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The Best Month

Every person on earth if he or she looks back, can think of something somewhere that impacted their life in a positive way, Quite possibly even altered the path they were taking in life. I can think of many such moments in my past. Some of the notable mentions would be these.

1. When I chose to teach school as an Amish teenager. Some of the most rewarding years of my life!

2. The day I finally chose to leave the Amish and my family behind for good.

3. And finally, the day I committed to marry a woman who was non-Amish.

There were many more, but I am about to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of probably the most important month of my life! NOVEMBER 2010! There are 3 big deals that happened during this month that I will mention in story format.

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Cephas Yoder

Two Weeks after I left the Amish, I was on my way home from work in my little blue car. I woke up upside down in a creek with my head hanging in water and my seat belt holding me up just out of drowning reach. 3 days later I was released from The University Hospital in Columbia, Mo with only a crushed ankle, a seat belt burn, and a few other scratches. I reflect back now on how close my life had ended at 22 yrs old, and how I walked away from hitting a concrete wall at 63 MPH head on. I can only thank the lord for letting me live.

9 years later I am sitting in my office at work in the finishing stages of selling a car and my phone started ringing. Out of respect for my customer, I didn’t answer, but when it rang from 5 different people in several minutes, I suspected the worse.

Cephas during a photo shoot July 2011

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I have memories of as a rebellous teenager with a little battery operated radio, I would spend Sunday afternoons hiding out on the back of the 255 acre family farm where I had a clear vision for 1/2 mile around to make sure no one was sneaking up on me as I listened to my little radio. As teenagers, we were not allowed to have something this modern, but with a careful plan, and a love for what the outside world held, me and my little radio somehow managed to avoid the clutches of the Amish community.

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