AMISH ACRES in Nappanee, IN

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Originally Posted by DaisyP

Have been there several times.
The food is amazing! Good Amish cooking. Served family style. And the shows there have always been wonderful. Last time I was there I saw, "Annie." Very enjoyable evening. And you are right..there aren't too many points of interest in Indiana. Guess that is why I didn't last too long as a Hoosier.

Been there MANY times! The best deal though is about ten minutes away in Shipshewanna! The Amish restaraunt there is incredible AND the Mennonite/Amish Cultural museum is a MUST see! They have a guided tour, explaining the various differences between Old Order Amish (men wear THREE buttons on their shirts), New Order Amish (Disfellowshipped because the men wear FOUR buttons on theirs), Hutterites, Mennonites, Brethren, Beechy Amish (Absolutely disfellowshipped! Their women wear the Same Amish pattern dresses and Bonnets BUT are allowed (shudder) to wear them in Pastel colours NOT prints, of peach, pinks and Apricots) it surely helps give some insight into the human nature that has caused so many differences in the Apostolic Faith! Elder Jimmy Wyant pastors there in Nappanee, ACI and he is a wonderful man, he and his wife are "Old Timers" who are originally out of Christ Temple SOUTH BEND (Old Brother Ray Jones church, later Pastored by Martin Ballestero Senior and Junior.)

I would definitely head over to Shipshewanna, its just minutes away. (Also they happen to be one of the few sites of a Wells Fargo Bank east of the Mississippi river.) But go see the Cultural center. INTERESTING POINT...They have a diroama that just screams History of the modern Pentecostal movement. Evidently just like US the original members of their group were not as clothing obsessed as they became later, the original Amish being clothed in finery and jewels of the day (1500s Switzerland, Germany and Holland) the black and the bonnets is a much later development, kind of like ...well I'll leave THAT alone. But definitely do Shipshewanna, you WONT be sorry!

P.S. we don't EVEN want to discuss the Mennonites...they have compromised completely and actually have Cars, Electricity and BATHROOMS ***INSIDE*** (!!!!) the home!