Watching you operate two remote controls, a video camera, a truck and sometimes a cell phone, all at once... it's hard to imagine you grew up without batteries.

I've lived near Amish in PA and now I'm in OH and there are a lot of Amish here and it never occurred to me how little I knew about them. Thanks for sharing.

From your videos you have real good work ethics and morals deep down your parents are proud of you even though most likely they can not or allowed to express it to you. I’d be proud to have had a son like you young man.

Can’t wait to hear more! Love hearing stories from Schwartzentrubers as we from liberal communities were curious about you guys.

Saw your other vid.❤.... thanks for your honesty, transparency....For groups like amish, mormon, scientology, catholoism, many other groups who keep tight control over their people, escape is the only way... congratulations on your successful life... 🎉🎉 happy trails.

The world needs more men like yourself,you’re courageous and honest and I’m proud of you

In your heart you knew what was right for you and at 19 years old you had The Choice you had the free agency to do it glad you did cause I like watching you and your wife

I am a 55 year old, SE Texas, born and raised Redneck, And I found this very interesting. Thank you for sharing some of your story.

Josh, thank you for sharing. I too, made a similar decision as a young teenager. I was raised as a Jehovah's Witness, and when I started to think for myself I began questioning the religion, its rules and practices, and the conflicting ideologies. By the time I was 15, I had stopped attending meetings. That was nearly 50 years ago, and I've said ever since that the only good thing that came from it was my ability to see the good in every experience, for everything we experience helps make us who we are. Some take that and live a more positive life, some take that to help feed their hates and resentments. I will say I enjoy your videos very much, your demeanor throughout each one is exemplary, your practices are safe and effective, and your equipment is amazing! Whoever designed that stuff put a lot of thought and effort into it, every scenario you encounter is handled because of that.

I’ve always found the Amish life and culture fascinating . Couldn’t imagine living like that but very interesting tanks for sharing.

Thank you for telling us about your young life. I enjoy watching you work and the way you talk no swearing. God bless you from Michigan ❤️

Fascinating and detailed story. Thanks for the insight. 👍

We really appreciate you opening up and telling us about this stuff. Must have been hard! God bless!

Thanks for sharing. I can imagine how hard it can be to leave everyone and everything. I appreciate your channel.

I am just getting into your Amish departure and those stories. I became addicted watching the Shed Removals! Those videos are amazing how that machine operates.

@Shed-Happens thank you so much for sharing your story with us as always awesome video keep them coming 💕 💞

You and your wife are amazing, hard working people. You made a big choice when you were young. I grew up Roman Catholic. Their rules allow growth and education. I believe God gave us the ability to enjoy modern living, electricity and modern comfortable homes. Take care of yourselves and enjoy your lives.❤

Very cool Josh. Thanks for sharing all that. I look forward to more.

Thank you for the informative video. I appreciate your honesty and sincerity.

Thank you so much for sharing. Old order is the most strict Amish where I live. I look forward to hearing your testimony.

you have a very strong testimony, thank you for sharing a small part of where you came from and the struggle, I look forward to hearing your full testimony someday.

God Bless you and your family. I enjoy watching your videos. Keep your family in your heart. Much love from us in Arkansas, USA

Thank you for your story. I love your videos.

Josh, I really enjoy your shed repo and delivering videos, but I am truly fascinated by this type of video about your Amish culture! Although your family and fellow Amish have shunned you and your lovely wife, I hope you realize that you have a KZfaq family that really does care for you and your family!! I hope you will continue to make both shed and Amish types of videos!!

I greatly admire your hard work and patience. And how smart you are . 😊 Never realized that people are living in these little sheds .

Thank you for sharing such a personal story with the world. I was always told that red barns come from red oxide paint being very cheap and durable.

Thank you for your story. Also the comments. Many interesting people here. Best to you and your wife. Be careful out there with the heavy equipment.

Just started watching your channel. Enjoy what you do. You are a hard worker. Seem to have a great personality. Keep up the good videos.

