Your grandmother had the important people in her life at her funeral. All others are just on lookers. I’m really glad you were able to reconnect with her.
So glad at least a few of you found out the truth of what happened by meeting her and were able to honor her by being at her funeral. It's a shame both her and your Dad are both being shunning by religious beliefs. Jesus would never have done that. 💔
Eli, I love your stories! I am a Yoder whose Grandpa Yoder was from Holmes County (?) Ohio. I used be unhappy with your "obsession " with sa in the Amish community but total agree with you in so much of what you say. My father was a deacon in our church in Lancaster county but he had a burden for the Amish as he realized it is more a cult than a religion. When he retired from his carpenter job, he became a driver/ carpenter crew so he could witness to 'salvation by grace' to them. Bless you for the work you do. I do love your stories and yes, we are probably related a number of generations back!
I'm so glad you were able to get to know her and her side if things. It's sad that she had to go through that. I've been through a lot of bad experiences and don't want to have a relationship with a man bc you just can't tell how things will work out. It's a lot of energy you have to go through to have a relationship and I'm not willing to do that. Lol Marcia in Montezuma ga!
No sicker than any other commu ity of people regardless of faith. That's why there are ten commandments, and why so many of the same sins are repeated time and time again. It also why there are the BEe ATTITUDES. 40 odd years God has encouraged to come into the light and tell their stories. He has prepared the hearts of many to accept truth. In Indigenous families, in Catholic schools of every kind and in every variation of "Christian churches" and other faith traditions and cultures, supposed honor killings, female genital mutilation, the throwing of wives onto funeral pyres, the beating together of younger girls for desiring an education. Etc.
❤❤❤ Don’t walk …. Run back to Amish community . Life is so much better . No flash mobs of stealing … no evolution being taught … no computer …. No technology . Life is so much better . ❤ I wish I could live there
Being a story teller is truly a gift, thank you for using God's gift and giving us these beautiful stories so personal and educational, we are blessed to have you, thank you
There's no way that your grandmother could've ever satisfied your grandfather's lust. He sounded like a sex addict. The problem was his, not hers. I applaud your grandmother and am inspired by her courage to leave. I'm glad that you got to hear her side of the story and Im glad that only the people who truly mattered were st her funeral. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Thank you for sharing your story, Eli.
Imagine how your grandmother must have felt that her grandson had the idea of finding out more about her and investing the care and effort of looking for her - and listening to her story and believing her. I'm sure you could not have given her a greater gift. And I don't think you could have gotten a greater gift yourself, in better understanding your family, yourself and confirming your decision to continue to live a good life out in the world. In sharing this story, you give all of us a good model for out own lives. Thank You.
I appreciate you sharing! You honored her while she was alive by not sharing yet and honored her after she did in sharing her story. May God continue to richly bless you!
Eli, to borrow a phrase from my Swiss grandfather, it's the slow drip that breaks breaks the rock. Eli, you are the slow drip that will break the Amish curse over many.
Eli, what a life story of your Grandma, and how sad it is !!! I am so glad you found her years later an got to meet and see her,, that poor woman endured thru some horrible things she shouldn't have had to, their is a judge and we all will have to come face to face with our God, thank you for sharing.....have blessed vacation !!!!
Thank you for sharing this. She sounded like she was a very strong lady. I'm glad that the ones that loved her attended the funeral, which meant a lot. When my mom passed away, her wishes were for a closed casket service as she didn't want a bunch of folks standing around talking about how much they loved her when they wouldn't visit or call when she was near death. The reason my family has in the most part disowned me as I made sure her wishes were honored. Take care brother
God bless your grandma, I was reared by mine, so I know firsthand how deep the love and wisdom of a grandmother is. When looking for truth those that would keep you in the dark become riled up, that you have the nerve to seek truth and can’t be no longer fooled by their lies. I’m so happy that you overcome all the nonsense ,and have faith. God had bigger plans for you boy.
So very glad you hunted her down and LISTENED to her! It must have been a healing blessing for her that her grandson connected with her, too! Thank you for this sharing, Eli!
Here is the beauty of this situation: We now know the story of the courage that it took your grandmother to say, "no more". Thank-You for enlighten us.
