Always beneficial to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see what you can learn from them. Thanks again to Indiana and everyone who helped us learn while we were there! UPDATE: treasure is found!
I never became fully Amish at 18 we have a choice to join the church and become fully Amish or leave! You have the choice, it's encouraged to see the English people as they call you! And yes I went and saw the world, joined the peace corps a year! And when I returned to paradise p.a.! Near York and Adams county p.a.! And at first my family was glad to see me until I told them I was not joining the church! Then I was shunned even though they encouraged me to SEE THE WORLD ! A very strange people they are! That was back in 79' I'm 59' now and have not seen my family since 82' in 82' I tried one last time for my family to at least talk to me but they refused... the preacher shunned me and said I was an outcast to the Amish community and not welcomed any where near them! I told the preacher that I had dirt on him and said he too would be shunned by his very own people that respected him and listened to every word he said like he was a living God! He laughed and said give it your best shot, 2 week's later I mailed out 120 mailings of him entering and leaving the triple XXX movie theater 6 times over a weeks time, almost every day! He was thrown out of the Amish creed and shunned by his very own people! They believe the English people as they call you, have no value system what so ever! And believe you fall short of ever seeing God after you DIE! I'm so glad I got away from those people! I even took my wife's last maiden name when we got married! To further distance myself from the Amish sect...
This is so good! I feel like there are so many misconceptions about people who decide to live an Amish lifestyle. YOU guys are helping to educate a communicate. I would love to have the opportunity to go past the tourist walls and visit an Amish community/family!
When in Columbus OH we visited an area with a lot of Amish and Mennonites, where we visited the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center in Millersburg, OH, behalt.com. They have a mural which shows the history of the Amish/Mennonite movement painted by Heinz Gaugel, it was educational and fun. They also had an Amish school and a sample barn with some different carriages. It was run by a Mennonite woman and an Amish man. The Amish man invited our family to visit his home where we had some ice cream and lemon aide and he explained about some differences between different Amish communities. There are a bunch of different Amish, he was in the New Order Amish which allows members to ride in cars (but not own one) and have solar power for some basic electrical use in home. It was a lot of fun and we learned a bunch about their lives. I like what you said about the neighbor saying, they'll be home soon, like in a couple of hours. Excellent!
First time viewer. Napanee used to be in my own back yard. Part of my stomping ground growing up. I never lived there but use to know well. Of course that was a lifetime ago. I remember Amish Acres very well. I hope you enjoyed your visit there. I hope to get back there soon.
Hey David 👋🏼 Thank you for taking the time to be here and comment too! What a great area. We loved our visit there! Would be happy going back there anytime. My grandparents worked with the Amish people there a lot!
A month without a cell phone? Soooooo easy!! Mine broke and I haven't replaced it. I am absolutely LOVING life without it. No more robo calls, telemarketing calls, spoofed number calls, political survey calls. No more endless notification buzzing. Errands go WAY faster. Life is more peaceful. When you go to WV, consider visiting Green Bank. It is truly getting away from it all b/c cell phones, microwaves, and other frequency-emitting items are not allowed due to the significant sensitivity of one of the largest satellite dishes in the world that is there.
Thanks for a lovely video. Great to hear first hand from the Amish about the Amish - really appreciated! Love your easy style of video - so natural and your daughter is the cutest. You are both in the moment with her, which is lovely to watch. Keep up the great videos :) Happy weekend.
Thanks Vanessa! This means the world to us! Trying to not only just do fun things but learn and share these precious experiences along the way. And Avalyn is just so easy to be in the moment with haha
Amish are all over this state, but there is so much beauty in Indiana! I'm native to the southern part and there is so much nature and exploring to do. I grew up in little Nashville and there's 2 state parks in my county, including the largest park in the state.
We have a few Amish friends. I live in Fort Wayne so right near "Amish country" We got invited to their daughter's wedding. However, this was the "English" wedding and not the full Amish one. Basically, this was a reception type of thing and we were not allowed to go to the actual event. She asked my mom to take pictures of the food, dresses, rooms, etc but not with anyone in them. On another note, my dad is a doctor. He gets a lot of Amish that comes in. Especially in clinics. He is a nephrologist, kidney doctor, who deals with dialysis. A lot of them use these life saving mesures in order to prolong their health. However, there are some who will not use such thing. They descibe it as how we have differnet levels of religion. Some people may pray every day, some will go to church every sunday, etc the Amish have different levels. Some use phones and drive cars for their business. Some don't even have a phone on hteir property. Some usemodern medicince, whole some do not.
