is not Amish, but 'Beachy Amish" which means an apostate sellout to worldly affairs. He has a smartphone, but claims that he has anti-pornography software and he claims to have uninstalled his internet browser and only uses it to make calls. Seems fishy and tempting if you ask me, and all true Amish would agree.

    • @janhenrik4170
      @janhenrik4170 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@joshuab2437 which is a good thing if any religion is becoming less strict it means less brainwashing aswell and maybe the option for the new generation to get out if they wish so

    • @sifta7
      @sifta7 10 месяцев назад +5

      @@joshuab2437 It makes no sense to wistfully romanticize this family, or somehow uproot modern life after watching a RUclips video that has the message to stop using the Internet. But, just by virtue of being in this hyper-popular video they are influencing people around the world.

  • @folkblues4u
    @folkblues4u 2 года назад +590

    Such a conflicting feeling: watching this with my face buried in my phone - while accepting that without it, i may not have been allowed this opportunity to get to know these people and learn their practices and principles, without prejudice.

    • @ivanm1018
      @ivanm1018 2 года назад +52

      100% agre but much like anyhthing else the keyis discernment between using for positive or negative. For me that means switching off the likes of CNN BBC etc. and seeking out something like this content!

    • @markgorman9325
      @markgorman9325 2 года назад +15

      Balance

    • @grateful1929
      @grateful1929 2 года назад +3

      I just thought THAT SAME EXACT WAY!

    • @gurgy3
      @gurgy3 2 года назад +10

      The internet is an open highway into your home. That includes both a lot of good and a lot of the worst in humanity. Just remember you don’t need it, believe it or not humans lived for thousands of years before it.

    • @mitjed
      @mitjed 2 года назад +4

      No worries, just block your browser in your phone and dont delete the youtube app. Josh is a youtuber as well. Install wikipedia as well and all necessary app in your phone.

  • @rachellesmith1600
    @rachellesmith1600 6 месяцев назад +26

    I love the non judgemental Amish, they are so wholesome and understanding of the world we live in. 😊

  • @jmssun
    @jmssun 9 месяцев назад +66

    I am a Taiwanese, and I would love to live a life like this..

  • @tbecker403
    @tbecker403 2 года назад +934

    “We’re probably kind of dumb…to what’s going on [in the US].” For your own sake, please stay that way. You are so much better off.

    • @justinm2697
      @justinm2697 2 года назад +31

      When you think about it, it wasn't that long ago when everyone was that 'dumb.'
      Before the internet we mostly had little idea of what was going on in the world.
      Before cable TV, ditto.
      Before regular free to air TV, ditto.
      Before newspapers, ditto.
      Now we spent so much time fretting about things that happen so far away, that we are essentially powerless to change.... that's we've lost contact with our neighbours.

    • @f89jgb7
      @f89jgb7 2 года назад +10

      They can integrate themselves further into modern society, but just stay away from the woke movement, and they'll be fine I guess

    • @Mussi93
      @Mussi93 2 года назад +14

      @@f89jgb7 This has nothing to do with any "woke movement".

    • @azurephoenix9546
      @azurephoenix9546 2 года назад +8

      @@Mussi93
      When you say that a 2 parent household, having a work ethic, showing up to work on time, having a job, parenting your own children, selling produce at a farmer's market, having a judeo-christian religion, not getting vaccines you don't want and homeschooling are all oppressing of minorities and signifiers of white supremacy, then yeah it does.

    • @cv507
      @cv507 2 года назад

      Thä förce will -rib- em xxD

  • @GhostofTradition
    @GhostofTradition 2 года назад +1291

    that guy was spot on when he was talking about the news not having an effect, other than a negative, on their daily life. turning off the news will make you happier 💯

    • @mrbarney4176
      @mrbarney4176 2 года назад +38

      Exactly the Amish are starting to grow on me just to see how happy and peaceful they look,it's amazing

    • @micheljohnson-figueredo8627
      @micheljohnson-figueredo8627 2 года назад +33

      Well, it’s all fake anyways

    • @kelizabethg1
      @kelizabethg1 2 года назад +5

      Yes!🙌🏻

    • @bluered3228
      @bluered3228 2 года назад +35

      Yeah, it's not like the news covers anything that actually matters. In fact, the news obscures rather than clarifies.

    • @nothingbutthetruth3227
      @nothingbutthetruth3227 2 года назад +3

      Yeah but what’s coming they better turn it on unfortunately. They will be shocked.

  • @mojo_guru4448
    @mojo_guru4448 9 месяцев назад +74

    This is proof that what is happening in the world is the incorrect direction. These great people are living twice the healthy life with a fraction of the stress. Well done to the Amish 💯

  • @danieljung6200
    @danieljung6200 9 месяцев назад +201

    Whether Peter knows it or not, in a sense, he is more effective as a missionary than many others who devote their life to it. Inadvertently spreading the gospel to tens of millions through his interactions with the Amish, the woman from whittier Alaska, etc. Her prayer rings true for me every time Peter interacts with a person of faith.

    • @vc6218
      @vc6218 8 месяцев назад +2

      Oh wow what did she say in the prayer?

    • @lindakillingbeck3178
      @lindakillingbeck3178 8 месяцев назад

    • @musiclife7251
      @musiclife7251 6 месяцев назад +2

      God works in mysterious ways as they say

    • @Psychiatricnerd
      @Psychiatricnerd 5 месяцев назад +4

      Exactly. I’m just a good ole non denominational Christian and these people make me want to be more diligent with reading my Bible etc.

    • @MarsaLyn
      @MarsaLyn 4 месяца назад +7

      @@vc6218 She asked God to keep knocking on the door of his heart until he answers.

  • @nacholibre1962
    @nacholibre1962 2 года назад +1793

    I like that the women have such a stong voice but are so clearly supportive of their husbands. A very healthy dynamic.

    • @aryanpashtun416
      @aryanpashtun416 2 года назад +239

      Yes exactly, they know their worth and don't have to scream and shout to get things across. Strong women help make strong and respectable men!

    • @lookup2one
      @lookup2one 2 года назад +75

      The Jezebel mother's today have neutered their son's, producing effeminate males. It seems like these families have stuck to God's plan. The man is the head, the ladies have a voice because of the confidence of their husband's, but yet the ladies know they are the help mate. Yes, I am a lady, and God's plan works!

