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David was born in Wales, and converted while in Bristol, England, and emigrated in 1873, initially to Pittsburgh where he developed a burden for the Chinese while teaching a Baptist Sunday School in nearby Beaver Falls. David then ministered two years among a thousand Chinese in Wyoming, then Chicago, Boston, and New York among Chinese laundrymen by 1886, according to "The Christian Union" ed. by Henry Ward Beecher. David also spent five years in China as an interpreter. Upon reaching San Francisco, he married Anna Snook, and they developed a company assisting government workers in correctly spelling Chinese surnames, authoring a textbook in 1904.
Elmer A. Jones (1887-1973) (Bob's uncle) was also commended by area assemblies 1912-1920 to evangelistic work in China, then founding a Chinese children's home on 74th Avenue in Oakland 1926-1932.
==Education==
==Career==
After graduating from college, Bob continued to serve on staff with IVCF for three years in the Great Lakes region of Minnesota, returning home for grad studies in Literature and Education at San Francisco State, and the University of California. In 1955, Bob and Naomi moved to Richmond where they were involved with newly planted Grace Chapel.
In 1959, Bob attended an "Experiment in International Living" trip to Europe, which inspired regular opportunities subsequently to organize and lead groups of university students and alumni on "international journeys designed to infuse travel with the deep meaning of the Christian faith" in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.