Rex and Hannah McDowell
| Born | Rex: July 29,1957, Lafayette, Indiana |
| Hannah: May 5, 1959, Warren, Ohio |
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| Saved | Rex: “I was first saved at my father's knee in a church service when I was six years old. Though I was not 100% faithful to the Lord from that time on, the basic course of my life has been set since then. I praise God for present conscious assurance that my sins are forgiven and the Holy Spirit abides. I want Paul’s testimony to be a reality in my life: For me to live is Christ.” |
| Hannah: Hannah: “I was raised in a wonderful Christian home, by parents who set a godly example of holiness before me. I remember going to the altar at the age of 3 and raising my hands in the air as I'd seen other people do. I didn't really understand at that time what I was doing, but two years later when I was five, I was old enough to know I needed to be forgiven, and I truly prayed to be saved. I can't report an unbroken walk with the Lord from that time, but aside from a period of about a year in my early teens, I have had a consistent desire to live for the Lord, and He has always been so faithful to help me get back up and on the right way.” |
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| Calling | Rex: “Since I knew I wanted to serve the Lord, it only made sense to attend Bible school. While there, I met a lovely young lady who had a missionary call. Because I did not feel a specific call to missions, I did not ask her to date for close to a year after we became mutually interested. But after much prayer and counsel, we felt clear to begin dating. I entered into the relationship with the understanding that if God continued to lead us together, I would work in missions. He did, and I have.” |
| Hannah: “I don't know of anyone with a greater missionary burden than my father. With the constant emphasis on missions in our home, it wasn't hard for the Lord to call me. From the time I was ten I knew God wanted me to be a missionary, and from my mid-teens on, I was certain that He wanted me to be involved in medical missions.” |
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| College | Rex: God's Bible School, AB (1981), ThB (1982); Wesley Biblical Seminary; Evangelical Theological Seminary, MAR with OT specialization (2005) |
| Hannah: God's Bible School for two years to get a firm spiritual grounding; University of Cincinnati; Carolina Christian College, BRE (1981); Davidson County Community College, ADN (1983); RN; Medical University of South Carolina, Certified Nurse Midwife (1988). |
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| Marriage | July 4, 1980, at Faith Community Chapel in Thomasville, NC. “Ever since, people all over the whole United States celebrate our anniversary with fireworks each year!” |
| Ministry | Rex: Taught for six years at Carolina Christian College while Hannah finished her Bible school and medical training. |
| Both: Missionaries in Costa Rica (where both attended language school), May 1988 – May 1991; in Nicaragua, May 1991 – December 1992; missionary deputation, December 1992 – September 1994; 2nd term in Costa Rica, September 1994 – October 1998; missionary deputation and field visits, October 1998 – August 1999. Since then we have been working both with EFM (deputation, missionary conventions, field visits [including four summers in Honduras], profesorado courses) and in the Penn View Bible Institute Missions Department, where Rex is coordinator of the Hispanic Studies Program, a unique four-year training course specifically designed to equip young people for ministry to the Latin community in the USA or abroad. |
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| Children | Rex II, Benjamin, Jeffrey We also have one grandson |
