During the years, the Rev. Ferdinand Mumme and his family had
twenty-one different charges during their ministerial journey.  They
moved from place to place in ox-carts, wagons, horseback, buggies, and
trains, living on a salary some years as low as $90.; however they felt
that God would in some way provide for them which He would in some way
do before the year was out.

                        Otelia Sasse

   Otelia Sasse was born April 28, 1844 to Heinrich and Dorothy Sasse.
this family lived in Germany in the city of Fredericksburg about 15
miles from Berlin.  For many years Heinrich went back and forth to work
in a coach drawn by two horses.  He wore a cap and had a cape thrown
back about his shoulders.
   Heinrich and his family lived in a lovely three-story brick home
surrounded by beautiful cherry orchard and flower gardens.  A valley
could be seen in the distance.  About 12 tenants lived in smaller homes
near the large house.  There was also a raspberry orchard.
   One house-keeper was in service for 30 years.  The kitchen had a
cement floor.
   When Otelia was a child of six, her mother put her in school under a
fine teacher.  There she learned reading, writing and arithmetic. She
left school in 1865, at the age of 12, when the family came to America.
   Because of more threats of war with France, even though Heinrich was
offered a Captaincy of the German Armies, he resigned and moved with his
family to America.

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