My Amish Story

<p><em>My Amish Story</em> is the story of the last few years of Amish life for the Graber family in the 1990s. It’s about the hurdles of breaking the barriers of centuries of family circles being broken with no goodbyes of heartbreak and estrangement and of the transitions and adjustments to a new way of living.</p><p>But it is also and more so a story of leaving the old and embracing the new of walking in the blessing of freedom from bondage and of leaving behind the fear of tomorrow. It is the story of a family living loving and laughing their way along the journey of life.</p><p><strong>About the Author</strong></p><p>Rebecca Borntrager Graber was born into an Amish family of ten children. She lost her mother at the tender age of ten and later taught school in the Amish parochial schools. She married Lester Graber who was ordained as an Amish minister the second year they were married. Rebecca and Lester were shunned by the Amish church thirteen years later after taking a bold stand against some extra-biblical Amish rules.</p><p>Rebecca always enjoyed writing and was a frequently published author in <em>Family Life</em> <em>Young Companion</em> and <em>Blackboard Bulletin</em> which were monthly magazines published by the Amish. She has conducted many women’s Bible study groups in her home taught Bible classes at a local jail and carried on correspondence with prisoners from a variety of jails and prisons.</p><p>At present Rebecca her husband Lester and their youngest daughter Dorcas live in Fort Worth Texas where they are members of Eagle Mountain International Church.</p>