Money secrets of the Amish, by Lorilee Craker

I'm from Guatemala (and still living there) and I've been intrigued by the Amish community and their practical beliefs, so I thought this book would be a great opportunity in order to get to know them better. At least, the kind of "knowing" that one can get trough a book.
Since I've been interested in them, the money-saving practices wasn't a surprise and I wasn't that hard to convince that the Amish point of view is correct. Really correct.
However, the thing that surprised me was the 'cheap-ways' around a lot of their life.
I know that 'cheap' isn't a fair term but that's the best adjective that I could find, that really can explain how the Amish ways look from this side of the fence. I mean, my wife and I try to be really good managers of God's blessings in our life, but come on! 'Repairing' the car with dock tape when you can make or pay a real job?
The book showed  me where I'm standing: If you can afford something... well... buy it! The big question, at least for me, is: Can you really afford it? And that means: Buying that or really-repairing that, would be an obstacle in your walk with God or will get you or your family in trouble? If the answer to that question is a 'yes', then you can't really afford what you wanted to buy.
I mean, I don't believe in the prosperity gospel but I don't believe in the the poverty gospel either!
This book might be a good 'get to know the Amish money ways' guide, but I think that, for the common people that want to get out of debt and want to get control of their finance... well... it's a little scary.
Even for people in my country, where the 'Amish way' about use and re-use stuff is almost 'our way'... it's a little scary and radical way of life.
Sorry.