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they feed their lives almost the same way they do 300 years ago. the shower, religious community in the us that originated in europe. their rules i called on and include adults baptism. and at times, in strict communities, the refusal of checking a logical advancement, they were old fashioned clothes and head coverings. and the men have long beards. spending time with the amish dislike delving into the past, the, [000:00:00;00] the,

my name is chemo slave. all. i am married to martha miller slave boy. now we have 7 children. we are old order on it. and we live on a 94 acre farm. the we cried, a state auto technology. we strive to stay away from that as much as you can. the more you keep away from us, the better we. we live, just too much technology. just bring problems. 40 year old, you know, citizens farmer and the blacksmith is children are between 5 and 15 years old. the slave all family lives in middlefield, ohio in jo, got county home, one of the world's largest amish communities for orient. you know, we don't use vehicles for small business hours, so yeah, that's, that's been

a long time tradition is usually horses in no way. why, the way we buy these forces together to work 3 of them abreast is all what my dad called you know, i was from the employer we. we did kids. 5 30 am the 2 eldest sons. 12 year old marcus and 9 year old myron are helping their father in the stables before school life. according to the old fort, no means no colors to division or computers. electricity comes only from batteries and generators. venus owns $21.00 horses,

which he loans out for farm work and transport. besides that, he lives from selling his harvest and from his work as a blacksmith. whatever feed i can raise, then i don't have to buy. it saves me $3000.00 a month. if i raise i got to thinking about this. well, $3000.00 a month. i. yeah, it's well worth it. that's $36000.00 a year. you know, that's literally like making money. you know, really, i mean if you save that money, you don't have to spend so you can get like cheaper. so it's well worth marcus and myron are always there to help the they have to do their chores in the morning. they get up early in the morning and then feed all the land, them old, and get ready and go to school and come back home and do it all over again.

school starts at 830. it's 3 kilometers away. the respect and behavior is taught at a very small age that will lead them through the rest of their life. what do you teach them when they're young? what stays with them. all your life the . there are $350.00, private amish schools across ohio. the honors pay school taxes that allow them to run private schools with their own teachers, whether at home in places of worship or at school in the middle field, people enjoy singing together. but only religious saw the there is only one class which teaches children between $5.14. the bible takes up most of the lesson, explains teacher kathleen,

slave all the we usually do 1st thing. and they usually do their writing 1st. spelling, listening to how much we usually do. about santa rosa, after 8th grade, when children turn 14, their education is over. but what have students want to continue learning at it was never heard of someone or something. factories calendars, mason's too much anything. to kathleen, the bible has most priority. the very end or

that's the main reason we're on our school is that's where some of our patients, if i am going to be coming in um as the teacher doesn't involve link the studies in higher education, they begin as a teaching assistant accompanying lessons for 4 years beyond that, there are several private courses on offer as well as meet ups where teachers can exchange experiences the just like it any other school. everyone loves recess after school kids have choice awaiting them at home. 12 year old ramen sleeve all is you know, different 2014, with the, the purpose of collecting and preserving the history of the amish. uh,

focusing on this community in northeastern ohio. and also, um, a history in general. uh, we've been collecting old books bibles per books, articles of clothing, documents, letters, some going back to the 16th century, all relating to on the history the and sure example of a bible that was printed in zurich, switzerland by the 1st shower printing firm that was printed in 1534, so it's a fairly early german printing age and soon dos without faces or embellish minutes, our men to discourage children from pride and vanity. as per the roots of the old order homage. not every community interprets these strict rules the same way,

but certain values have remain done, changed. these include a bond with nature and with horses, as well as the practice of traditional skilled trades. this workshop produces kitchen and bedroom furnishings. ready range label implies 13 amish workers. since all, most people are not allowed to own a computer. they receive their orders to a service contractor, who delivers the orders on paper. the countless machines are powered with generators and batteries. the community allows electricity for business operations . the order books are chock full. do we modernize a little bit more so than our parents? yes. i think every generation goes through that. but we try to see, you know, what's important to us is as far as in bodies, that's our most transportation. but in our work and our business, we also have drivers that drive for us to deliver our products to take us to

