ALLAN AND JOAN SERVED AS MISSIONARIES WITH THE GLOBAL MINISTRIES OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST) IN THAILAND FOR THIRTY-NINE YEARS. ALTHOUGH RETIRED FROM THE MISSION BOARD, THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE THE CHURCH IN THAILAND AS VOLUNTEERS. THIS IS THEIR 49^TH YEAR.

JOAN HOVIS EUBANK GREW UP IN HOUSTON AND ALLAN IN HILLSBORO, TEXAS. AFTER GRADUATION FROM TEXAS A & M, IN GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING, ALLAN SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AS A CAPTAIN IN THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS. HE FIRST MET JOAN WHEN SHE SANG IN A USO TROUPE FOR THE COMPANY HE COMMANDED. AFTER THE WAR, ALLAN WORKED AS A GEOLOGIST IN DALLAS AND IRAAN, TEXAS.