We’re ALL Individuals and as we grow up, we can decide which Direction we want for our Lives. I have Great Respect for Any- one that wants a Better / Different Life. 👍

Thank you for sharing your personal experience. Fascinating to listen to it. Look forward to the rest of the story from you and would love to hear about your wife’s perspective. Keep up the great content

Thanks for a glimpse into your world as it was. I live in Medina, so not too far from your neck of the woods. I know you think you disappointed your family, but I wouldn't be surprised if deep down, they were proud as can be that you were man enough to follow your heart and dreams.

Thanks for the story. I would love to see a picture of you back then. I love your videos. Glad you are happy now

Thank you for sharing , I find this heartfelt and genuine

Thank you for sharing your story! I use to watch that show I think it was called leaving Amish and also the order about Kingston’s. It so interesting seeing what u live like and how scary it is to leave. I can’t imagine how hard it is to leave everything u know.

I enjoyed the chat and learned a lot. Thanks

Thanks for sharing your story. I'm glad you are happy and free.

Thank you for sharing your decision to leave the Amish community. I can tell by now you explained it that you thought it out and have mixed feelings. Only you can decide and deal.with it. I watch your channel and enjoy the content. I am so glad you have found someone to share your life with. Looking forward to when you share your testimony. Bless you brother.

Josh, I have been watching your videos for some time now. We are all products of our environment, and how we are interacted with and are treated goes a long way, determining how we grow up to be adults. I was fortunate to be raised in a loving and caring family that made me appreciate who I am. From your description of things, you weren't near as fortunate. That, however, has only temporarily slowed you down in life. You are making a greater significance in others, perhaps more than you even know. The way you handled yourself with the shed retrieval business while sometimes under fire of irate and unreasonable individuals has always impressed me. Josh, despite a rough start in life, you still are a great example of how we should all live and care for others. God has given purpose to you in life. We should all be so fortunate.

This is a great story of courage on your part, mainly due to religious beliefs and age. I believe you made the right decision for yourself and it seems you will live a long and prosperous life on your own terms. Good luck and keep these videos coming.

Awesome testimony. We feel you fam. ❤️

Josh you definitely made a very weighted decision and I certainly understand how heavy it must have been to think on it and go against your family and beliefs. I would’ve made the same decision from what I’ve seen others do for a life but no doubt it would’ve ate me terribly up inside and outside. You ended well on the path you took as with a beautiful wife and two boys that is a wonderful blessing. I hope you can reach out to younger Amish to show them some success before they decide to leave or stay but so they can have some comfort of mind. Some stories do not end well in that alcohol and drugs get in the picture to disrupt their lives. Thanks for the time you’ve chatted on this subject and I would say any religion should have you as a speaker to show what life should be or strived to be. Keep making those videos as I’m a fan!

Thank you for sharing. I enjoy watching your channel

Thanks for sharing... love you guys.. it's your life do what you guys want to do...

awesome! this is what we wanted to know, this knowledge! Thank you! and Merry Christmas! lol

This is so good to know, can't wait to hear more.

Wow!!! Thank you for sharing your story I really enjoy your videos looks like you are a great person and your wife too I wish you and your family a wonderful and a blessed New Year.

You are extremely brave. You left the only way you could and should feel no guilt.

Thanks for sharing, man!!

Mr. JOSH you have a good name .thank you for this video I really enjoyed it . Keep going you and your wife . There's nothing that you and your wife cannot accomplish. May the Lord Bless you guy's many Times over

Thanks for sharing would love to hear your testimony. At about 26 minutes when you ended the video it starts replaying part of it again through till the end. lol

Swartzentruber Amish formed as the result of a division that occurred among the Amish of Holmes County, Ohio, in the years 1913-1917. The bishop who broke away was Sam E. Yoder. The Swartzentruber name was applied later, named after bishop Samuel Swartzentruber who succeeded him. - Wikipedia

I also love hearing your wife’s and your stories, I love hearing others stories ❤

Thank you for sharing the information about why you left them on me and I like to watch shows about you getting the sheds if you are ever around Huntsville Ohio I would like to meet you sometime

I understand where you are coming from. I am female and left my home at the age of sixteen. I had no freedom or friends nor running water or bathroom facilities. My life was a bit different than yours (not Amish) but extremely religious. I understand Josh. I am now seventy seven and have never looked back to say I'm sorry for leaving. In fact, my parents, I believe, was happy to see me go.

