Post by mustymanager on Oct 16, 2023 22:41:51 GMT
“Salty” Greetings, I was wondering if you ever offer in-person discipleship or have people come out to visit and learn from you in a temporary stay? I am a hands on visual learner. I have been very inspired by your philosophies and knowledge. You are truly an inspiration to me…someone I would like to emulate as a man. I hope to apply what I am learning from your channel one day and when finances are better, join your full channel. I have two little boys, ages one and three, and do not feel adequately equipped to instill skills and masculinity as a father. My father has no interest in primitive skills and we don’t have the best relationship. My oldest son recently asked me a question that pierced my heart: “Daddy you work with tools?…you show me how to use them?” Through choked emotion I told him I would but felt like a I just lied to our three year old….I have security tools stocked and now am working on food reserves but as for working with my hands and general knowledge a man should know I am honestly inadequate. I was wondering where you learned all that you have? I know your grandfather poured into you from your videos. Did you have a good father growing up or are you self-taught? I do not have great confidence in my abilities and am hungry for a masculine mentor who will not give me a fish but “teach me how to fish”… I know your grandfather pored a lot into you by watching your videos. I have never worked with tools, was raised in a Christian by-name only household that ended in divorce. I was told by my mother around 6th grade I was the result of a date rape, they were getting divorced and that my dad was not my biological father. (Everyone else knew but me). My father loves me but at times was harsh, neglectful and at certain times physically abusive. I was homeless by sophomore year in Highschool, living in a tent with a two story tree house on the outskirts of Indian reservation land. I know what it is to live with little and hunger for the lifestyle I see in you. I skateboarded to work at a pizza shop, a “capitalistic homelesss man” if you will. I couch surfed for a lot of my time in Highschool and never went to college. God got ahold of me around 18 and I spent a great deal of time in discipleship prior to entering the ministry but years later stepped down for reasons too long to explain in this letter. I lost my biological father years ago and it left a crater in my soul that ended in me backsliding away from my savior. I am now a 34 year old homeowner and have struggled through the years with various issues that I have been addressing head on yet still feel I am missing necessary skills to transfer to my boys... I wish to be the man God created me to be. I would like to learn more so I can emulate the Biblical masculinity I see in your life. I recently decided with my wife’s support to get rid of Roku in our home and desire to learn homesteading and primitive skills. I will try to join your channel asap because you seem to have knowledge to fill in some of the gaps. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and please keep videos coming, like I mentioned before your grasp of masculine skills is inspiring me.