I was watching a show, I don't know if it's still on or not, I think it was called Treehouse Masters. The guys business was building these huge elaborate treehouses for people. One of the episodes I saw had a younger Amish man coming to help and he was using electric hand tools. When asked about it he said he it was okay for him to use them, just not own them. 
The largest Amish community in the country is now in Holmes County, Ohio, not extremely far from us. There are many sects within the Amish religion with varying degrees of conservatism/liberalism (in the context of the Amish, it's all conservative, of course).
Each group makes their own rules, which is why the strictest Amish can't use any electricity, nor drive in cars, but the less strict ones can.
There's also Rumspringa, a year when teenagers can go outside the faith and experience worldly things. Once they come back, though, they're committed to the lifestyle of their group.
I tend to doubt TV shows about the Amish, though, since they tend to pick more sensational things, and most Amish just live quiet, industrious lives......... and make great furniture and food!
