Posts Tagged ‘Amish school’
“A Character that is Truly My Own “
Below is another essay by one of our scholarship applicants. This one is more personal for me because I knew her mother as a child. Even though Ruth did not speak of her home life, I often wondered if the image her family projected of being “good Christians” was different than the life inside their…
Read MoreA Chance for a Different Future
In our last post, we shared one of the outstanding scholarship essays that we received. Today we are offering another, this one from Anna Mae Troyer in Ohio. She does a beautiful job of introducing herself, so let’s go right to her essay. I have never authored an essay that is formed with the assumption…
Read MoreFrom a One-Room Amish Schoolhouse to Smith College
I would like to offer a special thanks to Saloma Miller Furlong for joining us in our effort and for the help she has extended to other former Amish people in need. No one knows the challenges these young people face when choosing a life away from the Amish community better than she does. And…
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