I am going to allow myself to get a little more personal with you so you have a better understanding of who I am.

For the past 2 ½ years, I have been part of Global Perspectives. The mission of GP was to inform, equip, and prepare people for what lies ahead in this crazy mixed-up world. I believe we delivered on that mission. It started for me in April of 2007 when I got a clear message of what was to come. I knew that I was supposed to warn people of the coming economic collapse and did so at every opportunity. I struggled to find a platform that was big enough to reach all those that needed to hear. I prayed constantly to be used by God and to help me find the right vehicle. I am going to show you how God works.

We took a vacation to Florida in May of 2008.  The entire way down to Florida I had lectured my wife not to even think about looking at real estate. I was a trader and it simply was not the right time. Also, we had just finished building our dream house up north. We had spent the last 6 winters away from the frigid north and a rental was good enough. Then the unthinkable happened, I made a decision to call a realtor. Before we left, we had bought a house. What in the world was I thinking? After returning to South Dakota, I decided to leave it in the Lord’s hands. “God, I know you have a plan and if we are supposed to move, send us a buyer for our house.” We did not have our house listed. 2 days later, a good friend of mine called. He had sold his house and was trying to get out of the contract. The buyers would let him out but only if he could help them find a comparable house. “Would you mind showing them your house?” “I need to show good faith,” he said. I told him to send them over. We had a cash offer 3 days later. Now that is how God works! We were on our way to Florida 4 months later, October 2008.

After our arrival in Florida, I met Pastor Tim.  We shared a connection. From that connection, GP was born. It was live classes and a newsletter in the beginning and evolved to what it is today, a daily blog that helps inform, equip, and prepare. It was important to us to also feed your soul every day.

God called on me to deliver a message and I pray that I have done all that was expected of me. He provided the vehicle and I jumped on board. After all, if I am going to pray to be used then I had better be obedient. He is now calling me to move on and do something else.  I feel that we were successful in informing, equipping, and preparing people. Now it is time for sharing.  The next phase of this mission is to help care for those in need and to love them to Christ and an eternal life. I never intended to have GP turn into a financial site where people go to find out how to hold on and hoard their money or to lose sight of those in need. I had always wanted to help people protect their net worth so they could help others in need. Now is the time to help those in need.

I am going to focus on helping out locally volunteering for organizations that help feed and clothe those in need. I am also going to write a book and share some very personal experiences and hopefully win a few more to Christ.

I want to thank Nancy Vandermeer and Ron Rebner for agreeing to come on board and lighten my work load. They have become dear friends. I want to thank Chuck Ludwigsen for all his behind the scenes work. Chuck works about 70 hours per week between work and volunteering. Chuck hosted the site plus added the content. Thanks to Pastor Tim for providing the vehicle to reach people. We did some great videos together and hopefully helped many people.

When we started warning people of the fallout from this financial crisis, we were in the minority. Now our message is mainstream thinking. That is another reason that it is time to move on.  I want to thank all the people who posted our videos.  I especially want to thank Jesse from Jesse’s Café Americain for featuring so many of our interviews. Jesse and I share so many things and I will always consider him a brother.

I want to close by thanking all of you viewers for coming to our site and especially those who contributed daily. So many of you wrote to me and I feel like I made so many great friends. I hope these friendships will continue. I hope that I have taught you a thing or two that you can take with you. Patience and discipline will serve you well in all aspects of life not only trading. If I can ask a favor of you, I would request that you get involved locally with some type of mission work. If you can support them financially, please do so. Give to those organizations that provide outreach.  If you can’t help out financially, then volunteer. There are many things we can do. If we all took care of our backyard, then the world will be a better place.  God speaks to all of us, take time to listen. If you want to be used, ask. Be prepared, because he will use you.  In closing, it is my prayer that God will provide blessings to you all.

Friday will be my last day.

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