Laura Lynn Lake

Amish Living



Posted: Wednesday, April 23, 2008

by Laura Lynn Lake

I went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania with my daddy and we had a great time. As we were there I asked my daddy if we could go to the Amish country and we did. At the Amish country there was a food store, a one room schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop, farm, and an old Amish house. 

I had a great time there. That was one of the coolest things I have ever done. 

I saw a lot of horse and buggies on the road with an orange sign on the back. And in the old Amish house I saw the wash-machine that was powered by a gasoline motor, which I thought was cool. They power tools and kitchen appliances by air. Of everything, my favorite part of the tour was the one room schoolhouse although I could not imagine myself in just a one-room school. I think it would just get a little crowded. In fact I think they don’t even get recess. I could not live with that because when I was in school that was my favorite part of the day (I am presently being home schooled now). 

My daddy’s favorite part was the old Amish house. A regular Amish house wall paint is only earthly colors like baby blue, green, and beige.    And our second favorite part was the farm. We saw all kinds of animals like pigs, chickens, roosters, cows, miniature horses, and peacocks. And we even met an Amish lady. And the nine and a half hours it took to get to Pennsylvania it was all worth it. And plus I got to spend some time with my daddy. 

I really loved the trip.

 

 P.S. Amish people are of German heritage, and are very religious.

I left Lancaster with a lot of admiration for them and I respect them very much.

 

                                And this is my Amish story.

Laura Lynn Lake is the daughter of Judi and Gary Lake. She is presently in the forth grade and is 9 years old. Her hobbies include: reading, football, writing, singing, music, playing with her dog, roller-blading, ice-skating, gymnastics, riding her four wheeler, and trying to train her other dog Gloria. Her favorite TV show is "I Love Lucy," "The Munster," "The Adams Family" "The Flintstones" "The Jetsons" and she loves Hannah Montanna. 
This Article has been viewed 316 times. (Not updated in real-time.)
Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)
» left by bárbara Henríquez from Chile 3 years 329 days ago.
hello nice story. we are writing a report bout amish people, and i found great your trip and the opportunity to meet that peculiar culture.
» left by David Pekrul
 2 years 292 days ago.
70 fans.
I'm glad you got to meet the Amish people. My wife and I travelled to Lancaster County a few years ago and thought the Amish culture was fascinating. We can always learn something from other cultures.
We want your comments! If you can read this, you don't have javascript enabled, so you can't use this comment system. Please enable javascript.