The Prepper Broadcasting Network - Ladies of Prepper Camp, Virgis Ch 46

Episode Date: May 12, 2024

Survivor Jane Austin, Jordon Smith, Nicole Wallace, Gillian Rabalais, and Sara Hathaway team up to discuss Prepper Camp 2024, Prepper Camps Come and Gone, and survival tips for your future.

Welcome back to the Changing Earth Podcast with author Sarah F. Hathaway and co-host Chen Gibson. Blending survival fiction and fact to bring you entertaining education that will help you dream, survive, and thrive. And now, here's your hosts, Sarah F. Hathaway and Chen Gibson. Chapter 46. Two weeks later, Cole's commitment to his orders was tested. He tried to be as steadfast as Bennett. General Merkley and Colonel Henderson gave the command to retake the Oregon lands. However, the reality of executing the order

was a harsh one. They were invading the lands of people surviving peacefully. They were rounding them up and shipping them to camps. Cole had become the invading tyrannical force. That was the order, and he had little choice but to follow it. Too many people counted on his leadership in the West, and if he didn't do his job with precision, he could easily be replaced. The endless gunfire filled Cole's ears, and the sounds of people screaming echoed in the night. Sir, we've been fighting for a week. We're losing too much of our forces and expending too many supplies, Monroe advised, returning from a supply check. Colonel Henderson wants Oregon and Washington back, Cole responded coldly. What did General McClintock say, Monroe wondered.

He gave the order and sent us additional forces, Cole replied. Chappie ran up, catching his breath, he told Cole. The scouts said coastlines are toast, Major. This is a fruitless battle. They're dug in deep. Sharing their doubts, Cole snapped back. back stole that shit you too we need to lead these troops humbled by the scolding the men watched johnny approach major virgus the next load of ammunition arrived he declared chappy distribute the ammunition to the teams, Cole commanded. Yes, sir, Chappie agreed reluctantly.

Monroe, we're going to push the line and take that town today, Cole demanded. His troops fought valiantly, pushing the line throughout the day but gaining little ground. Sir, there's another group of refugees fleeing through the gate, Private Guthrie shouted, pointing into the distance. Put them on a transport. Make sure they get food and water. We'll ship them to Vegas, Cole commanded. Yes, sir, Guthrie responded, talking into his radio. Exhausted, Cole took a drink from his canteen, wondering how they could turn the tide. He scanned his men, seeing the same tired expression in their eyes.

Watching his mind work, Monroe whispered, Major Virgis, we're fighting for land that is useless. I don't want to die for this shit. Wrestling with the same thoughts, Cole barked back. If you're not going to follow orders, you can load into that transport and go to Vegas. I need your head in the game. Now get out there and do your job.

Yes, sir, Monroe agreed, directing his team to keep moving. Before he could follow, Cole's radio crackled. Major Virgis, we breached the wall. We're setting up our perimeter around the town now, Chappie's voice told him. Keep pushing, Cole commanded, running to catch up with Monroe. As he reached the team, a massive explosion echoed above the noise of the battle. Blown off his feet, Cole looked towards Monroe. He was shaking his head as a loud humming blasted through it. You okay, Cole asked, helping him to his feet. Looks like they have an RPG in

their arsenal, Monroe commented, motioning for the men to regroup. First Private Guthrie, take your team and get that weapon, Cole ordered. Yes, sir, he declared dutifully. He eagerly left to complete his mission. Johnny, go find Chappie and search the homes. Find the plans for the attack on the Capitol. If these people are plotting an attack like Henderson claims, we need evidence, Cole told him, fed up with this fight. Yes, sir, Johnny answered, running off into the force of mercenaries. Suddenly, they were rocked by another large explosion. Looking in the direction of the blast, Cole's heart sank. Monroe declared, that was Guthrie's team. Let's back them up, Cole commanded. Get our medics over there.

They pressed in fast and hard, clearing a path to Guthrie. Lay down fire on the west flank. Push them north, Cole commanded, horrified by the number of refugee fighters that lay dead on the battlefield. Major, I found him, Monroe called. Cole ran over. Guthrie's legs were blown to shreds. Guthrie! Oh, crap. Medic! Guthrie looked up at Cole, reaching up to grab his arm. Major, I'm not going to make it.

Yes, you are. We'll get you to a hospital, Cole assured him. Guthrie moaned in pain and tears formed in his eyes. And then what? Half my body is gone. I'll be a cripple living in a refugee camp. No one can predict the future, Cole replied, knowing the man's assessment was correct. Guthrie's breathing was growing shallow and he gasped for air. You know the truth. Kill me. What? No, we're going to help you, Cole replied, horrified by the man's suggestion.

