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In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received. Today we are offering another, this one from Anna Mae Troyer in Ohio. She does a beautiful job…
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I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund. Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting with the team to review the inspiring applications we have received…
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It’s been a long while since I posted here, and even longer since I offered an update on what is going on in my life. My life is full right now. David and…
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Today I bring you a piece that was originally published at the DailyCal by Eythana Miller titled The fastest growing American language you’ve never heard of. Eythana grew up in Northwest Montana in…
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Katie Miller and I have been in touch over the months since the Symposium at Elizabethtown College. She was not able to attend, though she has offered part of her story to publish…
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When I was living in Pennsylvania, I met Ruth, who has become a dear friend. She is warm, loving, insightful, and brilliant. She is a wife, a mother of five, teacher of sign…
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Today I return to the theme of stories from others who found their way to college from an Amish education. At the symposium at Elizabethtown College in June, there was a group of…
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David and I have been busily taking on house projects. The most complicated one yet was installing a new window in our master bedroom. When the house was built in 1987, it was…
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I am not writing this while on vacation. I’m writing it from our new home in northern Vermont. I have very much enjoyed bringing you stories from others who have left a Plain…
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You can read Part 1 of this story here. This is Part 2 of 2: By Marilyn Coblentz When I was nineteen, I received a phone call that completely shook my world. My…
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A Chance for a Different Future
In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received.…
The Gift of Learning
I mentioned in my last post that I volunteer for the Amish Descendant Scholarship Fund.…
Updates and Summer in Vermont
It’s been a long while since I posted here, and even longer since I offered…
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