Did We have Rumspringa

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[@babsbybend]

The teens sneaking around remind me of "Persepolis," by Marjane Satrapi, her account of her upbringing in post-Shah Iran. The penalties for being discovered were worse.

[@montananerd8244]

The walkman!!! Lol good memories... I work at a museum & the machine used to digitize old cassettes looks exactly like a walkman. Our teen volunteer was over the moon to get to live out a "if I was born in olden times" fantasy! I was mortally offended, I'm only 53 lol but he was living his best life transferring old homesteader interviews to the computer 😂

[@t-and-p]

Brilliant! 😂 I have a 16 year old and, the other day, we were visiting relatives. There were a variety of adults in the room with him, but he was the only person under 35. We were talking about Christmas and my son was being asked what gifts he'd like. He replied that he would very much like a new music album by an artist he enjoys, so his uncle asked him what format he'd like it in (thinking of the different types of digital music). He responded by asking for a CD, because it was "retro". Every adult in the room erupted into profanity... 😂 He knew what he was doing, judging by the little sly grin as he said the offending word, and thought the reaction was hilarious! 😂 Good job we love him! 😉💕

[@misssmalla5581]

You are incredibly articulate and good at communicating. I appreciate how you share what happened, your experiences, and you recognize both good and bad. You don’t show bitterness, which is incredibly refreshing.

[@emilyevans6989]

I very much respect your thoughts on how you grew up. I was a military brat and dragged all over the world. I resented it, at times, but, like you, I made peace with it, and it’s a part of who I am!

[@violiendamast]

German: herumspringen. This means: to jump around

[@fromspace7]

in Swedish: springa runt means running around (I think that's what rumspringa means)

[@daria9000]

Amish are not of swedish origin though. I guess the original word was "rumspringer" and the last 2 letters got lost in translation @@fromspace7

[@bladdnun3016]

In Swabian German, which is relatively close to the original language of the Amish, springen (schbringa) means both to jump and to run. (He)rumspringen is to jump or run around, but jumping is the predominant meaning.

[@laraista]

​​​​​​​​​@@daria9000Swedish is, such as German and English, a Germanic language. The example from fromspace7, illustrates this common Germanic language root. I like how Lizzie prononces the word as "herumspringe", obviously stemming from "herumspringen" in German, meaning "running around". In Swiss German the word would be "umespringe".

[@megandavis6496]

Hi Lizzie! I was wondering about something... What was leaving the Amish like from a spiritual aspect? I know that the Swartzentruber church often secludes certain Biblical truths. But they do teach about Jesus's death on the cross, saving blood, and resurrection right? Anyway, I suppose what I am wondering is if you actually believed what you were saying when you got baptized. I know family, and social, pressures are why you joined the church. Would you still say you are a Christian? Or did you become one? One hears a lot of stories about people only become Christians after leaving the Amish. Your channel is such a fascinating insight into Swartzentruber culture.

[@joshpointoh]

Were you aware that other Amish orders did allow it? Like, did you know of Rumspringa, or did you find out about it when you got older or after you left?

[@sabrinavw3193]

I am interested in hearing your relationship with faith and God while you were Amish vs now

[@stella6576]

I love how your always multitasking in your videos 😁👌

[@lizzieenswellness]

Thank you ;)

[@itsinhercode]

If you haven’t covered this already, would love to hear after seeing your dress series how you would be able to do your hair while still Amish assuming most makeup/beauty products aren’t allowed!

[@cthulhuuhoop]

I also second this request. I am so curious about how Amish gals cared for their hair. Especially because you usually hear of them having such long and gorgeous hair! 😊

[@lizzieenswellness]

@@cthulhuuhoop We washed our hair once a week, never cut it and always had it under a bonnet :( :)

[@lizzieenswellness]

No makeup or beauty products were allowed. I do have my own all natural skin products now :) misscommando.com

[@ilovenoodles7483]

​@@lizzieenswellness- but were you aware that other Amish orders had Rumspringa or did you find out after you left your own order? Did you even know that there was such a thing as other Amish orders different from yours? Can you also make a video explaining the different orders? Is an Amish "order," basically like a sect??

