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ABOUT DWM
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Jennifer
was
seven
years
old
in
2007
and
attended
local
schools,
finally
graduating
from
a
college
in
the
nearest
city
(General
Santos
City)
in
2017
with
a
degree
in
medical
technology.
Also
shown
in
the
picture
to
the
right,
is
Loara,
the
daughter
of
a
niece.
She
has
been
a
big part of our family since her birth in 2009
Dan
was
raised
on
a
small
farm
in
the
state
of
Washington,
U.S.A.
He
attended
local
schools,
graduating
from
Battle
Ground
High
School
in
1971.
In
August
of
that
year,
he
entered
college
at
Simpson
Bible
School
in
San
Francisco,
California.
From
1973
to
2006,
Dan
made
his
career
at
Bank
of
America,
retiring
as
a
Vice
President
in
2006.
Parallel
with
his
corporate
career,
he
was
involved
in
lay
ministry,
serving
churches
around
the
S.F.
Bay
Area.
He
served
in
various
capacities
in
Christian
organizations,
including
sound
system
design
and
installation,
radio
and
television
broadcasting
(as
an
engineer,
producer,
and
announcer),
live
show
production,
concert
engineering
and
as
a
musician.
Dan
developed
many
skills
in
his
55
years
before
becoming
a
missionary,
that
serve
him
well
today:
carpentry,
equipment
operation
and
maintenance,
farming,
fabrication,
electrical,
plumbing,
graphic
arts,
Web
design,
computer
repair,
photography,
and
more.
His
last
years
at
Bank
of
America
were
as
a
professional
writer,
and
that,
too,
is a skill that is useful today.
Aurea
is
the
daughter
of
a
Filipino
father
and
a
Tboli
mother.
Her
father
collaborated
with
American
guerillas
to
fight
the
Japanese
on
our
island
of
Mindanao
during
WWII.
Her
mother
was
a
full-blooded
Tboli,
the
daughter
and
grandaughter
of
major
tribal
chiefs.
She
was
considered
a
royal
princess
by
the
Tboli
tribe
until
her
death,
and
Aurea
and
Jennifer
have
inherited
that
title.
We
were
privileged
to
have her in our home during her final years of life.
Aurea’s
grandfather
was
reached
by
missionaries
sometime
in
the
early
20th
century.
When
he
converted
to
the
Christian
faith,
he
left
the
main
body
of
the
Tboli
tribe
because
his
new-found
faith
was
in
conflict
with
the
animist
beliefs
of
the
tribe.
He
relocated
to
the
coast
with
this
23
wives
and
numerous
children,
and
established
the
Tboli
presence
in
the
lowlands,
upon
which
we
now
live.
Many
Tbolis
found
Christ as a result of his witness.