REALLY can’t get enuf of Avalyn cus she is growing sooo fast before our eyes. So glad you spent time with Amish. I stay in touch with family who cared for me after an accident. Memories I treasure today especially weaving skills. Great learning vlog with lots of precious giggles from the star ........ Avalyn.
I LOVED learning about the Amish! I went to Gettysburg, PA when I was younger and we went through an Amish town & learned about the history ..soo awesome!
Thanks so much for answering my question!! I can’t believe no one else asked about the power/electricity & if they still do not use it?! I thought that would be a given question but maybe the answer is given as well. I went on a buggy ride once in 1990’s, it was so fun!! Hugs!!
Concerning shunning: It males a big difference if somebody joined the Amish and then leaves or if this person never joined. If a person leaves who grew up Amish but never joined the Amish Church there is no shunning except for the most conservatine affiliations and even there it depends very much on the family and normally it's not very consistent. Shunning in general is used for people who joined and later broke their vow. For more see e.g. this: amishamerica.com/shunning/
@@TheJurgys Yes, I'm connected with some Amish. I'm from Germany from a region where a dialect is spoken that is quite similar to Pennsylvania German, which means that I can understand everything they say, all the same if it is English, Pennsylvania German or Standard German. I 'm also a rather conservative Christian. After having read a lost of scholarly books about the Amish, two and a half years ago, I went on a three month tour through the US, visiting and stayed with Amish and other Old Order people from different affiliations and other groups like the Hutterites. I got the addresses of several of them though the Mennonite-Your-Way hospitality service but there are only a few Old Orders on this directory. Staying with an Old Order family is not as easy as it sounds because Old Orders are busy like hell and it is not so easy to help them. Easily one becomes a burden. And being well informed about them avoids a lot stupid or even embarrassing questions. In the end I could help some folks translating some texts into good Standard German, because most Old Orders are not so good in Standard German as their mother tongue is always a German dialect. And through translating and proofreading I'm still in contact with some of them. By the way, your last name sounds somehow Swiss or German, was it Jürgy or Jürgie originally?
Man too bad that treasure is almost 4 hours from me. You went through the top of the state and I'm at the middle.Glad you guys found some fun things to do.
Very cool and just subscribed !! If you ever get to Pennsylvania, check out Lancaster County. There is a huge population of Amish and Mennonite. Kudos to both of you and your beautiful daughter. You are both going to be awesome parents. I can also see more little ones in your future. Maybe a little brother.....lol
love it up in northern indiana, been to amish acres lots of times... glad you guys got to experience it!! hope next time you're through here, you'll travel the southern part.. its completely different scenery lol! so cool, tho
@@TheJurgys southern indiana is hilly and tree covered... lots of hiking trails! nashville, indiana offers small town shops, foods, and hand made items... its most beautiful in the fall, but i love it there any time of year.. hope you get to check it out sometime!
Lol, 100% Amish have cell phones. They will claim its for work, since its a starting trend that Amish can't live off of just farming these days. So the Men tend to get construction type jobs. But most AMish have cell phones these days.
They aren't truly real Amish, but Mennonites. The real Amish are still pretty much hard core and do not even use electricity. There are still a lot in Lancaster County, Pa.
There are more than 40 Amish affiliations and the use of technology is quite different in these groups. There Amish affilaition that allow cell phones while others don't.
I had to watch this twice but it didn't help still don't know what you two were talking about but you will have to blame your daughter because she stoled the show lol
Someone should educated the Amish community about how you can very legally stop paying income taxes. In come tax is voluntary. It has been since it started. The schools don't teach this, because why would they?
Always beneficial to put yourself in someone else's shoes and see what you can learn from them. Thanks again to Indiana and everyone who helped us learn while we were there! UPDATE: treasure is found!
Looks like a fun time! Thanks for sharing!
I live in Indiana and I see the Amish all the time at Walmart. Lol
We love the parking slots for the horse and buggy!!