[@ilovenoodles7483]

​@@lizzieenswellness- since the Amish refer to everyone not like them as the "English/ world" - do they then think that other different Amish orders/sects are English as well? Kinda like a "not being Amish enough," type of thing??

[@24_7_Truth]

Thank you for posting this to YT! I looked for it when you mentioned it in 1 of the other vids.

[@kawaii_hawaii222]

I would also be interested in how the community deals with / reacts to people who are gay?

[@adaharrisonn]

Shunned.

[@BodilessVoice]

No such thing.

[@saratemp790]

Do a video of what your first impressions were of modern culture. What was weird, what was good.

[@davidthompson9191]

Thank you for sharing your story. It's great to learn about the Amish traditions and values You must be a strong person to make the change you did.

[@GOAParis]

Did you have live music? Thank you for your videos. Also every time you say that you are grateful of your experiences it is so inspiring and uplifting

[@pkmcnett5649]

She said no music.

[@MJB550]

How did leaving affect your faith, or did it?

[@dennisdevore1648]

Lizzie, you are an incredible young woman. You go!!!

[@daniellel256]

Thanks for sharing your experiences.

[@Melissa0774]

I don't know what kind of order they are, but the Amish who run the PA Dutch Farmer's Market in Kingston NJ, let their kids wear regular clothes during the week, while working at the store. I think they're around 14 or so, at the youngest. I think they're the more liberal ones from Lancaster PA.

[@carolynr4084]

Oh hey, I've been to that one as well. They seem a bit more laid back

[@crow_feather]

Your description of Rumspringa is really interesting. I had once heard an honestly really hilarious story about a few Amish kids on their Rumspringa who supposedly attended Burning Man (a 9 day art festival held in the middle of the desert for those not familiar. It's basically a nine day party with wild art installations and really interesting people!). As if Amish kids attending Burning Man wasn't humorous enough, as the story goes, things got even more interesting, as my friend told it, when Temple of Atonement, the BDSM art instalment/dungeon that used to be a regular at Burning Man, actually summoned the completely unsuspecting Amish to the Temple to, shall we say, partake in the Temple's gifts...🤣 Freaking hilarious story to be sure, but now with the way you're describing Rumspringa, I'm thinking it never actually happened. Which, honestly, is a bit of a bummer to me, because it would be absolutely hilarious if it did! 🤣

[@lizzieenswellness]

It is possible it happened for them as some sects allow that.

[@major__kong]

If I'm not mistaken, what happens in rumspringe stays in rumspringe because you're not technically part of the church yet. There's a process after rumspringe, similar to Confirmation in Catholicism, where you join the church as a consenting adult. At that point, no Burning Man :-)

[@ferretyluv]

That’s actually really interesting. I always thought the whole point of Rumspringa was to hold true to the whole anabaptist thing, where you have to choose to join the Amish faith with a baptism after a Rumspringa and seeing the English world. There was a documentary on it that I watched in high school.

[@S.Isaac34]

In the area I once lived in Ohio, our new leader groups did not allow Rumspringa. The Swartzentrubers were known as the party Amish and would drive by our homes in their buggies with their boomboxes and Twisted Teas. The old orders would usually just get a huge diesel tinted truck for a few years then sell it when they decide to get married and have to join the church to do so.

[@Talkbookishwithme]

They don't give you all the option to do rumspringa because they don't want you all to get a taste of the outside world so you all can't decide to leave amish if you don't experience the outside world is what they're thinking but they're also not thinking if you all grow up and decide you wanna leave you all are gonna do it anyway even if you don't get to do rumspringa.