I’m glad you met your grandmother before she passed. It takes two sides of a story. He wanted to save his butt n his business. God will handle him one day.
Wow. As far as those few that came to her funeral... A few true friends who will listen to you and love you no matter what are more valuable than a thousand "friends" who won't believe you and will disavow you over the slightest disagreement. I am sure it brought your grandmother so much joy and healing to talk to her grandchildren who also left and who listened and believed her and agreed with the truth that grandfather did wrong and grandmother was innocent and justified in reporting him and finally leaving. God bless you for being part of your grandmother's healing and for honoring her.
God Bless your sweet, long-suffering Grandma! Im proud of her that she turned her back on her cheating, pedophile if a husband! Its terrible that nobody believed her and she left her entire world behind, including her children. That could be a big part if why your father had such a hard life in the Amish community. He was the baby the 'maid' (concubine!) was brought into the house to take care of! And because of his own fathers reprehensible behavour, your father grew up without a mother! Im very happy you found her and let her know you loved her, even though you didnt meet her until you were an adult.
I can't imagine the strength it must have taken to leave. Your grandma sounds like she was one strong lady! It looks like you got the best parts of her.
My mama heart is broken for your grandmother. Imagine having to pick up and leave your home without any of your children, without your newborn baby.. that's just absolutely devastating. How on earth did she go on? I hope she came to know the lord like you have. And I think ut's really beautiful that you and some of your family were able to find her and get to know her a little bit before she passed.
Dear Eli - as they say "Yeden shtecken hot tsvei ecken" ever stick has two ends. It means there is more than one side to each story. I find there is an inocense purity and genuine spiritually about you. It is marvelous and inspiring. G-d bless
Who wants to be honored by thousands at their death after having to keep secrets like that all their life? God bless you for searching out the truth of the story and being there for your grandmother in her final days. I'm sure you were a great blessing to her. ❤❤❤
I really appreciate your vulnerability in sharing ❤ I hope you know how important it is that you are showing so many the true light. Thank you and blessings!!
God bless you Eli. I'm proud your gran had you & the ones that know the truth at her service . I'm sure she passed much fuller in spirit than before your left the Amish. Thank you for sharing your life & some Amish ways with us & give us a glimpse of what life was😊 like inside. Much love & blessings.
Your grandmothet was an amazing woman ! She had at her funeral who was important. It shows really about what is important to some of the Amish. Your grandfather and others caused so much pain, and so many victims. She tried to get things stopped. From what she told you, and tou have said he was not just à pedifile, rapist, he was a narcist. Thats why he took others. I have met some wonderful Amish, but this behavior has to change.
So, I used to work with this weird narcissistic libertarian guy who always assumed I wanted to know his opinions. Given his political leaning I always found it odd how much he seemed to admire the Amish. But, given his views on women, and on hearing this, I now understand completely. Thanks for all you do to help others. It seems that “rebellious streak” in you runs a little deeper than just you. Or, perhaps, you just inherited your grandmother’s ability to see through the lies and hypocrisy as well as her inability to accept it. Truth teller is not an easy road to follow, nor is finding your way through a fog of lies and deception. Congratulations on finding a clear path and on the strength of your convictions. Godspeed my friend.
Your grandmother had the real loved ones with her. ❤ We live by New Order Amish (15 miles S) and the Old Order Amish (40 miles N) Yes!! BIG difference in the way they do things! New Order are more into construction and old Order are more into farming. The dress code is different. We are more friends with the New Order and they do use their phones more! LOL Love your videos Eli! Keep up the good work! ❤
God bless you for finding your grandma and being her family. I'm sure it filled her heart. You're correct sir Amish men are not any better than "men of the world". I drove Amish taxi, my own van, for 2 years. I had to stop driving one guy because he started touching me and right in front of his wife. He was stroking my hair and telling me how beautiful I was. And his wife was standing on the porch watching and he knew she was there . I brushed his hand away and said this is how much he owed me. He called for rides a couple of times after that but I told him I was busy those times and then eventually he stopped calling.