I never became fully Amish at 18 we have a choice to join the church and become fully Amish or leave! You have the choice, it's encouraged to see the English people as they call you! And yes I went and saw the world, joined the peace corps a year! And when I returned to paradise p.a.! Near York and Adams county p.a.! And at first my family was glad to see me until I told them I was not joining the church! Then I was shunned even though they encouraged me to SEE THE WORLD ! A very strange people they are! That was back in 79' I'm 59' now and have not seen my family since 82' in 82' I tried one last time for my family to at least talk to me but they refused... the preacher shunned me and said I was an outcast to the Amish community and not welcomed any where near them! I told the preacher that I had dirt on him and said he too would be shunned by his very own people that respected him and listened to every word he said like he was a living God! He laughed and said give it your best shot, 2 week's later I mailed out 120 mailings of him entering and leaving the triple XXX movie theater 6 times over a weeks time, almost every day! He was thrown out of the Amish creed and shunned by his very own people! They believe the English people as they call you, have no value system what so ever! And believe you fall short of ever seeing God after you DIE! I'm so glad I got away from those people! I even took my wife's last maiden name when we got married! To further distance myself from the Amish sect...
This is so good! I feel like there are so many misconceptions about people who decide to live an Amish lifestyle. YOU guys are helping to educate a communicate. I would love to have the opportunity to go past the tourist walls and visit an Amish community/family!
That's seriously the best thing to do - just go into the actual locals environment and try to contribute/relate. So much we can all learn doing that!
Makes me think of that one episode of "Arthur" when they were learning about the Amish community
When in Columbus OH we visited an area with a lot of Amish and Mennonites, where we visited the Amish & Mennonite Heritage Center in Millersburg, OH, behalt.com. They have a mural which shows the history of the Amish/Mennonite movement painted by Heinz Gaugel, it was educational and fun. They also had an Amish school and a sample barn with some different carriages. It was run by a Mennonite woman and an Amish man. The Amish man invited our family to visit his home where we had some ice cream and lemon aide and he explained about some differences between different Amish communities. There are a bunch of different Amish, he was in the New Order Amish which allows members to ride in cars (but not own one) and have solar power for some basic electrical use in home. It was a lot of fun and we learned a bunch about their lives.
I like what you said about the neighbor saying, they'll be home soon, like in a couple of hours. Excellent!
First time viewer. Napanee used to be in my own back yard. Part of my stomping ground growing up. I never lived there but use to know well. Of course that was a lifetime ago. I remember Amish Acres very well. I hope you enjoyed your visit there. I hope to get back there soon.
Hey David 👋🏼
Thank you for taking the time to be here and comment too! What a great area. We loved our visit there! Would be happy going back there anytime.
My grandparents worked with the Amish people there a lot!
I'm so glad you did this!
haha same!
I work right near Amish Acres. Also, most of my extended family is Amish.
Nellie- that school house reminded me of Anne of Green gables too. I love Ann of Green gables!
girl SAME!!
A month without a cell phone? Soooooo easy!! Mine broke and I haven't replaced it. I am absolutely LOVING life without it. No more robo calls, telemarketing calls, spoofed number calls, political survey calls. No more endless notification buzzing. Errands go WAY faster. Life is more peaceful.
When you go to WV, consider visiting Green Bank. It is truly getting away from it all b/c cell phones, microwaves, and other frequency-emitting items are not allowed due to the significant sensitivity of one of the largest satellite dishes in the world that is there.
Thanks for a lovely video. Great to hear first hand from the Amish about the Amish - really appreciated! Love your easy style of video - so natural and your daughter is the cutest. You are both in the moment with her, which is lovely to watch. Keep up the great videos :) Happy weekend.
Thanks Vanessa! This means the world to us! Trying to not only just do fun things but learn and share these precious experiences along the way. And Avalyn is just so easy to be in the moment with haha
Amish are all over this state, but there is so much beauty in Indiana! I'm native to the southern part and there is so much nature and exploring to do. I grew up in little Nashville and there's 2 state parks in my county, including the largest park in the state.
We need to make it back and explore more!
We have a few Amish friends. I live in Fort Wayne so right near "Amish country" We got invited to their daughter's wedding. However, this was the "English" wedding and not the full Amish one. Basically, this was a reception type of thing and we were not allowed to go to the actual event. She asked my mom to take pictures of the food, dresses, rooms, etc but not with anyone in them.
On another note, my dad is a doctor. He gets a lot of Amish that comes in. Especially in clinics. He is a nephrologist, kidney doctor, who deals with dialysis. A lot of them use these life saving mesures in order to prolong their health. However, there are some who will not use such thing. They descibe it as how we have differnet levels of religion. Some people may pray every day, some will go to church every sunday, etc the Amish have different levels. Some use phones and drive cars for their business. Some don't even have a phone on hteir property. Some usemodern medicince, whole some do not.