Just kill me. It's the best way to help me. I'm dying anyway. Monroe, where is that medic, Cole requested. Monroe stared back at him. You know he's right, sir. I would want you to do the same for me. I know, damn it, Cole admitted sadly. Guthrie's grip on Cole's arm tightened and a small smile crossed his face. Sir, it's been an honor to serve with you. Cole took the man's arm off his and put it on his chest. He backed up, pulling out his pistol. The honor is mine, Cole told him sincerely, pulling the trigger on his gun.

He holstered his sidearm and looked out at the battlefield, inhaling the metallic scent of blood and gunpowder. What are we doing here, he wondered out loud. Make your call, Virgis, Monroe told him. Cole took his radio out of his pocket and asked, Chappie, what have you found? Nothing, sir. They're getting food supplies ready for the winter.

No sign of plans for an attack on the Capitol, Chappie informed him. Pull your team out of the town. Don't take anything, Cole told him. Clipping his radio back to his belt, he commanded, mercenary forces, cease fire and pull back to the south of town. Monroe, bring your team and come with me. Get out that white flag and put it in the air. As the mercenary army pulled back, a small group of rebel fighters approached.

Here's your response, sir, Monroe told him, directing his team to stand at the ready. The group approached and a man with a long black ponytail advanced. We want our lamb back like it was before the white man came. We will all die before we give it up again, the man declared. I can see that. My name is Major Cole Virgis. I am called River Walker. What is your proposal? Cole chuckled at him. I don't know. I was supposed to regain this territory. We were told your people were planning an attack on the new Capitol. You were told wrong. We want to be left in peace, free of the white man. You can take them all. We want our home back. I can't guarantee that someone won't come to take it back, but I can

guarantee it won't be me or anyone I command. You're an honorable man and a formidable warrior. I believe you will honor your word. There has been enough death. Take care of your people, Cole told him sincerely. Thank you, River Walker replied, turning to rejoin his fighters. thank you river walker replied turning to rejoin his fighters monroe chappy get these troops ready to roll out we're not losing any more people to this fight cole assured them as they walked towards the transport chappy wondered what are you going to tell mcclintock we lost cole answered simply tilting his head to the sound of a rumble echoing through the air. Stole that gear. Everyone hang tight, Monroe directed as the ground shook violently. As the quake slowed, a voice called to Cole on the radio.

Go ahead, Cole answered. There's lava approaching the town of Medina in Utah. They need immediate evacuation. Send out two teams. We're done here and en route. Monroe shook his head at Cole responding, out of the frying pan and into the fryer. Story of our life, Chappie chuckled as they climbed into the transport. On the brink of blackouts again, as power demand reached an

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from prepper camp not all the ladies obviously but good handful of ladies that have either been part of prepper camp teach prepper camp or host Prepper Camp here on the show tonight. So we just heard chapter 46 of Virgis, and we're talking a little bit about losing faith and leadership, something that's easy to talk about these days. This was a chapter that was kind of tough for me because, you know, they go to take this land back from the natives and everything. It was kind of my ode to people taking their space back after the collapse happened. Hope you enjoyed the episode tonight. Let me go ahead and introduce the guests.

Also, let me say happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there. Appreciate all that, everything that all the moms do, trying your best to raise these little rugrats. So happy Mother's Day. So first guest up, we have Survivor Jane, the host of Prepper, or the hostess of Prepper Camp, the hostess with the mostess. Hi, Jane, how are you doing tonight? Mostess of Prepper Camp, the hostess with the mostess. Hi, Jane. How are you doing tonight? Hi.

Thank you for inviting me back. Good to have you on. I was excited. I've been wanting to do this show for years, literally for like at least the last three years. And I always just forget, like Prepper Camp just comes around again. And I'm like, darn it. I was going to do the lady show. Well, I think it's a great idea and I'm

looking forward to it tonight our second guest is Nicole Wallace she is one of the badass shooting instructors from Wolf Fire Firearms um so hi Nicole how you, Sarah, I am doing fantastic. Now, did I get your last name correct? Yes. Okay. All right, good. I was worried. I was collecting information on you before the show. Oh.

Yeah, yeah. So welcome to The Changing Earth. You're a new voice on The Changing Earth and on podcasting, so I want to welcome you to the show. Thank you. Yeah, thanks for joining us. We got Jordan Smith in the house from Phoenix Survival, PBN host. How you doing, Jordan? I'm good. Thank you for so much for having me.

