By
Pascale Chemaly.
Are
you familiar with the Amish community? I wasn’t until 2 days ago.
If you are
familiar with this community means you know by now that they are the most
traditional community, known for simple living, refusal to adopt modern
technology. So I was wondering while exploring this community: “What If I was
born Amish?” when I heard a 20 years old female saying I was born and raised
Amish till the age of 16. I turned and asked her: “why you chose to leave?” she
replied because I wanted to become a nurse. Did you regret that? She said not
really because I still have a good and close relationship with my parents.
Family was important to her and at the same time she wanted to practice her
religion and pursue her education. What about you?
Though we were Introduced as
SUSSI Scholars to Mennonites, which are also Anabaptists and come from the same
Protestant tradition like Amish but what differ them is that Mennonites can pursue
their education, drive cars, use technology and are less traditional but share
the same religious beliefs. So what if? I guess I would be a Mennonite.
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