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| Christian Educators Resource Center |
Mrs. Lori O'Day
Contact by E-Mail
Mrs. O’Day attended public school in Michigan, and excelled at Spanish and music.
After graduating from high school, she studied music education at Wayne State
University in Detroit. Lori then transferred to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where
she earned her B.A. in church music. During her time in Chicago, she had the
opportunity to teach CEF Good News Clubs in a Spanish neighborhood, and VBS and
Sunday school in various English and Spanish speaking churches. She met her
husband, Phil, at Moody, and they were married in 1989. Mr. and Mrs. O’Day joined
CAM International, a missionary sending agency based in Dallas, in 1992, and began
raising support to go to Mexico City. They left for Costa Rica to study Spanish in
1997, earning their “Diploma in Spanish as a Second Language”. They then went on
to serve as missionaries for four years in Mexico City. Lori enjoyed getting to know
the ladies in the church, learning to prepare traditional Mexican food, and serving in
the church teaching Sunday school, leading worship, and directing a ladies’ choir. Phil
now serves in leadership at CAM’s home office here in Dallas, while Lori teaches
private clarinet and oboe lessons in the Mesquite school district, as well as, Spanish
classes at CERC. The O’Day family includes three children, ages 13, 11, and 6.
Mrs. O’Day attended public school in Michigan, and excelled at Spanish and music.
After graduating from high school, she studied music education at Wayne State
University in Detroit. Lori then transferred to Moody Bible Institute in Chicago where
she earned her B.A. in church music. During her time in Chicago, she had the
opportunity to teach CEF Good News Clubs in a Spanish neighborhood, and VBS and
Sunday school in various English and Spanish speaking churches. She met her
husband, Phil, at Moody, and they were married in 1989. Mr. and Mrs. O’Day joined
CAM International, a missionary sending agency based in Dallas, in 1992, and began
raising support to go to Mexico City. They left for Costa Rica to study Spanish in
1997, earning their “Diploma in Spanish as a Second Language”. They then went on
to serve as missionaries for four years in Mexico City. Lori enjoyed getting to know
the ladies in the church, learning to prepare traditional Mexican food, and serving in
the church teaching Sunday school, leading worship, and directing a ladies’ choir. Phil
now serves in leadership at CAM’s home office here in Dallas, while Lori teaches
private clarinet and oboe lessons in the Mesquite school district, as well as, Spanish
classes at CERC. The O’Day family includes three children, ages 13, 11, and 6.
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