measure jobs, etc. rates as a member of the old order, every member of the amish community, you must decide for themselves how much they wish to adapt to the modern world. but one thing always remains certain. certain sounds before the business. every time i suppose to, sometimes we have one in ourselves, so the re needs to be available 1st customers. this is why the old order on this permit telephones and answering machines. if it's for business purposes, but not at home, too much. technology disrupts family life. often times rate suffer and somebody calls will let it rain like rain. so i see in the house you probably have to pick it up. you know, so ray and mary have 9 children between 6 and 20

years old. the oldest daughter also lives on the farm along with her husband and child care through the flows and you know, keep the house the husband, usually the one that is winter. he's the one that goes out. we have the job and brings money and support the family. the gender rules are accepted unconditionally, as per their interpretation of the bible. god comes 1st followed by men, then women and children amongst themselves. they speak, pennsylvania dodge, but it's actually more like a southern german dialect. sheila i

usually raised my own but not my partner this year. so yeah, i'm just buying and i guess the easy it's yeah. or that our i have in the morning when my older kids go to work. and before the school before lunch, very quickly takes down the laundry. 14 people live here. i have about 6 floats. every time i do laundry calls and you know,

all that in the dark switching is that over there is usually around 5 loads every day. oh no, it's just due monday, wednesday, and friday. traditionally, most people pray together before each meal meet with mashed potatoes is a frequent dish. the to it's an esteemed virtue among the homage to cultivate what the community needs with their own hands. but only 7 percent of this community can live exclusively from what their harvest yields. email is changing horses,

the his wife, mary, and daughter rachel. take a taxi back home from grocery shopping. the stores are too far away for a horse and buggy. while i'm here to take a anus or his family to places they need to go to, i guess they just, they want to go somewhere. this is further than a horse and buggy were taken. yeah, the jim route is who has been driving the sleep ball family for 12 years? no i, i wouldn't. i wouldn't want to be on a show. i want to use to the way. right. so i have and you know, i understand why they do what they do. it's is part of the how they feel they

should live and you know, that's, that's fine. i have no problem with that. doing the 15 year old daughter, rachel finished school a year ago. now she's helping out on the farm for the most part. she's responsible for the laundry and looking after the courses. what about the future? well, that's monday. the latest. and i still so yeah. let me just occurred so friend of he knows arrives at the farm on his horse, granny. well, i am here,

does he this is my blacksmith he put so i'll choose on my horse. that's a trim misspeak reissue of so bright chester isn't a farmer. he's a construction manager and a sub contractor, arranging jobs for tradesmen. he lives 7 miles away. the does not feel as you can see. she doesn't even for an inch. with $8000.00 horses in and around to middlefield. there's always lots of work for blacksmiths. a profession being kept alive by the amish community there's, there's almost no young english kids. interesting knowledge, i guess. yeah. right. term for it's, it's work and that's not in the new generation you're looking at. not so many people do it out. 5 years. there's been quite

a few on the started signs, vol there. so there's a good thing for you on the ground. he is all done an entire horse. you said costs $400.00 per horse. chester is on the way to his next errand. is bugging you, needs new wheels, an estimated 370000 amish. people live in the usa, mostly indiana, pennsylvania, and ohio. the states have several 1000 bugs. that means plenty of jobs for a carriage builder, like al yoder alice grandfather used to own this workshop. the wheels for chest is buggy, are due today or

you know, in the past only wooden wheels with steel were permitted. now, most damaged bug use have a rubber wheels and not just one piece, bus or vote. culture is be able to adapt. you know, and we have a spring rigid rules and a, we'd still live or try to make a living like we did an 18 hundreds. we couldn't, we couldn't compete in our businesses. and so i think to me, the reason that we as a culture are still surviving is because we have been able to adapt to the economy to, you know, social pressures. we've been able to regulate the amount of technology we allow and

