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    Home » Everything Amish » Plain Culture

    Living with the Amish - Part Six - Swartzentruber Amish

    Published: Sep 23, 2016 · Updated: Sep 23, 2016 by Kevin Williams | 4 Comments

     

     

    Two of the British teens from "Living with the Amish"

    Two of the British teens from "Living with the Amish"

    By Kevin Williams

    Out of all the segments in this BBC series, this one was perhaps the most impressive.  Not sure whether it was just dumb luck that the producers found these people or great detective work.  One of the Plain families featured in the program is a family that left the Amish but retain many of their customs, such as clothing.   These families are relatively easy to find if you poke around the edges of any larger Amish settlement and the family featured in this episode seems like a really great family.

    Swartzentruber Amish buggy in Ohio

    Swartzentruber Amish buggy in Ohio

    The more impressive part of the show is how they found some Swartzentruber Amish (the most conservative sect of the Amish) willing to participate in the series. Granted, these are members who are questioning whether they want to stay or not but, still, finding these people would have been very difficult.   Chances are, like any good journalist, the producers just kept knocking on doors and asking around and eventually found these young men.

    This was a superb series and I hope you enjoyed watching it. It was fun to see these young people evolve and change and grow  Click here to watch the final segment of the series.

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    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    1. Linda from KY

      September 26, 2016 at 6:39 pm

      I'm enjoying it so far. I couldn't watch the second episode because for some reason a nutrition class video was playing at the same time. I couldn't find where it was happening, so I just moved on to episode 3. I really hope that Charlotte finds true salvation in Jesus Christ.

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      • Kevin

        September 27, 2016 at 5:33 pm

        Linda, would be fun to know what Charlotte is up to now, but I've not been able to find anything - Kevin

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    2. DH

      October 03, 2016 at 4:26 am

      Sorry Kevin but your facts are incorrect. We have more than one television company in Britain! This was the second series for Channel 4, the first series followed Amish youth in Britain and this series that you refer to is when a cross section on British youth went to America.

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      • Kevin

        October 05, 2016 at 2:04 am

        Oops, sorry about that, yes, I am aware there are many channels in England...I apologize for the error, I'll have to correct that!

        Reply

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