0:00:02 > 0:00:04# There is not another Sister, friend of brother
0:00:04 > 0:00:07# Loves the way Jesus can
0:00:07 > 0:00:11# He proved His love for me when He died on Calvary
0:00:11 > 0:00:15# He gave His life for fallen man
0:00:15 > 0:00:20# His love is a boundless love... #
0:00:20 > 0:00:23In many ways, they were a typical Old Order Amish family.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26# His love is an endless love... #
0:00:26 > 0:00:28They were maintaining traditions
0:00:28 > 0:00:31and a way of life that go back 300 years.
0:00:31 > 0:00:35# Jesus wants to love you There is none above you... #
0:00:35 > 0:00:40A quarter of a million Amish live in the middle of modern America today.
0:00:40 > 0:00:41He won't kill you.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44Oink! Oink! Oink!
0:00:46 > 0:00:48Just like their forefathers,
0:00:48 > 0:00:52they believe in holding on to the old ways
0:00:52 > 0:00:54and leading a plain and simple life.
0:00:54 > 0:00:56Moo!
0:00:56 > 0:00:58# There is Power...
0:00:58 > 0:01:01Power? # There is power...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04But what made this Amish family extraordinary
0:01:04 > 0:01:08was the fact they'd agreed to be filmed.
0:01:08 > 0:01:09FAMILY SINGS SOFTLY
0:01:09 > 0:01:13They were prepared to go against the strict rules of their church,
0:01:13 > 0:01:15which forbids photography.
0:01:15 > 0:01:20In allowing themselves to be filmed, they were taking an enormous risk.
0:01:20 > 0:01:22# There is power, power
0:01:22 > 0:01:25# Wonder-working power
0:01:25 > 0:01:30# In the precious blood of the lamb... #
0:01:41 > 0:01:44The film was to be about Amish family life and faith
0:01:44 > 0:01:47and a family had been found to take part.
0:01:50 > 0:01:52But by consenting to filming,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55they risked excommunication from the Amish church.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00For two weeks, they'd been praying,
0:02:00 > 0:02:03asking God whether or not they should participate.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08Good morning.
0:02:08 > 0:02:09Good morning!
0:02:09 > 0:02:11How are we?
0:02:11 > 0:02:13I'm good, I'm David Lapp.
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- Say hello to Steve.- Hello, Steve.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18- Good morning, David. - It's a lovely day.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It is. How are you this morning?
0:02:20 > 0:02:22Very well! It's a beautiful morning.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25It is, praise the Lord!
0:02:25 > 0:02:27This is my youngest son, Benuel.
0:02:27 > 0:02:29Hello! Good morning.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- Say hi, Ben.- Hi.
0:02:33 > 0:02:34How you feeling about filming?
0:02:34 > 0:02:38We have peace with it or we wouldn't be doing it.
0:02:38 > 0:02:42You know, we sought direction from God
0:02:42 > 0:02:44and if we wouldn't have got...
0:02:46 > 0:02:49Um, if we wouldn't feel it would be OK with Him,
0:02:49 > 0:02:50we would not be doing it.
0:02:52 > 0:02:54Shall we go and meet the family?
0:02:54 > 0:02:56Ja. Yes. Please come in.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14We got visitors.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15OK!
0:03:20 > 0:03:21Good morning!
0:03:21 > 0:03:22Good morning.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24How are you?
0:03:24 > 0:03:26Fine, how about you?
0:03:26 > 0:03:28Good, it's a lovely day out there, isn't it?
0:03:28 > 0:03:30- Yes, it is.- Yes. Hi, Steve.
0:03:30 > 0:03:33This is Katie. This is our oldest daughter.
0:03:34 > 0:03:37Katie, Lynn.
0:03:37 > 0:03:39Actually, it's a little bit dark in here.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Could we possibly pull up a couple of the blinds?
0:03:51 > 0:03:55This is my son, Daniel. How old are you, Daniel?
0:03:55 > 0:03:56Six.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58This is Jacob. How old are you, Jacob?
0:03:58 > 0:03:59Nine!
0:04:01 > 0:04:02There you go.
0:04:05 > 0:04:09- You don't have electricity here, do you?- No, we don't.
0:04:09 > 0:04:14Why is that? Why do Amish people not have electricity?
0:04:14 > 0:04:17Well, it's because of...
0:04:18 > 0:04:21..the distraction that comes with it.
0:04:21 > 0:04:25Like, er, rather than having television and video games
0:04:25 > 0:04:28and all kind of gadgets that run off electricity
0:04:28 > 0:04:34we believe that, um... That's the reason alone,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37is because it's to keep out the distractions
0:04:37 > 0:04:41so you can focus on principles of life, like family time together,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43reading the Bible...
0:04:44 > 0:04:46IN PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN:
0:04:48 > 0:04:52The Amish speak a German dialect as their first language.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57They came originally from Europe in the early 1700s,
0:04:57 > 0:04:59settling first here in Pennsylvania.
0:05:01 > 0:05:07What do you think people in Britain will make of you and your lives?
0:05:07 > 0:05:09What will they think?
0:05:11 > 0:05:13That's a good question. SHE LAUGHS
0:05:13 > 0:05:15I have no idea.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17Will they think it's real?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19I don't know, I don't know.
0:05:19 > 0:05:22If they look at our lifestyles, without electric,
0:05:22 > 0:05:26they probably think we're a little, um...
0:05:29 > 0:05:33..old-fashioned, maybe, or too simple, I don't know.
0:05:33 > 0:05:35SHE LAUGHS
0:05:36 > 0:05:39What do you know about people in Britain?
0:05:39 > 0:05:43The only thing I have heard about Britain is the Prime Minister,
0:05:43 > 0:05:49Tony Blair, I believe, and about the Queen and the King.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52But I have no idea how, um...
0:05:53 > 0:05:58How they'd compare with the United States, really.
0:05:58 > 0:06:02We've got a new prime minister now, actually. Tony Blair's gone!
0:06:02 > 0:06:04OK! Yeah, I don't keep up with the facts.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11Without radio and television and the internet,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14the Amish exist in a world quite separate - but alongside -
0:06:14 > 0:06:16the rest of America.