Oh, of course. Of course. And we got Gillian Rabelais, host of Raising Value co-host, but like the most important host of Raising Values. So how you doing, Gillian Rabelais, host of Raising Value co-host, but like the most important host of Raising Values. So how are you doing, Gillian? I'm doing well. Thanks for having me, Sarah. You're very welcome. Thanks for joining me. So all these ladies, you know, we're all a part of Prepper Camp and sometimes guys are, you know, a little bit more involved in prepping. And these ladies here are here to tell you that no, no, no, it's definitely a woman's game as well. You should get out to

Prepper Camp and check it out. Jane, how is Prepper Camp 2024 shaping up? Or are you just going to be submersed in goats until we start putting tents up? Both, both, honestly, both, you know, I just, the homestead doesn't stop just because Prepper Camp is, we put it on every year. That's just our mission. That's our ministry. But we have got some fantastic speakers and classes. You know, we always strive to do at least 20 to 25 new classes a year. Yes. So when you're talking about 64 classes and at least a quarter of those, if not more, are new classes, there's always something for a repeat, repeat, repeat, which those of us that go to it know it's like a big family reunion. Half the time we're seeing people from all over the country and sometimes internationally come in. We have a great

surprise speaker for Saturday night. Also, we've got great things going to be happening on Friday night on Saturday night. You know, we always try to throw things. Just step it up just a little bit more. I'm glad from five times August going to be back playing this year. He will be there again. Yes. Absolutely. I just love spending time with them. I'm bringing his fans.

You know, he's gotten to where now he's inviting his own friends and neighbors to come to Prepper Camp. So you know, when your guest music guests is inviting not just their family, but now the following years bringing friends and neighbors to that's pretty awesome, right? Yeah, that is. It's just the honestly, I'm like, can't we just live at Prepper Camp and then go back to real life? Like, we'll flip that will be like three days of other life. I wouldn't mind. So Nicole, how many years have you been at Prepper

Camp? And why don't you just talk a little bit about what you teach there? And you know, how beneficial your classes because it is a good one. Awesome. So I have taught for three years there. And so this will be my fourth year at Prepper Camp. And I love it. In my own personal life. I'm such an introvert, but out there, everybody is amazing and so friendly. You can't help but just uh like just be moved by the energy and the vibe and just how wonderful everybody is so i teach um a home defense class so just kind of basic like how to make sure you're safe in and around your own home um this year i think we're bringing back the the female shooter kind of class where we just address things that are are kind of unique to us. We're the fastest growing dynamic in that world. And, you know, most things are geared for like big guys and our bodies are very different

and our circumstances are very different. our circumstances are very different right we were talking before the show about maybe we carry in a diaper bag right we're probably gonna have kids with us right so we go over all the all the terminology and things you know so that we can be much more educated in that world um and then we're gonna teach a new class about night vision and thermal optics and kind of how to own thermal optics yep in that environment super cool stuff um so that'll be a really interesting class that we're gonna step into this year very cool i use that a lot in my books so i have like the coolest design for a thermal cloak that could like hide you from thermal. Well, that's neither here nor there. Jordan, how many years have you been coming to Forever Camp?

And what are you doing this year? Besides bringing a bigger baby. Right. I think it's going to be my fifth year, actually. I think my first year was in 2019. I think my first year was in 2019. And then I'll be teaching the utilizing fiber for homestead and survival. And then, yes, my family is growing and it seems to be growing and coming along to Prepper Camp as well.

Love it. Love it. Yeah. Wouldn't be the same without you. All right, Gillian, you coming back this year? I am coming back this year. So yeah, I've only, I know, I'm so excited. And I've only been one time, but that was so life-changing that I've, I ask off for this like a year before. So I technically can't, but I went on and told my principal I was like look next September I'm going I will be gone you will have to find a substitute if you can't find a substitute it's up to you I don't care because I will be in Saluda I love it that's what I tell my kids gone too yeah that's

what I tell them I'm like my kid's school actually gave him it off excused because of what we were doing because we go to an educational experience yeah I I don't think they counted the three days that she missed um year before last as an absence because I showed them pictures of her taking notes in her classes I mean at that point she was what 10 I think right and my child is in in these tents in there she's taking notes on what these people are saying and and I'm like I don't know if you'll ever ever ever kill a deer skin it and you know do whatever it's just woman is telling you but you go girl I am so proud of you and you take those notes right Christian was even in the Dutch oven class one year. I know. We did, oh, what was it? All the way in the back. It was something with weapons. And I'm like, all right, Piper wants to go to this. We'll go.