still try to keep a balance in our family values. chester's wheels are ready, $1600.00 for a set of 4. 2 kilometers away. chester and his family live on a small farm. he and his wife, martha, have 7 children, they to follow the old amish or nothing at home with little technology, electricity, restricted to batteries, and generators, old fashion, washing machines, and heating with wood from the nearby forest. even was during colbert, dan, in all this turmoil about, you know, you that was world wide. we've been able to retain see a way of living that promotes in our piece. yeah, i don't think that's possible with the if you're always 247,

if you're completely connected to social media and the outside world and even even business is completely wrong with you know, program supply is against the communication. so great. it's great for business. i'm so happy i can step back from it. and that's way i keep my sanity the in the early morning, he heads to his construction business. it's 20 miles away, too far for a horse and buggy. he takes a private taxi instead. he says he doesn't find the amish lifestyle, hypocritical for allowing modern technology and businesses and offices.

it's allowed for business if i don't own it so at home know and in order to succeed and make a living and support our family, and we can't compete. if we're out here trying to build houses with hands saws and hammers and nails, we would have no job because it would take us way too long. and nobody could get ahold of us. you know, chester used to be a carpenter and bricklayer, according to a study by elizabeth town college in pennsylvania, over 80 percent of amish. businesses are very successful. i don't have a college education. i don't even have a high school diploma. but the education i have is on the job and learning from my masters and teachers. i think it's just because of our work ethic. we tend to start small. uh, and you'll offer our services or we work with our hands. there's always

a demand for that. so it is very possible even with or 8 grades of education for an english businessman to succeed chester overseas several projects in the area. so rounding middlefield, one of them is the construction of this $2000000.00 villa for an american businessman wayne just started here fresh out of school. he's the 14 year old son of chester's cousin, the. 1 yeah, so he's, he's being paid about $15.00 an hour and that's,

that's where it starts. and then as you gain more experience and so like my top foreman, the manage, the top managers in our, in our company, are being paid about $32.00 in our and that this point so that, that constantly changes to accomplish teenagers are only allowed to keep a small part of their earnings before they turn 20. until then the parents receive their income. some of them continue to live at home, but now they pay rent for their room and board. another major difference within the amish community is their health care system. they use the same services as the general public, but they don't have health insurance. the community pays privately. chester and is non homage. friend john, king rich are attending an auction. events like these are central to their health care. this is a benefit option and is something that happens quite regularly and our community is

to raise finances, raising money for medical expenses. and what it is is people do tony items to sell the tangible culture. we don't like to be dependent on government. so we don't want to accept any handouts, we do not pay into social security. we also don't get the benefits. we don't get medicaid or medicare. um, but we do within the community, we have some church community funded programs where it's all non profit. and so for myself, i pay in about $200.00 every month. and that gives me facing coverage up to a $100000.00

a year. and that's just for my thing. to day they're raising funds for a 10 year old homage. boy who needs in operation. the treatment costs $50000.00. more than 250 amish. people have come along in, in our culture. there is a lot of, uh, we call okay. lawson flights. okay. yeah, the means for the, for the seat or the suit of the whole. okay. it means putting your individual desires of selfish desires to decide and doing what is good for the community. the treatments in hospitals and medical practices are covered through the so called armies fund and auctions like fees the, the bidding was a success. they even managed to raise more money than was needed for the operation . $80000.00 in total

the see how much have no governing body that dictates what a states church districts should and shouldn't do. there's no official head of the church, such as the pope for the catholic church. however, there are bishops who are the spiritual leaders and heads of individual church districts. they decide how to interpret the old or don't believe their, their language, their clothing styles, the way they travel, the way they live, their lives at home without being connected to the public read without being dependent on the government for their security. i think they'll retain that even over the next 100 years. once a year founding members of a library and museum meet here,