Thank you Josh. Moving testimony.😎👍🙏💜

Keep up the good work and thank you

I knew you were Amish the first time I heard you talk. I used to live in Holmes county Ohio. Good for you don't let anybody keep you down and not let you do what you want to do.

You are a good person. You clearly have a strong code of your own by which you live. You don't need someone else's. I enjoy your videos......especially this one

Thank you for sharing this. I am glad you were able to obtain the freedom you longed for all those years and have been able to live the life you want, on your own terms. Any religion that prevents its members from living freely is flawed, in my opinion. For years, I've been under the impression all Amish churches allowed for Rumspringa, which I thought was pretty progressive and admirable, but now I learned from your video that some were much more strict in what they allowed their members to do and Rumspringa was not a universal tradition. Thanks again for sharing your story and I look forward to learning more!

Thank you for sharing Josh! Sounds like you did a lot of soul searching and with the church being so strict I can understand why you didn’t go to your parents directly. At the age you left it was time for you to get to choose the life you wanted to live! And I’m glad you met Sarah and now have your own family. You seem very, very happy!❤

I enjoy listening to you appreciate you and your family thank you for sharing.Theres so much I want to say and share.Would love to fellowship with yas.

Your just a nice guy. You have a nice family. Thanks for sharing. I like your videos.

Josh, You and your wife are great people. Love watching your channel. Scoot forward from your background wall and you will eliminate background shadows. Please don't take offense as I'm just trying to help. I have been a photographer and just want to help. Great video. Always be Thankful and Kind!! Keith

We have 3 different Amish around my immediate area. Swartzentruber are one. They have the least amount of any modern conveniences. No lights on buggies. No running water. The other Amish are allowed different conveniences according to the church. One can ride bicycles, but the others can only ride kick scooters. I hired out as a driver and drove many Amish and learned quite about the differences. One thing I learned was that although the Amish would talk and joke and socialize at auctions and such, you (the English) would never be considered friends

Thanks for sharing Josh!

Had to be scary leaving everything you knew and starting over with basically nothing.

The desire for freedom of choice to live your life as you see fit is strong and enduring in the human spirit. We get one go round in life and to not make the most of it would be such a waste. Glad you took the opportunity to live your life as you chose and not what others chose for you.

I grew up close to grabill indiana and went to school with some of them and they left school in the eight grade. Then I worked in a local cabinet company and worked with a lot of them. Those amish don't have tops on any of their buggies, they just use unbrellas and blankets. Anyway thanks for always bringing us great content!!

Josh I enjoyed ur story tonite an im glad u decided to go ur own way an enjoy life. Im the same way but I still have my beard an Amish haircut. My wife is Amish an we live together an get along just great. My family on the other hand they shun me the day I quit the Amish way. But I don't regret it at all. The Amish in where I live they don't shun me in fact im a taxi driver in the Centreville Amish area an im so busy with driving that sometimes I dont have time to sit down at the table an have lunch with my lovely wife I have for 46yrs. But yes im real busy an im happy that I dont have to go out an look for work but I have to turn some down in which I hate doing. I want to serve everybody but its so much work that im not able. Keep up ur good work Josh an I enjoy watching u play with ur mini barns. Love u all.

Awesome testimony! I lived in Lancaster Pennsylvania and dealt with a lot of Amish. Good strong willed people, but don't ever bid against them for a job!!

good fortune to you and all your family or whatever form people could receive peace...something nice.

Thank you for sharing your story.

Know very little about amish (ok r religion at all) so this was interesting. Love your videos and I'm glad you left them!

Thank you for telling your story.

Thanks for sharing your interesting story.

It’s your choice and no one else, don’t have to tell us a dam thing period. As long as your happy that’s what life is about Thank You for videos and being a honest and respectful person

Appreciate your candor and I am sure it was hard to do.

