Always and forever up for an adventure, Dorothae is celebrated with deep love today… her 89th birthday!
Thanks to the creativity of her daughter, Barb, Dorothae can page through memory books to see the woman she has always been – a loving, faithful daughter of God! Below is just a glimpse of the life Dorothae has lived.
Homemaker Recalls Christian Experiences
by Howard Peterson, Nebraska – The Sunday School Missionary (July-Sept 1959)
Some are called to be preachers or teachers while others may be called to be evangelists or missionaries, but here is a young mother with a rich full background in Christian training and missionary experience who is equipped to radiate her testimony to her own little family, as well as to the many others with whom she comes in contact. Her name: Mrs. Dorothae Hohndorf. This is her thrilling testimony.
“I doubt if time will ever fade the memories of those years at the American Sunday School Union Bible Conferences. I especially thrill at the memories of the long walks up the hillsides each morning for the sunrise services where we sensed the Lord’s presence in our midst. I often relive the ball games, wiener roasts on the banks of the river, the long hikes along the many trails, and all of the many good times we had with the other Christian girls and boys.
“I remember so well the day at camp when I made my decision to accept the Lord as my Saviour. Although I was not aware of what was happening, my life changed. The classes took on a new meaning for me. I thank the Lord for helping me to remember one particular class taught by a wonderful Christian lady, Miss Myrtle Johnson. She taught the first lesson that I can remember on full-time Christian service. This led me to think for the first time of giving myself as a full time Christian worker.
“These were happy years. Each spring I was privileged to teach Bible school for the American Sunday School Union. I had the joy of leading souls to Christ. Today this joy is being doubled as I see some of those that were won for Christ now receiving further training in Bible Institutes.
“Leaving my carefree days behind me, I began to prepare for adulthood and Christian service. I entered our state teachers college to prepare for teaching. After I had taught one year, the Lord led me to Grace Bible Institute from which I graduated. After the second year of Bible school, I ceased to travel life’s road alone as I united my life with that of Alvin Hohndorf in marriage.
“In March 1956 one of the speakers at a Bible Conference read from God’s Word the familiar verse in Matthew 28:18, Go ye therefore. The Lord used those words as if He were hammering them into my heart. I had told the Lord many times that I would go wherever He would send me. Now I knew the time had come when the Lord was commanding in a definite way.
“Step by step the Lord led the way. In five months I was on my way to Cuba! I would be gone for four months and I was going alone. Not because my husband would not go, but because this was the Lord’s leading for this situation. I went to teach school for missionary children as the missionaries were short handed for these particular four months. There I gained a wealth of experience in missionary life and broadened my special interest for missionary children.
“Since I have been home I have been able to share these wonderful experiences with not only members of my family but with others with whom I have come in contact.”
