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I was under the impression that orthodox Amish were not to be connected to outside influences. That means airwaves, phonelines, electric wires out of their communities and vehicles that can lead out.
I've seen pictures of woodshop equipment and I can say they are not opposed to high technology, unless it is connected to the "outerworld". They had all machinery running on hydraulic power with all oil lines running to a diesel compressor. They also had some power tools running on compressed air and lighting on a generator. Now, some farms run on solar power. Very impressive.
What intrigues me is the fact that since airwave mediae are banned, how can they use cellphones, and that includes the kindle. This girl, unless she used forbiden papers or godforsaken internet, knew about a pretty obscure device(socially).
To find such information without knowing exactly where to look takes quite a bit of research. By this I mean finding that there are electronic devices that can help one read books. This is still a concept that is not popularly known, I still get that bewildered look once in a while. "What...a device to read books electronically?"
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