Finally after about 3 hours the sermon is over and it's time for the feast. The feast is usually about 5 hours long. That night they must go right to bed because in the morning they must clean the house. The couple lives at the wife's parent's house until they can afford there own house. The Amish life style is very different than ours.
Many people think that the Amish look like they are stuck in time.
But the truth is that the Amish just decide to inspect change much more thoroughly then most people. Old order groups all drive buggies, they don't have electricity, and they send their kids to private one-room schools. They only attend school until eighth grade then they graduate. Many Mennonites and progressive Amish attend high school and go on to college. Most Amish are trilingual they speak a type of German at their homes called Pennsylvania Dutch, High German at their worship services, and English at school.