Let's go do it. Oh, Hakeem's classes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. But I will be there this year. I will be helping out the boys. They will be doing podcasting, live podcasting again, and I'll be helping with the booth and all that stuff. So I'll have to take a moment to actually get on there this year. I'm so busy, always so busy there. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So it's really exciting because Prepper Camp has been a topic in our house for five years. I mean, Phil and Andrew have been going for five years, and Jane and Rick have just taken us in with open arms, and I love it. And so now they have a booth, and they'll be doing the podcasting, and I think Phil is doing a coffee roasting demonstration for PBN and for Disaster Coffee, so i'll be helping with that as well lots of interesting fun things coming about that so be on the lookout for fun things like that let's do a favorite prepper camp memory and jane why don't you start us out again

because you just have the longest amount of memories of prepper camp this woman been rocking it for like a decade now you know i have just one that's my top top favorite i'm going to try to make it as fast and short as i can um there was an elderly gentleman that was very very very obese and anybody that's been in prepper camp you know that it's in a beautiful orchard like campgrounds, which is kind of rolling hills. So you got flat, but you got also kind of up the hill there a little bit. And I saw this gentleman way down trying to walk up some stairs. And it was just one step at a time. And I thought, I got to go. I'm going to just run up the hill,

you know, so I don't have to stand behind him. And that little angel on my shoulder said, uh-uh. So I went on nuts. So I went down and I walked beside him on the stairs and it took forever, one step at a time and just to get up and he was going to the restroom. So I was asking him how he was enjoying himself and what did he like and just a little chit chat anybody that knows me knows i love to talk to people so i talked to him the whole way up and then just gave him a hug and said i just hope he has a really really good time that was the last i saw of him the following year um somebody called me to the registration tent and said, there's this family that wants to see you. And it's like, oh, okay. So I rushed over there and

there's a lady and she had all these young kids and middle-aged kids and older kids. There probably had to have been at least 10 to 12 people. And the lady came up and she said i just want to say thank you and it's like oh dear what i do now and she said you took the time with my husband and and i was like oh what husband what husband she goes you walked with him up the stairs and all he could talk about the rest of the time at prepper camp and when he got home how nice that lady was that took the time and that she was the one that was running that show and i was making it sound like it was a whole big deal and of course i'm embarrassed because it's like you know me i i don't i don't need all that stuff i don't look for that stuff i I just love people. She said, well, we all came here

because he died a week later. And our family wanted to come where Papa had the best time of his life. And we will all our family wanted to come and enjoy that time. And it's like, wow, talk about you never know when you might touch somebody so that's my all-time favorite and I've never had anything that could top that right that moment oh that's good one that's a good one oh who's going next after that one yeah I guess I'll go next so nobody else feels awkward but um so my rain story but I'm gonna save that one um because I think everybody knows my first year um but last year yeah but last year there's been this couple that comes to my self-defense class every year and um they look like um i think they live like in new york you know and they're definitely midwesterners and she's just the sweetest old lady her and her

little husband you know and she came outside of a store and her husband was attacked and in this moment um he actually got the upper hand so she had like gone to the car but then the guy like kicked his knee and he had just had knee surgery her husband ends up going down this guy's like gonna you know beat on her husband here she comes out of the car just full of confidence and vigor and pushed this guy back off her husband and defended him until the police could get there. And she was like, you know, you gave me the confidence to be able to do that because the confidence is 90% of winning the battle. And I'm like, it is. So yeah. So that was a pretty cool one as well, where it's like, wow. Okay. Thank you, Lauren, for putting me here to make this difference in people's lives.

You know, that's awesome. So, yeah, that's definitely one of my very special memories, other than just most amazing time with amazing people, including my family. I guess I could throw, I've got a couple memories but my my most the first memory that comes to mind with Prepper Camp is um meeting Dave Jones for the first time and he told me once he figured out who I was oh you're you know you're J-Fur you're Jordan with a family affair he goes i'm gonna be honest with you i thought you were gonna be about 35 years older and 150 pounds heavier and all i

could do was laugh and then he's like i bet i sounded taller didn't i said actually yes i thought you were much oh that's funny but but you know that was one of those impressions. The only other ones I can think of is, I guess for me, what keeps me wanting to come back and keeps me is not only everybody there, but like I had, what was this, uh, these, this family, there's two gentlemen and, um, it was a father, a brother and a son, and they were there and they learned how to spin. And then they came back a few years later. Do you remember this young man? And he had grown up and he didn't look like a little boy anymore. He looked like a young man. So it was for me, it's being able to meet these people and then come back and see him a year or two years later. And just to see that we are making an impression on them really just melts my heart. Yep.

For sure. That's nice. Yeah. Now you understand what it's like to be a teacher. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Martial arts was that way as well.

So I don't, I've only been one time, but like I said, it was such a life changing year for me. And I never taught a class. Although Jane, I do have an idea for a class. I'll probably be laughed off the stage, but I do have an idea I'd have to talk to you about. But for me, for me, the anticipation of just seeing everyone that we have grown to love through our podcast and knowing that they're all going to be there and we get to hang out with them and we have to, you know, we get to stink together and we get to drink day old coffee together and walk the hill a thousand times to see each other. But just being with everyone that has a like-minded personality and like-minded lifestyle and, you know, it's just like going home.