0:06:16 > 0:06:19A great deal of modern technology is rejected.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24They live by a set of rules designed to retain their identity.
0:06:27 > 0:06:31David and Miriam were breaking the rules by being filmed.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34Amish church forbids people from posing
0:06:34 > 0:06:38or actively giving their consent to photography or filming.
0:06:38 > 0:06:40Is lunch ready, Jacob?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55Who's gonna take a nap after lunch?
0:06:55 > 0:06:57- Not me!- Not me!
0:07:08 > 0:07:09Heavenly Father...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13..we come before you
0:07:13 > 0:07:16in the name of Jesus Christ, our King.
0:07:16 > 0:07:19We thank you that you have allowed us to stand up today
0:07:19 > 0:07:21for the beautiful day, Father.
0:07:21 > 0:07:26Heavenly Father, I ask that you will bless Jacob and Daniel
0:07:26 > 0:07:28and Kate and Benuel James
0:07:28 > 0:07:30and my beautiful wife, Miriam.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33Father, I ask that you will bless me as well so I can do your will.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Heavenly Father, we ask that you would,
0:07:38 > 0:07:43in the name of Jesus Christ, that you would allow the BBC
0:07:43 > 0:07:45to bring honour and glory to you, Jesus.
0:07:45 > 0:07:48We ask that it would soften somebody's heart
0:07:48 > 0:07:52and that that result will build your kingdom, Jesus Christ.
0:07:52 > 0:07:54We ask for a blessing and strength
0:07:54 > 0:07:58upon the work that people are doing for it,
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Father, and we just ask that we could be doing your will throughout.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06And that all honour and glory will come to you, Jesus. Amen.
0:08:10 > 0:08:11Go, Ben.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19CHILDREN CHATTER
0:08:22 > 0:08:26Yeah, like soldiers, because the rooster
0:08:26 > 0:08:28is not always nice to 'em.
0:08:29 > 0:08:31There is the rooster.
0:08:31 > 0:08:33- Woo! Kidoo kidoo!- Kidoo! Kidoo!
0:08:40 > 0:08:42Kidoo! Kidoo!
0:08:42 > 0:08:45ROOSTER CROWS
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- Was it just five?- Seven?- Seven?
0:08:51 > 0:08:55What is your approach to the number of children you have?
0:08:55 > 0:08:58To me, I don't even have a goal. I don't...
0:08:59 > 0:09:02Are your children planned?
0:09:02 > 0:09:03Hmm.
0:09:05 > 0:09:08We just rejoice when God gives us another child.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10There is no planning on our part.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15I'm not sure what the definition of "plan" is,
0:09:15 > 0:09:18but I think I know what you're talking about.
0:09:18 > 0:09:19Well, contraception?
0:09:19 > 0:09:22- No.- Like, control? Yeah.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24No, there is no planning.
0:09:25 > 0:09:27Um...
0:09:28 > 0:09:29For me, it's...
0:09:29 > 0:09:33I think Miriam thinks about children more than I do.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36For me, I'm so busy with the ones that He has given us
0:09:36 > 0:09:40when He gives us another one, I'm rejoicing,
0:09:40 > 0:09:43but I'm not really thinking we should have another one
0:09:43 > 0:09:45because how could I be one-on-one if we had ten,
0:09:45 > 0:09:47instead of five or four?
0:09:47 > 0:09:51But God would... He doesn't make mistakes.
0:09:51 > 0:09:52So I'm sure there is a way.
0:09:57 > 0:10:00"Happy is a man that has his quiver full of them."
0:10:00 > 0:10:05I think, a quiver of arrows is 12 arrows.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- Is that... Am I right?- I think so.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12And happy is the man that has 12 of them.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Is that how many you would like? Would you like 12 children?
0:10:16 > 0:10:21Well, I can't quite see it possible any more. I'm 32!
0:10:21 > 0:10:23And I've had four.
0:10:24 > 0:10:31Er, I need a couple of sets of twins maybe to be able to make 12!
0:10:31 > 0:10:35But I've always, I thought a family of ten would be ideal.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44The family were happy to be filmed shopping.
0:10:44 > 0:10:46But it had to be discreet.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48Other Amish also shop at the store
0:10:48 > 0:10:51and could challenge them at any time.
0:10:51 > 0:10:58# Thank you, Lord, for your blessings on me
0:10:58 > 0:11:06# Thank you Lord for giving to me
0:11:06 > 0:11:14# All of my friends and family
0:11:14 > 0:11:21# Thank you lord for your blessings on me
0:11:22 > 0:11:30# All of the days, the rest of my life
0:11:31 > 0:11:36# No matter what life holds for me
0:11:36 > 0:11:40# I could be on my knees
0:11:40 > 0:11:44# Forever you know
0:11:44 > 0:11:50# But I never could thank you enough
0:11:59 > 0:12:01CHILDREN CHATTER EXCITEDLY
0:12:13 > 0:12:16IN PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN:
0:12:25 > 0:12:29Everything for your honour and glory, in Jesus' name, Amen.
0:12:29 > 0:12:30Let's get started.
0:12:30 > 0:12:32It's about 6:15.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36# ..Forever you know
0:12:38 > 0:12:44# But I never could thank you enough. #
0:12:51 > 0:12:56FAMILY SINGS: # And now I lay me down to sleep
0:12:56 > 0:13:01# I pray thee, Lord, my soul to keep
0:13:01 > 0:13:07# If I should die before I wake
0:13:07 > 0:13:14# I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take. #
0:13:16 > 0:13:20# O, they tell me of a home far beyond the skies
0:13:20 > 0:13:24# O, they tell me of a home far away
0:13:24 > 0:13:28# O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
0:13:28 > 0:13:33# O, they tell me of an unclouded day
0:13:33 > 0:13:37# O, the land of cloudless day
0:13:37 > 0:13:41# O, the land of an unclouded sky
0:13:41 > 0:13:46# O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
0:13:46 > 0:13:52# O, they tell me of an unclouded day
0:13:52 > 0:13:57# O, they tell me of a king in his beauty there
0:13:57 > 0:14:01# And they tell me that my eyes shall behold
0:14:01 > 0:14:06# Where he sits on his throne that is whiter than snow
0:14:06 > 0:14:11# In the city that is made of gold
0:14:11 > 0:14:16# O, the land of cloudless day
0:14:16 > 0:14:21# O, the land of an unclouded sky
0:14:21 > 0:14:26# O, they tell me of a home where no storm clouds rise
0:14:26 > 0:14:31# O, they tell me of an unclouded day. #
0:14:32 > 0:14:34Goodnight.