    • @Nan-1017
      @Nan-1017 2 года назад +22

      @@lookup2one 🤣😂🤣😂

    • @lookup2one
      @lookup2one 2 года назад +35

      @@Nan-1017 On judgement day we will see who has the last laugh🤔‼️

    • @Nan-1017
      @Nan-1017 2 года назад +23

      @@lookup2one …again 🤣😂

  • @alablakelock78
    @alablakelock78 Год назад +884

    I particularly like how vocal the women are & how well received it is by the men around the table.

    • @clearjr1
      @clearjr1 Год назад

      Women have no leadership roles in their religion. Men run the religion and make the rules.

    • @DoBeLove
      @DoBeLove Год назад +55

      I noticed this as well and assumed it would not be this way.

    • @harlanbarnhart4656
      @harlanbarnhart4656 Год назад +45

      They have a counter culture but not a patriarchal culture.

    • @winstonwolff
      @winstonwolff Год назад +11

      I think this is more a menonite thing. The Amish beat their women in this submission.

    • @clearjr1
      @clearjr1 Год назад

      @@harlanbarnhart4656 I think that all the Abrahamic religions are patriarchal, even though the Jews determine their Jewishness through the mother it is still dominated by males who decide how they live, pray and work and even what they eat.

  • @NormanSilv
    @NormanSilv 5 месяцев назад +7

    An invitation into an Amish home is an honor. It signals you are trusted and respected. The Amish people are some Americans who live a life of hard work, honesty, respect and reverence.

  • @WinstonEdgoose
    @WinstonEdgoose 8 месяцев назад +24

    The internet is a blessing and a curse, and has had an impact on the social structure of the world. This is such a wholesome video and took me back to when I was a child and was not glued to screens. They are truly living the life. God Bless!

  • @jasonwilke2703
    @jasonwilke2703 2 года назад +629

    reminds me of the 80s kids went out to play, the parents sat around and talked, and no internet or cellphones. brings back memories of how I grew up.

    • @donnaharris8097
      @donnaharris8097 2 года назад +16

      Except in the eighties , many were struggling to survive in the UK , recession and struggles ,the Amish all appear very comfortably well off , something few people were or are today ,

    • @standunitedorfall1863
      @standunitedorfall1863 2 года назад +33

      @@donnaharris8097 They work their fingers to the bone to be comfortable. It doesn't happen by itself. Plus they have the support of their close community which many other groups don't have. Their lifestyle works because it is Biblically based. Other societies are lacking that, and it shows.

    • @easternsaxon7820
      @easternsaxon7820 2 года назад +7

      Back in the good old days. Everything now is so divided and full of hate. Luckily for me I live on a rural acreage and I like to keep my like simple.

    • @uweschroeder
      @uweschroeder 2 года назад +16

      We didn't even have a landline, much less a TV. Life was good back then. You got caught doing something stupid, sometimes the cops got involved and instead of filing a report the cop would drive you home and have a stern talk to your parents which usually ended in you getting slapped and grounded for an appropriate amount of time. I remember stealing a chewing gum in the local store - the owners called my parents and had them pick me up - that was a bad evening which I didn't repeat. Much better than what we do today - it teaches boundaries and you adhere to them for the rest of your life.

    • @uweschroeder
      @uweschroeder 2 года назад +11

      @@donnaharris8097 It's because they live within their means and are mostly self sustained. A lot of people are in dire straits because they live beyond their means and that catches up to you eventually and more often than not in bad times.

  • @muzerhythm2242
    @muzerhythm2242 2 года назад +578

    Seeing extended family gathered for dinner, kids freely playing in the yard....my childhood as a 70s child...loved it!😁

    • @Angelaius
      @Angelaius 2 года назад +12

      Absolutely. Both my parents and I grew up like this. And I was born in the 90's.

    • @peteclemenza1096
      @peteclemenza1096 2 года назад +5

      People from/ in the south do this all the time, it's culture

    • @feezy15
      @feezy15 2 года назад +7

      My childhood summers... Last generation to not have social media for family :(

    • @ladedalounge
      @ladedalounge 2 года назад +5

      me too, without my dad asking to go get him a beer from the fridge and my mom yelling my name so the entire damn city of Chicago could hear her...but me...

    • @choccymilkconnoisseur2775
      @choccymilkconnoisseur2775 2 года назад +11

      I was born in 2003 and we have things like this all the time. This isn’t exclusive to the 70s or 80s like many people seem to think, younger people have experienced this too it’s still relevant to current day. I’m not sure how rare kids playing outside is in America, but it’s very common in most places

  • @elmeric7086
    @elmeric7086 7 месяцев назад +26

    Best Amish episode ever. That dinner discussion is not only eye opening, it's life changing for anybody thinking this kind of living is impossible : combining some technologies and keeping the better values. If most people would just be a bit more inspired by this way of life, the world would surely be a better place. Just awesome.

  • @dondasher58
    @dondasher58 9 месяцев назад +29

    I’m not from a big family or close family. This is heartwarming .😎 the world would be a better place with some of these view points used more often.

  • @Mr.M1STER
    @Mr.M1STER 2 года назад +611

    Josh literally has everything. In the previous video when he said the "outside world" has nothing to offer him, he was right. His house, property, a beautiful wife, kids.

    • @FaithAdventures817
      @FaithAdventures817 2 года назад +36

      He owns a business so the rest of the world does have something to offer him and it's called momey

    • @chance2716
      @chance2716 2 года назад +68

      ​@@FaithAdventures817 If it would be only about money he'd clean toilets for $40 like he said in the video. And if "money" is the only thing the rest of the world gives him then he's right. It doesn't have "anything" to offer him.

    • @carolwilder2289
      @carolwilder2289 2 года назад +32

      Exactly! Jesus gives him all his needs!

    • @theestallion818
      @theestallion818 2 года назад +2

      Is not the world that has nothing to offer is the ppl that has nothing to really offer for themselves in order to benefit others in this world ppl trying to serve an empty cup!

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад +8

      Yet he still indulges in modernities the way he holds that drink can and flops his phone around and has too many gross cars on his property. They’re slowly drifting. I think I prefer old order Amish over Mennonites.

  • @dk2428
    @dk2428 2 года назад +274

    When you're divorced, lost contact with your family and living on 50m² in a busy city where nobody talks to each other, then you watch these videos...I can only hope these people can keep living their life like they do for centuries to come. Amazing, tnx for sharing!

    • @lela8081
      @lela8081 Год назад +2

      Same here

    • @jjsixtwofour
      @jjsixtwofour Год назад +2

      Hope you aren’t too lonely. Call your children, they may just need you to reach out. Best wishes D K!