[@lizzieenswellness]

check out one of my recent videos :)

[@rhondahulett9763]

So that's how you pronounce it! Also didn't realize it could go on for years and you could still live at home, do parents or the church cut it off when they feel its gone on long enough?

[@tarynzarebah]

This is obviously a very different thing from being raised Amish, but I have an ex-husband who would get mad at me for listening to one of my favorite bands after he found out I thought the guitarist was attractive. So I used to have to sneak around and listen to that band in private, lol. I also ran away in a sense, and when I finally got to go see that band live as a single woman, it felt just as freeing as it felt for you listening to music without having to sneak around.

[@michellemelville8979]

Kids are always going to be kids and go through a stage where they push the boundaries.

[@RAJOHN-ke7mc]

Pleasw make a video on what you are grateful for

[@sourgummiez]

Pleeaasse tell us more anout dating and how they date and what they do, where they go, im dying to know what type of activities they do or if they hang out with each families, ect ❤

[@pkmcnett5649]

She explained that in another video. I'm not sure of the title.

[@24_7_Truth]

The video title is "Amish dating" posted about a month ago @sourgummiez

[@natashaw401]

Yes admire multi tasking in video

[@user-qi9bn2ns2l]

I'm watching this whilst sitting at an Amish wedding. I'm a driver for them lol

[@domading2759]

Where I'm from there is no rumspringa.. Its not endorsed at all

[@Hooftimmer]

Would you consider helping another woman escape?

[@sourgummiez]

Youre about to hit 6K subs 😎😎😎

[@lizzieenswellness]

Already there :) haha thank you for noticing lol

[@thomasbowman1339]

Rumspringa is done before baptism and joining the church.

[@aclark446]

That's how i felt about wearing sleeveless shirts when i left the mormons, which are way less extreme, but it felt so freeing to not cover my shoulders that, to this day, i only feel like I'm ME if I'm wearing a sleeveless shirt.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

My Mennonite Friends don't smoke or Drink but some Amish do. I have not heard of Rumspringa being practiced in any of the Amish Communities in SW Michigan near me. I have seen whisky Bottles and Beer Cans nest to camp fire spots in Hay fields where Amish Teenagers had parties. I heard of an Amish kit getting beaten with a chain by his Father after he got caught playing loud Rock Music on a Ghetto Blaster in his Buggy ..

[@hannahyoung3533]

Curious, if the amish are driving cars during rumspringa, are they getting their drivers license or are they driving illegally? If they don't have a license, what happens if they get stopped by the police?

[@clare379]

Can you explain the differences between new order and old order amish and how it compares to schwartzentruber amish? And is the mennonite community connected to amish as well? I always hear them being compared to each other

[@OriginalKajoule]

What would getting caught and being in trouble mean?

[@user-nc4nn4ii3f]

In this day and age, you would be the best wife because this world went crazy 😊😊

[@annasaddiction5129]

Rumsrpinga sounds Swedish to me, I wonder if some of the New-&-Old Order Amish had roots there too (would be way more up north than I've ever heard off, but well the learning never stops), I think some Mormons also came from this hemisphere. Or they were at least so up North in Germany (which is funny to me since I live in the south of the Nort of Germany in the last and this century 😉 😉) that they kinda docked on Denmark maybe.

[@dreaminggreennursery]

So do you keep in touch with your mom? and have your kids met anyone of your Amish family?

[@mr.funnyguy4162]

Rumspringa = PARTAY!!!!!!

[@shirleysparks1148]

What would happen if a teen girl got pregnant ? We're they able to keep their child ?

[@jamipatton5673]

Do remember any of the movies you watched at your neighbor's place?

[@CaliforniaGal]

I wonder who your favorite music artist is. Taylor Swift perhaps 🤔?

[@loridavis5699]

Yuck🤮

[@PatNR813]

Your sister got married, did you ever marry?

[@Skukkix23]

is this german for jumping around?