0:14:34 > 0:14:36Goodnight.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38I love you.
0:14:41 > 0:14:43(Goodnight.)
0:14:50 > 0:14:54- Sabbath today. - Yeah.- What a beautiful day.- It is.
0:14:54 > 0:14:56You are welcome to come in and worship with us.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58"We have here..."
0:14:58 > 0:15:01The Amish attend church every other Sunday.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04In between, they worship at home.
0:15:04 > 0:15:06"..of all time.
0:15:06 > 0:15:08Thou shalt not kill
0:15:08 > 0:15:13"and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement."
0:15:13 > 0:15:16(FAMILY SINGS) # O, let it shine
0:15:16 > 0:15:20# Let it shine, let it shine
0:15:20 > 0:15:23# Hide it under a bushel, no
0:15:23 > 0:15:26# I'm gonna let it shine
0:15:26 > 0:15:30# Hide it under a bushel, no
0:15:30 > 0:15:36# I'm gonna let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
0:15:36 > 0:15:38# Let it shine. #
0:15:38 > 0:15:42We don't work Sundays more than necessary.
0:15:42 > 0:15:48Um, I might go out to the garden if I need an onion
0:15:48 > 0:15:49that I didn't bring in Saturday,
0:15:49 > 0:15:52and I decided I'll make some soup and I need an onion.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56Things like that, except, but, er...
0:15:56 > 0:16:01We try to use the day totally for...
0:16:02 > 0:16:04..um...
0:16:04 > 0:16:10..spiritually renewing and, just to spend time with our children.
0:16:11 > 0:16:15Sunday before noon, the children don't play outdoors.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21And in the afternoon, it's a time with us to play games with them.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32Miriam and David have been married for nearly 11 years.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34How did you get together, then?
0:16:36 > 0:16:39Why, you know, in the traditional way,
0:16:39 > 0:16:44you just, er...muster up enough boldness and courage
0:16:44 > 0:16:49to ask a girl if you can court her.
0:16:50 > 0:16:53So that's what I did at the age of 18.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56So we had a year and a half of courtship then we were married.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59And that was a blessed year and a half.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02And I did not doubt that relationship.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I clearly felt it was God leading us together.
0:17:05 > 0:17:09Miriam had a conviction for a hands-off courtship,
0:17:09 > 0:17:12so we had a hands-off courtship.
0:17:12 > 0:17:17I mean... No touching at all, or, what's the line?
0:17:17 > 0:17:18A hands-off...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21We didn't embrace each other.
0:17:21 > 0:17:24We didn't hug each other, we didn't kiss each other.
0:17:24 > 0:17:25But we would sit together.
0:17:25 > 0:17:29We sat beside each other and enjoyed each other's warmth.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32A squeeze of the hand sometimes.
0:17:38 > 0:17:41This is my wedding dress...
0:17:41 > 0:17:45..that I had with a white... We wear white cape aprons.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51I feel it's very important to make the dress in such a way
0:17:51 > 0:17:54that it adorns our inner spirit
0:17:54 > 0:17:57and not bring out our...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59our bodily figure.
0:18:00 > 0:18:04No, it-it should be, men are attracted to the heart,
0:18:04 > 0:18:07not to the figure.
0:18:07 > 0:18:13As a woman, we can do a lot to not bring a man to lust.
0:18:13 > 0:18:20I feel us women don't quite realise men's battle with, um...
0:18:20 > 0:18:24it's just, God made them with that nature.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26They have this lustful nature.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29The natural instinct is there
0:18:29 > 0:18:33but if we encourage it, it might make them stumble.
0:18:33 > 0:18:37I never knew about it before my husband told me.
0:18:37 > 0:18:39You know, the battle that, um...
0:18:41 > 0:18:46..he had with women that had a lot of leg exposed
0:18:46 > 0:18:49or even lower necklines
0:18:49 > 0:18:54and I had no idea that he had that battle!
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Good morning!
0:19:03 > 0:19:04Good morning! Good morning!
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Come on in!
0:19:06 > 0:19:08It's 4:30 in the morning.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11Every day, Miriam gets up to cook breakfast for Dave
0:19:11 > 0:19:13before he goes to work at 5:00.
0:19:14 > 0:19:15Good morning.
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Good morning.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- Good morning.- Good morning, Steve.
0:19:20 > 0:19:23Two eggs and a cornmeal mush.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25It's my favourite.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Heavenly Father, I ask for a blessing
0:19:34 > 0:19:36upon the hands that prepared this food.
0:19:36 > 0:19:39I ask for your protection around my family today
0:19:39 > 0:19:42as I go to work and Jacob and Daniel go to school,
0:19:42 > 0:19:44as Miriam and Benuel and Kate are at home,
0:19:44 > 0:19:47Father, I ask for your protection around them all
0:19:47 > 0:19:48and that you will keep them safe
0:19:48 > 0:19:52and that it be your will that we could be together tonight
0:19:52 > 0:19:53at our supper table.
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- In Jesus' holy name we pray. Amen.- Amen.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05Dave usually gets a lift to work
0:20:05 > 0:20:08from one of his staff who isn't Amish.
0:20:09 > 0:20:13The rules forbid car ownership, but there's nothing to stop people
0:20:13 > 0:20:15from accepting a lift or using a taxi.
0:20:28 > 0:20:32- Hey, good morning, Benuel. - BENUEL CRIES
0:20:32 > 0:20:33Come.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Danny, Jacob? Let's eat!
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- Jacob, do the blessing for us? - Yeah.- OK.
0:21:27 > 0:21:29Amen.
0:21:42 > 0:21:45Hey. Have a good day.
0:21:45 > 0:21:46God bless you.
0:21:48 > 0:21:49OK, see ya.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51See ya, Jacob!
0:21:51 > 0:21:52Goodbye!
0:21:57 > 0:21:59- You get up for Dave?- Yes.