Hello Fort Wayne neighbor!
Very interesting! Also it would be so awesome to attend an Amish wedding.
REALLY can’t get enuf of Avalyn cus she is growing sooo fast before our eyes. So glad you spent time with Amish. I stay in touch with family who cared for me after an accident. Memories I treasure today especially weaving skills. Great learning vlog with lots of precious giggles from the star ........ Avalyn.
Whoa how bad was the accident?
I LOVED learning about the Amish! I went to Gettysburg, PA when I was younger and we went through an Amish town & learned about the history ..soo awesome!
Such awesome people! (yes just getting to this haha OUR BAD)
My great-uncle was a runaway Amish gentleman !
funniest man I've ever known .. have visited there many times from California beautiful area
Sounds like a great gentleman! Did he share a lot of stories about it?
Thanks so much for answering my question!! I can’t believe no one else asked about the power/electricity & if they still do not use it?! I thought that would be a given question but maybe the answer is given as well. I went on a buggy ride once in 1990’s, it was so fun!! Hugs!!
Concerning shunning: It males a big difference if somebody joined the Amish and then leaves or if this person never joined. If a person leaves who grew up Amish but never joined the Amish Church there is no shunning except for the most conservatine affiliations and even there it depends very much on the family and normally it's not very consistent. Shunning in general is used for people who joined and later broke their vow. For more see e.g. this: amishamerica.com/shunning/
Thanks for the input! That makes sense with everything we learned while in Indiana. Such a neat experience. Are you connected with any Amish at all?
@@TheJurgys Yes, I'm connected with some Amish. I'm from Germany from a region where a dialect is spoken that is quite similar to Pennsylvania German, which means that I can understand everything they say, all the same if it is English, Pennsylvania German or Standard German. I 'm also a rather conservative Christian.
After having read a lost of scholarly books about the Amish, two and a half years ago, I went on a three month tour through the US, visiting and stayed with Amish and other Old Order people from different affiliations and other groups like the Hutterites. I got the addresses of several of them though the Mennonite-Your-Way hospitality service but there are only a few Old Orders on this directory.
Staying with an Old Order family is not as easy as it sounds because Old Orders are busy like hell and it is not so easy to help them. Easily one becomes a burden. And being well informed about them avoids a lot stupid or even embarrassing questions.
In the end I could help some folks translating some texts into good Standard German, because most Old Orders are not so good in Standard German as their mother tongue is always a German dialect. And through translating and proofreading I'm still in contact with some of them.
By the way, your last name sounds somehow Swiss or German, was it Jürgy or Jürgie originally?
@@Tobitobiify That is fascinating. And yes it is German!
Even Avalyn thought the "pulled over" question was funny
hahaha. She gets things
Actually a family channel that can learn you some things
This was great! I have always been interested in the Amish community. It is neat to learn more about them. thank you!
Thanks Jackie! Still so much we haven't touched on but it was awesome learning about them. The Amish community is so nice
I live in Michigan!! Come play some disc golf!! 😁
just seeing this but man that would've been so fun
@@TheJurgys Anytime your in Michigan give me a shout! 😉 We can play a round of Disc Golf, I am the 2018 Advanced Women Michigan State Champion!! 😉
They are unbelievably wonderful people.
EXACTLY!!
Man too bad that treasure is almost 4 hours from me. You went through the top of the state and I'm at the middle.Glad you guys found some fun things to do.
haha, exactly what I was thinking..... after watching this I had to google the exact distance from me..... 3.5 hrs :(
@@ty_dye @Sara Sorry guys!! More treasures to come!
When the jurgys video goes live.. you stop cleaning! Lol!
YES! EVERYONE STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND LISTEN!
I’m from Indiana and I promise we are not all Amish lol
Hahaha we know that! Met lots of non amish people as well!
You’re getting so close to my home state!! (PA🙂) I cannot wait!!!
Posting about it sooon!
Very cool and just subscribed !! If you ever get to Pennsylvania, check out Lancaster County. There is a huge population of Amish and Mennonite. Kudos to both of you and your beautiful daughter. You are both going to be awesome parents. I can also see more little ones in your future. Maybe a little brother.....lol
You’re so awesome thank you! We also see some future littles! A brother would be sweet!