It really is like going home. So, like I said, we talk about it in this house at least once a week we you know we were talking about it at lunch today it's mother's day at the hibachi grill we're talking about prepper camp so i'm not lying i'm really i'm really not it's true so and it is true we talk about it on the pot both podcasts and it's just it's being around all those people that, you know, when when you talk about your lifestyle with just, you know, Jane Doe outside or whatever, you're a lot of times you're judged. And then you have hundreds of people there that live the same lifestyle or trying to live the same lifestyle. And it is it's just like going home. So that was me.

All right, Nicole, you're last up now I agree with so much of that um and I have a couple things right so um for those of you who know or don't know I got into this um through Dave who started at the beginning and he taught the self-defense class and he loved pepper camp and he was so excited for me to go the first year that I went and I loved it. And then, of course, we know Dave passed away. And so I was invited to pick up his class and to teach my own. And he died right after Prepper Camp. And I will tell you, that was the best week of his life, was that whole week and the weekend of Prepper Camp. But the very next year, the people who lined up to hug me and tell me stories, it was unbelievable. The people who had come year after year. And I enjoyed it so much and i felt so

much love from that community from people i didn't even know it is such an amazing place he touched a lot of people yeah i knew him even before like just prepper camp i actually the first year we were there um i was like dave you were right next to me. Like we never said hi. We had been like on the computer so much. And then, yeah, to be able to connect, that was a really good year. It really was. And then I love to teach. I especially love to teach women.

And so I know it doesn't come through through audio, but I am about a foot shy of being six feet tall. So when I stand up on stage, right, not such an imposing figure, right? So when I tell women, look, you can carry anything you want to, we are fully able to defend ourselves. I had a lady bring her husband up and it was like see i told you she's not this giant person same i think i think gillian's the only one over like five five here she wins right i know i think. We're all the shorties. I'm the shortest one in my family. Are you? Wow. I am.

Most of the women in my family are six feet. Even my nieces are taller than me. Wow. Yeah, I made it taller than my mom. I was like, I'm good. I made it. That's it. I might be bringing mama with us this year.

We'll see. Oh, that would be so cool. But yeah, she really would like to experience it. And I know that all my family there would love to meet my mom. So I'm like, we'll see, you know, if she's willing to do the road trip and everything. And then Ellen's definitely coming from Australia as well again this year. I am so excited about that. Awesome.

Right? Yeah, she won't be on the boat this year. So we got a full crew coming out, that's for sure. Well, okay, most important survival tip. So I will start this one off. It is my rain story and i learned uh very well during my first year at prepper camp a lot about rain camping and uh so yeah it's not it's not a tip from a class although i've learned a ton especially from jane's class um i picked up a lot of basics that i didn't know i was missing

like how to reseal jars with a break uh bleeder leader yes i did not know i was missing that tip um but we lived in california for so long know, we didn't go out rain camping. And so that first year there, we just got flooded, literally raining in the camp or in the tent with our air mattresses floating. So luckily we had got the van and we just made the best of it. We had tarps up to keep us warm and the family pulled together so much and just made it an amazing experience. And then we had you guys there to, you know, at least dry out one of our sleeping bags, a couple of them. Yeah, we had some dry bedding. But, you know, we pulled together a lot as a family and it just showed me, just how adaptable we can be and still be so happy together. So that's really my survival tip is, like, be happy with the ones you love.

Oh, that's great. All right. So I will say, I'll jump in. To the survival tip, maybe, maybe not. jump in. Is it a survival tip? Maybe, maybe not. For the people that are considering coming to Prepper Camp or the people that are at Prepper Camp, my suggestion is that nobody is totally prepared. Nobody. So you don't get by thinking, oh, I am so far behind. There's no way to catch up. That's not true because there's always things that we all can build on. There's always things that we can strengthen.

So I don't like for people to feel like, oh, only the really experienced ones are going to be going because that's not what Prepper Camp is about. Prepper Camp is learning. And, and when you stop learning, you start, you stop living as far as I'm concerned, you know,

and, um, Gillian, I'll definitely be there to tell me, you know, to back me up with that. Life is all about knowledge and all about learning. So for those that say,

no, I already, I already know all that. Well, you know, good for you. But you know, I'm going to have to call you on that. Because like I said, we all can learn and nobody is totally prepared. Absolutely. I have to back you up on that one, Jane, because I just did the Women Who Prep conference. And one of the things that I was telling people during that conference was, you know, prepping this lifestyle is so big and you can get lost in it so quickly and so easily. And so, you know, what I kept saying was, how do you eat an elephant one bite

at a time? And so you have to take this lifestyle and you have to take prepping one step at a time and you're not going to have it all. And you're not going to be the best prepared. I mean, we have the best story for that with Hurricane Ida that, you know, came through the house and we had trees land. We've been prepping for quite some time, but the one thing we didn't have was a chainsaw to saw our way out of our house. And so, you know, you're not going to have it all. And it's going to be those aha moments going, oh, yeah, you know, I guess that would have been really good to have. We have all the food and all the water. But what if a tree fell on top of your house and you can't get out? You're not going to get out with an axe.