0:22:01 > 0:22:02Every morning?
0:22:02 > 0:22:03Yes.
0:22:03 > 0:22:07Unless I'm not feeling well. He'll get his own breakfast and lunch.
0:22:07 > 0:22:10But he COULD get his breakfast himself, couldn't he?
0:22:10 > 0:22:14Yes, he could. He's very... He's quite able.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15So how comes he doesn't, then?
0:22:18 > 0:22:19That's my job!
0:22:19 > 0:22:21SHE LAUGHS
0:22:23 > 0:22:27He has other things that are more important and are...
0:22:29 > 0:22:32I'm the... I'm the queen of this house,
0:22:32 > 0:22:39so I need to see that everybody is well fed and...
0:22:39 > 0:22:42What does the Bible say about your role, then?
0:22:45 > 0:22:48They call on us to be...
0:22:48 > 0:22:51keepers at home...
0:22:51 > 0:22:53submissive to our husbands...
0:22:53 > 0:22:57and look well to the ways of our household.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02Mm-hm.
0:23:02 > 0:23:03And how do you feel about that?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07I feel it's perfect.
0:23:07 > 0:23:10It's perfect, it's a perfect order.
0:23:12 > 0:23:1650 years ago, the majority of Amish were farmers,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19but, in Pennsylvania, high land prices
0:23:19 > 0:23:22mean most now work in Amish-owned small businesses.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27Dave has his own concrete construction firm,
0:23:27 > 0:23:29employing Amish and non-Amish staff.
0:23:31 > 0:23:32He makes a decent living
0:23:32 > 0:23:36but is trying to get back to the traditional model of Amish life.
0:23:36 > 0:23:38He wants to buy his own farm.
0:23:42 > 0:23:43Good morning!
0:23:43 > 0:23:45This is a bit different from being at home with the children.
0:23:45 > 0:23:47It is, it's a lot different.
0:23:47 > 0:23:49Something I always enjoyed.
0:23:49 > 0:23:53But as my children get older, my heart's not as much here any more.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I think about my children waiting until I come home evenings.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Er, eight years ago, I could have worked
0:24:00 > 0:24:03from five in the morning to six at night, not a problem.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06But now, when school is out, I'm like, "You know what?
0:24:06 > 0:24:10"My children are at home. I need to go home to my children."
0:24:17 > 0:24:20So does being submissive work, then?
0:24:20 > 0:24:23- Can that work for a woman?- Yes. Yes.
0:24:23 > 0:24:26I do feel we need to share our views.
0:24:26 > 0:24:32We can't just quietly submit and not share how we feel about some things.
0:24:33 > 0:24:38He still can offend me, which I want to overcome that.
0:24:39 > 0:24:44I feel so privileged that he does mention my weaknesses
0:24:44 > 0:24:48and, er, I don't want to be offended.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52I just want to be thankful that he points those out.
0:24:52 > 0:24:54MANGLE GRINDS AND WHIRRS
0:24:57 > 0:24:58Obedient.
0:25:00 > 0:25:06I believe it's important that we're obedient to God's word.
0:25:06 > 0:25:14So that our family can function in the way he designed families to be.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Dave's asked Miriam to pop to the bank today.
0:25:19 > 0:25:20It's a three-mile buggy ride,
0:25:20 > 0:25:24and most of Miriam's errands are within an eight-mile radius
0:25:24 > 0:25:26of her home in Lancaster County.
0:25:29 > 0:25:34It takes at least five minutes to get my horse out and the children.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38But I like it.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41I always like to get out with my horse.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45# His love is a boundless love
0:25:45 > 0:25:48# And he reaches down and touches me
0:25:48 > 0:25:53# His love is an endless love
0:25:53 > 0:25:56# That will love for all eternity
0:25:57 > 0:25:59# Jesus wants to love you
0:25:59 > 0:26:04# There is none above you, you are precious in his sight
0:26:04 > 0:26:06# He will never fail you... #
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Good afternoon!
0:26:08 > 0:26:12# He'll be with you day and night
0:26:12 > 0:26:14# His love is a boundless love... #
0:26:14 > 0:26:16There you go. Thank you!
0:26:16 > 0:26:17Thank you, Margaret.
0:26:17 > 0:26:19# And it reaches down and touches me
0:26:19 > 0:26:24# His love is an endless love
0:26:24 > 0:26:28# That will last through all eternity
0:26:28 > 0:26:34# His love, his love, his love is a boundless love
0:26:37 > 0:26:44# His love, his love, his love is a boundless love #
0:26:49 > 0:26:51BENUEL LAUGHS
0:26:55 > 0:26:59ALL SING: # Since the Lord saved me
0:26:59 > 0:27:02# I'm as happy as can be
0:27:02 > 0:27:09# My cup is full and running over... #
0:27:11 > 0:27:16# 'Tis the old-time religion 'Tis the old-time religion
0:27:16 > 0:27:19# 'Tis the old-time religion
0:27:19 > 0:27:21# It's good enough for me. #
0:27:24 > 0:27:26Hey!
0:27:26 > 0:27:27Hi!
0:27:27 > 0:27:29Hey, Dave!
0:27:39 > 0:27:42Miriam, the children always seem to play very well together.
0:27:44 > 0:27:45MIRIAM CHUCKLES
0:27:45 > 0:27:47Well, you're not here every day!
0:27:47 > 0:27:48SHE LAUGHS
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Some days they are like children.
0:27:53 > 0:27:58They can play very nice, but they also can fight nice!
0:28:02 > 0:28:04Yeah, there's selfishness in everybody
0:28:04 > 0:28:08that just needs to be...broken.
0:28:09 > 0:28:12What's your attitude to discipline?
0:28:12 > 0:28:13Well, in Proverbs it says
0:28:13 > 0:28:16"Any foolish shall be driven away with the rod."
0:28:17 > 0:28:23And I have seen very good results...
0:28:23 > 0:28:24with using the rod.
0:28:24 > 0:28:28Of course, you always need to have a relationship
0:28:28 > 0:28:31before you handle a child with a rod.
0:28:31 > 0:28:33You need to have a relationship.
0:28:33 > 0:28:35I have a small, little paddle.
