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Brother Bobby Bowman went into the Navy on December 17, 1954, at the age of 19. The draft was still in effect in America, but Bowman enlisted voluntarily, with the plan to eventually have a career in medicine. Serving in the medical corps was the best way to receive that medical training.

Ever since I was five years old I’ve been called to be a foreign missionary. In fact, before I was even saved, I was telling people that’s what I wanted to be when I grew up. This past December, I went to El Salvador to pass out Everlasting Smiles shoeboxes.

What is the limit of the missionary call in making disciples? How far can we go when the nets of the gospel are spread?

In Matthew 9:35, the Lord is talking to his disciples and saying basically, “Look at the harvest. The laborers are few.” Although most of us would not believe it, South America has few laborers and few healthy churches.