And this,' Ivan said to the children gathered around, 'is who we are, and this is what we do. Our family serves the Lord--no matter what comes--and when He answers our prayers, no matter how he answers them--we give him praise.

The Christian is like the ripening corn; the riper he grows the more lowly he bends his head

Southern hospitality and Amish cooking - Ya'll Come Back, Danki.

Living a life of service to others is the most powerful sermon of all, don't you think?

The Amish overall are growing robustly and they have to colonize new areas.

What is the reason that many thousands of Christian workers in the world have not a greater influence? Nothing save this—the prayerlessness of their service. In the midst of all their zeal in the study and in the work of the Church, of all their faithfulness in preaching and conversation with the people, they lack that ceaseless prayer which has attached to it the sure promise of the Spirit and the power from on high. It is nothing but the sin of prayerlessness which is the cause of the lack of a powerful spiritual life!