Oh Eli, thank you for telling us your story! I feel so badly for your Grandma, she was a victim of the Amish evil, for sure. I always thought I should have been born Amish but now am happy I wasn't because I could have been a victim too. Basically the highly regarded men like your grandpa could do whatever they wanted with basically no punishment, all the punishment is put on the woman. We have a couple at our church who mov3d to Texas from Missouri and he is ex-Amish. I'm happy for him to be out of that, I'm convinced it is a cult.
Your grandmother was a very courageous woman, with lots of spunk and chutzpa!! Only someone strong could do what she did!! She's to be admired for standing up for what was right!! Be proud and respect your grandmother! She did something that most women in her culture cant do!!! 💜💜💜
Thank you for sharing about your Grandmother. I feel she did what she had to do! She could take no more! I pray that she is in Heaven now and that’s possible. 🙏
From your grandmother’s stories and that phone contact the other day by a bishop’s wife I see clearly now that the ways of the world are not excluded by outer shows of exclusivity in the Amish communities. I have never been Amish but am a saved and forgiven, Bible believing woman who refused to allow my supposed Christian husband bring pornographic videos into out home with intention of our viewing them together and finding out years later that he rented and sold pornographic VHS tapes illegally at a video store he and his friend owned and operated with initial funding by 2 very well known Houston Oilers. Also after being raped by my husband after saying ‘no’ to relations once midway in our marriage and seeking counseling by a certified counselor at the largest Baptist church in Houston, I was advised that a woman must submit to her husband and that she could not be raped by her own husband. I learned a lot during and after the 3 year battle to divorce him that gave me solid Biblical grounds for that divorce. My family maintained more contact with him than with me. I am living proof of the power of forgiveness being very healing for the forgiver each time forgiveness is extended AND that there is life to the fullest after becoming free of such a man in the same manner his grandma did.
Your Grandmother was Courageous , and a just women, she didn’t need a crowd, she had the family there that matters most, you should be very proud of her for doing the right thing with the wrong people , those accepting of pedofiles are not serving Jesus , they serve evil, I can imagine the Lord shed tears over that sad fiasco.
God bless her. She stopped putting up with all that. It was at a big cost of losing touch with her children and close friends. The excommunication I think is the most painful thing they can do to someone. That to me is evil.
Thank you for telling us about your grandmother. That image of her kicking off her shoes is glorious! She understood evil when she saw it and had the courage to call it out.
Your grandma died knowing she was loved….by you and the others that had left the Amish. You and the others were all she needed at her funeral. Sometimes less is more! ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Thank you for sharing about your grandmother. That is so sad. There are bad apples in every bunch. I also had a horrible grandfather (although, not Amish) He was an alcoholic and abused my grandmother and his kids of which my father was the oldest. That led to my father emotionally abusing us and sometimes physically. My self and two of my siblings decided we weren't gonna do that to our families. One sister carried that abuse to her children though and her life is a wreck today. I'm so glad you got out and I have more sympathy for the Amish now.
Thank you for sharing So glad you found her and got her side of the story Thank You too for being there with your family at her funeral Better for lambs be there if only a few More important than hundreds of wolves!
Eli. Your stories humble me. It is sad how evil controls the innocent or silents them. Much love for you. I am amazed at so many different levels and humbled by your stories of your family history. I pray Jesus continues to work with you and through you. That he continues to give you strength and continues to shine light on your path. Much love for you, Eli, and your family.
Your grandmother was a courageous and wise woman. About the number of people at the funeral. Eli it is way more important that you have people who truly love you and care to come and look for you when you are still alive. The thing that I love about you is that you want to hear both sides and you want the discussion and you want to make up your own mind. I am really happy you went to look for your grandmother and you asked her for her side of the story. Thank you for sharing her story with us. I think you are more like your grandmother than you realise(d). I love the way your head and heart work Eli. There is love in your heart and you are sharing it with all of us in all your stories. I am glad I found your channel. ❤
@@eliyoder491 Thank you for your kind reply, please reply to me again. I used to think that cults were "new fangled". However, the Amish are old!!! I have heard that they are inbred, beat their wives and children, and shun people. Child abuse is prevalent in the Salvation Army, and other Protestant organisations. Can we stop just blaming the Catholics, although nuns have abused children too. I heard of an Amish man who became a born again Christian, and was shunned by his family and community. The red flags came up. However, l do very firmly believe that some of them know Jesus!!!
