Dorine Hawkins, daughter of an Oklahoma pioneer minister, chosen of God to be an overcomer of gigantic struggles in her childhood and youth. All this to reach God's goal for her as a missionary educator in her adopted and beloved country of Brazil. It seemed impossible. God used mentors along the way to encourage her to meet and conquer each hurdle as it appeared. When she was thirteen, her father asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her reply was, Either a movie star or a missionary. His challenge was, Choose ...
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Dorine Hawkins, daughter of an Oklahoma pioneer minister, chosen of God to be an overcomer of gigantic struggles in her childhood and youth. All this to reach God's goal for her as a missionary educator in her adopted and beloved country of Brazil. It seemed impossible. God used mentors along the way to encourage her to meet and conquer each hurdle as it appeared. When she was thirteen, her father asked what she wanted to be when she grew up. Her reply was, Either a movie star or a missionary. His challenge was, Choose wisely, but remember the reward of being a missionary. You can serve the Lord until you are sixty or seventy or maybe even eighty. Look what God did with her choice to serve Him! He even added marriage at sixty to a godly businessman, Buford Stewart, of Austin, Texas. She continues to serve as the second Mrs. Buford Stewart. With her marriage she inherited his seven beautiful grandchildren.
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