  • @ThatBikerGedi
    @ThatBikerGedi 8 месяцев назад +14

    Once again Peter, you've outdone yourself! Amazing to see how genuine and honest The Amish are.

  • @jenniverse5086
    @jenniverse5086 9 месяцев назад +19

    I love this family, every last one of them. God bless them all. Give me a little cabin off to the side i’ll do the cleaning 🥰 I have a 10 year old that is already accustomed to learning from mom, playing outside, reading and enjoying childhood. We love God and we are great learners and listeners ❤

  • @jetjaguar5198
    @jetjaguar5198 10 месяцев назад +380

    One positive of the internet is that there are people like Peter who create these educational videos that remind me of all the cool people, worlds and experiences out there.

    • @donnabittner69
      @donnabittner69 10 месяцев назад

      I totally agree with you. Having the Internet could give them access to more information about all the wonderful things out there.

    • @prettylady995
      @prettylady995 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@donnabittner69all the wonderful things are at home with the Amish it’s not out there so for them they don’t need internet. The English feel they do because their families don’t stay together they’re lonely and use the internet to not be lonely. Amish not so lonely

    • @gordonsmith33
      @gordonsmith33 10 месяцев назад +3

      The internet is a tool, any tool can be used for good or evil. Peter uses it for good. 🙏🏼

  • @Andriykoblin
    @Andriykoblin 2 года назад +257

    "The world needs a place like this: an environment with 2 parents teaching their kids, not some daycare teaching your kids, not some public school teaching your kids, but the parents." Boy, didnt we all learn that over 2020...

    • @trevorrisley5419
      @trevorrisley5419 2 года назад +7

      That was beautiful and heard loud and clear!

    • @0917Sweetpea
      @0917Sweetpea 2 года назад +15

      Yes! And if you can't teach your children at home, I feel they would say parents should teach values and character at home rather than allowing schools to do so.

    • @bamrak2000
      @bamrak2000 2 года назад +11

      Sadly, we didn't learn that. They've got the best thing in our entire country going on there. They don't have TV or Social media pushing them to think a certain way or giving them unrealistic expectations of their life based on Instagram. It's literally the best things in life, and that's the focus. I think for a lot of us who don't have a lot of religion in our lives; watching these people and how they treat each other makes my idea of religion and community wrong.

    • @spiritualaries4500
      @spiritualaries4500 2 года назад +1

      Yes n there kids play together not be single children with a no parent at home sitting in a dark room depressed on a device this is why kids are cutting n shooting up schools . I played outside all day. These kids do t even like the sun. N have no friends n do not get exercise or even no how to have friends there vaping at 13

    • @Andriykoblin
      @Andriykoblin 2 года назад +5

      @JHawx Rok What on earth are you talking about? Homeschooled kids, and private schooled kids often outperform their public schooled peers and work in the same exact type roles...

  • @marnitakidd-love7682
    @marnitakidd-love7682 9 месяцев назад +14

    I love this as I have always admired the Amish. I had concerns for the females but here I see they have a voice. It's more modern than I imagined. Thank you for this look inside of the lifestyle.

  • @randriaH
    @randriaH 9 месяцев назад +20

    I' m really drawn to the simple and community-oriented way of life of these people. Their emphasis on strong family bonds, faith and helping one another is truly inspiring. It's a lifestyle that values humility and kindness.

  • @buckzee289
    @buckzee289 2 года назад +296

    These are normal people. It's so refreshing to see.

    • @OLyonnais28
      @OLyonnais28 2 года назад +4

      Mennonites can be pretty normal. Are there not many outside of the Midwest?

    • @buckzee289
      @buckzee289 2 года назад

      @@OLyonnais28 never seen one in the south.

    • @RevanBC
      @RevanBC 2 года назад

      @@OLyonnais28 Lots of them up here in Canada 🇨🇦

    • @tedtimmis8135
      @tedtimmis8135 2 года назад +7

      Exactly! It’s the normality of their lives. These people are so well balanced, they are willing to be self-critical and they are extremely honest. It’s clear that choosing right leads to happiness.

    • @tedtimmis8135
      @tedtimmis8135 2 года назад +4

      @@lessonlearned6782 You forgot to take your medication this morning.

  • @dracumelenios
    @dracumelenios 2 года назад +290

    10 minutes in and i'm officially jealous of the life they have.

    • @rogerhollingshead
      @rogerhollingshead 2 года назад +10

      Don’t be. I grew up that way. It’s not what you think. This just shows the perfect side they want shown.

    • @chrisknoblock
      @chrisknoblock 2 года назад +1

      @@rogerhollingshead you left the restrictions and structure, some of us never had them, and long for them.
      But I get what you're saying, there is always a darkside.

    • @josefinigo7100
      @josefinigo7100 2 года назад

      Amish cult do not permit JEALOUSY!!!You got it WRNONG.

    • @jglee6721
      @jglee6721 2 года назад +2

      We didn't have this kind of government control until now. We took it for granted. So for that aspect of life, the Amish were ahead of us.

    • @thisgame2
      @thisgame2 2 года назад +7

      Ask about sexual abuse and incest. See how jealous you are

  • @expectomafaz
    @expectomafaz 8 месяцев назад +6

    Hello Peter, I wanted to convey my sincere appreciation for the content you've been crafting about the Amish and Mennonite communities, both of which are Anabaptist Christian groups. Their way of life has captured my interest deeply. Being a Muslim, I've observed numerous similarities, such as their dress, women covering their heads, men saving mustaches and only keeping the beard, modest attire, strong family values, culinary traditions, and even their approach to insurance policies. If my schedule permits, I'm seriously contemplating a visit to their communities in December.

  • @Jackarta47
    @Jackarta47 7 месяцев назад +10

    The more i see their community the more i think they live a more normal life than us

  • @lacarpetrondukemarriott
    @lacarpetrondukemarriott Год назад +503

    I’ve never wanted to be Amish as badly as I do now! These people live life with purpose and love. God bless them❤️

    • @sleepingrogue4130
      @sleepingrogue4130 10 месяцев назад +21

      And you can’t live life with purpose and love and not be Amish?

    • @lacarpetrondukemarriott
      @lacarpetrondukemarriott 10 месяцев назад +21

      @@sleepingrogue4130 looks like I found “that guy”

    • @darksat6
      @darksat6 10 месяцев назад +6

      @@sleepingrogue4130Look around. Can you?