@@eliyoder491 In "Tears of the Silenced", were her grandfather/ brothers Amish? I used to idolise the Amish as the most godly people on earth. Are they? Please reply to me.
There are “Yoders” here in a Mennonite community in “Meno” Oklahoma. A very small town in NW Oklahoma. West of Enid Oklahoma. As a nurse in Enid I came into contact with those with the surname over the years and many from the Mennonite community.
I really enjoy your videos keep up the awesome work you do Eli especially helping ex-Amish get away from their oppression whatever it may be your a light beacon for those to find a way out of their darkness…for that I ask the good lord to continue to bless you .
She is a strong women with an independent spirit and good honest heart .... Good on her to standing up and speaking up knowing she that she would be prosecuted and ostracized for this courage act of bravery 😢
OMG I can't believe all this about the Amish u brought out alot of things that happen you have really changed since leaving. Your grandma I know is in Heaven .❤
You sir are a fucking GEM 💎. Keep doing the Lords work brother! Keep spreading awareness and light and positivity and most of all never stop being you!
Only just seen this video what a brave lady. I love your stories and love your positive energy it always cheers me up. So it seems like they're rebellious streak that runs through you comes from your dad's side of the family.
I lived in St. Petersburg (and Tampa Bay, Florida), for 35 years. Some areas (along the water) was very safe, and others were very dangerous. May your Grandmother Rest In Peace!
Your grandmother had the important people in her life at her funeral. All others are just on lookers. I’m really glad you were able to reconnect with her.
Those that mind, don't matter.
Those that matter, don't mind.
So glad at least a few of you found out the truth of what happened by meeting her and were able to honor her by being at her funeral. It's a shame both her and your Dad are both being shunning by religious beliefs. Jesus would never have done that. 💔
I wouldn’t want a bunch of blind sheep at my funeral.
Eli, I love your stories! I am a Yoder whose Grandpa Yoder was from Holmes County (?) Ohio. I used be unhappy with your "obsession " with sa in the Amish community but total agree with you in so much of what you say. My father was a deacon in our church in Lancaster county but he had a burden for the Amish as he realized it is more a cult than a religion. When he retired from his carpenter job, he became a driver/ carpenter crew so he could witness to 'salvation by grace' to them. Bless you for the work you do. I do love your stories and yes, we are probably related a number of generations back!
I'm so glad you were able to get to know her and her side if things. It's sad that she had to go through that. I've been through a lot of bad experiences and don't want to have a relationship with a man bc you just can't tell how things will work out. It's a lot of energy you have to go through to have a relationship and I'm not willing to do that. Lol
Marcia in Montezuma ga!
What a SICK community!!! Your Grandma was fabulous!!!👏🏻👍🏻And she had a crowd, welcoming her into the Kingdom!!!🕊
No sicker than any other commu ity of people regardless of faith. That's why there are ten commandments, and why so many of the same sins are repeated time and time again. It also why there are the BEe ATTITUDES. 40 odd years God has encouraged to come into the light and tell their stories. He has prepared the hearts of many to accept truth. In Indigenous families, in Catholic schools of every kind and in every variation of "Christian churches" and other faith traditions and cultures, supposed honor killings, female genital mutilation, the throwing of wives onto funeral pyres, the beating together of younger girls for desiring an education. Etc.
❤❤❤ Don’t walk …. Run back to Amish community . Life is so much better . No flash mobs of stealing … no evolution being taught … no computer …. No technology . Life is so much better . ❤ I wish I could live there
@@canadahigh All of these evils are perpetrated by MALES.
I’m so happy that you looked up your grandma so that you got to know her and her story.
I am glad God is the judge, and not the Amish
Well said!
AMEN 🙏AMEN 🙏
god doesn't exist
Loaded statement!
@Berry Ideas who said we are?
