Huffman, Gail Blanchard: - Born in Westfield, Massachusetts, Gail Blanchard Huffman began her life in cold country. Her parents acquired a dairy farm in Piermont, New Hampshire. A brother and a sister were born there. At 8 years of age, she moved to Florida with her family because of her brother's health. That opened a whole new world! Her primary schooling took place in Plant Citry, and Junior High in Tampa after a move to µTµemple Terrrace. From there she went to Hillsborough High School and graduated in 1961. While there, she was a member of Future Homemakers of America and the National Honor Society. She received the Crisco Award for her activities in Future Homemakers. For further education she began studies at Tennessee Temple University, Chattanooga, TN in 1961 and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1968. In 1962 she marrried Robert (Bob) Huffman, and together they answered the call of the Lord to szerve Him in France as church-planting missionaries with Baptist International Missions, Inc. Language studies followed at the Alliance Francaise in Paris, France. After settling in Argenteuil, France, a suburb of Paris, they established the Bible Baptist Church. They are parents of four children, two of whom were born in Chattanooa and two in France.