    • @sleepingrogue4130
      @sleepingrogue4130 10 месяцев назад +8

      @@darksat6 yes the fuck I can. Converting to Christian, Jew or whatever means absolutely nothing by themselves. There’s bad jews and there’s bad Amish. Y’all too much lmao

    • @sleepingrogue4130
      @sleepingrogue4130 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@lacarpetrondukemarriott yes, ma’am. Y’all reaching on the internet for no reason.

  • @alalmaoui5212
    @alalmaoui5212 2 года назад +471

    I admire how they all listen when one is speaking and not interrupt.
    It's a great trait!

    • @justinsane3909
      @justinsane3909 Год назад +19

      Um, did you watch this? Plenty of interruptions, it's natural. Your comment is silly.

    • @akimbodice6955
      @akimbodice6955 8 месяцев назад

      ​@@justinsane3909I think your comment is sillier for pointing out unimportant things that don't add much to conversation

  • @user-kp8ps9zz4r
    @user-kp8ps9zz4r 8 месяцев назад +13

    How great are these people to let you spend time with their families and answer your questions. Love it.

  • @alysaad07
    @alysaad07 19 дней назад

    That chat around the table of the kitchen is beautiful-the way they don't interrupt each other and all stop taking when the older guy speaks is just commendable. It makes me want to be one of them. Beautiful simple healthy family life. Respect!

  • @BFD89
    @BFD89 2 года назад +299

    This is 100% spot on. I was raised Mennonite, very similar to how these people live. When I was 21 I moved away and started living on my own, and I'm the only kid out of 5 to leave the Mennonites..i believe in Jesus and am a Christian saved by faith but I am no longer Mennonite. After being raised like these people it was quite the culture shock for awhile after I went on my own. I'm now married and have my own kids, but these values and beliefs will always be inside me and I am always trying to teach my family some of the simple things in life.. playing board games, putting down the electronics, turning off the TV, going outside and enjoying nature, so that maybe my kids will have some of these values instilled in them so they can pass them on someday.

    • @runningfox5091
      @runningfox5091 2 года назад +23

      Sounds like you’ve found the right balance

    • @cindylou3404
      @cindylou3404 2 года назад +11

      Glad you found salvation through grace and faith 🙏

    • @janedoe3648
      @janedoe3648 2 года назад +4

    • @ashimov1970
      @ashimov1970 2 года назад +4

      Rays of respect from a muslim. God bless

    • @mwills464
      @mwills464 2 года назад +2

      Lyle Martin, do you have any contact at all with your family?

  • @tmsturz
    @tmsturz 2 года назад +116

    I like how the guy sitting to the camera right is quiet the entire time, and at the end of the video imparts some of the best advice of the entire segment. “At an airport put your phone down and talk to the person next to you, Care about their life not just your own.”

  • @unhushable2265
    @unhushable2265 3 месяца назад +4

    I adore this group and loved you covering them. If only the world was more like them we wouldn’t have so many problems.

  • @preciousmousse
    @preciousmousse 4 месяца назад +26

    I like how self aware they are and how they said they have problems just like anyone else. This video could have been hours long! Thank you for doing and sharing these, Peter! I think one question that's missing when you interview different types of people is how they relate to love and to preventing loneliness because pretty much every culture is a manifestation of how to find cohesion and not feel left out. Looking forward to watching more of your uploads!

  • @sparkytuttle2966
    @sparkytuttle2966 Год назад +339

    The story of the churches pulling together to pay off a 1.03 million dollar hospital bill had me in tears. What I smiled about when they described the 55 year old lady who passed as a 'girl'. I have never met anyone from that world but now I see why they have separated themselves from this world. They made the right choice.

    • @Radbot776
      @Radbot776 Год назад +12

      They should have not payed it, could have avoided it

    • @kratzy11
      @kratzy11 Год назад +2

      @@Radbot776 true

    • @kevinbrooks1104
      @kevinbrooks1104 Год назад +1

      55 years and no husband poor woman, never had a chance

    • @johnherbert2545
      @johnherbert2545 Год назад

      The real crime there, is paying for health care.
      God bless the NHS

    • @yolysantana7525
      @yolysantana7525 11 месяцев назад

      The community paid some but they stated they don’t know who donated… could of been anyone

  • @RailfanBobbyFocusMk208
    @RailfanBobbyFocusMk208 Год назад +233

    As a FedEx Delivery driver I love my route I deliver to areas where there's a lot of Amish families and have delivered to them, they are such amazing people these videos are great thanks for making them and sharing them with others

  • @MickeyJWind
    @MickeyJWind 3 месяца назад +3

    i love these people. they are so sincere and they way the identify the problems of their community and not just try to pretend they are perfect is so refreshing and so basically human to be in touch that way.

  • @chwb99
    @chwb99 9 месяцев назад +12

    Thanks, Peter, for offering us this insight, and thanks to Josh for letting us in to your amazing kingdom

  • @STSGuitar16
    @STSGuitar16 2 года назад +262

    Dude has an absolutely beautiful home and yard. That grass is tremendous!

  • @miliomb
    @miliomb 2 года назад +376

    Something really attractive about the simplicity of living these people strive for. Respect to them.

    • @RuthCampbell123
      @RuthCampbell123 2 года назад +13

      their garage is bigger than my house lol good luck to them

    • @user-ft7xi7on8p
      @user-ft7xi7on8p 2 года назад +7

      @@RuthCampbell123 I could live the rest of my days out in a quarter of that garage. They have a very beautiful home

  • @SaltJamie
    @SaltJamie 6 месяцев назад +3

    Oh man that trellis was amazingly strong, everybody chillin and swinging... thank you cool people for having us all at your table, that was lovely.

  • @mcdongil10
    @mcdongil10 9 месяцев назад +18

    Thanks for this video Peter. There are still families out there around the world that live a wholesome life without technology. But this is a truly beautiful way of life. God bless. ❤

  • @africanprincess3207
    @africanprincess3207 2 года назад +357

    Love how the kids are free playing outside. That’s what I call enjoying a good childhood

    • @projectc.j.j3310
      @projectc.j.j3310 2 года назад

      @Opal Allen why would anyone ask that😂 weirdo

    • @capgunhero7036
      @capgunhero7036 2 года назад

      Cause…it fucking matters and it’s archaic as shit. Weirdo.🙄

    • @sealisa1398
      @sealisa1398 2 года назад +15

      Best part of my childhood was outside for endless hours.

