When visiting Lancaster County, the Mennonite Information Center is a great location to learn all about the Amish and Mennonite's culture and faith. Some of the services offered by the Mennonite Information Center include a personalized tour of the Amish Country, a new movie called “Lancaster … [Read more...]
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Mud Sales Are Coming Soon (Lancaster, PA)
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The mud sales in Lancaster County, PA are coming! The 2018 season will begin shortly. What is a Mud Sale? Mud Sales are fund raising events for many of the regional volunteer fire companies throughout Lancaster County. These are big events, often with multiple auctions taking place simultaneously … [Read more...]
Amish Buggy Doing Donuts in the Snow
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Here is a short video of an Amish buggy doing donuts in a snow-covered parking lot. I've seen cars do this before, but never an Amish buggy. He almost gets up on two wheels at one point. Our Most Popular Amish-Related Pages: The Amish and the Plain People Amish Attractions in … [Read more...]
Book Review: “One Light Still Shines: My Life Beyond the Shadow of the Amish Schoolhouse Shooting” by Marie Monville
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The Shooter's Wife Recalls the Amish School Shooting Marie had just come from leading a Moms in Touch prayer meeting at church, praying for children at the local elementary school in Nickel Mines, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. I had just poured myself a cup of coffee when the phone rang. I … [Read more...]
Amish Romance Novels are Best Sellers
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Amish Fiction Books are Top Sellers Isn’t it ironic that a group of people who try to live their own lives as separate from the rest of society as they can keep becoming more and more popular in the mainstream society? Amish stories, Amish movies, and Amish television series (although these are … [Read more...]
Beverly Lewis’ “The Confession” – An Amish Love Story Continues
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(Check the current schedule here.) It's a hit! Beverly Lewis' "The Confession" debuted this year at the new Bird-in-Hand Restaurant Stage. Now the show schedule has been extended through November of 2012. Beverly Lewis is a New York Times bestselling author. This musical is based … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie – Forgiving the Unforgivable
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Thursday night the Lifetime Movie Network re-broadcast its new movie, “Amish Grace”, loosely based upon the 2006 Amish school shooting in Lancaster County, PA. Since I am writing from Lancaster County, there were a few obvious production errors in this movie. The Amish buggies in the movie were not … [Read more...]
“Amish Grace” Movie on Lifetime Network
Posted on in Amish BlogHollywood has once again taken on story-telling within Lancaster’s Amish community. The Lifetime Movie Network has produced the movie “Amish Grace”, which first aired over the Lifetime Network last Sunday evening to over four million viewers. film is based on the book, Amish Grace: How … [Read more...]
Horse Drawn Sleigh Alert
Posted in Amish Blog on .It's snow! Lancaster County is being hit by the same snow storm that's blasting the rest of the east coast. 5-6" so far where we are, and more on the way. This is the kind of snow that might bring out the horse drawn sleighs. Look for them in the Amish farmlands along our back country roads. Very … [Read more...]
Amish Barn Raising (continued)
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An Amish barn north of Lancaster, PA burned to the ground on Friday, September 25th. Construction on the new barn began almost immediately. We showed pictures of the construction progress three days ago. Here is what the new barn looked like yesterday, only one week after the original barn … [Read more...]
