Read Part One HERE
In this post I continue my story of a woman named Dorothea Trudel. She lived from 1813 - 1862.
Dorethea was not a physically strong person. There was pressure on her to leave her flower work. She was hesitant to do this, as she felt that God had provided for her through it. She was also a normally shy woman who did not like public attention. So many people were showing up at her door, however, that finally she began to take some of them in. When her home filled up she bought another, and then another. Her time was now spent supervising the homes and praying for the sick. Hundreds of people were healed through prayer. The stories quickly spread and people came from all over Europe to receive prayer, including France, Germany, and Great Britain. There were so many people coming that her homes were considered a hospital.
A physician in the area became concerned that so many people were coming and there was no medical oversight. He went to the Town Council of Zurich and an order was issued for Dorothea to stop her work. She did not know what to do. Her homes were filled with the sick. She decided to continue her work and appeal the ruling. The appeal was defeated and she was told that it was illegal to heal without the help of a physician. She continued to appeal to higher courts. In November 1861, a Higher Court ruling reversed all Lower Courts decisions and she was allowed to continue to pray for the sick.
Typhus broke out in Mannedorf in the fall of 1862. Dorothea was in the thick of the nursing work. She wore herself out caring for the sick, and she herself became ill. She felt that she would not recover. She continued to pray with faith in the goodness of God, and passed away on September 6, 1862.
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