0:28:35 > 0:28:38It's just my baking tool
0:28:38 > 0:28:41where I, depending on the transgression
0:28:41 > 0:28:42it'll be just a light tap.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47But, er, for instance, if they wouldn't tell me the truth,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51- it might be a hard paddle. - SHE LAUGHS
0:28:55 > 0:28:56This is what I use.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01I call it my smiley, and it often brings a smile in the end.
0:29:02 > 0:29:06If I see they have a need of change in attitude,
0:29:06 > 0:29:10I'll bring out my smiley and often they'll respond with a smile
0:29:10 > 0:29:14but there is times where there's a...
0:29:16 > 0:29:18..there's an ongoing issue.
0:29:20 > 0:29:23I like to watch for any signs of rebellion
0:29:23 > 0:29:24and then I'll address it.
0:29:26 > 0:29:27But how would you use that?
0:29:27 > 0:29:32I feel the seat is the best place.
0:29:33 > 0:29:37Depending... If they'd be at the table,
0:29:37 > 0:29:40and got something I'd said no to, then I might tap the hand.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46Was ist es, Benuel?
0:29:47 > 0:29:50- Paddle.- Paddle?- Ja.- Smiley?
0:29:52 > 0:29:54Das ist Smiley?
0:29:54 > 0:29:55Niet tapper.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Niet tapper? Nee.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59Benuel ist niet bad.
0:29:59 > 0:30:00What's he saying?
0:30:01 > 0:30:06"Niet tapper" means "Not paddle me"!
0:30:06 > 0:30:09And I said "No, Benuel's not bad."
0:30:11 > 0:30:12MIRIAM LAUGHS
0:30:12 > 0:30:13BENUEL LAUGHS
0:30:15 > 0:30:17Two months later,
0:30:17 > 0:30:23the risk of the family being challenged by the Amish church hadn't gone away.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26Hey, welcome, Steve and Lynn! Come on in!
0:30:26 > 0:30:29- Good morning.- Morning!- Morning.
0:30:31 > 0:30:34We're just about ready to get out and set the benches.
0:30:34 > 0:30:38- Good morning. - Good morning, Miriam.- Come on in!
0:30:38 > 0:30:40What's happening this weekend?
0:30:40 > 0:30:42Oh, we're getting ready for church.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45Church services are going to be at our house.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Everybody takes turns.
0:30:47 > 0:30:51Every two weeks, somebody opens their house up, or their home.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53- And it's your turn this week?- Yeah.
0:30:53 > 0:30:59So we're preparing seating and food for, I don't know, 100 people.
0:30:59 > 0:31:0120 families.
0:31:01 > 0:31:05An average of five children per family.
0:31:22 > 0:31:25Danny! Danny!
0:31:28 > 0:31:32These are the benches for the church that the people can sit on.
0:31:32 > 0:31:33You just sit.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37It's a little bit over three hours mostly,
0:31:37 > 0:31:40like eight o'clock to 11.30 or something.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43What's your favourite bit of the church service?
0:31:43 > 0:31:44Er...
0:31:47 > 0:31:48The last song.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51Then you know the church is out!
0:31:51 > 0:31:54We as Old Order Amish, we don't have a church house,
0:31:54 > 0:31:59so every able member that has room on their property
0:31:59 > 0:32:04takes a turn to provide space and food for service.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09We need to make sure we have a place
0:32:09 > 0:32:12to tie up all the horses and feed them.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15We need to make sure we have enough lunch for everyone,
0:32:15 > 0:32:20which is a cold lunch, the traditional schnitz pie.
0:32:20 > 0:32:24The word "church" in the Bible, in Greek it means "assembly."
0:32:26 > 0:32:32So, our forefathers assembled in their homes 400 years ago,
0:32:32 > 0:32:35and that's where the practice started.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39HE SINGS TUNLESSLY
0:32:39 > 0:32:43An Amish church service is led by a number of elders -
0:32:43 > 0:32:45a bishop and ministers.
0:32:45 > 0:32:47They sing from a songbook
0:32:47 > 0:32:50containing hymns written by their forefathers.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52The ministers will read from the scriptures
0:32:52 > 0:32:55and the congregation says silent prayers.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58The church people are very dear. They are close friends.
0:32:58 > 0:33:01We get together every other week.
0:33:01 > 0:33:03If there is a need,
0:33:03 > 0:33:08if you have a hospital bill and you have a need for finances,
0:33:08 > 0:33:10the church people are there to help you,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13so it's really a close-knit community.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50That was very interesting. It was the Jonah story.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54There's no way we could film tomorrow?
0:33:54 > 0:33:57You could attend, but you couldn't film.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02There's no way you could film, the church would stop if you'd film.
0:34:02 > 0:34:04There would be... I have no idea what would happen,
0:34:04 > 0:34:06but it would not continue.
0:34:07 > 0:34:11You could attend. You are invited to sit right here in our midst.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16It doesn't happen a lot because people don't understand German
0:34:16 > 0:34:20and don't like to sit for three hours on hard benches.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26For David and Miriam, it was a balancing act.
0:34:26 > 0:34:29They wanted outsiders to understand Amish life
0:34:29 > 0:34:32but also to respect the private traditions
0:34:32 > 0:34:34of the Old Order church service.
