John Bothwell is a graduate of Biola University , La Mirada, CA, where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and a certificate in Christian apologetics.  He took part in a short-term mission trip to Argentina in 2004 where he delivered a paper on the historicity of the resurrection of Christ and returned in 2005 for several months of work with the diocese.  John was asked to be a diocesan representative in the U.S. by Bishop Humberto Axt while in Salta in 2005 and is currently working under Abp. Venables to build working relationships between the diocese and U.S. churches.  He is also presently working toward an M.A. in applied theology at Talbot Seminary, Biola University.  John was born in Newport Beach, CA in 1981, and has lived in Southern California his entire life.