[@crossroadskeeper347]

Even if rumspringen is allowed, think about it. The kid has not been allowed ANYTHING of the modern world. All of a sudden they are drowned of it. What would be the normal reaction to it without so much as a government identification card?

[@yippee8570]

Even if you could have done rumspringa, it doesn't mean you wouldn't have the right to change your mind. What a horrible, judgemental, controlling thing to say

[@camerannC]

I love how someone that has very limited knowledge will try and tell her what being Amish is like.

[@user-jg8nj3jp6i]

Da da

[@domading2759]

Would you have been happier if you were old order or new order or beachy??

[@lizzieenswellness]

probably not! Can't tame a heart that is not meant to be confined

[@1har2vey3]

Some amish are barely amish the way they run around misbehaving

[@Langwidere903]

Here’s a question- you guys weren’t allowed weren’t allowed to dance, but were you allowed to sing? In Orthodox Judaism theres a law called Kol Isha where women are prohibited from singing in public. For a man to hear a woman’s voice is on the same level as seeing her naked. I know the Amish are into next-level modesty, so I’m curious if they have anything like that.

[@manders.]

Burning the stuff seems very very ironic. Especially since the Amish pride themselves on being so close to the Earth. Why add extra pollution?

[@loridavis5699]

What was your parents views on corporal punishment? Did you guys ever get spanked when you were little?

[@ceciliapetrowsky2572]

I’m surprised you had your own money. How else would you have a walkman?

[@LisaApril]

It’s horrible to realize you would’ve been kidnapped to stay there. Forcing someone to stay somewhere is kidnapping. I’m so glad you got out and are able to have all the freedoms as a woman. I feel for all the women in these cults. I don’t know whether or not you consider it a cult but here is a simple Definition: a small religious group that is not part of a larger and more accepted religion and that has beliefs regarded by many people as extreme or dangerous. The lack of education especially for women and their relegation to cooking and bearing so many children gives me shudders. In the 1800s women were considered unable to have a certain level of intelligence that would make them suitable to education or to be doctors. The fact that so many women live that way today makes me so angry.

[@user-jg8nj3jp6i]

Down

[@domading2759]

I pray that the people watching this don't get an idea that all Amish are the same or that they might think that Amish is a bad way of life.. People need to understand that the Amish are not some kind of crazy cult

[@lizzieenswellness]

Most of my audiences that have been around for a while know this and are aware I don't think it's bad or that they are all the same

[@domading2759]

Hello from south of Holmes county.. I'm glad you are doing well.

[@lijohnyoutube101]

The Amish ABSOLUTELY are a crazy cult! That is some profound denial….

[@natashaw401]

Wow what not allowed in ur community

[@RayHowle-jb1bi]

You sound like you got a lot of American in you and your parents were American

[@joshdaws1151]

why is she explaining all this while doing her hair? lol. So weird.

[@mibli2935]

Why are you listening to all this and doing what you are doing? So, so inappropriate!

[@mibli2935]

Dear Lizzie, you mentioned in the conclusion that you are from Swartzentruber Amish. I have two questions for you: Q1: What was the root of the initial spit (..division that occurred among the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, in the years 1913-1917)? Q2: Is the diagram in the article below reflect the restrictions correctly? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swartzentruber_Amish Thank you for very educational and interesting insights into the live of Amish!

[@lizzieenswellness]

Yes that article is pretty accurate. the only thing not accurate is that the Swartzentruber yards are unkept. We had one oof the cleanest farms you could find in the community because my parents cared about cleanliness. :) The root of the initial split I am not sure. My guess is some wanted to go more modern and others didn't. Several splits happened when I was still there.

[@mibli2935]

@@lizzieenswellness : Thank you for your reply! Happy Christmas.

[@josephbontrager3776]

I hope you make Zillions,,releasing this information,,,,, no way in H,would I give these people all this information,,, without Zillions of $$$$,,,,,then not sure !!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