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Each

Adult

missionary

should complete one of these forms and send by regular seamall to:

Mission Services - Box 968 - Joliet Illinois

Name

in full

PERSONAL F ILE

Hfli-P.

July 9 .

1 9 5 4

GBRALD

DAVID

BOWLIN

W es te r n Mex ico hristianM i s si o n

Complete address on fipiH Apartado Postal

150

Nogales Sonora Mexico

{Parcel

Post

Express and F r e i ^ t

Complete home for forwarding arfHirpflfi Box 1550a Nog;ale3> Arizona U.S.A

Sex .

Name and address of hometown newspaper

Indio

News IndiOj Calif

Names and addresses of other newspapers which mi^t carry stories of your work

Place

of

Rirfh

The rma l Ca l if

Day

Mon t h

Where hflpf iHprl BQQch St C.

of C.,

L.A^^

Calif.

What

age?

On

back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Baptized

Baptist

Church,

Jfiarly

agenot satisfactory personally.

Was Bap.

m

2 4

MALE

Year

1 9 2 1

Mari ta l s tatus : Married

Single

Divorced

Widowed

Married at vhat age J2L .

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and year of birth;

P l a c e

Long

Beach

Ca l i f

Name

Rob e r t

D av id B ow lin

Kathryn

Ann

Bowlin

Schooling High School and on):

Ch r i s t i a n

Hosp i t a l

St Lou i s

Name and Location of School Number of

Years

Coachel la

Val ley

Union H i^

goachella

Cal i f 4

Un iv e r s i t y

o f

Ca l i f .

1

L A BAPTIST Theological Seminary

T.n a

f fol -T-P.

3

Day Month Year

13

5

1947

27 1 0

1 9 4 9

Major

Degrees with date

Graduate

Sxtension

^ a n

Diego

alif

A .B .

B . T h .

Pa c i f i c Bib l e Seminary

Long

Bqach Ca l i f .

1

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I n t e r e s t

was to c l e a r up


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Personal

File - Page 2 - Name

Bowl

In

What things influenced you to become a missionary? Your own story in some d et ail might be

influential in leading others into fulltime service use a separate sheet-if.you need more space)?

I

g r e w u p

among th e M 0 x i c a n - - A m e r l e a n s

in So

Ca l i f Learned to

l ove

them,

t he i r ways

and

t h e i r

l a n g u a g e .

S t u d i e d

t he i r

l a n g u a g e in

High

S c h o o l , e xp ec tin g to b e a n e l e c t r i c a l

enginee r

a n d work in S o. A me ric a ,

When t i m e came

to

go

to

T J n i v ers i t y of Cal i f where T

had

al feady p a s s e d

en t r ance e x a m s , I w a s

undec ided

w o r k e d yea r o n a r anch 2

in

a f a c t o ry

then

g a v e

my

hea r t

to

th e

L o r d

in f u l l - t ime Ch ris tia n s er vic e .

P r o m i s e d

Him I w o u l d go

a n y wh e re

a n d do anyth ing if only I c o u l d h a v e peacb. a n d

co n t en t m en t in

my own

h0ar t a thing

which money

d id

n o t

br ing

m e . Labored

in Mexico

af te r

Bap, Sem.

Ciraduation. Then

led

Int o

C.ofC. and

Colegio

B l b

Describe briefly in outline form the

nature

of your daily duties, m i s s i o n ; t h e n b e g a n yfogales m

Coord ina t ion

o f ll miss i ona ry a c t i v i t i e s

in Western M e x i c o ,

A d v i s e

n ativ e e va n ge li sts seminary

w o r k e r s , s tuden ts .

Teach classes Seminary; g i v

c h a p e l

a d d r e s s e d ; v i s i t f i e ld

p er so na lly to

e nc ou ra ge w o rk er s and Chr i s t i an

Which of the

following

terms most nearly describes

your

missionary status:

EvangelistJC. Bible College teacher^ Public School teacher Home maker

Doc to r

Nur s e

Socia l

worke r

Off ice w o r k e r ,

Other . .

Father s name and home address if living): James B.

Bowlin,

Box 14-A, Mt.Center,

C a l i

His

occuaption-^LellZei Is he a r hri qH^n?

Methodist

Church

non

What

positions

of

leadership

ha s he

held

in the

local

church?

Mother s full

maiden Mar? El i zabe th

F e m y e r

Is she living? 7^

Is she a Christian?,

JQs

Her occupation if employed outside of hnmp n u r s e

What

leadership

positions has s he h el d in t he l oc al

rhnrph?

. none

Name

of forwarding

agent.

AHHr p g g

W h at

a re

h is

or

h e r

duties:

Should money be sent to forwarding agent only?.

Telephone

In wha t f o r m ?

If i t can

be

mai led to

you please

indicate

how in

what

fnrm? Church

o r p erson al c h e c k s o r

bank

M.O. pre fe r

May

a l so

s e n d v ia U . S .

P os t O ff ic e M.O.

d r a w n o n Nogales

Ar i z .

P . O .

oes your forwarding agent serve without salary? .

problems

do

you need help with, that Mission Services might provide?


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Each Adult missionary should complete one of these forms and send by regular

seamail

to:

Mission Services - Box 968 - Joliet,

Illinois

PERSONAL

F ILE

nfl tP. July 9 1954

JUL 12 1354

Name in

Geneva

Stap l e s Bowlln

Wes te rn Mexico Ch r i s t i a n Miss ion

Complete address on fipid.Apo-rtado Postal ^

150,

ITogales. Sonorap Mexico

Parcel

Post , Express and

Straight

Complete home for forwarding) address

Box

fl pl y.Qna

Sex,

ffimalft

Name and address of

hometown npwwpappr

Daily

Headlight,

Sayre.

Okla.

Names and addresses of other newspapers which migjit carry stories of your work...

Place o f Rirrh

Say re Okla

Day.

1

Mon t h_Z_

Vpor 1922

Where hapi-UPd?Beech

St.

C.ef C. , L.A.. Califs

On back of page please describe any special circumstances regarding conversion.

Baptized Baptist

Church

early agenot satisfactory personally.

Marital status: Married ^ Single

DivorcedWidowed.^

Married at w

What age?

List children by full name giving place, day, month, and ye ar of birth;

Name

P^erritos Hosnltal

o s

^at flgp 25

Day Month Year

Ka t h r y n Ann

Bowl i n

Chr i s t i an Hosp i t a l

S t Loui s

Mo. 27

1 0 1949

Schooling High School and on):

Name and Loc atio n

of School

New Liber ty

High

Savre

Okla

Number of Years Major

4

Degrees wi th date

f i f r a d u a t e

Sayre J r

Col l ege

Savrf t r

Oklf?.

1

of Nursing

1


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