including chester. tom byler is the team leader. he's also an administrative businessman from coach rent in pennsylvania. not far from here. for helping on it. let's see on here the vehicle leads us on. we have a museum side on so we get together and have a good time on learn new things and try to help parents, you know, communities, it just comes up to why they're so young. people learn from a heritage from our history later on and about where we have from heritage on. so from germany and switzerland on side of us. we're coming back home and for deutschland, a dish wide. this is coach ranch and where tom is now. he was 18 when he left his amish family, enjoying the us army. he was stationed at the stein air base in germany for 2 years . at 22, he returned home, baptized and married. today he has 5 children. he's

a volunteer minister and owns an antique store. well, i've always been excited about old things since i was a boy. i like history. but i like the old handmade quality stuff. and there's so many things that are unique are handmade and it's amazing what the older generations, how they would invent something. there was no technology. the one thing it's interesting here is as i was going along, i liked glass myself, old glass, i low rare glass and i clicked so myself. i came up with this case here. and i found this, this whole glass figuring of, of the baby jesus. and mary, on the donkey, i put it here and i started thinking and i wrote down, take a good look at this baby. we are here because of him. so it's like a witness to people down the road from his antique shop. tom is just opened up

a bakery we don't have a lot of uh, you know, farming going on our community because of how it is with the farming industry. you know, the agriculture is that, like it used to be and the i'm a sure, very business oriented small business, you know, small family businesses that the you know, that are run by families or friends and we work together as a team and that so yeah, this is our bakery linda's bakery, and i like our model, which says, how can we make your day sweeter? by mervin

tom's friends and family help out at the bakery. american customers are especially fond of the cream filled cakes. tom and his family lived from the business earnings. his job is, i mean mr. is voluntary. the every sunday amish communities are 10 to 3 hour long church services in simple powers halls outside the town. tom has been administered here for 34 years. we believe in total of commitment when we marry, we don't believe in dollars. you can't be a member and our church and actually divorce. we consider marriage one man, one woman lifetime. as it was ordained in the bible. yeah. we asked that they stay together for life. you know,

it is pretty rare amongst our people to find any divorce. it can happen, but it's pretty rare. amish families have 6 children on average, each scene as a gift from god. you know, can they can discontinue, having children can stop having children and for medical reasons. you know, we think that's ok. but we don't believe in abortion. know about the leasing songs from the house phone, a german language hymn book, that's the oldest of the and a baptist movement 1st printed in 1564. it's been in continuous use to this day. baptized members who leave the community are excommunicated from then on. they're allowed to remain in contact, but not to share a table with their own family. 90 miles away, lloyd and edna miller live with their 6 children. they run their farm on solar

power. they have walls, sockets for electricity, a cell phone, and they ride a bike send quad bikes. they live from their 50 dairy cows, and the yields from their 40 hector farm. aetna has all of the modern kitchen appliances per homage community permits them. most of these people. busy they do have some kind of a mix or some, some people that don't have electricity, dance mixers like this, but they would be present the battery. they have a battery be attached to the back here, but yeah, for us it's do have electricity. so we just use the electricity it does these things. pragmatically, she's open to talking about otherwise taboo topics like sex and contraception. i think especially in our in my case we had our 2 to 1st children were

c section were my c section. so the other 4 were born naturally, but the doctor told us it's a risk to have a lot more children. so i think for us it was a, we just decided that you know, and so we did measures to not tip to prevent it so that i think it is the lady's is the woman's health is at stake. i don't, i don't think it's wrong to do that if the women's health is at risk, but to just do it for a selfish reason like that, you just don't want to be bothered with more children. i don't think that's really right. but edna is also critical of the amish world. i don't want a pain to picture that. there's always people are just these perfect little pious people. they are not always because there is,

there are cases among the armies. and it's, it's very sad because and that's what i was saying is when, when you have people that don't have relationship, personally with god and then that that stuff happens. but there are, there are cases with and even fathers, sexually abusing their children. that has happened among the armies and it's so sad . it's very sad, and it's a, it's a disgrace. her husband lloyd enjoys the self dependence of the amish live style. quite code came. a lot of people panic then, and they were. so people aren't even sure of where their food is coming from today