    • @homertalk
      @homertalk 2 года назад

      They should be with a Government teacher learning the ways of transgenderism and hating your Country.

    • @michelledml3162
      @michelledml3162 2 года назад +15

      By 8th grade, these kids are almost definitely more prepared for life and mentally/emotionally stable than the majority of people in & coming out of college these days.

  • @MariahPattie
    @MariahPattie 2 года назад +202

    my take on what Josh was trying to explain at 10:47: schools should teach math and science and history and literature. Parents should teach their kids values and morals and self-discipline and respect and how to live. It's not good for the kids when parents give up that responsibility and let schools and daycares do the parenting.

    • @yenaibi
      @yenaibi 2 года назад +10

      Yes. 100%

    • @FloridaGirl-
      @FloridaGirl- 2 года назад +14

      Totally true! The parents quit teaching, the family is broken. No dads in family (alot of the time). And people wonder why the schools are failing-And now it’s all about social issues.

    • @Theetolii
      @Theetolii 2 года назад +2

      Well said

    • @luckyneko1
      @luckyneko1 2 года назад +2

      Agree but sadly many don't get taught at home.

    • @crusher1980
      @crusher1980 2 года назад

      Most parents give that up to media, to singers and actors aka false idols (women running around half naked for example and actually thats wanted to destroy families. Families are nr.1 enemy for the "Elites" so thats one of the reason they want women to run around in tight pants, bikinis, short skirts etc. so men lust after them and cheat - broken homes).
      Media is a "good" or lets say convenient babysitter for most parents ... Please look up "Subliminal messages in Disney movies", some are fake in the internet but most are not (you can also look up Robert Breaker, he also made a video about it)

  • @TACSmom
    @TACSmom 8 месяцев назад +1

    I loved this. Such a great discussion.

  • @ASK4YOU1
    @ASK4YOU1 9 месяцев назад

    beautiful, Top job Peter- Thank u to all the families who shared, "The best life is simple"

  • @cautiousculpeo
    @cautiousculpeo 2 года назад +326

    The thing that I found the most interesting was how much the women speak and are involved. Many portray the Amish women as weak or treated as lesser, but the women had very strong options and were not silenced by the men. I admire a group who treats all as equal and allows all genders to speak as an equal

    • @pageroo9644
      @pageroo9644 2 года назад +17

      That is EXACTLY what I thought to! Quite shocked because I was ignorant to thinking the woman had no voice!

    • @amyk1164
      @amyk1164 2 года назад +15

      Yes they spoke to him, but still have to stay home with the children. They don’t have a choice to work outside the home and have the husband stay home instead

    • @junkers5069
      @junkers5069 2 года назад +8

      @@pageroo9644 Dude bc this isn't amish people, it's Christian at best. Women always have and had a voice in the amish. They choose things that don't involve government so they have their own freedom of choice.

    • @keatonscreations
      @keatonscreations 2 года назад +39

      @@amyk1164 Many Amish women have jobs. They are not all “just” housewives.

    • @mattobermiller5041
      @mattobermiller5041 2 года назад +60

      @@amyk1164 With what specific knowledge of Amish lifestyles do you make this statement? I grew up deep Mennonite, mostly more conservative than the family shown in this video in Holmes county, in Berlin and Millersburg, two of the towns shown in the last video in this series. Amish women DO work outside the home...if their husband can't make enough money to allow them to stay home with the kids. As for the "husband staying home instead", have you ever actually been around a working farm or Amish business? No, you have not because if you had, you'd know that an Amish husband and father might be out in a field or in the barn or in the business shop....which 99% of the time is right next to the house. The husband IS staying home, he's just not underfoot in the house. He's out doing the dirty, physically demanding work so the women don't have to. Amish women DO work right next to their husbands in the fields or barn or shop, few wives are as much of real equals and partners to their husbands as Amish wives but, what I saw growing up was, while Amish women like very much showing off their physical prowess and ability to work, especially when young and looking for a husband, like 99% of women, they like even more being with their kids and being a homemaker and not having to do the dirty and physically demanding outdoor "men's work." And as soon as the kids, both boys and girls, are big enough to accompany either parent around the place while they are working, (4-5 YO) that's what the kids do. In between playing, that is so the assumption your comment makes of an Amish wife stuck at home with a bunch of squalling brats while the husband is having a fun at a job is entirely false.

  • @jonnydroo
    @jonnydroo 2 года назад +120

    “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”
    ‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭22:6‬ ‭

    • @shashankthami5055
      @shashankthami5055 2 года назад +11

      The book of proverbs changed my life. Its the most practical, useful book in the bible.

    • @pietvelkens219
      @pietvelkens219 2 года назад

      humbababakanda

    • @aspenram3885
      @aspenram3885 2 года назад +3

      In the way he*should* go, not the way you want them to go. I think people forget that part.

    • @yukonfarnsworth1688
      @yukonfarnsworth1688 2 года назад +1

      @@aspenram3885 the way they should go is toward the direction of the people on this video. The way he wants to go is where paw patrol lives..

  • @reinier660
    @reinier660 9 месяцев назад +12

    I would love to live with this family and see how it would change my modern life to the better. I feel like a year would give me the strength to deal with the things I actually dont like but are so hard to get rid of.

  • @TeresaCatherine-wi9co
    @TeresaCatherine-wi9co 2 месяца назад +1

    The Amish people in this video are a treasure. I don't know any of them but I feel love for them. Thank you Peter for bringing them and their culture to us the viewers. It was greatly needed and appreciated.

  • @jennythyme1729
    @jennythyme1729 2 года назад +368

    The older gentleman is certainly a wise patriarch! I love how much this group is dedicated to Jesus!

    • @josefinigo7100
      @josefinigo7100 2 года назад

      To their fellows mainly,not to Jesus alone.

    • @dareal5401
      @dareal5401 2 года назад +1

      My name is jesus! Cool that they love me

    • @theresaatwater2884
      @theresaatwater2884 2 года назад +1

      The Society that we live can learn something from this. Yeshua first always

    • @SUGAR_XYLER
      @SUGAR_XYLER 2 года назад

      @Post Toasty Jesus never shunned anyone, the Amish cult does....
      just shows the hypocrisy of the religious !

    • @NP1066
      @NP1066 2 года назад

      Haha the word patriarch came to my mind as well. These people know how to respect their elders!

