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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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