Gareth Bolton
I was born in London in
1950 and moved to Dartford, Kent shortly
afterwards, where I have lived ever since.
After completing my education, I went to a
teachers' training college in
Norwich, the east of England. While I was studying there I
became a
Christian through the witness of the Christian Union. On leaving, I got
my first
and only teaching appointment in my former primary school and
stayed there for almost 22
years - years of learning and harvesting.
I ran a Christian club for the older
pupils called Adventurers and started a
Christian youth club called Friday Club.
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It was
about half way through my teaching career that I started to attend a local weekly missions
prayer night organised by Operation Mobilisation.
On two occasions I was granted a term's absence for overseas work and my involvement increased to such a level that it soon became clear that I would have to make the decision whether to continue as a teacher or work fulltime with OM. In 1992, I chose the latter which has not only taken me to over 100 countries as a speaker but also led me to a wonderful Filipina called Malou - we married in 1997.
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