Personal Narrative: My Trip To The Mennonite Community

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In my lifetime I have never had the opportunity to go out and see a culture such as the Mennonite community. I have, for the most part, stayed within my own culture and associated with people that share the same believes as me. The day I got to go and see the Mennonites was a very intriguing time for me. The fact is, I knew some about how the Mennonites and Amish lived, but for the most part I had no idea ‘why’. I think my assumptions were ‘they are just stuck in the past’. The moment I got to the Jam house in Scottsville Kentucky, I felt very comfortable. Sure the clothing was very dated, but nothing seemed to be abnormal about it. It felt like I walked onto the set of ‘Little House on the Prairie’. The people however, were actually very …show more content…

It was so awesome to see how one man could do so much with the limits on technology in the community. Unfortunately I have forgotten this man’s name, but I have not forgotten what he was able to do. The entire place was horse powered, other than the fire itself. All the machines he had actually surprised me. I was not expecting to see so many machines in one room. More importantly, how all of them ran off of the power of two massive horses. The last stop of the trip was the most important to me, because of the questions that he had answered for me. Up until now in the trip I really didn’t ‘grasp’ why the Amish and Mennonite community do what they do. His answer was that every limit and rule is simply to benefit the closeness of the entire community. The light bulb in my head lit up. It all made sense to me, they want to eliminate distraction. This is beneficial to them for many reasons. They have a greater focus on specific things in their life. I started to think about myself, and how many distractions I allow in my daily routine. I use to find myself on the computer for hours on end. All of their reasoning was to limit the use of technology to create better focus for the people living in their community. This way they could become masters of their profession, and the religion that they

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