  • @damntomato6451
    @damntomato6451 2 года назад +411

    As an “Englishman” I am genuinely jealous of this lifestyle. It seems very peaceful

    • @yvymareena3050
      @yvymareena3050 2 года назад +10

      It's look like paradise 🙂🏞️🌅🌄🏔️🌸🏵️🌺🌻 on earth 😃

    • @susiegee76
      @susiegee76 2 года назад +12

      This is the lifestyle the I aim to have in a few years. Living in a few acres of land and just minding my own business. Enjoying all the blessing that God has given me. God bless America 🇺🇸
      100% agree that Gavin Newsome has got to go.

    • @JakeStateFarm420
      @JakeStateFarm420 2 года назад

      @@susiegee76 where you thinking about homesteading? I have the same plan.

    • @duecepie2056
      @duecepie2056 2 года назад

      More like terrifying for the kids abused and raped through incest etc. east Amish are full of it covered by the church

    • @markpaul7887
      @markpaul7887 Год назад

      Glad I'm not the only one thinking that.

  • @charleywalker2982
    @charleywalker2982 9 месяцев назад

    Thanks for sharing your videos and keep them coming please, we really appreciate them.

  • @drintx5734
    @drintx5734 7 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful! Thank you to Peter and thank you to the community for allowing you to come and show us their wonderful way of life.

  • @realhustle5939
    @realhustle5939 2 года назад +40

    Never looked at the Amish this way but this seems like the ACTUAL “American Dream” I didn’t want to go to high school and just wasted time and went to college even though I wanted to go to trade school. These guys start saving from 16 then get a trade useful for LIFE and build a solid foundation to raise the next generation on.

  • @strugglingathome
    @strugglingathome 2 года назад +175

    Just good wholesome folk that want to live their lives in peace while the world around them goes insane.

    • @ksm1985
      @ksm1985 2 года назад +2

      Exactly 💯

    • @charlenelynch6505
      @charlenelynch6505 2 года назад +2

      I think the Amish population is going to boom real soon..

    • @acuy2434
      @acuy2434 2 года назад

      Or maybe there world is insane. No free thinking. Just brainwashed

  • @WilhelmenaWellen
    @WilhelmenaWellen 7 месяцев назад +1

    This video is incredibly inspiring. I am in awe at these folks and wish I grew up with all of them!

  • @siraa2008
    @siraa2008 4 месяца назад +1

    Thank u so much for doing this. Opened my eyes to a different perspective and way of life.

  • @Scratchingforcash
    @Scratchingforcash 2 года назад +50

    I really miss the days of not being glued to my phone 10 hours a day including right now as I’m watching this video. A long time ago my family would sit at the table and eat dinner and we’d talk about our day, now? We watch tv or play games while eating fast food. It’s sad and I hate it but it’s who I am now. I can’t believe how much I changed over the years.

    • @Cleenishere
      @Cleenishere Год назад

      Same bro However I grew up in a black family and we ate a lot of fast food, canned food, and ramen once I finished eating I would draw in my notebook or Watch what was on TV
      The days were I just watched king of the hill after finishing up a level in Ultimate Alliance on my Xbox damn I miss that…

    • @thedangerousbeauty
      @thedangerousbeauty Год назад +4

      Doesn't have to stay that way. You have self control and can shift the atmosphere around you. Plan game days and picnics take Polaroid pictures...go to the beach or on vacation. So many traditions you can keep going. 😊❤

  • @LITTLE1994
    @LITTLE1994 2 года назад +211

    I'm shocked how surprisingly chill Amish people are. Despite all the stuff we do nowadays and they're so apart from our world, they are completely down to earth, dedicated to God. Incredible.

    • @dabongrippa7093
      @dabongrippa7093 2 года назад +3

      This type of Amish aren’t the same. I live in an area with them and they are very in touch with the world. A lot of them work in factories. I worked for the Amish for 3 years at an Amish tree company that was solely dedicated to clearing trees away from power lines so people have reliable electricity. The Amish guys didn’t drive cars or trucks but you better believe they were taking full advantage of being able to use technology to work. They were in skid steers, bucket trucks, the boss man had a 4g iPad for emails.
      We’d talk about the college football game he shouldn’t technically have any knowledge of the events, but you better believe he knew every big moment of the game. The kids in rum springa have fucking crotch rockets and smart phones.
      Very different then the more conservative type of Amish you find in say east Ohio and Pennsylvania.

    • @dabongrippa7093
      @dabongrippa7093 2 года назад +1

      Out in Pennsylvania they won’t let you take a picture of them.

    • @Cleenishere
      @Cleenishere Год назад

      @@dabongrippa7093 thats understandable

    • @J_a_s_o_n
      @J_a_s_o_n Год назад

      @@dabongrippa7093 it's their right

  • @dhurban
    @dhurban 8 месяцев назад

    Great vid, Peter...and thanks to the families for letting us in.

  • @sherrig3
    @sherrig3 6 месяцев назад +1

    Beautiful ❤️ The whole dinner conversation was delightful 🥰

  • @mariacarrillo4519
    @mariacarrillo4519 Год назад +312

    I love how they all speak loud, clearly and slowly. They are definitely educated.

    • @ComeBackKid1
      @ComeBackKid1 Год назад

      ACTUALLY, they can't go to college. They're religious extremist, brainwashed by a man made book. Koo lifestyle though

    • @tekis0
      @tekis0 Год назад +2

      Yes, I haven't heard anything uneducated about the way they speak.

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Год назад +6

      Yes, but only up to the 8th grade.

    • @truthseekers864
      @truthseekers864 Год назад +12

      @Janet h They know about actual life better than most.

    • @janet20257
      @janet20257 Год назад +6

      @@truthseekers864 Yes, I've never met an Amish person I didn't like. I live only 30 minutes away from where this was filmed in Ohio. 🧡

  • @asmera4547
    @asmera4547 2 года назад +29

    "What I'm seeing here is the American Dream is not dead" best statement I've ever heard to explain the Amish/Mennonites!

  • @spreadlovefm
    @spreadlovefm 5 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing video - The subtext of this video is the art of community + the art of conversation.

  • @deblea8079
    @deblea8079 9 месяцев назад +1

    Josh and his family are so charming! Thanks so much for this video.

  • @matasuki
    @matasuki 2 года назад +346

    I'd rather live that lifestyle than what we got going on in urban areas where both parents got to work just to be paying rent surrounded by tons of people you don't know and aren't connected to you or care about you. These people are doing it right

    • @gloriaf6971
      @gloriaf6971 2 года назад

      You have to be insane to use the Bible for moral guidance.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад +4

      Yuppie degeneracy.

