Members prophet1 Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 Bro. Gary, that is terrible. Dutch Blitz was a popular game at college, but I hung out in the "Rook" crowd Rook is our family fav, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John81 Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 Rook was played a lot when I was a child and we would spend weekends camping on the river. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rosie Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 i like rook too now i play upwords and triominoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trapperhoney Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 I was introduced to Phase 10 at college and fell in love with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rebecca Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 Phase 10 is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MountainChristian Posted September 4, 2014 Members Share Posted September 4, 2014 Hello BettyAnn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Pastor Matt Posted September 4, 2014 Administrators Share Posted September 4, 2014 BettyAnn, Welcome to Online Baptist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BettyAnn Posted September 8, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 I would be interested in hearing how you got saved. My Romans road was an odd situation. When I was 14 I was told I was adopted through not the most legal agreement between a web of family aquintences and all that. And my birth family wanted me back so without any legal leg to stand on,and court not being an option,I moved on with them a while later. They were a mixture oc very liberal humanism with a smattering of Judaism so I really didn't fit in. They were very suspect of anything on Penn German so I started reading King James and got strong convictions over it, started going to a regular church until my birth family found out and I want allowed to go anymore. So for years I just did schooling, got through college, got more modern (not terribly much lol) and moved out to Montana. After a year or so someone gave me a pocket sized book of John and I finally understood and was saved. Fortunately my husband, fiancee at the time, still wanted to court even though he wasn't saved because I guess he liked me enough. He jumped me by going to church a few weeks later and he was saved.Not the most dramatic testimony but God has kept me safe through a lot of stuff. It's hard for most Amish too explain beliefs in general because being Amish,doctrine wise, is a living and breathing young. I mean that it is more than belief in Jesus when you're Amish. Your tired too a family structure woven in to a community, you're dependent on others who are just as dependent on you. There's a social structure not seen anywhere else,a very alien thing to most people. It's hard to put in to words a doctrinal statement or even a simple explanation of basics when there's such a complex web of rabbit trails woven around it. Honestly most Amish themselves don't know what they believe. But there are a few universals. There's no assurance of salvation which is why it's most hard at Amish funerals about the hope the deceased will see heaven. Old Order do have the view that those not Amish are most certainly all going to hell, that no one can fully understand the Bible except the bishop. There also restrictions on what should be read from the Bible by the bishops even at home. Bible study itself is very frowned on, in some communities even an offence for shunning. As far as electricity and modern convenience, it's not a matter of being scared of technology rather than the worry that it will bring discord to the community and disrupt the home. There are some compromises tho like automatic milking machines run by electricity for legal reasons and refrigerators run by generators. Everything various community to community. A letter friend of mine lived in a small community of old order up in Canada and their bishop didn't allow any mirrors for fear of vanity, while my community allowed mirrors but they were required to be covered up by cloth so when not in use it wasn't tempting one to care for vain things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BettyAnn Posted September 8, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 I hope you didn't have to give up Dutch Blitz:lol: Lord God forbid I do! I wear out a few packs a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BettyAnn Posted September 8, 2014 Author Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 PrOBably BettyAnn's worst nightmare. Â :-0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Genevanpreacher Posted September 8, 2014 Members Share Posted September 8, 2014 Welcome. Forgive Brother Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members trapperhoney Posted September 12, 2014 Members Share Posted September 12, 2014 That is fascinating, BettyAnn, thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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