This past week the media has watched, and in turn the world, as a lone gunman entered the quiet simple life of the Amish of Nickle, Pennsylvania and ripped 5 of their young girls from them through murder. He took the girls hostage in the one room school house in rural Pennsylvania and as police swarmed the area, he shot them and then himself.

The Amish people are a simple people, living out what they believe is God’s call to them. Little changes from one generation to the next in their world, modern technology and conveniences are shunned by them, farming is carried out in traditional ways and the community is close knit. Read the rest of this entry »