Amish people are
a group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships who live in Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Ohio, Indiana and New York in the US and Ontario in Canada. The total
population has been increasing and now is about 290,000. Many of them are
descendants of German immigrants and speak German and English. Their lifestyle is
dictated by the order within a community.
What is acceptable in one community
may not be acceptable in another. Bearing children, raising them, and
socializing with neighbors and relatives are the greatest functions of the
Amish family. They believe large families are a blessing from God. They keep
the traditional lifestyle and don’t use modern technologies or conveniences
such as electricity, automobiles, telecommunication, medicine or processed food.