Six British teenagers leave their mobile phones, Facebook accounts and partying behind, as they head to Ohio and Pennsylvania to see if they can cope with six weeks of hard work and simple living amongst six families in the Amish community. They swap their iPhones for hymn books and their modern clothing for bonnets, braces and conservative Amish hats. The experience is a radical departure from the way teens live their lives in contemporary Britain, and requires a readjustment to a world of gas lamps, horses and carts, manual labour and communal hymn-singing. Will the experience help them find God or, just as importantly, discover who they really are as individuals?
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the coloured lady looks like a nurse now in her Amish dress, she looks good actually
I think when you say to do a quick prayer at the beginning of the lunch/dinner, you'd better give these Brits something to read for a prayer, coz I wonder what goes in their head at that moment knowing they just know nothing about anything really….
at the milking farm, that conversation was actually good, coz the kid dared to express what he did not like about the assumed comments on his family, while the father or the house was on a journey to try to show how the community can provide balance and stability. Unfortunately it has not gone that far. Despite the embarrassment I hope they each met in feelings instead, which kind of show in the reflection afterwards. The Western world is so broken that it is hard to fix. I am Western but I do understand the Amish family more than the Brits on this journey, coz I come from a very stable family, not Amish, but with values close to the Amish. I live in Western countries, so of course I understand both sides of that hiccup during that dinner. I felt sorry for both when listening to that, but it is still great that the kid expressed himself, as he could have kept it all within himself, making himself feeling worse. I understand the father of the house wanted to bring support really by trying to understand the background of that kid.
Suppose you are dating a guy, who asked for it and over the months you realise you kind of not see him as your husband, how do you deal with it coz EVERYONE knows that you date him, so now what do you do? is it sinful to say 'sorry I don't think we should continue the relationship?' does it mean afterwards surely you don't find ANYONE coz everyone will know and no other boy will even dare to get a blow?
its strange to ask for advice on dating coz in these communities it's so different from the way in England. I don't think if we went in England the Amish or Monnonite way for dating, we would go anywhere? Perhaps James can tell more now I don't know when this documentary was made?
yes lives on UTube is an interesting stuff in order to understand the world around and understand oneself at the same time.
wow I really enjoyed that documentary, I hope I could know more about where these 6 Brit kids are about in their life now? Just dont know when the documentary was produced? Anyway well done! thanks for sharing that! It has definitely touched me to heart.
In the opening minutes saw Amish using a petrol chainsaw and wearing battery powered headlamp, which means he has a way to charge it, the list is endless, glass storage jars, wheelbarrow, stainless steel bowls, plastic buckets, there is very little that is not modern even the block work of the buildings and glass in the windows, gardening tools, gas powered iron lit with a gas blowtorch, even the spectacles on their face, are all manufactured in the world outside of the Amish community, having a silent prayer was kind of stupid, for people who do not know praying, meant they just bowed their head and learnt nothing, at the 2nd house, wow that's a lot of concrete, he say's he has good work ethic's whilst taking 90% of his children's earning, that he himself pays them, that are a pittance to begin with.
There are evidence of GOD, GOD only exists in the bible, American statistics state that 44% of marriages end in divorce, which means 56% of marriages end in death, a boy in Wales died of scurvy because his parents let him not eat vegetables and fruit, he is saying he is not from a broken home, when he is from a broken home.
Great show. How can they speak about forgiving when they shun their own family and friends for not following all the rules?
But I love the progress the kids made, truly remarkable and kudos for everybody’s openness
That was a plastic bath tub,
Please tell them about Jesus!! Not lists of rules like the Pharisees.
I lived in Middlefield by the Amish for apx a decade. When I was the age of those kids I was partying with the Amish (NLQP mention lmao). They’re way more wild than pictured. They also get up to some very immoral behavior, whether for profit or personal satisfaction. There’s so many people with Amish last names who are living modernly and left.
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I am really enjoying this documentary. It was good to see the teens grown during their time spent with the Amish, and the Amish learned some things as well that were positive. I'm not sure why the producers thought they had to include foul language in the first few minutes of the episode, but after that it was pretty clean. For those of you who think this is fake, this is what AI says about this series: Yes — Living with the Amish was based on real people and real events, not a fictional story! The 2011 British documentary series, produced for Channel 4, followed actual British teenagers as they moved in with Amish families in Ohio, USA.
I'm not amish and yes I live in a metropolitan city, I know how modern people live but I feel that the things we do have gone too far and in the end there are many positive things that we get from that long journey but we also can't lie that there are also many bad things that destroy humans because they move too far. Well, the amish just want to reduce the risk as much as possible and the way is by building 3 layers of walls, namely walls for their hearts and minds, walls for their families and walls for the community, that's why they don't easily accept people outside their community because it is too risky for children who don't have the maturity of knowledge and maturity of faith.
This series was like a palate cleanser for the usual ugliness, negativity and selfishness usually seen online.
A great documentary (?). A life changing experience for all involved but especially the youngsters from London.
This is cool, Thanks for letting us see this. One thing! I see the men has buttons and the women has to wear pins to close their cloths…they both work just as hard, so why cant women have buttons too or if they think that's dressing like a man, let the women have snaps or eyelets to fasten with! Those are hidden and not fancy! ya have to sew those in-aka keeping with the humble and with the no fancy jewelry belief!
I agree you must work it helps you to appreciate everything and it helps you to grow and teachers you and it helps your soul