The Paradox of Worldly Knowledge

By Saloma Furlong | January 20, 2013 |

I’ve been enjoying the gathering of stories from former Amish people who have acquired formal education after leaving their respective communities. Today I’ll share a story of a former Amish couple in Holmes County, Ohio: Wayne and LaVina Weaver. I first met them at the Amish Conference at the Young Center in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania in…

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Rescued By an Amish Grandmother, Part 2

By Saloma Furlong | January 13, 2013 |

Last week I posted the first part of Freeman Kinsinger’s story, which I am continuing today. Also, for the personal connection I had with Freeman’s grandmother, see my post Memory Photos on my personal blog. Here is more of Freeman’s story. After my twenty-first birthday, I enrolled as a freshman at Eastern Mennonite College.  My…

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Rescued by an Amish Grandmother, Part 1

By Saloma Furlong | January 7, 2013 |

I would like to thank Emma Miller for her end-of-the year post. I understand why she is proud of starting the ADSFund. It speaks to her generous spirit that she would conceive of the idea at a bittersweet moment in her life — on the day of her own graduation. I would like to second…

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