Right? Yeah, true. Yeah, you've got to just take it a little bit at a time, a little bit at a time. And that's why community resources are so important too, you know? I think that's why we have become so close to everyone in this community is because we know that we can reach out to y'all and be like, hey, we have this problem. How would you go about it? Or what did you do to fix it? Right.

Yeah. There's never a question like that. If you have a question and you reach out to anyone in the PBN community, I mean, host or on the element lines, any of that, I mean, everybody would just is just there to tell you whatever you need to know. And that's one thing I was going to add to is like, sometimes you learn so much from the people in the audience or after, you know. Yeah, it's great. That's one of my favorite parts as well is just, you know, the amount that you learn as you're going.

So good stuff. All right, Jordan or Nicole, you guys. I was going to say I 100% agree like, you're never going to know everything. Um, but my survival tip would be know what your resources are, um, whether that is equipment, a person, your own body, your knowledge, right? Know what resources you have available. Um, and make sure that you are competent with them and occasionally test yourself, right? Because in a moment, right, sometimes your brain like completely forgets what you have available to you.

I will tell you this year, I thought I was going to learn how to land nav, right? I have zero sense of direction, but I was doing all right. I was out in the woods and then I got turned around and I had to call for help. And he was like, well, why didn't you use your compass? And I was like, of all the things, I know I have my compass. I used it all morning long. But I panicked in this moment. Forgot I had this tool.

Right. So go through your stuff. Make sure you know what you have and that you know how to use it and what could possibly go wrong with it. And then how you fix that fair enough yeah there's a lot of times that we get gear gear and more gear and like how much do you actually practice with it yes it's all the gear in the world won't help if we don't know how to use it or how to fix if something goes wrong with it. Good one. Really good one. I don't know if I can back that one up.

I mean, I don't think I can say it behind. That's what happens. I mean, it's accurate. With every point everyone's making is accurate. I mean, it's you, you never really know. I mean, you'll think you're prepared and then it's easy as how many years in a row did we forget the propane or rephrase twice twice we you know forgetting how to bring the propane or forgetting something as simple and it's just kind of like my second year was the rain

so for me learning then it doesn't hurt to have an extra pair of shoes or to Scotchgard your tents because there could be a leak. Oh, I did all that. I did all that. Still didn't matter. So even those who call themselves hardened preppers who have been doing it for years, we still are learning and constantly changing the way we do things to make it easier, more efficient, better, whatever's going to suit our needs, because we on a fly then figured out, okay, we'll just pick up the pit that we left you, Sarah. And we'll just cook from our pit instead of cooking from our propane. I mean, it's, it just happens. You adapt, overcome, you know, improvise, adapt and overcome. Well, that's one of the things that made the rainier so enjoyable was the intrepid commander,

Mr. James forgot his gas for his stove. And at the camp store, they only had the kind for my stove. So he was like, Hey, can I do coffee on your stove all weekend? I was like, sure. It's just keeping my tent warm, you know? uh yeah we we ended up with more gas than we uh came with i i'm still using that gas so thank you james appreciate it yeah just never know but that no it's all about community it is that is and that's one of the things i love i'm always like we just need to buy like the massive piece of property and then everybody has their house like on the outside you know garden in the middle livestock that kind of stuff and I'm ready let's do it yeah let's be there

so goals for this year is what I had next on the list um I will say that I started teaching the anti-kidnapping and sexual assault class last year. I have taught that class privately a couple times since. And it's an emotional experience to go through just teaching that class. So every time and then the stories and the things that you're told afterwards i will tell you that satan is at work in our on our earth right now and there's a lot of hurt people out there and doing that class you know really gives people the tools that they need to fight that um but like the devil tests me each time I do it too, to where it is an experience and an emotional process to go through.

I'm so passionate about doing it. I know it's the Lord's work and that's where he wants me to be. So I'm there. But it's definitely been an interesting undertaking and I appreciate the opportunity to do it, Jane, and just share that knowledge. My goal is to try and teach that class without shedding a tear this year. Wow. Yeah, because it was really something.