Being a story teller is truly a gift, thank you for using God's gift and giving us these beautiful stories so personal and educational, we are blessed to have you, thank you
Yeah he's great I would love to meet him and have a chat to him in person. Unfortunately I live in England so there's not much chance of that.
There's no way that your grandmother could've ever satisfied your grandfather's lust. He sounded like a sex addict. The problem was his, not hers. I applaud your grandmother and am inspired by her courage to leave. I'm glad that you got to hear her side of the story and Im glad that only the people who truly mattered were st her funeral. I'll take quality over quantity any day. Thank you for sharing your story, Eli.
Imagine how your grandmother must have felt that her grandson had the idea of finding out more about her and investing the care and effort of looking for her - and listening to her story and believing her. I'm sure you could not have given her a greater gift. And I don't think you could have gotten a greater gift yourself, in better understanding your family, yourself and confirming your decision to continue to live a good life out in the world. In sharing this story, you give all of us a good model for out own lives. Thank You.
❤ I bet your Grandma was so happy to visit with some of her grandchildren
A woman of great courage!
Your poor sweet grandma that's so sad she had to leave her family because of a sick monster.
I appreciate you sharing! You honored her while she was alive by not sharing yet and honored her after she did in sharing her story. May God continue to richly bless you!
Eli, to borrow a phrase from my Swiss grandfather, it's the slow drip that breaks breaks the rock. Eli, you are the slow drip that will break the Amish curse over many.
Well done on connecting with your grandmother. And bless you for attending the funeral.
Eli, what a life story of your Grandma, and how sad it is !!! I am so glad you found her years later an got to meet and see her,, that poor woman endured thru some horrible things she shouldn't have had to, their is a judge and we all will have to come face to face with our God, thank you for sharing.....have blessed vacation !!!!
I wasn't referring to Eli I was talking about some of the mean people in Mr Yoder's story. I think this channel is awesome also 🙂
That’s the strength that runs through your vains. Take pride and you did right by her.
Thank you for sharing this. She sounded like she was a very strong lady. I'm glad that the ones that loved her attended the funeral, which meant a lot. When my mom passed away, her wishes were for a closed casket service as she didn't want a bunch of folks standing around talking about how much they loved her when they wouldn't visit or call when she was near death. The reason my family has in the most part disowned me as I made sure her wishes were honored. Take care brother
God bless your grandma, I was reared by mine, so I know firsthand how deep the love and wisdom of a grandmother is. When looking for truth those that would keep you in the dark become riled up, that you have the nerve to seek truth and can’t be no longer fooled by their lies. I’m so happy that you overcome all the nonsense ,and have faith. God had bigger plans for you boy.
I'm so glad you share these stories. Thank you
So very glad you hunted her down and LISTENED to her! It must have been a healing blessing for her that her grandson connected with her, too!
Thank you for this sharing, Eli!
Lord, not another one! 😢 Your grandma was solid gold Eli. The very best. ❤
Here is the beauty of this situation: We now know the story of the courage that it took your grandmother to say, "no more". Thank-You for enlighten us.
I’m glad you met your grandmother before she passed. It takes two sides of a story. He wanted to save his butt n his business. God will handle him one day.
Grandma was a very strong woman, I'm proud of her for standing up for herself.
I face a similar situation with “religion” in my life right now with my family. It’s great that you got to be there for your grandmother.
Wow. As far as those few that came to her funeral... A few true friends who will listen to you and love you no matter what are more valuable than a thousand "friends" who won't believe you and will disavow you over the slightest disagreement. I am sure it brought your grandmother so much joy and healing to talk to her grandchildren who also left and who listened and believed her and agreed with the truth that grandfather did wrong and grandmother was innocent and justified in reporting him and finally leaving. God bless you for being part of your grandmother's healing and for honoring her.
You where there for her. That's all she needed. She was not alone.❤
I'm glad you finally found out why your grandmother left and I'm sure you loved her after that
Wow bless your heart for reaching out to her and speaking for her ❤️
I love listening to your stories bc you do so well.. not everyone is a great storyteller. You rock!
