{"id":142150,"date":"2021-04-19T01:15:34","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T06:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=142150"},"modified":"2021-04-20T00:22:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T05:22:39","slug":"retired-van-wert-police-officer-creates-website-on-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2021\/04\/19\/retired-van-wert-police-officer-creates-website-on-prayer\/","title":{"rendered":"Retired police officer creates prayer site"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong>independent editor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A retired Van Wert police officer has turned his empathy for those who are struggling, coupled with an interest in prayer and its ability to change lives, into an online Christian ministry that now reaches people in a number of foreign countries, with translations in several languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Retired Van Wert police officer Terry Dietsch views his website while at his city residence. Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Terry Dietsch was a junior in high school when he first turned to God without an agenda to seek His will on what he should do with his life. He later earned an associate\u2019s degree and became an officer with the Van Wert Police Department, retiring in 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During his police career, Dietsch said his specialization in crime scene investigation brought him face to face with the seamier side of life, as well as community members who were struggling just to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAfter a career in law enforcement, you step back when you see multiple generations in the same families struggling,\u201d Dietsch said, noting that those he encountered during his career left him with a desire to provide an effective approach to a better life for people who are hurting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That desire also resulted in an extensive six-month regimen of prayer in 2017 with no agenda other than to seek direction on how he could best help others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u201cReal Prayer\u201d booklet is the result of that search for a better way, which is now available to people in 50 countries around the world in four languages: English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Russian at www.realprayer.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The booklet consists of an introduction and 10 chapters whose collective goal is to provide a primer to how to find God — and themselves — through the vehicle of prayer. The chapters include the following and are based on Dietsch\u2019s own life experiences:<\/p>\n\n\n\n