Then you listen to the fathers even that come up and and tell you stories about what happened to their daughters and things like that you can just see it all over them you know the amount of pain and so that it's really been a challenge that's really been one of those things where uh you know you gotta you gotta uh put on the armor of God so you can help people. Oh, absolutely. Yep. Yep. We will definitely be praying for you for that. Thank you. Yeah. As far as my goals go,

drum roll, please. I am finally going to be getting the companion book to Rick's Secret Garden Survival of how I actually make things in the kitchen from the homestead here. That is what I've been working on and hopefully will be done by Prepper Camp.

I've been diligently trying to, you know, get that done and get my chores and everything else. But it's not a cookbook. I stress that because everybody knows I am not a cook, but can I tell you how I do something? Can I tell you how I did it? Can I tell you some of the shortcuts and some of the things that I've been able to do? I want to touch the people that don't have a clue, which is me. I didn't have a clue as far as what the kitchen was and what this was. I didn't even know what side the forks went on and all that other stuff. You know, to me, you just grabbed a utensil to stir with.

It didn't matter if it was a spatula or if it was a knife or a fork, you know. So that's where I'm coming from. I'm going to share all the different tips and tricks and break bleeder type of things that I can to make people realize, oh, well, I can do this and can pull the book out just in case something was to happen and know how to substitute something for this and know how to do different things like that. So it's not a cookbook. I'll stress that I'm not a cook, but I am a survivor in the kitchen and I can teach you how I did that. We actually have a chat room now for the PBN family cookbook as well. So if you're not in the element, you got to get in there, have James get you in there.

Cause that would be cool. You could do like tips from Jane in there. That'd be awesome. Oh yeah. I'm definitely after that book. Very nice job. Love it. All right.

What about you, Nicole? Let's see. Goals for this year. My personal goals are to learn how to land nav and jujitsu. Oh, you're a cuddler? Right? Yeah, the cuddlers. It's not going as as as i had hoped that it was no it doesn't it's a very very difficult one i will teach you some survival stuff so that when you get into those positions you can actually just destroy somebody and get

out of there perfect yes right and that but that's part of my um how do you not freak out and figure out what resources you have available right are my arms pinned oh but i have my legs or maybe i have arm left right how do you not yep how do you stay yeah beginning jiu-jitsu is all about defense so that's the most important thing you can learn there is defense yes so fairly new to it um but that is my that is my goal and so then just i've expanded some of my class stuff for for proper camp so i'm hoping when i get up there that uh it's super interesting to everybody else's as much as it is to me very cool very cool that's nice yeah i call them cuddlers because you know jiu-jitsu is just rolling around with sweaty guys all night pretty much like oh that's funny right i wonder what you're

talking about yeah so i call them cuddlers yeah it is right uh-huh it is but none of these big guys want to roll with like the short new girl you know so you got to just assert yourself in there and be like yeah good luck tapping me it'll never happen I might not get you but you're definitely not going to get me either so right and it has been eye-opening to know just how how wiggly you can be um to get out of something yep yeah no i train full mma so like i love to stand up fight so mine's all just about uh if i by some reason ever get in that position how can i just destroy and get out of there really fast because i i hate cuddling it's not my fortitude i could do it but like yeah i'd rather just do the stand up yes i much prefer being on my feet to leave the situation yeah but most of the time when women are attacked it's by a single

assailant and they want to take her to the ground as fast as possible so jujitsu is a good idea for females for sure but defend and then you can just rip fingers off and, like, smash through noses, put your fingers in eyes that you can't do in a training room. Yep. Yeah. Yeah. And that's, so once you have the defense down, you learn those little, you know, where you can really hurt somebody really fast, and that's your out.

You don't have to worry about arm locks and all this stuff. So. Yeah, we've learned some chokes and and i have a good friend who's like six foot two and 240 pounds and i'm like come here i have to practice this in class yeah i had like a 400 pound dude who was like i was like hey i just learned this in class come over here and he's like no no, no. I'm like, you can bench press me. He's like, no, I'm not playing. I'm like, fine, whatever. I'm taking my ball.

Go home. That's right. All right. What about you girls, Jordan and Gillian? So I have actually been working. I have two goals, but I've been working on these goals. And one of them is my health. And so a lot of times in the prepper community, we harp on making sure you have food storage and

water storage and all that other stuff. But a lot of times your health takes a backseat. And so if you have to bug out, you really need to be able to bug out. And if you're going to bug in, you really need to be able to bug in kind of thing. But, um, I don't know if y'all know this, but, uh, about a year and a half ago, I was looking at an amputation of my left, no, my right leg underneath my knee. So below my knee. And so, um, he, the doctor said you could really, you know, you, if you lost about a hundred pounds, it might get better. And so I'm halfway there, but, um, your health is awesome. Yeah. And not looking at an amputation anymore is even better. Yeah. So being able to, um, walk up the hill without as much pain or, you know, having a little bit more flexibility in my leg is going