God Bless your sweet, long-suffering Grandma! Im proud of her that she turned her back on her cheating, pedophile if a husband! Its terrible that nobody believed her and she left her entire world behind, including her children. That could be a big part if why your father had such a hard life in the Amish community. He was the baby the 'maid' (concubine!) was brought into the house to take care of! And because of his own fathers reprehensible behavour, your father grew up without a mother! Im very happy you found her and let her know you loved her, even though you didnt meet her until you were an adult.
I can’t imagine how difficult it must have been to leave her family like that. Breaks my heart to think of it 😢
It's okay Eli. God knows. I'm so happy you found your grandma and got to hear her side. God bless you 🙏
God bless her and you for standing with your grandmother ❤
I can't imagine the strength it must have taken to leave. Your grandma sounds like she was one strong lady! It looks like you got the best parts of her.
My mama heart is broken for your grandmother. Imagine having to pick up and leave your home without any of your children, without your newborn baby.. that's just absolutely devastating. How on earth did she go on? I hope she came to know the lord like you have. And I think ut's really beautiful that you and some of your family were able to find her and get to know her a little bit before she passed.
Dear Eli - as they say "Yeden shtecken hot tsvei ecken" ever stick has two ends. It means there is more than one side to each story. I find there is an inocense purity and genuine spiritually about you. It is marvelous and inspiring. G-d bless
Your grandma sounds like a very strong woman to leave on her own and stand up against her evil husband
What a wonderful hero of a woman. Thank you for telling this story.
Who wants to be honored by thousands at their death after having to keep secrets like that all their life? God bless you for searching out the truth of the story and being there for your grandmother in her final days. I'm sure you were a great blessing to her. ❤❤❤
Thank you, deeply from the bottom of my heart, I thank you Eli, for your stories and Wisdom 🎉
Eli, if you haven't already written a book please do!
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I really appreciate your vulnerability in sharing ❤ I hope you know how important it is that you are showing so many the true light. Thank you and blessings!!
Thank you for your story, God bless your Grandma and you for learning and telling the truth Mr Yoder
God bless you Eli. I'm proud your gran had you & the ones that know the truth at her service . I'm sure she passed much fuller in spirit than before your left the Amish. Thank you for sharing your life & some Amish ways with us & give us a glimpse of what life was😊 like inside. Much love & blessings.
Thank you for sharing her story
Thank you so much for being a voice for these victims ❤...GOD BLESS YOU
So glad you were able to connect with your grandmother. Bless her heart. She's among so many that love her in heaven.
Your grandmothet was an amazing woman ! She had at her funeral who was important. It shows really about what is important to some of the Amish. Your grandfather and others caused so much pain, and so many victims. She tried to get things stopped. From what she told you, and tou have said he was not just à pedifile, rapist, he was a narcist. Thats why he took others. I have met some wonderful Amish, but this behavior has to change.
God bless you Eli Yoder, wish more amish people learnt what the bible really says!
So, I used to work with this weird narcissistic libertarian guy who always assumed I wanted to know his opinions. Given his political leaning I always found it odd how much he seemed to admire the Amish. But, given his views on women, and on hearing this, I now understand completely.
Thanks for all you do to help others. It seems that “rebellious streak” in you runs a little deeper than just you. Or, perhaps, you just inherited your grandmother’s ability to see through the lies and hypocrisy as well as her inability to accept it.
Truth teller is not an easy road to follow, nor is finding your way through a fog of lies and deception. Congratulations on finding a clear path and on the strength of your convictions. Godspeed my friend.
Your grandmother had the real loved ones with her. ❤ We live by New Order Amish (15 miles S) and the Old Order Amish (40 miles N) Yes!! BIG difference in the way they do things! New Order are more into construction and old Order are more into farming. The dress code is different. We are more friends with the New Order and they do use their phones more! LOL Love your videos Eli! Keep up the good work! ❤
God bless you for finding your grandma and being her family. I'm sure it filled her heart.
You're correct sir Amish men are not any better than "men of the world".
I drove Amish taxi, my own van, for 2 years.
I had to stop driving one guy because he started touching me and right in front of his wife. He was stroking my hair and telling me how beautiful I was. And his wife was standing on the porch watching and he knew she was there . I brushed his hand away and said this is how much he owed me.