0:34:36 > 0:34:39It was decided to film but from a distance.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43# Salve
0:34:44 > 0:34:50# Salve
0:34:51 > 0:34:58# Salve
0:34:59 > 0:35:05# Salve
0:35:06 > 0:35:13# Salve
0:35:14 > 0:35:22# Salve
0:35:36 > 0:35:39# O clemens
0:35:39 > 0:35:41# O pia
0:35:41 > 0:35:44# O dulcis Maria
0:35:44 > 0:35:46# O clemens
0:35:46 > 0:35:48# O pia
0:35:48 > 0:35:52# O dulcis Maria
0:35:52 > 0:35:54# O clemens
0:35:54 > 0:35:55# O pia
0:35:55 > 0:36:00# O dulcis Maria
0:36:00 > 0:36:02# O clemens
0:36:02 > 0:36:03# O pia
0:36:03 > 0:36:07# O dulcis Maria
0:36:07 > 0:36:09# O clemens
0:36:09 > 0:36:11# O pia
0:36:11 > 0:36:15# O dulcis Maria
0:36:15 > 0:36:17# O clemens
0:36:17 > 0:36:19# O pia
0:36:19 > 0:36:25# O dulcis Maria
0:36:25 > 0:36:28# Salve Regina
0:36:28 > 0:36:32# Mater misericordiae
0:36:32 > 0:36:35# Salve Regina
0:36:35 > 0:36:39# Mater misericordiae
0:36:39 > 0:36:43# Salve Regina
0:36:44 > 0:36:47# Salve Regina
0:36:48 > 0:36:56# Salve Regina
0:36:56 > 0:37:02# Salve
0:37:04 > 0:37:10# Salve
0:37:11 > 0:37:18# Salve
0:37:19 > 0:37:26# Salve
0:37:27 > 0:37:33# Salve
0:37:34 > 0:37:40# Salve
0:37:42 > 0:37:49# Salve
0:37:49 > 0:37:57# Salve Regina. #
0:38:20 > 0:38:22- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:38:22 > 0:38:25Until now, Dave and Miriam were the only Old Order Amish
0:38:25 > 0:38:27who'd consented to filming.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31But, today, Miriam's holding a tea party for some women friends.
0:38:31 > 0:38:36For the first time, there were other Amish who were prepared
0:38:36 > 0:38:38to take a risk and be filmed.
0:38:38 > 0:38:42There appeared to be two different groups of women -
0:38:42 > 0:38:46some were Old Order Amish, others were clearly not.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51We've gathered for about three years.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54I joined about three years
0:38:54 > 0:38:59and then we were all members of the Old Order Amish.
0:39:00 > 0:39:03But as time went on,
0:39:03 > 0:39:09a few of them were excommunicated on spiritual beliefs
0:39:09 > 0:39:12and so now, we are still continuing...
0:39:13 > 0:39:15..and we've been friends for so long
0:39:15 > 0:39:18and it just seems we meet each other so much.
0:39:18 > 0:39:21Come on up!
0:39:24 > 0:39:27As members of the Old Order Amish Church,
0:39:27 > 0:39:30Miriam and Dave are obliged to shun anyone who is excommunicated.
0:39:33 > 0:39:37It means they shouldn't eat together or gather together.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45It has been too long!
0:39:45 > 0:39:47It's about half and half.
0:39:47 > 0:39:54About half have gone through the fire of being excommunicated.
0:39:54 > 0:39:57But they really hold onto the values
0:39:57 > 0:40:00and still want to be alike to their own people.
0:40:00 > 0:40:03'They see a lot of righteousness in our culture
0:40:03 > 0:40:06'and want to keep our values.
0:40:06 > 0:40:10'And there's many things we hold dear and don't want to lose.'
0:40:10 > 0:40:15# I may never fly over the enemy
0:40:15 > 0:40:18# But I'm in the Lord's army
0:40:18 > 0:40:20# Yes, sir
0:40:20 > 0:40:23# I'm in the Lord's army
0:40:23 > 0:40:25# Yes, sir
0:40:25 > 0:40:30# I'm in the Lord's army. #
0:40:30 > 0:40:34We're in a time... In a generation where...
0:40:36 > 0:40:39..I feel the spirit is moving. I think...
0:40:41 > 0:40:44..there's people rising...
0:40:45 > 0:40:52..who have studied the Bible and see the need for us
0:40:52 > 0:40:58to just break down some lies that...
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I believed or that our people believe.
0:41:01 > 0:41:06# I may never march in the infantry
0:41:06 > 0:41:09# Ride in the cavalry
0:41:09 > 0:41:11# Shoot the artillery
0:41:11 > 0:41:13# I may never... #
0:41:13 > 0:41:16Miriam was revealing that she and Dave
0:41:16 > 0:41:19are part of a movement within the Amish community
0:41:19 > 0:41:22which is more open than evangelical in its approach,
0:41:22 > 0:41:25and whose mission is to spread the word of God.
0:41:25 > 0:41:27# Yes, sir
0:41:27 > 0:41:30# I'm in the Lord's army. #
0:41:30 > 0:41:31Yes, sir!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35'I think the rules can be overemphasised
0:41:35 > 0:41:39'and we look to that as, you know, a way of...'
0:41:41 > 0:41:42..salvation.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45It can make it confusing.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Miriam was picking her words carefully,
0:41:49 > 0:41:54because she didn't want to offend her Old Order family and friends.
0:41:54 > 0:41:56It was clear they no longer believed
0:41:56 > 0:41:59that keeping to every church rule was the route to heaven -
0:41:59 > 0:42:04although they still valued the Amish lifestyle and traditions.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07We'll lead you right down to it.
0:42:07 > 0:42:10They explained they'd been re-baptised at night,
0:42:10 > 0:42:12in their garden, a year ago.
0:42:13 > 0:42:17They felt their original baptism as young adults was not valid.
0:42:17 > 0:42:22This re-baptism was a whole new affirmation of their belief in God.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24It was right about this time of evening.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27Right in there, it's about three feet deep.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29Two-and-a-half, three feet deep.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34So, we all came down here and someone held the lantern like this.
0:42:34 > 0:42:37About 50 people standing around here,
0:42:37 > 0:42:39and four couples had decided to be baptised
0:42:39 > 0:42:41in the name of Jesus Christ.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43And that's what we did.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45A year ago, on this day.
0:42:48 > 0:42:50Two people went out in the water to help you,
0:42:50 > 0:42:54so you went in the water and knelt down, and then you leaned back
0:42:54 > 0:42:57till you were completely submerged in water, then you come forth
0:42:57 > 0:43:00and you're... you're buried and you rise up...
0:43:00 > 0:43:02- Rise as Christ.- ..as Christ, yeah.
0:43:04 > 0:43:07And you go in the house and grab a towel, real quick.
0:43:12 > 0:43:15'If our people were to find it out...#
0:43:16 > 0:43:18..we couldn't be Amish.
0:43:18 > 0:43:20Cos there was people being...
0:43:20 > 0:43:25There have been people excommunicated because of re-baptism.
0:43:27 > 0:43:29So that was...
0:43:29 > 0:43:32That was very hard for me to just...
0:43:34 > 0:43:35..er...
