A Merry Heart - Mrs VP Wierwille

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their years in the Evangelical and Reformed denomination in Van Wert, Ohio, Dorothea was the model minister's wife, always caring for the needs of the congregations and the Chimes Hour Youth Caravan, the radio outreach, by encouraging those in distress, applying her nursing skills and using her musical talent in directing the church choirs for a period of time. She did all this while rearing three children, Karen Ruth and Mary Ellen having come along, joining big brother Don. Dorothea and Victor had hoped to have five children. But after having the first three, Dorothea didn't become pregnant again until they were deep into making arrangements for the family to do a nine-month mission trip to England and India in 1955-56. So the difficult decision was made to go ahead with the trip and leave their newborn, John Paul, with Dorothea's sister Deloris and her family. While abroad, Dorothea a