Found You At Christmas

The Growing Tree

Truth irregulates itself according to truth in the
Wheel of life. Honesty delves close in the stars by the moon, and rapture comes always, and Romance comes before love.
   Travel in ancestry comes through the bloodline, announced by a birth to the Couple awaiting your arrival.
  To earn your way into the world of Amish, Mennonite you must be born there. As the grass as green, trees as tall, I amuse myself in self-love of the common plain. Tied to the old advisory advice, to which each Amish sect has room to change, remotely to gravitate towards members, own beliefs made rules by the group living together in terms of the village-made rules. 
    Coming back to the place all long to belong, is the heart, bound by the soul. To retravel into the orientation belonged to you and myself only.
    Then getting back to the Amish Mennonite Family, sticks together, thick through thin. Although like Earth is to atmosphere, time travels to where it is to be, naturally all forever time slot.
     In which, it is always on time if thought out on a foundation built on strong moral thought.
Theodore and James, thinking closely, to the documents found in ole Mill, underneath, when Victoria told us her name in a whisper, she is the ghost which haunts thereof, also exist others there yet to be brought out. When the wall opened up leading down a set of stairs down to a cellar large, vast.
     Once then after the terrible Heat Wave Fires, burned down farmsteads, the Town meeting came about having a discussion about what to do next afterwards.
     Theodore announced the Sheriff Peter Esh would bring out these documents observed to be tried and true, by past Amish whom owned the Mill.
    "When the Bible talks about God's path being followed, this sure is one f those times," Sheriff Peter said while sharing the information," This has been in Ole Mill, by The Ghost Hunters, residing in the town of Snow Peace Amish Village." 
    I'm calling them up one by one, to get honored for their Great Job. Theodore Bontrager, James Bontrager, Ashlyn Troyer, Margret Troyer, Alice Bontrager, Clara Bontrager, all come up and everyone clap in honor of these folks. Keep standing please, Thank you. The policy found in this document has division policies typed up. And include some Amish sects rules, regulations, implied in copies I have shown and handed out to all of you sitting in front of you."
    " In these policies are what is going on in our community, making smaller Villages inside each, in Snow Peace. I feel confident in this and feel it is best for everyone's best interest to implement this into the Amish, Mennonite Rules and Regulations regarding the situation at hand. You may all be seated Thank you for coming up front."
    "Everyone agreed to it liking this idea very much. This is called entitlement, you as an Amish, Mennonite, are entitled to your own specific ideals in your Amish Village. Setting rules for yourselves."
      " Tonight ends with Bowing our heads in prayer, Thank you all go and open your own Villages as needed. Thank you."
     Tonight proved to be a promising future, to which we are apart of, living history, and to be able to live it is another time period welcomed here.
     Theodore and James Bontrager, Much loved Tree farm totally destroyed. Lots of tears shed on this land so loved and cared for  ," Why me Lord," Announced into a blackened bed of burnt trees. All gone, just like that, one whiff, gone.
    Beyond any of our understanding, what to do next. Dat did not know yet, Theodore and James didn't either. Mam helpful, and done crying for the time being. Braudaar Isaac and Ferdinand all inquisitive to find something, yet what?
The Bontrager Tree Farm was so large they will be their own Village. Bontrager Bakery survived completely made , Give Thanks , for Jesus Saves. Thinking it was in between buildings that's why.
Our Antique Store, general store full of old time things , replicas , dishes, no groceries, yet dry goods. Along with the Small Amish Grocery Store , and Belgium's Barns , all animals survived. Just The Tree Farm didn't, Nostalgic, for us all , those who were raised close by knew the place well every Christmas.
Where will our place in our hearts will be forever, missing the Tree Farm , for Christmas is The Bontrager Farm. What will everyone do ?
   The Bontrager Market Farmstead came out ok , they set far away enough on the other side of  Snow Peace , to not have been hit by it all. Dochders Clara and Alice Bontrager, knew their Cousin to Theodore and James, taking it very hard, they had spoke over cell phone conversations.
   Dat and Mam , visiting with their parents in person, at their house they are requesting no visitors yet. Except our Dats are Braudaars an Best Friends. Praying steadfast for special help in gut decision making at this time.
    At home after visiting the family of the Tree Farm, the family prayed , opening their bibles
Reading to themselves, in their hearts asking for the lord to give answers to our prayers. Mam crying again , a box of tissues at her fingertips.
     Dat hugged us all, ," I am keeping strong for everyone to lean on." An all too familiar gesture for him, kind and gentle soul is he. Minister Esh , told so many of them to pray for Gotte way in hopes he brings what is best for us . Keeping close to our hearts things we wish to happen.
    Peter and Caleb after working went helping to clean up at The Bontrager Tree Farm. Once on the property working among Theodore and James , it made us feel better seeing how they were doing in accepting it all.
   By nightfall a yard full of help to take away debris off the farm. And pursuing to clean up till immaculately clean. And go from There.
Sounded gut to everyone who'd participated in helping.
     The worst feeling in the pit of my stomach, thought Theodore , gripping it for a while, saying ," I still am in shock over this entire tree farm burnt to the ground, being planted on our farm since early childhood." Pulling his work handkerchief out to blow his nose , wiped his eyes gently.
     James his Braudaar joined him, wiping his tears , blowing his nose. " This is too terrible to apprehend this far. Time to get to work trying to work out a plan of action .
     Yet for this hour of the day , Theodore felt compelled to go home and rest for the night .
He'd been exhausted from such hard work and being in shock over the Tree farm burnt to the ground, gone and never coming back.
      James stood near by rubbing his eyes from lack of sleep. " Let's go home Theodore, we are so tired of standing picking up brush, and debris, and raking the dirt to even it out, bumps and all." He agreed with it and they walked downhill home.
    Once inside soaked in the bathhouse built outside, robes available out there to wear back up to the house. Also, a washer and dryer unit to wash clothes electric.
     While soaking chatted about the severity of it all. The heatwave then set fire to such a bad storm. Thoughts of a better tomorrow rang in our heads. Instead of a terrible fire, evergreen forest.  Singing birds, and wildlife running free to enjoy life.
      Ashlyn and Margret, are busy at the bakery, Baking yeast bread, donuts, cake donuts, and baked ham in yeast bread, a design of apples on top from a design cutter. Next pot roast you slice off, fried chicken, coconut cream pie, banana cream pie, chocolate brownies thick chewy, gooey.
        The place smelled of utmost pleasure and gripped you inside to buy customer after customer bought personal pan pizzas to eat in our deli. Delicious along with an ice-cold root beer.
    After a short while the place packed with guests. They filled the wastebasket and set outside in the garbage.