0:43:36 > 0:43:39..put me in that situation where I'm re-baptised
0:43:39 > 0:43:42and where I know our leaders wouldn't approve.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47But they will learn about it now.
0:43:48 > 0:43:51Um, you mean now that...?
0:43:51 > 0:43:54Well, I guess, you know, if you put that on the film.
0:43:56 > 0:43:59So, we have...
0:43:59 > 0:44:01We have...
0:44:02 > 0:44:05..told my parents.
0:44:05 > 0:44:10And...I felt their blessing.
0:44:10 > 0:44:12Especially Mom's.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19There's been much conflict about practices on how to baptise
0:44:19 > 0:44:22or re-baptism within our church.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25It always brings strife and conflict.
0:44:26 > 0:44:29And it's because of the spiritual war.
0:44:32 > 0:44:35How do you think people will feel...
0:44:35 > 0:44:39if it's known from the film that you've been re-baptised?
0:44:45 > 0:44:48Well, it's the truth.
0:44:48 > 0:44:51A guy can always use the truth. He can always...
0:44:53 > 0:44:55..make good of it.
0:44:57 > 0:44:58It...
0:45:00 > 0:45:07If I just dwell on people finding it out, I'm fearful.
0:45:10 > 0:45:14You could still be excommunicated for being re-baptised?
0:45:14 > 0:45:18Oh, yeah. I have no idea what our people would really do in our church.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23Or for taking part in this film?
0:45:23 > 0:45:25Yes. Yes.
0:45:29 > 0:45:31Less than a week later,
0:45:31 > 0:45:34another group of people gathered at Miriam and Dave's house -
0:45:34 > 0:45:37this time, to worship together.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40Again, many of them were excommunicated,
0:45:40 > 0:45:43and some of them were driving cars.
0:45:43 > 0:45:46You're allowed to get together and talk with excommunicated people,
0:45:46 > 0:45:49but you're not allowed to eat with them
0:45:49 > 0:45:51and ride with them.
0:45:53 > 0:45:55So there's some risks, yeah.
0:45:58 > 0:46:00Some people come here in secret.
0:46:00 > 0:46:03The Amish church doesn't know.
0:46:03 > 0:46:05Mm.
0:46:05 > 0:46:07Yeah.
0:46:08 > 0:46:16You know, getting together with a big group regularly that's excommunicated,
0:46:16 > 0:46:18they would start to wonder, you know,
0:46:18 > 0:46:20"Why are we getting together?"
0:46:21 > 0:46:26Because, you know, "Why don't you get together with people that are still Amish?
0:46:26 > 0:46:29"Why do you hang out with the excommunicated?"
0:46:29 > 0:46:31Yeah, that makes it uncomfortable.
0:46:31 > 0:46:34'That makes the leaders and the elders uncomfortable.'
0:46:34 > 0:46:37CHATTERING
0:46:43 > 0:46:45If we're ready?
0:46:46 > 0:46:48Let's all stand up and pray.
0:46:57 > 0:47:03Heavenly Father, we come before you in the name of Jesus Christ,
0:47:03 > 0:47:06because Jesus said He is the way, He is the life.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09He is the only way to you, Father, so we come in His name
0:47:09 > 0:47:11and we ask you that you would be with us.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13We thank you for the food that we ate,
0:47:13 > 0:47:15we thank you for the building that you have provided,
0:47:15 > 0:47:19we praise you, we praise and glorify your holy name.
0:47:19 > 0:47:24- In Jesus' name we pray, Father. Amen.- ALL:- Amen.
0:47:24 > 0:47:27# ..we shall wear a crown
0:47:27 > 0:47:33# In the new Jeru-sa-lem
0:47:33 > 0:47:36- # Wear a cro-o-o-own - Wear a crown
0:47:36 > 0:47:39- # Wear a cro-o-own - Wear a crown
0:47:39 > 0:47:40# Wear a... #
0:47:40 > 0:47:46If you were excommunicated, what would you lose?
0:47:46 > 0:47:50I mean, would you be shunned by your family and your friends?
0:47:50 > 0:47:51Some, I'm sure.
0:47:52 > 0:47:58I assume some family would not, but others would.
0:47:59 > 0:48:02- They would shun you?- Yeah. Yeah.
0:48:03 > 0:48:06What would they do, exactly?
0:48:06 > 0:48:10Well, they wouldn't come any more, they wouldn't invite us...
0:48:12 > 0:48:15..to gatherings, or...
0:48:17 > 0:48:21..they might avoid us, you know, if they do see us.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26They would be required to do that by the church?
0:48:29 > 0:48:31By some people.
0:48:34 > 0:48:39But that would represent a huge loss for you, would it?
0:48:39 > 0:48:41A huge loss?
0:48:44 > 0:48:46It might seem so, but...
0:48:48 > 0:48:55..Jesus calls us to rejoice if we're put out because of his name.
0:48:55 > 0:48:57For his cause.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00I know it would be hard, because it would be...
0:49:01 > 0:49:04..the reality of rejection.
0:49:06 > 0:49:11And I know that's hurtful.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14- These are people you love.- Yes.
0:49:49 > 0:49:56# I know this li-i-ife is precious
0:49:56 > 0:49:59# The next breath you ta-a-ake
0:49:59 > 0:50:03# Could be your last one
0:50:03 > 0:50:06# Another day is come
0:50:06 > 0:50:09# Another sunrise
0:50:09 > 0:50:12# Another day God holds
0:50:12 > 0:50:15# Every moment of it!
0:50:15 > 0:50:18# This life we have
0:50:18 > 0:50:22# Is the gift of our maker
0:50:22 > 0:50:25# This sacred freedom
0:50:25 > 0:50:28# Here in our land
0:50:28 > 0:50:32# This divine hour
0:50:32 > 0:50:35# I recognise
0:50:35 > 0:50:38# We'll hold on tight
0:50:38 > 0:50:41# To this precious life... #
0:50:41 > 0:50:45Five months later, and the family were moving house.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47Dave had managed to buy a farm,
0:50:47 > 0:50:5175 acres, a mile away from their old house.