He called for rides a couple of times after that but I told him I was busy those times and then eventually he stopped calling.
Oh Eli, thank you for telling us your story! I feel so badly for your Grandma, she was a victim of the Amish evil, for sure. I always thought I should have been born Amish but now am happy I wasn't because I could have been a victim too. Basically the highly regarded men like your grandpa could do whatever they wanted with basically no punishment, all the punishment is put on the woman. We have a couple at our church who mov3d to Texas from Missouri and he is ex-Amish. I'm happy for him to be out of that, I'm convinced it is a cult.
That is a tragedy. Sorry, Eli! I am thankful God saw fit to get you out of that cult. God Bless your ministry.
Your grandmother was a very courageous woman, with lots of spunk and chutzpa!! Only someone strong could do what she did!! She's to be admired for standing up for what was right!! Be proud and respect your grandmother! She did something that most women in her culture cant do!!! 💜💜💜
God bless you, too, for sharing what happened to your grandmother. So heartbreaking, when cults breakup families.
That was heartbreaking
Thank you for sharing about your Grandmother. I feel she did what she had to do! She could take no more! I pray that she is in Heaven now and that’s possible. 🙏
I'm glad your grandma had you & some of your cousins to stand up for her at the end of her life. Blessings.
From your grandmother’s stories and that phone contact the other day by a bishop’s wife I see clearly now that the ways of the world are not excluded by outer shows of exclusivity in the Amish communities.
I have never been Amish but am a saved and forgiven, Bible believing woman who refused to allow my supposed Christian husband bring pornographic videos into out home with intention of our viewing them together and finding out years later that he rented and sold pornographic VHS tapes illegally at a video store he and his friend owned and operated with initial funding by 2 very well known Houston Oilers.
Also after being raped by my husband after saying ‘no’ to relations once midway in our marriage and seeking counseling by a certified counselor at the largest Baptist church in Houston, I was advised that a woman must submit to her husband and that she could not be raped by her own husband. I learned a lot during and after the 3 year battle to divorce him that gave me solid Biblical grounds for that divorce. My family maintained more contact with him than with me.
I am living proof of the power of forgiveness being very healing for the forgiver each time forgiveness is extended AND that there is life to the fullest after becoming free of such a man in the same manner his grandma did.
Your Grandmother was Courageous , and a just women, she didn’t need a crowd, she had the family there that matters most, you should be very proud of her for doing the right thing with the wrong people , those accepting of pedofiles are not serving Jesus , they serve evil, I can imagine the Lord shed tears over that sad fiasco.
Have a great vacation enjoying your family!
Thank you Eli for your very interesting content
God bless her. She stopped putting up with all that. It was at a big cost of losing touch with her children and close friends. The excommunication I think is the most painful thing they can do to someone. That to me is evil.
Thank you for telling us about your grandmother. That image of her kicking off her shoes is glorious! She understood evil when she saw it and had the courage to call it out.
Your grandma died knowing she was loved….by you and the others that had left the Amish. You and the others were all she needed at her funeral. Sometimes less is more! ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
I’m happy you got the opportunity to meet her and find out how strong she was
Thank you for sharing about your grandmother. That is so sad. There are bad apples in every bunch. I also had a horrible grandfather (although, not Amish) He was an alcoholic and abused my grandmother and his kids of which my father was the oldest. That led to my father emotionally abusing us and sometimes physically. My self and two of my siblings decided we weren't gonna do that to our families. One sister carried that abuse to her children though and her life is a wreck today. I'm so glad you got out and I have more sympathy for the Amish now.
Thank you for sharing So glad you found her and got her side of the story Thank You too for being there with your family at her funeral Better for lambs be there if only a few More important than hundreds of wolves!
I bet you're grandma is so proud of the man u r today 💯 God bless you brother
Ephesians 5 is an amazing chapter when it isn't misinterpreted. Thank you for pointing that out.
Eli. Your stories humble me. It is sad how evil controls the innocent or silents them. Much love for you. I am amazed at so many different levels and humbled by your stories of your family history. I pray Jesus continues to work with you and through you. That he continues to give you strength and continues to shine light on your path. Much love for you, Eli, and your family.
