Is " Muskrat" a rodent, an Indian, or both?

Bruce and Nancy grew up in Joplin, Missouri, and both went to Texas for their university studies: at Baylor and TCU respectively. Bruce was awarded the Cliburn Scholarship at Baylor and Nancy was awarded the Nordan Fine Arts Scholarship at TCU. After Bruce began doctoral studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, they went to Argentina as music missionaries under appointment of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.

The Muskrats were professors of church music and worship in the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Buenos Aires 1979-2000. Since 1989 Bruce has served as Administrative Support Leader of the Argentina Baptist Mission. Nancy also composes, performs, and records hymn arrangements for the piano.

Bruce and Nancy have three MKs (Missionary Kids), photos of whom are found on this web site. All three enjoy writing email to their friends. Twins Amy and Andy completed their senior year in high school at the American Community School (Lincoln) in Buenos Aires in June 2000 and are now in Texas. Amy graduated from Baylor University in August and now lives in Ft. Worth, where she works and plans to begin graduate school in social work in 2005. Andy is in his final year at Baylor in church music (piano) . The oldest Danny, and his wife Sara both graduated from Baylor in 2001 and live and work in Waco. Danny will complete an MBA program at Baylor in December.

The Muskrats' make their "den" in Buenos Aires, Argentina's populous capital city. It is located on the western bank of the Rio de la Plata, a very W I D E (!) "river" that flows between Argentina and Uruguay. Buenos Aires is also the name of one of Argentina's most important provinces. Over one-third of Argentina's population (33,000,000) live in the greater metropolitan area (30-mile radius) of Buenos Aires. The map at the right shows the city's location in reference to the larger Province of Buenos Aires which extends over 400 miles to the south.