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 one hundred percent faithful to the Lord from that time on, the basic course of my life has been set since then.” |
| 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, 1981, with an AB and in 1982 with a ThB; two graduate classes at Wesley Biblical Seminary; currently pursuing an MAR with Old Testament specialization at Evangelical School of Theology, Myerstown, PA. |
| Hannah: God's Bible School for two years in order to have a firm spiritual grounding; University of Cincinnati one year to start working on medical training; Carolina Christian college, Bachelor of Religious Education, 1981; went back to finish medical preparation, graduating from nursing school in 1983; the Medical University of South Carolina's Midwifery program, Certified Nurse Midwife, January, 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: Served in Costa Rica (where both attended language school), May 1988, through May 1991; 1 1/2 years in Nicaragua; our second term we spent back in Costa Rica for slightly over four years. Since then we have been working both with EFM and in the Missions Department of Penn View Bible Institute, with a focus on developing its Hispanic Studies Program, which is specifically geared to training and equipping young people to reach the Latin community for Christ. |
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| Children | Rex II, born January 20,1983; student at Penn View Bible Institute Benjamin, born October 25,1988; student Penn View Christian Academy Jeffrey, born December 15, 1994; student Penn View Christian Academy |