. and those are, those are real life issues, real life issues. and i think, you know, uh yeah, we're not completely uh, uh, and reliable on things from on, you know, we buy some fuel, we buy it we but for the most part we could be sell sustainable for quite a, quite a long time. quite. especially within the group within the group of people that we personally, you know, we could survive a pretty good long time without any outside input. the pacifist homage refused to go to war for their country and the president. but they do respect to political leadership as ordained by god. i have never voted, i have never loaded for anybody. and that's a little controversial among always people we follow what jesus thought when he said that he that takes the sword and defends himself,

or it will be killed by the sword. and he also said that we should turn the other cheek. so it shows somebody that through non resistance, if i vote and i put the commander in chief, he's the president, is the commander in chief and he goes, he's the head of the army that he calls the orders. i would be representing that. and although i have a higher respect for authority, i respect our president as break. i respect our leaders of god ordained those people. and i respect that here to the family prays before each meal. as is tradition. 2 of the 6 children still live on the farm. daughter, julie and son jason, the ed. no rides her e bike to go shopping. she says it's quicker and more comfortable than taking

a horse. drawn buggy, and anyway, the 12 miles over and back across the italy landscape would be too strenuous for a horse. she only buys what she doesn't grow in her own garden and fields the i needed some bolts and stuff like stuff to read like flour and sugar so attractive and nice. but i don't, i don't need to buy them because i think it's

a good feeling grow your own and i don't know if they're sprayed or all that you know at home. it's like a daily i no worries. edna only visits the supermarket once a week. the, the miller's day begins early at 4 30 am. each day they milk, their 50 cows, the organic man can meet the cows provide, are in high demand. the millers are doing well financially. move prices are high, and the family can live comfortably from their profits. the youngest daughter, julie still works on the farm. my work too hard one day and take the day off the next days. once they complete school

is teenagers have a chance to take a year off known as rooms, putting a friend that was to florida already. i don't really call that i would do anything down there that i still do. not that i go down there. it's not just, i'm not just saying it's not far from here. a group between 16 and 20 years old have a range to meet. now is the time to experiment with things that are otherwise forbidden, like drinking smoking and driving. at the end of this time, the young people must decide between modern life or homage slice. so you're not necessarily under the ok mean? under the ok names are your names at that time. so that's i mean your parents will monitor and make sure you're really going to write that good. you know, as you all kids sometimes tend to straight away

the rooms for the day girl boy, that's when you basically leave your parents on the weekends. so our friends, members of this group drink alcohol and smoke chance, you know, get to know that's long story. so you are a 0 spring, a whole life i guess. yeah. it basically stops for you after that for your member of the church in this group. views are so solidified that none are too quick to jump in. anything new the world has to offer

the every day we need good bias to guide us and, and we absolutely depend on our face to pull us through and, and i think it, we try to follow his teaching and everything he will get us to for sure. the we always are looking to improve the future and, and the more we teach our children respect, we discipline them to, to make them o b and everything is going to make the ami

a better future. damaged lifestyle is no longer as cut off as it once was. the modern world has found its way in, but nevertheless, most of most people still hold on to their centuries old principles and values. the lots makes surest the diversity of its residence. the and the commitment to one another,

no matter what focus were people comfortable engines dedicated working a customizable space which is using the idea trained to test innovative concepts. wendell trains for us in the future made in germany in 90 minutes on d w. the if you speak to some language and culture, some country, how do we become different? how is discrete logic? one little people in just

a 100 days. my power is because of my family. what killed the i'm on a journey to find out about the roots of the 19 are to put you on the side for games for to see the my name is some way to ship. i'm assuming reshaping history. our documentary stops april 6th on dw, the it says dw news, and these are our top stories. i do as president joe biden has told israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that future support for the war and gaza depends on israel taking measurable steps to protect civilians. the policy shift follows the death of 7 international aid workers and is really air strike and gaza earlier this week. as we all says, preliminary results from its prob, into the incident,