Mennonite family moving to city to save daughter

Amanda Horst, 14, needs a life-saving heart transplant in Toronto. Now, her family of nine is preparing to leave their close-knit Mennonite community for an uncertain future in the GTA.

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[junioruncle]

Wishing this young girl a long and healthy future.

[Angell_Lee]

Rest in peace Amanda, you seemed like a very sweet girl

[dustindeboer]

She unfortunately passed away waiting for a transplant. RIP Amanda.

[victoriabardsley]

Sadly Amanda died before a donor could be found. :(

[breathebetweenthespaces]

God bless and protect this family and provide just the right beautiful heart 💜

[pamelae]

Prayers for their whole family. Hope everything works out well for them and their daughter.

[jadebarrie]

Im so very sorry to Galen, Patricia and all the family for the loss of their beautiful girl. I pray she is having fun making dresses and singing songs in heaven.

[marquitaminkins]

Ugh - I just read the blog and it appears that she recently passed away.. so sad

[dragoonTT]

You will lose privacy but gain convenience, I hope the best for you. Avoid rush hour if you can.

[QueenLionHair]

Some kids will be heartbroken to move back, while others will be looking forward to it. Everyone's different!

[cherylgroh]

Wow that’s amazing story really amazing story I really hope this teenager gets what she needs and she can get her life back on track and the family can move back to the old farm again and have their life the way it used to be before she got sick I hope and pray for everything to go smoothly like butter and no complications

[Reallifeamusings]

I looked up their blog. Amanda passed away earlier this year before a heart donor could be found.

[ggxmy]

sadly, amanda has now passed away. life is cruel.

[redtankgirl]

Living in Toronto is really going to suck. Terrible place. My heart goes out to this family. I was so happy when I left that crap city.

[doylejodi]

Honestly, even I’d have culture shock just moving from Windsor to Toronto. Can’t imagine how hard that must have been for them. I hope she is alive and well and that they are all back on a farm somewhere.🙏🏻

[jmissle]

I mean if they need somebody to look after the farm....That looks like a wonderful life....Away from everything and everybody

[sasproductions]

awww im sorry amanda. i am from the UK and would love to move to usa and help these people.

[madmaxx]

I don't think they had tablets 100 years ago.

[easternwestern]

Besides the clothes, they have no problems with modern technologies.

[darc]

I agree that you do feel closed in in the city.