I grew up in a very conservative community and kids from public school would always ignorantly say "Are you Amish?". After hearing just a little bit about your early years, I can say no one really has a clue until they've walked in your shoes. I've always been fascinated by the Amish community but know very little about it. I have so many questions though! Myself also being a Josh near the North Dayton area, and having visited Holmes county a few times, my curiosity grows stronger each time I visit. I thank you for satisfying the curiosity and explaining things in the community that would otherwise seem strange or odd. I'll be looking forward to your testimony as I believe we all have a path we each need to walk in order to get us where we need to be. That's a very broad statement but I think you know what I mean. I love that you are living life to the fullest and I love the positivity and drive that you have in all that you do and I thank you for sharing it with all of us KZfaq geeks!

Thank you for sharing your story. It was fascinating. What a bag of emotions for you. I didnt realize there was no SS or Birth Certificate for Amish. Wow!

Being your self is a lot better than someone else telling you who you are.

You are doing so well. One thing I am proud of is you did not lose your faith in God when you left. I know a few that did. Your Amish upbringing is very apparent in the way you handle being confronted, your forgiving nature, and your work ethic. I lived among the Amish (Old Order) in Cherry Creek, NY. I think the word you were looking for when talking about the Amish not having paint horses is flashy/fancy instead of bright. I have seen some pretty bright Belgians. Something about clothes is, zippers are not allowed and girls and women cannot have buttons. The buttons thing depends on the community's own rules. The same with colors of the clothes though none can be bright and/or have patterns like flowers etc. Must be plain. You talking about colors got me to thinking about their quilts and hex signs. They have patterns and are brightly colored. Thanks for sharing this video with us.

That level of micro-management would test the sanity of anyone. Thanks for the enlightenment ... Cheers

I’m glad you’ve joined us.

I'm proud of you for doing right by yourself, your wife, your kids. A "compliant" life lived in misery is still miserable. All downside and no upside IMHO . . . good on ya' for following your heart . . . and a life lived well is the best revenge but I don't think that is any part of your heart. :)

It is always a joy to see someone break away from organized religion! Life is hard enough to negotiate without the encumbrances of imposed by religion. You and your wife are the poster child of what that freedom can bring. You don't know how much guidance and hope you bring to those young kids who have those thoughts rattling around in their heads.Now if only we could get the internet into those communities.

Once I got a job (16) I made up my mind that I could live as I choose. So I had a girl sign my mom's name and dropped out of school. Started fulltime and got a car but I still lived at home. At 18 it was time to go. I never looked back and got a better job. Regrets maybe but that was 1981. I'm now 57.

Thanks for explaining and sharing your story. We too had to make a choice. My wife got excommunicated from her church because she wanted to marry me. I was told people like me don't go to that type of church and shouldn't even talk to her. We know and can understand what you went through. She had to leave her "old" life behind and start fresh.

Bless your heart. ♥

I appreciate your candor and your attitude. Please do share your testimony with us as you suggested. I am a Christian man and I would like to hear your "Testimony" about your faith in Jesus at this time in your life.

Thanks for sharing.

Thank you for sharing

Well, for some reason things directed you to go this route & i commend you. Seems your doing very well for yourself. Boy got skillz i know that. Been showing alot of your repo videos to friends & family cause you dont mess around! Lol!

Denomination is the word i think you were searching for earlier. For so many of us, our "religion" is something we wear for an hour or two every week. Yours was a lifestyle to keep its members from straying. Faith cannot be forced upon you or its insincere. Thank you for sharing!

Well young man we have a lot of Amish and Mennonites here. Crofton Kentucky is full. I live near this town and they come into where I work to pick up metal. There always building something. Very respectful to us and we try to be the same hospitable to everyone. Now I've been to a Mennonite Church. And it is quite different from the English church. I didn't quite understand the kiss. Until it was explained. But I still have quite a few Mennonite friends, the Grabers. Well I best be going it's getting late. I wish you and your family a blessed evening

This was really interesting. My wife is from Ohio and I'm always intrigued with the Amish from her area.

There are Swartzentruber Amish about 20 min from me in a small town of Odon Indiana. Lots of Amish families with Swartzentruber as a last name as well

The most sweetest caring person

I know you do not have to tell us about your life but I want you to know it was very interesting thank you for doing this

Honestly all of the clothing rules reminds me of my time in the Army. just as many rules. I grew up visiting the Amish near my grandmas house and I loved buying baked goods from their roadside stands and visiting their weaving shops in Pennsylvania

Thank you for sharing your story! Art C.