By Anke Mücke. When Theodor Roling from Drievorden listened to the adventurous tales of itinerant preachers about their missionary work in faraway lands as a young man, he developed a desire: he wanted to do something like that himself. As the eldest descendant of an old farming family, the Upper County native, born in 1906, was actually destined to take over the family farm. But his urge to see the world triumphed over family traditions. At the…
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By Anke Mücke. When Theodor Roling from Drievorden listened to the adventurous tales of itinerant preachers about their missionary work in faraway lands as a young man, he developed a desire: he wanted to do something like that himself. As the eldest descendant of an old farming family, the Upper County native, born in 1906, was actually destined to take over the family farm. But his urge to see the world triumphed over family traditions. At the…