Myra Ballew:
CLASS OF 1971
Richard Montgomery High SchoolClass of 1971
Rockville, MD
Eastern Nazarene CollegeClass of 1977
Quincy, MA
Montgomery County Community CollegeClass of 1973
Rockville, MD
Julius West Middle SchoolClass of 1968
Rockville, MD
Park Street Elementary SchoolClass of 1965
Rockville, MD
Myra's Story
Although I grew up as Myra Campbell, when I married Frank Ballew in 1978 and moved to California, I started using my middle name - Jean.
Although I graduated with a degree in Social Work and Spanish, I ended up in education after our move to California. I went to Cal State San Bernardino to take the courses needed for my teaching certificate while teaching at Fontana Christian School.
After moving back to Maryland for a few years and teaching at Montrose Christian School, we moved to Winona Lake, Indiana, where I worked as an editor of Sunday School curriculum for the Free Methodist Church. When our church headquarters moved to Indianapolis in 1990, I became the Director of Curriculum, which involved a lot of travel all over the country. During this time I became a published author (mostly curriculum) and Frank, an artist, illustrated a lot of the materials I wrote. During this time we also took an exciting missions trip to Estonia and then an 8-day vacation in England.
In 1998 we moved to McPherson, Kansas, w...Expand for more
here I became the children's pastor at the McPherson Free Methodist Church. My elementary ed degree was a real help - I don't see how you can be an effective children's pastor without one! I also started teaching at Central Christian College part-time.
I started working on my Ph.D. at Kansas State University and was a full-time graduate teaching assistant for two of the happiest years of my life. Upon completion of my coursework, I got a job teaching teacher ed courses at McPherson College. But I couldn't get my dissertation done while working at a full-time job. So I am presently substitute teaching and also teaching just one course one day a week at Tabor College in Hillsboro, Kansas, while I work on the dissertation.
After living in McPherson for a few years we finally bought our dream house - a lovely old (105+ years) Victorian house with big front porch and a lamppost in front. In fact, we live in the "old" part of town - one thing we love about our tree-lined street are the antique street lamps lining it.
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