S1E6 Sovilla + Lucinda Coblentz: Amish Interrogation Methods, Sleep Deprivation, Desire for Freedom

Part 2: Sovilla and Lucinda Coblentz are entrepreneur sisters who run their small family Amish custom woodworking business in Texas together with their husbands. We discuss the methods used against captured Amish escapees and that it’s a miracle that any child makes a successful attempt after the first one has failed. Torah and Sovilla both had failed first escape attempts and were subsequently treated like captured terrorists. The force that drove all three girls to successfully flee was their primal desire for freedom, to express themselves creatively and make their own choices, in things as seemingly small as picking out what clothes to wear and continuing an education beyond the Amish 8th grade. The sisters also answer one of Torah’s set of questions that she asks every guest on Season 1: Is there a God? Tune in next week, March 15, for the third and final part of this story! IN THIS EPISODE YOU’LL LEARN: - The interrogation and torture methods by Amish clergy and elders that the sisters were subjected to for wanting to escape - What “rumspringa” really is (it’s not what you hear about in pop culture or Amish “reality” TV shows) - In what ways Lucinda lets her 3-year-old daughter make independent choices - The double standard of forgiveness within the Amish - The sisters’ struggles coming to terms with God and biblical interpretations LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: JH Woodworks (Amish craftsmanship): www.jhwoodworks.com Find the girls on Facebook. They are about to embark on writing their memoir, too. See S1Ep3: Sovilla and Lucinda Coblentz on Escaping the Amish as Young Female Teens, Wearing Lipstick and Seeking the Path of Personal Freedom for Part 1 of Sovilla and Lucinda’s stories See S1Ep5: Fiona Teng on Breaking the Cycle of Societal & Romantic Traumas—Trauma Doesn’t Discriminate—and How Mindfulness Can Help PTSD & Abandonment for a practice/tool that changed both Fiona and Torah’s lives ******************** Connect with Torah, speaker + memoir author of An Amish Girl in Manhattan: Escaping At Age 15, Breaking All the Rules, and Feeling Safe Again http://www.TorahBontrager.com ******************** Connect with Sovilla and Lucinda: www.jhwoodworks.com