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Gilbert Danforth

Loving God, Serving People

by Rachell Danforth

go to the tiny nation of Brunei
on the island of Borneo since
the USS Constitution, "Old
Ironsides," dropped anchor
there in 1845.)

After the Navy, my father came
back to Lubbock and decided to
go to Texas Tech. He graduated
in 1991 with his Bachelor
of Science in Biochemistry
where he started learning the
“electronics” of the human
body.

Often, after graduation, my
dad and his cousins would go
down to Mexico on weekends
for missionary work—like
bringing clothes to orphanages
and churches. He eventually
decided to move there. He
lived in a church in Juárez
I From Missouri, his family moved to Puebla to attend Cristo Para Las
for a while, then moved to
wanted to write about my father
the Lubbock area. He attended Idalou
because there isn't anyone I look
Naciones to learn Spanish so he could
up to more. He loves big and cares
for my whole family plus so many High School where he graduated communicate with the people better
in 1980 in the top 10% of his class.
others. In 1982, my father enlisted In the and do more missionary work.
Navy, where he served until 1986.
My dad was born in Pomona, Boot camp was in Orlando, Florida When he moved back to Texas,
California in 1962. Thirteen years for a year and then he was assigned he looked into different jobs in
later, the family moved to Bucklin, to the USS Henry B Wilson for three the medical field and decided
Missouri where he got to explore years. During that time, he was Chiropractic sounded like what he
the woods and go fishing, camping, trained in electronics and received wanted to do most. He moved to
and hunting. During the summers other valuable experience while Dallas in 1994 to attend what is now
of his youth, he would get to go to serving his country. His tour included Parker University to study the brain
Portales, New Mexico to visit cousins. many places like the Philippines, and nervous system and how internal
Sometimes, I even get to go and see Hawaii, Japan, Guam, Korea, and external applications affect
the places where he made "good ol’ Thailand, Singapore, and Brunei. function with the purpose of restoring
memories.” (Fun fact: his ship was the first one to health and healing.

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