0:50:51 > 0:50:55# ..below me at God's creation
0:50:55 > 0:51:03# And I'm overwhelmed with all the beauty in me
0:51:03 > 0:51:08# He's filled my eyes and I realise. #
0:51:08 > 0:51:12# It's the glory now that fills and fills my soul
0:51:12 > 0:51:16# As I walk the night away. #
0:51:16 > 0:51:19What can you get, one last hill here?
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Come on.
0:51:27 > 0:51:31# A-A-A-Amen
0:51:31 > 0:51:34# A-A-A-Amen
0:51:36 > 0:51:40# A-Amen
0:51:40 > 0:51:42# Amen
0:51:42 > 0:51:45# Amen with the horns now
0:51:50 > 0:51:52# Amen
0:51:54 > 0:51:56# With the rhythm now, A...
0:51:56 > 0:51:58# A-Amen
0:52:00 > 0:52:02# A-A-A-Amen
0:52:04 > 0:52:08# A-Amen
0:52:08 > 0:52:10# Amen
0:52:10 > 0:52:11# Amen. #
0:52:11 > 0:52:16I think God has a special place for farmers.
0:52:17 > 0:52:19And it's on my heart, too.
0:52:19 > 0:52:23I'll be living by working the land.
0:52:24 > 0:52:29There's something special about putting seeds in the ground and watch it grow.
0:52:29 > 0:52:30# Amen
0:52:32 > 0:52:36# This little light of mine
0:52:36 > 0:52:39# I'm gonna let it shine... #
0:52:39 > 0:52:40Katie, hey!
0:52:46 > 0:52:48KATIE GIGGLES
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Katie!
0:52:54 > 0:52:56The family will have less income from farming
0:52:56 > 0:52:58than when Dave worked in construction.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05- Hey!- Hey!
0:53:05 > 0:53:07- How was your day?- Good.
0:53:07 > 0:53:10Hiya, James.
0:53:10 > 0:53:14Being together and having each others hearts
0:53:14 > 0:53:16is more important than finances.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Love requires time.
0:53:20 > 0:53:21So...
0:53:22 > 0:53:27If you... If you want your cow to feel your love,
0:53:27 > 0:53:29you will need to spend time with it.
0:53:37 > 0:53:43By working together, I expect to be able to connect with them.
0:53:46 > 0:53:50Because, once I'm an old man, 80 years old,
0:53:50 > 0:53:52I'll need to ask Katie, my daughter,
0:53:52 > 0:53:56if she's going to be my nurse when I'm 80 years old.
0:53:57 > 0:54:02I am fully persuaded if I have time to meet her needs now,
0:54:02 > 0:54:05she will have time...
0:54:05 > 0:54:06to meet my needs
0:54:08 > 0:54:11Hello, Kevin?
0:54:11 > 0:54:16This is David Lapp, I'm looking for a brown Swiss cow.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Do you know of anybody that has brown Swiss cows?
0:54:20 > 0:54:22Yeah, one or two family cows.
0:54:22 > 0:54:23Mm-hm.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27I'm looking for a cow.
0:54:27 > 0:54:31We want to get a cow or two
0:54:31 > 0:54:34because we want to make our own yogurt, butter, cheese
0:54:34 > 0:54:36and stuff like that, ice-cream.
0:54:36 > 0:54:39We will have all the fresh milk to drink.
0:54:41 > 0:54:43This is the phone shanty.
0:54:45 > 0:54:50The traditional Amish kind don't have phones in their houses.
0:54:50 > 0:54:56So they have a phone in a shanty outside somewhere.
0:54:58 > 0:55:00- We're quite a long way away from the house now?- Yeah.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Most people don't have it this far away.
0:55:03 > 0:55:04Er...
0:55:04 > 0:55:07People are starting to have it closer, like in the garage
0:55:07 > 0:55:09and that's quite acceptable in our area.
0:55:09 > 0:55:12Are you going to leave it here or are you going to move it?
0:55:12 > 0:55:14We'll probably get it closer to the house, yeah.
0:55:14 > 0:55:19It's just the way of the Elders' decision to keep life more simple.
0:55:19 > 0:55:23Personally, I see it as a waste of time.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30AMISH CHORAL SINGING
0:56:26 > 0:56:31The idea had been to make a film about Amish family life and faith.
0:56:31 > 0:56:35David and Miriam embraced the risks of taking part
0:56:35 > 0:56:37because of their beliefs.
0:56:37 > 0:56:41The threat of being forced out of the Amish Church has not gone away.
0:56:44 > 0:56:48The family see themselves as Amish Christians.
0:56:48 > 0:56:52They have put their new beliefs before the Amish rules.
0:56:55 > 0:56:57There is no way of life
0:56:57 > 0:57:00that will bring peace and joy to a person's heart.
0:57:01 > 0:57:07Some people think if they would only live a unique lifestyle like the Amish,
0:57:07 > 0:57:09that will help them to be happy.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12Some people think if they would have a bigger house, they would be happy.
0:57:12 > 0:57:16But my message is, all those things are good
0:57:16 > 0:57:20but if that's what your happiness is based on, it's not going to last.
0:57:22 > 0:57:27If you accept Jesus, that will be the true happiness.
0:57:32 > 0:57:34The reason we took part in the film
0:57:34 > 0:57:36is because one of the last Commandments
0:57:36 > 0:57:40that Jesus gave to his disciples before he left
0:57:40 > 0:57:44was, "go ye and tell the world.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46"Go ye to the outermost parts of the world,
0:57:46 > 0:57:50"teaching and preaching and baptising in the name of Jesus."
0:57:50 > 0:57:52There might be consequences,
0:57:52 > 0:57:58but we pray that we ask Jesus that we would not offend people.
0:58:03 > 0:58:05God bless you in Jesus's name.
0:58:05 > 0:58:08God bless you. Bye!
0:58:17 > 0:58:22# Are you going to be a saint on that shore
0:58:22 > 0:58:27# Or a sinner left far behind?
0:58:27 > 0:58:32# Don't you think of your soul and want to be saved
0:58:32 > 0:58:35# Don't you want to go to Heaven sometime?
0:58:36 > 0:58:41# Sometime, sometime
0:58:41 > 0:58:45# I'll be going to Heaven sometime
0:58:45 > 0:58:52# God is leading the way and I can't go astray
0:58:52 > 0:58:56# I'll be going to Heaven sometime. #
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