    • @nancyschumacher8940
      @nancyschumacher8940 2 года назад +12

      You need to learn about the whole Amish culture before you say "I'd rather." People leave that life for a variety of reasons. You have to be born Amish...they do not recruit. I think if a member marries or dates a person of color or different ethnicity they would be shunned. Its not racially acceptable to outsiders. They are very closed to others.

    • @Nairuulagch
      @Nairuulagch 2 года назад

      There is a huge flaw in this beautiful perfect Amish isolated life. Most of key products medicines, technologies they use are came from ugly, dirty, violent world. Plus they are outer protected by army and politics of outer dirty world origin. So in a sense they are living another forced artificial beautiful life half or majorily dictated by Bible and similar "dark" rules.

    • @yvymareena3050
      @yvymareena3050 2 года назад +8

      @@nancyschumacher8940 I agree with them ! I don't see where is the problème 🙂😃!!!!

  • @michaelbrady1478
    @michaelbrady1478 2 года назад +121

    What I was struck by is that everyone around the table is able to finish one another's sentences. Such cohesion and uniformity.

    • @scottlin7876
      @scottlin7876 2 года назад +21

      no yelling. no shouting. just respectful conversing

    • @ChrisKesler
      @ChrisKesler 2 года назад

      Totally agree.

    • @Ranstone
      @Ranstone 2 года назад

      I take that for granted now that you mention it... Not Amish, but I'm blessed with this too...

    • @ThankfulNicVlogs
      @ThankfulNicVlogs 2 года назад

      I totally noticed that too!

  • @keith3694
    @keith3694 3 месяца назад

    You have one of my most favorite channels. This Amish program has been great! Thank you.

  • @deborahkimball-billups6405
    @deborahkimball-billups6405 7 месяцев назад

    Thank you for sharing this beautiful story ❤ i have learned alot . People fear what they don't understand. So this is very helpful.

  • @jayeshahuja6457
    @jayeshahuja6457 9 месяцев назад +104

    I don’t know if somebody noticed Marcus’ leadership skills. Whenever he was asked for something, he tried to compliment the opinion of the person before him.
    In the end, when he got the opportunity to give closing remarks, he just said “Great advice by everybody” 🙌

    • @musiclife7251
      @musiclife7251 6 месяцев назад +11

      I'm glad someone else noticed this. A true leader knows when to let other people speak

    • @landleven1088
      @landleven1088 5 месяцев назад +13

      Yes, and also noticed Peter was aware to give Marcus the last word.. ..very respectfully.

  • @Out_on_a_Limb_Life
    @Out_on_a_Limb_Life 10 месяцев назад +87

    I'm English (as in, from England) but I lived in North Carolina for many years. I worked for the American Red Cross doing mobile blood drives across NC and surrounding states. Every 8 weeks we would go to a town deep in the mountains that had a large Mennonite population and a lot of the young people from that community would come to donate blood. They were absolutely charming - friendly, open, respectful, curious, ready to laugh, and not a trace of 'prissyness'. I loved going there and the family in this video really remind me of them. What a warm, intelligent and loving group. They have a lot to teach us.

  • @drdanr
    @drdanr 9 месяцев назад

    This channel is the best. So many great videos and insight on other ways of life we would never see or even think or wonder about

  • @chr0nicbacon719
    @chr0nicbacon719 8 месяцев назад +3

    i just recently found your channel but man i wish i had sooner. All your videos are so wholesome Peter! Thank you for the good work

  • @yupimp
    @yupimp 2 года назад +200

    wow, this Amish Mennonite series is one of the most positive things I have seen in long time. Happiness is in the simplicity, thing modern world forgot long time ago. Love your work Peter.

  • @UndreamedFool17
    @UndreamedFool17 2 года назад +459

    As an English person that spent much of my late teen years in Holmes county, this was very enjoyable to watch. One of the first RUclips videos about the Amish that wasn't a bunch of BS.

    • @airenesivad2975
      @airenesivad2975 2 года назад +2

      I've been there too loved it. I went up with a friend of mine his dad lived in Wilmot OH right across the street from 'The Amish Door' restaurant. I went out there a few months at a time . His father owned a roofing company and employed amish workers he was also married to a Mennonite so he lived very near Mennonite rules.

    • @VampFaye
      @VampFaye 2 года назад +9

      My late step-dad boarded a horse at an Amish farm in Charm. I spent a lot of time with the family when he'd taking the horse and buggy out. We were known as the English who boarded a horse at the Miller's farm. One time my mom and step-dad were out in the cart when it started to pour. He decided to pull into the nearest barn. They were welcomed by the family, who shared coffee and pie with "The English" couple until it stopped raining.

    • @loveistime8418
      @loveistime8418 2 года назад +9

      @@airenesivad2975 my husband and I went on private tour. Enjoyed very much until we went into the church. Church is good except no one wears deodorant and the smell was oh my goodness bad 🤢🤮

    • @christ5160
      @christ5160 2 года назад +4

      @@loveistime8418 maybe you should have worn your deodorant

    • @davemetz7368
      @davemetz7368 2 года назад +5

      I agree Ben. One of the best interviews I have watched on the Mennonite / Amish so far. Peter did a fantastic job here !! And I learned a lot.

  • @Zamicol
    @Zamicol 6 месяцев назад +2

    How very, very cool. Thank you for posting. They all seem like such wonderful, lovely people!

  • @igorgoloborodko-dj1ij
    @igorgoloborodko-dj1ij 7 месяцев назад +2

    Peter I don't know how I came to watch your videos but I found joy in them.

  • @TRIIGGAVELLI
    @TRIIGGAVELLI 2 года назад +133

    After growing up in Chicago I can absolutely confirm that the vapid, cesspool of large cities is the exact opposite of happiness and comfort. Simplicity is the key to health and happiness. Not to mention plenty of nature and fresh air. The Amish were right all along.

    • @MMattes
      @MMattes 2 года назад +6

      I’m currently near chicago. I always say the major cities are an illusion. You visit it and it’s cool cause you go to a major or well kept site. Then you drive down Cicero or Harlem and realize it’s just sad. We have a select few people in the world reaping the benefits at the cost of people dying under the overpass. We lost touch with community.

    • @MMattes
      @MMattes 2 года назад +5

      @Arianna Bellamy there are over 41000 homeless in Los Angeles. Are you reaping the benefits or helping assuage that situation?

