Amish: A Secret Life Page #3

His love is an endless love

That will love for all eternity

Jesus wants to love you

There is none above you,

you are precious in his sight

He will never fail you...

Good afternoon!

He'll be with you day and night

His love is a boundless love...

There you go. Thank you!

Thank you, Margaret.

And it reaches down and touches me

His love is an endless love

That will last through all eternity

His love, his love,

his love is a boundless love

His love, his love,

his love is a boundless love

Since the Lord saved me

I'm as happy as can be

My cup is full

and running over...

'Tis the old-time religion

'Tis the old-time religion

'Tis the old-time religion

It's good enough for me.

Hey!

Hi!

Hey, Dave!

Miriam, the children always seem

to play very well together.

Well, you're not here every day!

Some days they are like children.

They can play very nice,

but they also can fight nice!

Yeah, there's selfishness

in everybody

that just needs to be... broken.

What's your attitude to discipline?

Well, in Proverbs it says

"Any foolish shall be driven away

with the rod."

And I have seen very good results...

with using the rod.

Of course, you always need

to have a relationship

before you handle

a child with a rod.

You need to have a relationship.

I have a small, little paddle.

It's just my baking tool

where I, depending on

the transgression

it'll be just a light tap.

But, er, for instance,

if they wouldn't tell me the truth,

it might be a hard paddle.

This is what I use.

I call it my smiley, and it often

brings a smile in the end.

If I see they have

a need of change in attitude,

I'll bring out my smiley and often

they'll respond with a smile

but there is times

where there's a...

there's an ongoing issue.

I like to watch

for any signs of rebellion

and then I'll address it.

But how would you use that?

I feel the seat is the best place.

Depending...

If they'd be at the table,

and got something I'd said no to,

then I might tap the hand.

Was ist es, Benuel?

Paddle. Paddle? Ja. Smiley?

Das ist Smiley?

Niet tapper.

Niet tapper? Nee.

Benuel ist niet bad.

What's he saying?

"Niet tapper" means "Not paddle me"!

And I said "No, Benuel's not bad."

Two months later,

the risk of the family being

challenged by the Amish church

hadn't gone away.

Hey, welcome, Steve and Lynn!

Come on in!

Good morning. Morning! Morning.

We're just about ready to get out

and set the benches.

Good morning.

Good morning, Miriam. Come on in!

What's happening this weekend?

Oh, we're getting ready for church.

Church services

are going to be at our house.

Everybody takes turns.

Every two weeks, somebody opens

their house up, or their home.

And it's your turn this week? Yeah.

So we're preparing seating and food

for, I don't know, 100 people.

20 families.

An average of five children

per family.

Danny! Danny!

These are the benches for the church

that the people can sit on.

You just sit.

It's a little bit over

three hours mostly,

like eight o'clock to 11.30

or something.

What's your favourite bit

of the church service?

Er...

The last song.

Then you know the church is out!

We as Old Order Amish,

we don't have a church house,

so every able member

that has room on their property

takes a turn to provide

space and food for service.

We need to make sure we have a place

to tie up all the horses

and feed them.

We need to make sure

we have enough lunch for everyone,

which is a cold lunch,

the traditional schnitz pie.

The word "church" in the Bible,

in Greek it means "assembly."

So, our forefathers assembled

in their homes 400 years ago,

and that's where

the practice started.

An Amish church service

is led by a number of elders...

a bishop and ministers.

They sing from a songbook

containing hymns

written by their forefathers.

The ministers

will read from the scriptures

and the congregation

says silent prayers.

The church people are very dear.

They are close friends.

We get together every other week.

If there is a need,

if you have a hospital bill

and you have a need for finances,

the church people

are there to help you,

so it's really

a close-knit community.

That was very interesting.

It was the Jonah story.

There's no way

we could film tomorrow?

You could attend,

but you couldn't film.

There's no way you could film,

the church would stop if you'd film.

There would be...

I have no idea what would happen,

but it would not continue.

You could attend. You are invited

to sit right here in our midst.

It doesn't happen a lot because

people don't understand German

and don't like to sit

for three hours on hard benches.

For David and Miriam,

it was a balancing act.

They wanted outsiders

to understand Amish life

but also to respect

the private traditions

of the Old Order church service.

It was decided to film

but from a distance.

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

O clemens

O pia

O dulcis Maria

Salve Regina

Mater misericordiae

Salve Regina

Mater misericordiae

Salve Regina

Salve Regina

Salve Regina

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve

Salve Regina.

Good morning. Good morning.

Until now, Dave and Miriam

were the only Old Order Amish

who'd consented to filming.

But, today, Miriam's holding

a tea party for some women friends.

For the first time, there were

other Amish who were prepared

to take a risk and be filmed.

There appeared to be

two different groups of women...

some were Old Order Amish,

others were clearly not.

We've gathered

for about three years.

I joined about three years

and then we were all

members of the Old Order Amish.

But as time went on,

a few of them were excommunicated

on spiritual beliefs

and so now,

we are still continuing...

and we've been friends for so long

and it just seems

we meet each other so much.

Come on up!

As members of

the Old Order Amish Church,

Miriam and Dave are obliged to shun

anyone who is excommunicated.

It means they shouldn't eat together

or gather together.

It has been too long!

It's about half and half.

About half have gone through

the fire of being excommunicated.

But they really hold onto the values

and still want to be

alike to their own people.

'They see a lot of righteousness

in our culture

'and want to keep our values.

'And there's many things we hold dear

and don't want to lose.'

I may never fly over the enemy

But I'm in the Lord's army

Yes, sir

I'm in the Lord's army

Yes, sir

I'm in the Lord's army.

We're in a time...

In a generation where...

I feel the spirit is moving.

I think...

there's people rising...

who have studied the Bible

and see the need for us

to just break down some lies that...

I believed

or that our people believe.

I may never march in the infantry

Ride in the cavalry

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