Seventeen years ago when Diann Yoder was a young girl, her family had taken its buggy, led by horse, to the Walmart Supercenter in Maysville. A young child had pointed at her family in the distance of the parking lot and declared, “Look mama, there’s pilgrims!” Her family chuckled to each other and walked inside to get groceries for the month.

Now, Diann is 29 and married to Sam Yoder, 33. They live on 11 acres with their three kids. They don’t always take their buggy into town for their grocery runs, says Sam Yoder, the father of the family. “But when we do, we call it date night.” When they need to travel faster or further, they’ll get driven by neighbors that are Englishmen, which is what they call the rest of the world outside of their Amish community.

While Yoder family members may turn away from typical means of modernity, they have discovered a deeper truth in a slow-paced life in Mays Lick, where they are surrounded by animals, open fields, and the richness of family.