Life @ Montrose, July 17

Greetings from Casper, Wyoming! We are here for Wyoming Camp Meeting. As I arrived at Mills Spring Ranch yesterday morning I was glad to see Sarah and Bryce Gladding who came running up to me. It looked like a good time was being had by all. I gave the first of three seminars on Ellen White as Model Evangelist. If you attended Western Slopes Camp Meeting then you heard the same series of presentations. One lady had tears streaming down her face as I told the story about Ellen Harmon's conversion experience.

Last week was also busy because in the evenings I drove up each night for Cowboy Camp Meeting. After church and potluck at Montrose our family drove up Sabbath afternoon to Cowboy Camp Meeting. We were saddened to pass a fatal car accident on the gravel road about a mile or two before the site for camp meeting (please keep the family in your prayers). By Friday evening we had about 50 people there so by Sabbath we had a pretty good size group in attendance. I gave my last presentation about Jesus the master tracker Saturday night as we looked at glimpses of the character of God that are revealed in God's Word. I also shared a little bit about Adventism in the Wild West.

We camped out Saturday night at Cowboy Camp Meeting which was a lot of fun. We had yummy smores. I was thankful John & Debbie Short had brought dark chocolate. That takes mores up to a whole new level. We had a great time of fellowship around a big bonfire before going to bed. Sunday was another busy day. After packing up we drove over to Gunnison early in the afternoon. The Gunnison Church was a hive of activity as members up there were cleaning up both inside and outside the church. Everyone was excited because Sunday evening was the opening night of a 12 evening evangelistic series led by Nathan Cranson and Jon Gardner (they alternate every other night). We spent the afternoon knocking on doors extending personal invitations for people to come to the meetings. I was really pleased because we had 21 people attend the opening meeting. If you want to listen to their presentations online Nate & Jon developed a web site: www.alivinggod.com. Please continue to keep this evangelistic effort in your prayers.

Afterward we crashed in the Gunnison Church for the night because from there we drove out from Gunnison to Denver to meet up with an old friend and his family for the day. He had flow out here for a conference so he had the day free before he flew home to Silver Spring, Maryland, that evening. On Monday night we stayed with another close friend in Ft. Collins before driving up to Wyoming Camp Meeting on Tuesday. In case you are wondering we made a "short detour" on the way up to stop by Jewel Cave National Monument (2nd longest cave in the world), Wind Cave National Park (4th longest cave in the world), and Mt. Rushmore. It was a very long 650 miles of driving that day but very rewarding to see three new National Parks. Incidentally, you'll never guess who I bumped into while at Mt. Rushmore? (so I'll go ahead and tell you, Elder Mike Ryan who earlier this year spoke at our church was there with his family on vacation).