Ok you did go to Indiana, the Amish are very unique aren't they very peaceful people
I hope you enjoyed your time in Indiana! Sucks I couldn't see you guys as you came through.
ya we need to make a trip back
love it up in northern indiana, been to amish acres lots of times... glad you guys got to experience it!! hope next time you're through here, you'll travel the southern part.. its completely different scenery lol! so cool, tho
We would love to see the southern part! Any recco's what to do there?
@@TheJurgys southern indiana is hilly and tree covered... lots of hiking trails! nashville, indiana offers small town shops, foods, and hand made items... its most beautiful in the fall, but i love it there any time of year.. hope you get to check it out sometime!
AWESOME!! Thank you!!
Thanks for the feedback Dale!
I live in Wisconsin and I see amish people at walmart. sometimes i see some of them with their horses and wagons but in a car?
Omg I live here! What the heck! I missed it.
We missed you! 😭😭
So, my friend and I have been driving for like 45 mins and we still can't find it
sorry just seeing this!! are you the ones that found it? (different YT name than actual?)
@@TheJurgys Yes
Wish I knew y’all then so I could’ve showed you more of Indiana that you would’ve loved
Awesome!
Thx Dana!
We have so many Amish here in Pennsylvania.
You were right next to Newmar Motorhome. I hope you took the tour.
We heard about this AFTER THE FACT and are so bummed we missed it. They could probably have fixed a couple things on the RV as well haha
I’ve been in the Amish buffet!! I live like 30 minuets form it!
So delicious right?!
Yo I literally was just researching Amish but then y’all said u were in indiana and I live here
That's where I'm from. I was born in Indiana. In Goshen. Makes me miss home. 😛 Little House on the prairie. 🤨
Geeks Life Some of my Mom’s family lived in Goshen, Indiana. We went to visit them in 1972. My Mom was actually born in Bedford, Indiana.
Libby Seidel I was 2 years old in 72. 😛
Do u ever get to visit??
The Jurgys yes. I'm thinking about moving back. Really start to miss family the older I get. 😛
Lol, 100% Amish have cell phones. They will claim its for work, since its a starting trend that Amish can't live off of just farming these days. So the Men tend to get construction type jobs. But most AMish have cell phones these days.
They aren't truly real Amish, but Mennonites. The real Amish are still pretty much hard core and do not even use electricity. There are still a lot in Lancaster County, Pa.
There are more than 40 Amish affiliations and the use of technology is quite different in these groups. There Amish affilaition that allow cell phones while others don't.
I love you guys have a very special happy baby God bless all three of you
Thanks Sheron! means the world to us!
Amish family values - Iron Age biblical misogyny and patriarchy.
Don’t need music distracting
Can Amish wear jeans skirt and Plain color T-shirts.
Really nice video, luv that sweet girl 😍🎃👻🙏
Thanks Mary! We love you back ha
Pretty there!
Oh it’s so pretty!
How would a Amish watch this?
haha some actually have cell phones and different levels of living, but ya...most probably won't see it so we tried to do our best!
I was in Pennsylvania and we were seeing all of those!
Awesome! Did u get the chance to talk with any? Nicest people
The Jurgys Unfortunately no, but we stopped at a pit type stop and bought some Amish bakery!
@@-cpt-6031 how was it?! What did you get?
I had to watch it twice Avalyn stole the show😆
that girl....haha ❤️
Would love to see you when you come to Ohio, but I'm assuming you already came through
Sorry about our timing! We really want to visit through each state again ha
I live in India and I have been to that place you went to .
What did you think of it Evelyn??
It was so much fun .
I missed my shot to see yall
I live in southern Indiana. You need to go explore Santa Claus, Indiana my home town
Wait this is a REAL THING?!
@@TheJurgys yes Google it
The one who asked if they made and sell Jelly must learn how to spell before they get any. 😆
haha! hey as long as people get the point across right??
wholeosme.
You haven’t met “real” Amish until you come to Lancaster Co PA. Haha But most of your answers were pretty accurate for most Amish.
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How is Bryce's foot?
So good now! (for the most part - still sore...but it's working ha)
I am x Amish
How was your family's and community's response when you left?
It's a cult !! I lived it
I had to watch this twice but it didn't help still don't know what you two were talking about but you will have to blame your daughter because she stoled the show lol
that was so cool those peoples have diffen life stye RRR :)
The loveliest of people too!
Someone should educated the Amish community about how you can very legally stop paying income taxes. In come tax is voluntary. It has been since it started. The schools don't teach this, because why would they?
do teach us...
FIRST?
maybe?
First what