What is America without electricity

An ordinary wooden American house... Only now the flower beds are not visible, there is a rope on the street for linen, and instead of a modern car in the yard you can see a black horse-drawn carriage and a pair of bicycles without pedals. I wonder if everything is as unusual inside as outside? Let's take a look.

 The door is opened for you by a respectable man, whose chin is adorned with a thick beard. He is wearing dark blue trousers, a vest of the same color, and a straw hat covers his head in a pleasant shade.

Once inside, you do not hear the usual: “Today in our program ...” You do not see the walls, hung with photographs of the family. You don't notice the girl who is hanging on the phone and passionately telling her friend the latest news. I suppose your first thought is: "Something is wrong here, if I am in danger in the next room!"

- You, probably, have never been in such houses before... Let me introduce you to the life of my ancestors, - said a pleasant male voice behind your back.

- You are very grateful ...

- Amish - red angels of the Creator. Our elders from Germany and Switzerland once established the ordnung (order). Thanks to them, we live in harmony with God, because the set of rules is written according to the Bible.

- How curious. I noticed that there are no unnecessary things in your home. Even all the plants on the windowsill can be eaten. This is certainly nonsense for our time... Moreover, your village is not equipped with electricity! And what a cleanliness you have! Please tell us about the daily life of the Amish.

- We live modestly and simply. We take only what we need for the business. For example, our people do not use smartphones, because they only violate the privacy with their family. In an emergency, the Amish contacts the city using a phone booth on the outskirts of the village. In everyday life, we do without electricity, we wash with ordinary machines, we do not watch TV or read news on social networks. My fridge is on a kerosene engine, and on the roof is a solar panel! This is enough for my loved ones. We go to work by horse-drawn transport. We are used to helping each other, building houses for new families, giving our children for the children of our friends... We like to live the way our ancestors lived and the way our children will live!

- It turns out that there are absolutely no newcomers among the inhabitants of the settlement and cannot be?

- No, why did you decide so. Sometimes people come from different parts of the world and ask how to become one of us, but not many of them stay among the Amish for long. It is difficult for them to refuse those benefits that accompanied them from childhood.

“It’s clear, you know, I’m thinking about it myself… Could I become a part of such an independent people?

- I do not know, this is everyone's decision, maybe you have your own destiny.

- Thank you so much for such a lively story, but can I take a picture with you for memory?

- Sorry, but our faith calls for a complete rejection of video cameras and televisions. Any image of a person is idolatry!

Oh, how difficult it is to understand people who live in another part of the world... But how attractive is their inaccessibility ...

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