God bless you Eli. So glad you got to meet her.
Wow thanks for sharing I’m glad you got to meet her
Poor grandma, that's so horrible and so wrong. I'm so glad you found her and had a relationship with her! 😳😳😳
Your grandmother was a courageous and wise woman. About the number of people at the funeral. Eli it is way more important that you have people who truly love you and care to come and look for you when you are still alive. The thing that I love about you is that you want to hear both sides and you want the discussion and you want to make up your own mind. I am really happy you went to look for your grandmother and you asked her for her side of the story. Thank you for sharing her story with us. I think you are more like your grandmother than you realise(d). I love the way your head and heart work Eli. There is love in your heart and you are sharing it with all of us in all your stories. I am glad I found your channel. ❤
Wow I truly believe it was a God sent for you to be able to find her in order to find out the real truth. God bless 🙌 🙏
Yes, God was completely in control of the whole thing
@@eliyoder491 I used to think that the Amish were nice. I do not now!!! Please reply to me.
@@gordanazakula5669 they don’t want anyone from outside their communities to know the dark evil secrets of their sins
@@eliyoder491 Thank you for your kind reply, please reply to me again. I used to think that cults were "new fangled". However, the Amish are old!!! I have heard that they are inbred, beat their wives and children, and shun people. Child abuse is prevalent in the Salvation Army, and other Protestant organisations. Can we stop just blaming the Catholics, although nuns have abused children too. I heard of an Amish man who became a born again Christian, and was shunned by his family and community. The red flags came up. However, l do very firmly believe that some of them know Jesus!!!
@@eliyoder491 In "Tears of the Silenced", were her grandfather/ brothers Amish? I used to idolise the Amish as the most godly people on earth. Are they? Please reply to me.
I'm glad you meet Grandma....💕😇
I'm glad your grandma was strong enough to walk away
Thank you for being a voice for your grandmother.
God put u & your grandmother together.
There are “Yoders” here in a Mennonite community in “Meno” Oklahoma. A very small town in NW Oklahoma. West of Enid Oklahoma. As a nurse in Enid I came into contact with those with the surname over the years and many from the Mennonite community.
Thank you Eli for sharing such personal experiences and I’m glad to know a wonderful person like you!🌺🫶🏼🙏
God bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you.
Your grandmother is laughing at them all from heaven. That poor woman. I hope she found a happier life on the outside! She deserved better.
Very sad but I am positive she was so happy that you went to find her and you cared enough to listen to her and hear her story. Bless you
I really enjoy your videos keep up the awesome work you do Eli especially helping ex-Amish get away from their oppression whatever it may be your a light beacon for those to find a way out of their darkness…for that I ask the good lord to continue to bless you .
Bless your grandmother ❤❤❤
Your grandmother was a strong woman ❤
She is a strong women with an independent spirit and good honest heart ....
Good on her to standing up and speaking up knowing she that she would be prosecuted and ostracized for this courage act of bravery 😢
You are an amazing storyteller
OMG I can't believe all this about the Amish u brought out alot of things that happen you have really changed since leaving. Your grandma I know is in Heaven .❤
Amen, praise God! God bless you, Eli.
I bet you’re grandmother had stories!! She was a strong woman to just walk away.
You sir are a fucking GEM 💎. Keep doing the Lords work brother! Keep spreading awareness and light and positivity and most of all never stop being you!
Drop the cussing, friend. It'll help set you free.
What's in one's heart, comes out of the mouth.
@@JoeandAngie Glad I live in a free FUCKING country and can speak as I FUCKING please!!! Hallelujah I AM FREE!!
The emotional stress and pain she went though she's resting in our fathers love and care now
She made a stand!!! And you stand with her
Only just seen this video what a brave lady. I love your stories and love your positive energy it always cheers me up. So it seems like they're rebellious streak that runs through you comes from your dad's side of the family.
I lived in St. Petersburg (and Tampa Bay, Florida), for 35 years. Some areas (along the water) was very safe, and others were very dangerous. May your Grandmother Rest In Peace!
Sounds like your grandma was a smart, brave woman!