Met Ketty Thought the Amish's

 

For my second time, I climbed the Mount Carmel. The first time was in 2010 in Haifa, and Saturday, Nov.09th, I saw that script on a road signal as I approached Pennsylvania. Whaou! The world is really small, did I tell myself. No, it probably has different meaning over here. It's like these people I was going to visit : The Amish. They are in some other States in America, and even in Canada, but it is said that the Pennsylvania may have a significance group. They came escaping                                                                                                                                              t

he persecution, and found shelter under  William Penn   : this is why they don't, originally wear bottomed cloth. This is why men don't have mustache. They just don't want to identify with those soldiers who persecuted them. A huge culture. I understood almost nothing as I watched Witness. It's too huge!

I then met that woman, Ketty...to tchat for a while, in private:

 

 

 

How many years have you taught this class?

• Actually I help people to understand how our community is organized in terms of education, I don’t teach since many years. I did just two years before I got married.

 What does differentiate Amish to other American citizens, in general?

• Just our sense of the family. Everything is around our family. What does life mean without a family?

 Do you have children?

• I have (laugh) 6 boys and the elder has found his own life in Indonesia…

 Is he a really Amish as he lives far from you?

• Oh, of course. We, we are Amish Mennonite, and we think that life can be different though we don’t encourage that…

 what do you mean, Mum ?

• ...that we are different people, and that everyone has also right to think life differently.

Really? Can I for example take a picture with you?

• Sure! Hurry up! (others were getting inside the class). By the way, you should read Ira Wagler…

"Grew up Amish"?

• Yeah! Do you know him?

I just bought it, I will read it. Do you read books?

• (looking in my eyes and laugh) Don’t tell me you think all these books are for pictures!

Thanks for the picture, mum.

• Of course! Where do you come gentleman?

From Burundi.

• (she pushed her head towards me like, …, I repeated...) I don’t know.

Really? Unfortunately for you, mum. It’s in Africa.

• To late! and...impossible to do like my son.

Why?

• Yes we travel, but we normally don’t take flight, so…

(Your attention please, Ms Fran said loudly ...)

 

Audace Machado