1918-1927 Wedding, War, Children and Work
	La Paz, 1918 1918 August Wedding in LaPaz; John goes to War 1923 February Wes' diptheria; to Concepcion, Chile 1919 November Wedding Trip to Cuzco, Peru 1924 November 1st summer in Vergel 1920 January Marian born in LaPaz 1925 January to Santiago; typhoid fever 1921 December Wesley born in Sumner 1926 John Ordained; 3rd summer in Vergel 1922 December Bill born in Seattle 1927 December Margaret born in Santiago
	Hazel Mae in her Wedding Suit August 5, 1918 The Ceremony John and Hazel The Portrait Herrick's Bible Class Picnic If you access the pictures in sequence, the "next" images will preload in the background.	The August vacation was due and other missionaries had come for a meeting so we set the date for our wedding for the 5th of August. The Washburns who were directing the school played hosts for the occasion and invited the missionaries as well as the American colony to be guests. I was married in a pearl gray suit with white accessories and Dad wore a black cut-a-way which men wore for all formal occasions as well as for church. The Irles, whom we had known in the States, stood up with us and Dr. Browning gave me away. He had not come to our practice so when I started stepping to Lohengrin' wedding march he paid no attention to it and pranced me right up to the preacher in double quick time. Not many brides are perfect strangers to their wedding guests but they were all grand to us and gave us many lovely gifts. We spent a few days in the lovely home of some American friends who were on vacation and delayed a wedding trip to start teaching the next week.
	War Widows and Widower John S. Herrick U.S. Army Soldier O.M. Herrick Coming or going?	But as usual when a war is on our happiness together was not for long. After three weeks a cable came saying, "the Government demands Herrick's immediate return". Our Board had agreed to bring him home if he were needed and because he was a chemist he was needed. So on three days' notice he left a very lonely little bride to "keep the home fires burning" and reported in due time to Camp Meads where he had to wait for his induction papers and got a job at plumbing. Then he was sent up to Yale for a short course in subjects relating to sanitation and combating poisons, etc.
	Johnnie Herrick Marches Home Noted Astronomer Visits Amerinst Red Cross Festivals - 1919 Allascitas Herrick & Merubia Swims 3 kinds of roof John as Teacher Chemistry Lab	Then Armistice Day came before he saw service and while he had to wait a while for his discharge he was only away from Bolivia six months and even had a trip west to see our folks who along with friends sent many gifts for our new home. As soon as summer came [November, 1919] we took our Wedding Trip to Cusco, Peru, to see the wonders of that place. When we returned we went to live in temporary quarters on the new property where the "Amerinst" still functions though greatly changed from those first days. we taught for some time in a rented property below the Prado where Dad carried numerous classes of Chemistry and Physics and Mother directed the primary and taught Highschool English.
	Sunshine Corner New Hospital Honeysuckle The Nurse Her Highness Proud Mother in a whirl Cute Baby - 15 BONUS - Marian Baby Pix Daddy dressed up July 4, 1920 Two are natives of the Andes Proud Dad II Baptised 3 Methodists Both are natives J.S. Herricks "...just before we left for the States"	For living quarters we fixed up two small rooms very cozily, ate at the teachers' table and settled down to await our first baby, Marian, who was born on January 6th, 1920. On Christmas morning before, a surprise quartet of missionary men awakened the rest of us singing Christmas carols. It seemed a wonderful home to me, expecting a baby just any day.   Our new nurse delivered Marian in our new hospital where mother and baby were the first patients. We had reason to thank God and our efficient nurse that our baby lived for it was a very difficult breach case. Perhaps the difficult birth and the fact that I went back to heavy school work too soon combined to sap my strength and I was much underweight. At any rate several months after, I became very nervous and when [in 1921] it was discovered that baby brother was on the way I was sent home alone with Marian to New York and thence to stay with my parents and be under a doctor's care while Daddy remained to finish the year out and return home in November.
	John Wesley born in Sumner Mother & baby Ellen & Marian Picnic - Univ. Methodist bunch	John Wesley was born December 9, 1921 in a Sumner maternity home. He was a fine husky boy and soon we were able to go to Seattle where we found a nice little bungalow out in the Ravenna district and Dad enrolled at the University of Washington for his master's work. We enjoyed that year so much seeing our friends and caring for our two precious babies. Our only anxiety was that Mother was again pregnant and we feared that weaning Wesley would not be good for him.
	Mealtime for Wes - 9 BONUS - Pix of the kids Marian and Fond Aunties Proud Papa III Lookin' Good! Happy Mother Baby Buggy Marian & Wes Formal Photo Bill is born in Seattle Mom & 3 kids	But in spite of difficulties Wesley seemed to thrive on strained vegetables and to give mother more time for their preparation as well as the needed rest, Dad took over the washing, and we got along fine. The day Dad was to go for his master's degree mother announced she must go to the hospital first. Dad got the degree all right and by rushing got to the hospital to see Bill born on December 14th, 1922 in late afternoon. Our furlough was passing rapidly and when Bill was six weeks old we broke up house-keeping and went to stay with my parents in Sumner until we were due to depart for Chile out of the high altitude. There our Wesley became ill with diptheria and had to be taken to an isolation hospital in Tacoma. He became worse and for days lay almost unconscious. Only the prayers of our families and friends and the devotion of our Dr. Mitchell could have brought him back to us and renewed our faith in the God we were so eager to serve. Concepcion, Chile -- 1923-24
	Penco Beach A fine Chile day Wrestling with baby Bill Penco Beach John Sidney & John Wesley	After some delay we left Seattle by freight steamer for a long seven weeks' trip to Concepcion, Chile where we taught for two years in the old "Colegio Americana". We had had a long rest from teaching and felt the challenge of this new work, but the difficult climatic and sanitary conditions kept Dad down with boils, Mother with asthma, and everyone periodically with dysentery. When Mother got down to 98 pounds the Bishop announced he would move us up to Santiago. That summer we went to the new Methodist farm at Vergel and had a wonderful vacation, earning our way at the summer camp by supplying beds and food for the various camps held there every summer. Santiago, Chile -- 1925-27
	My Life And Times Chapter 1 Earliest Memories: Living in Chile	In January we went back home, packed and moved to our new home in Santiago, the capital of Chile. Here we were settled a short time only when both Dad and Wesley came down with typhoid fever. The missionaries flew to our rescue, we found a good nurse, and a doctor who began giving the rest of us shots for typhoid but it was the wrong idea after we had been exposed and Billie got one, Marian two and mother three and all came down in that order though not as sick as Dad and Wesley. We had nurses around the clock and friends were so good to us, but it was three months before we were all on our feet again. Wesley had complications and we despaired he would ever be strong again. We learned what friends can mean then, and out of sheer gratitude that Dad and Wesley had been spared we renewed our consecration to the missionary task. Before Dad had taken sick he had been working on mission construction and teaching in Santiago College. Now he was asked to direct the finances of that school and mother took charge of the house. There were 100 girls, boarders, another 100 who took lunch and tea with us, 30 boarding teachers and as many servants. So we had big jobs but we thrived on them, regained our health, and the children started their first classes here. We had our vacations at Vergel and for two more summers directed the commisary for all the summer camps while the children rode horseback and had wonderful times.
		Next >> Our Bolivia Home 1928-1936