FEMA was a disaster of it’s own.
I have the utmost respect for the Amish. Compare them (who actually practice their religion) to ...say...Episcopals, who practice something distantly resembling...something.
I have the utmost respect for the Amish. Compare them (who actually practice their religion) to ...say...Episcopals, who practice something distantly resembling...something.
Thanks for sharing. Their Christian acts of charity set a good example to us all! God bless them.
Last of how many? Terrible reporting
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.
My son does electrical work and he went down to WNC to help rebuild houses. The project was sponsored through the Baptist churches.
Kinda defeats the point of being Amish, doesn't it?
Great work from great individuals.
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.
I remember a news story or two about the Amish rebuilding effort there.
But, unfortunately, hurricane-ravaged North Carolina has not received very much attention from the media because Biden was in office then. If a Republican had been president, the press would never have stopped talking about NC.
And all the AMISH BASHING that takes place here.
You should all be ashamed!!!
“GOD BLESS THE AMISH!!! pic.twitter.com/9dCyB2esyA”
This is very “nice” of them, but they’re motives are WRONG!
This will not get them to heaven. They see this as “works”.
Ephesians 2:8 NIV
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—
Amish, Mennonites, etc. are just familial cults with strange religious (I won’t say “Christian”) beliefs.
“The Amish are a conservative Christian group within Anabaptism who differ from mainstream Christianity through their emphasis on extreme separation from the world, nonresistance, adult baptism, and strict adherence to unwritten community rules (the Ordnung). They are distinguished by their rejection of most modern technology, pacifism, distinctive simple dress, communal living, and their approach to salvation through community and works rather than a single moment of conversion. “
In other words they are NOT “SAVED” children of God no matter what “nice” works they do.
Bkmk
I recall when my wife and I were volunteering to help with the 1993 floods that inundated large parts of Des Moines, IA, it was the Salvation Army who quickly showed up and delivered meals to the volunteers and were passing out clean up kits to residents with flooded homes while the Red Cross was busy with press conferences telling what they were going to do. There are many faith based groups who respond to disasters and seek no recognition for their charitable work. Our country is very blessed to have Christian faith groups who will do this work. I don’t recall any Muslim charities responding like this in time of disaster.
There are still many homes that are destroyed or inaccessible.