    • @TRIIGGAVELLI
      @TRIIGGAVELLI 2 года назад +5

      @Arianna Bellamy No. I love the cold. Hate heat. And what "advantages" more nightclubs? I'm good. Besides if you love living in that putrescent wasteland covered in glitter then I think we're very, very different people.

    • @user-ft7xi7on8p
      @user-ft7xi7on8p 2 года назад +2

      @@TRIIGGAVELLI Grew up in a city just as shitty if not worse than Chicago. After visiting the furthest out there towns of Texas, I realized that’s where I’m supposed to be. Away from people. Away from it all. It’s how humans were always meant to live.

    • @standunitedorfall1863
      @standunitedorfall1863 2 года назад +2

      @Arianna Bellamy The atmosphere in a large city has nothing to do with the climate. The large cities are run by leftists, and that is the problem.

  • @hfontanez98
    @hfontanez98 10 месяцев назад +140

    As a 55 year old man, I can identify to some extent with these people. From time to time, and more as I get older, I reminisce about when I was a kid and how simple life was back then. No internet, no social media, not 24-hour TV with hundreds of channels. Not many luxuries and actual hard work. Being active outside. So many things I don't see younger generations enjoy. And, maybe it is coincidence, but all of these things were supposed to make our lives better and it hasn't worked out that way. There is something romantic about how these people live, and I do admire their resolve to keep these traditions alive the best they can.

    • @chamboyette853
      @chamboyette853 8 месяцев назад +3

      56 year old here. I agree for the most part. I do think internet is a great thing to discover things like this video. It is social media that destroyed things.

    • @ceeceety2320
      @ceeceety2320 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@chamboyette853 I am also 56 yrs. old and am so very glad that I grew up without this internet for almost half of my life. We actually rode our bikes if we needed to get somewhere. Our parents weren't at our disposal to take us just because we felt entitled. We lived in the moment. When we took a picture, we had to take it to have it developed and you got what you got. I look at those photos from time to time and in almost all of them, we were smiling.

  • @denisfrancine3221
    @denisfrancine3221 8 месяцев назад +1

    What a beautiful, simple, unique lifestyle! LOVE IT!

  • @PTL1-yh9tj
    @PTL1-yh9tj 9 месяцев назад

    most interesting and impressive. Thank you all!!

  • @jackdelaney4082
    @jackdelaney4082 2 года назад +121

    People judge the Amish a lot, but to be honest i think there way of life may be a lot healthier then ours.
    More about community, less vanity and more genuine happiness

    • @chris78127
      @chris78127 2 года назад +8

      Ikr. I think they are actually pretty normal. It's actually good to disconnect from too much toxic content online or on tv lol

    • @joshmaitie5954
      @joshmaitie5954 2 года назад

      It is better
      Pure vegan lifestyle just to say they still consume dairy

    • @jackdelaney4082
      @jackdelaney4082 2 года назад +8

      @@joshmaitie5954 They arent vegan.They eat high quality locally sourced food.Balanced diet including meat

    • @anybodyoutthere3208
      @anybodyoutthere3208 2 года назад +1

      They were eating chicken and they sell grass fed meats
      Maybe some small tiny sect does that.
      I have friends who buy meats from Amish farms
      Where are the vegan Amish anyway? Maybe in CA most likely

    • @jackdelaney4082
      @jackdelaney4082 2 года назад +2

      @@anybodyoutthere3208 Yeah being vegan wouldn't be sustainable for them. As they eat there own local sourced food. Whereas to be vegan you have to eat food from all over the world to have any variety at all

  • @thelastamerican1776
    @thelastamerican1776 2 года назад +336

    They seem like good people. Wouldn't mind living in a community like this.

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 2 года назад +12

      Not a fan of the pacifism aspect, but I respect them. I hope they'll adapt as things change. No sense in letting evil go on unabated. When there is tyranny, it is the duty of people to tear it down, just like we did in WWII.

    • @soccom8341576
      @soccom8341576 2 года назад +5

      @@manictiger Pacifism is immoral against the good.
      Take this from someone living in a huge tyranny.

    • @bellarose1562
      @bellarose1562 2 года назад +2

      Lmao you’ll see some shit

    • @rp9000
      @rp9000 2 года назад

      Same here

    • @keilana6
      @keilana6 2 года назад +3

      Missing interaction with people who care. Living a solitary life & do not like it.

  • @reneegarvin8506
    @reneegarvin8506 8 месяцев назад

    Great video! One of my favorites of yours. Really enjoyed the singing.

  • @meatmotorendurance
    @meatmotorendurance 3 месяца назад

    Such a great channel! Thank you for exposing us to people that we might have preconceived notions about.

  • @ronchristella
    @ronchristella 2 года назад +67

    And we “English are the weird ones!” Makes me reevaluate America 🇺🇸. God bless the Amish & Mennonites

    • @anybodyoutthere3208
      @anybodyoutthere3208 2 года назад +4

      Yes I beleive we are the weird ones
      Bless these Amish

    • @stefanpaunovic6702
      @stefanpaunovic6702 2 года назад +1

      Dude you are not english, even by amish standards

    • @danwebb4418
      @danwebb4418 2 года назад +1

      Not a good idea to refer to an Irish man as English....looking back at the history of Ireland ....Slainte from Eire..

  • @e_mautrey463
    @e_mautrey463 2 года назад +209

    She said it perfectly when she said "anything that gets in the way of me and Jesus is my enemy"

    • @accumulator4825
      @accumulator4825 2 года назад +3

      Yes, it's hard in today's time, there are a lot of things buying our lives and selling us short. There should be but One who we live for, Jesus.

    • @kekethebasedcat
      @kekethebasedcat 2 года назад +6

      Brainwashed

    • @factsoverfiction7826
      @factsoverfiction7826 2 года назад +1

      She did say it perfectly. That's why she said, (22:30) " Anything that gets in the way between *me and God* " The gentleman added: "That is Jesus' teaching."

    • @mynameis......23
      @mynameis......23 2 года назад +9

      @@kekethebasedcat nope

    • @kekethebasedcat
      @kekethebasedcat 2 года назад

      @Von Gröger weed is gay

  • @user-qf7go8gs5h
    @user-qf7go8gs5h 8 месяцев назад +1

    Truly blessed and beautiful people. You are an inspiration to all. Thank you for sharing your lives. God Bless each of you.