Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
My wife and I were washing clothes at a washateria in Wautoma, a little town in Central Wisconsin. Another gentleman soon joined us. He was tall and slim and in his sixties. We soon started talking while our clothes were washing.
His name is Bill, just like mine. In fact, we have a lot in common. He is a missionary, attended Bible College, Bible Seminary, and is a minister. We have all of that in common! Once he started talking it was off to the races!
Bill is a missionary to the Amish people here in central Wisconsin. He does this by serving that community as a driver. He drives Amish men in his large pickup truck around the local area to there jobs. For being a people who live very simply, the Amish can be a very complicated society. They don't believe in driving cars themselves, but it's okay to hire someone else to drive them around!
Some of them work at sawmills and farmers fields too far for their horse and buggy's, so they hire Bill and his big pickup truck to take them around the area to their job sites. That gives him an opportunity to witness about his personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
That kind of decision is up to the local Amish Bishops. In the Wautoma area there are four Amish bishops. There are many other ways that they can be different and complicated, that is one that Bill can interact, and let them know that they can have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
William James Roop, M.A.B.S.
