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The Amish should be recognized for completing home-building in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina.
American Thinker ^ | 29 Sep, 2025 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 09/30/2025 6:05:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Has anyone heard of the Amish rebuilding effort in hurricane-ravaged North Carolina?

The report now, from citizen-photojournalist Matt Van Swol is that they have completed the last tiny home for the thousands of victims in the western part of the state, whose entire homes were destroyed or washed away in the ravages of Hurricane Helene last year.

🚨#BREAKING: The Amish have confirmed they have completed their very last tiny home for Western North Carolina victims of Hurricane Helene.

This final tiny home is being delivered today to David Hostetter, a Vietnam veteran who lost his home in the storm.

GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!! pic.twitter.com/bN778YosCT

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) September 27, 2025

He also made this video on their great act of charity last July:

For months, the Amish have quietly rebuilt Western North Carolina— they're STILL HERE, volunteering since November of last year.

It's an epic, rarely told story.

This video of them singing a-cappella hymns after building tiny homes is so beautiful...

GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!! pic.twitter.com/9dCyB2esyA

— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) July 14, 2025

What an exquisite act of charity, the work of their own hands and talents, working together, giving of themselves, putting themselves last, to help restore housing for their fellow Americans -- and doing it for months and months, with no recognition. The tiny homes are a marvelously practical solution that residents can live in and expand and upgrade as they rebuild their lives and communities, a sight better than FEMA trailers as well. Unlike the government, which threw roadblock after roadblock to reconstruction (although North Carolina was not as bad as California), the Amish just quietly got the job done, in record time, and in a way that should be studied by all first responders.

It was a great achievement, done out of love for their fellow Americans.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: fema
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1 posted on 09/30/2025 6:05:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

FEMA was a disaster of it’s own.


2 posted on 09/30/2025 6:05:49 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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I have the utmost respect for the Amish. Compare them (who actually practice their religion) to ...say...Episcopals, who practice something distantly resembling...something.


3 posted on 09/30/2025 6:07:36 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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To: MtnClimber

I have the utmost respect for the Amish. Compare them (who actually practice their religion) to ...say...Episcopals, who practice something distantly resembling...something.


4 posted on 09/30/2025 6:07:39 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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I don’t think so. They quietly do their own thing and keep to themselves. We need to leave them alone and be thankful they don’t look at the world like the muslims do.


5 posted on 09/30/2025 6:08:12 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: MtnClimber

Thanks for sharing. Their Christian acts of charity set a good example to us all! God bless them.


6 posted on 09/30/2025 6:08:53 AM PDT by TheDon (Remember the J6 political prisoners! Remember Ashli Babbitt!)
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To: MtnClimber

Last of how many? Terrible reporting


7 posted on 09/30/2025 6:11:26 AM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT back in 2006)
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To: MtnClimber

There are 3 Amish communities in our county. One has a dinner every year well attended. All donations are for the local fire department. I think they raise about 20K each year in donations and auctions of food and quilts. They had one recently for our Shriners and donated homemade goods. We raised about 2K in our auction. They are very friendly people.


8 posted on 09/30/2025 6:11:34 AM PDT by healy61
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To: MtnClimber

My son does electrical work and he went down to WNC to help rebuild houses. The project was sponsored through the Baptist churches.


9 posted on 09/30/2025 6:20:45 AM PDT by AppyPappy (They don't call you a Nazi because they think you are one. They do it to justify violence. )
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To: DIRTYSECRET

They are living out the teachings of the Bible here on several fronts and I seriously doubt they want any praise.


10 posted on 09/30/2025 6:23:00 AM PDT by V_TWIN (RIP Charlie Kirk)
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Amish should be recognized?

Kinda defeats the point of being Amish, doesn't it?

11 posted on 09/30/2025 6:29:48 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) "Diggin the scene with a gangster lean" (Mayfield, Curtis) )
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“...I don’t think so. They quietly do their own thing and keep to themselves. We need to leave them alone and be thankful they don’t look at the world like the muslims do...”

Fully agree.
I have nothing but the utmost respect for those people.
IMHO, most of America could probably take a lesson or two from em and be better off for it.
They don’t seek accolades from man, but seek the blessings bestowed from God. May the Lord continue to bless em....and a BIG Thank You for the assistance they’ve provided.


12 posted on 09/30/2025 6:30:02 AM PDT by lgjhn23 ("On the 8th day, Satan created the progressive liberal to destroy all the good that God created...")
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To: V_TWIN

True, but we should give credit where it is due, as an example to those who aren’t likewise committed.


13 posted on 09/30/2025 6:30:23 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: V_TWIN

True, but we should give credit where it is due, as an example to those who aren’t likewise committed.


14 posted on 09/30/2025 6:30:27 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

We can say prayers of thanks for all they have done for their fellow Americans in need.

God bless them.


15 posted on 09/30/2025 6:34:09 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: blackdog

Send prayers of thanks. May they multiply and remain healthy.


16 posted on 09/30/2025 6:39:22 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: blackdog

Send prayers of thanks. May they multiply and remain healthy.


17 posted on 09/30/2025 6:39:24 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: mewzilla

They built a barn to replace the original. It’s awesome.


18 posted on 09/30/2025 6:39:46 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: MtnClimber

Great work from great individuals.


19 posted on 09/30/2025 6:44:49 AM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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A way to repay them is fighting for and backing them because the Government like Biden’s was in DC, State and local RATs have been harrassing them and trying to shut down their farming and sale of homegrown meats and foods unless they surrender to government control.


20 posted on 09/30/2025 6:47:32 AM PDT by dforest
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