to be a lot nicer. So that is one thing that I will continue to work on that is going to be a goal of mine. I'm actually very surprised with myself that I haven't fallen like fallen off of this for over almost a year now. So June 1 will be be a year. Now it's a lifestyle. Awesome. Yeah. Now it's a lifestyle. Good job. Yeah. Now it's a lifestyle. The second thing was actually from a class at Prepper Camp. I'm not going to get her name because I'm not going to remember it, but she did a class on herbs and medicinal herbs and all that stuff. And when I tell you like it sparked something in me, so I've been like eating through books, trying to learn what's just in my backyard, what's a good herb, what's the medicinal value of this herb, or even just this plant that's growing out there

that most people consider a weed. And this is going to sound so silly, but I've been so afraid to move past just reading and getting knowledge. And yesterday, yesterday was the first time I made a tincture. So it'll be sitting. I know I'm so excited. It's going to be sitting for six weeks to do what it does. But that is my goal. I want to be, i want to make more tinctures and more salves and things like that and learn more and more about what the earth provides for us yeah herbal remedies are so important herbal remedies yeah well you know that it's amazing if you look at all the crap that they're putting in our food i mean I read something where they're putting sawdust, sawdust now in the food for fillers as fiber. And it's acceptable.

And we're eating it and we're paying for it. Yeah. And the same thing with medications and what have you. I think it's an awesome goal that we're learning what we have right in our own backyard that we know what's been put on it you know no fertilizers or no pesticides or whatever it is and we're being able to actually heal our body from the crap that we put in it you know all these years um that's that's wonderful and that's what we did we started i started to see a holistic doctor. I dropped the, you know, regular just family doctor and went to a holistic doctor. And we started to just turn packages around and read what was on the back.

What are the ingredients in this? And if it had anything that was an inflammatory or you weren't supposed to eat it, like it, you know, it's probably not for human conception, but they say in small amounts it's fine. We stopped eating it. And I can't tell you just how much better all three of us are just eating real food, eating real food. Gillian, Garden Girls are curious, what tincture did you start?

I started a mimosa flower tincture. I saw that. I'm so proud of you, and I'm so excited. Thank you, Jordan. I'm proud of myself because I was like, okay, I know I have this right. And y'all, making this tincture is so easy. You put the flowers in a jar, you put vodka in the jar, and you just screw the top one. And you hide it away in a cold you put vodka in the jar and you just screw the top one and you hide it away in a cold dark place for six weeks and shake it honestly it is it's that easy

and you could do that with so many things i know i don't know why i was so scared to do this i did red clover same thing red clover very good for women that was good for like well it was for the old goat really because he said my moods were kind of getting oh you were getting moody so you did it for him so he's like yeah so he planted this whole field of red clovers because it's supposed to be a natural hormone whatever it is it is. It is. But yeah, I mean, is that it honestly,

it's that easy and you can have all kinds of different things depending on, you know, what your body needs. So it's not like it's some scientific, whatever they have to do concoctions or whatever. Yeah. And most of the pharmaceuticals. And you don't have to buy the best vodka either. No, that was the best thing.

It was an $8 bottle of vodka and a mason jar I had, of course. I have tons of mason jars. And I went on an overnight retreat with my 6th and 7th graders. And right outside of our cabin was a mimosa tree that I've been looking for for a couple of weeks now. Even asking strangers, do you mind if I come pick some flowers off of your tree? I've been looking for for a couple of weeks now, even asking strangers, do you mind if I come pick some flowers off of your tree? I promise I'm not a weirdo, but I'm probably a weirdo. Yeah, but not a real bad one. Well, the pharmaceuticals, they pull out one chemical out of that same thing, right? And then they can even artificially create it, but they're taking out the one thing that causes your body to react a certain way and when you find it in nature all those buffers for your

body the way god intended are there right nature yeah absolutely so you don't have all the harmful side effects and all that stuff going on man i researched it so hard um when i was having all my stomach problems and they put me on like, anti this, anti that, six different pills every single day. I was like, feeling like I just, I went from working out, you know, working a 10 hour day, working out four hours after that to being like, on the sofa, feeling like I was dying. I was like, that's it. I'm no, all this is out the window. I went back to nature's medicine. We solve the problems. So, um, there's so much to be said for it. Yeah. I take a, we're going off on a tangent,

but I take a daily supplement from my doctor. Um, it's called DIN, D I I N. And it's, um, something that is found in broccoli and it has helped with perimenopause. It helps with your hormones. And I will, I told her, I was like was like, you can tell me to get off of it. I'm never getting off of this. Don't tell Rick about it. No, no, I have a whole pantry full of red clover now. My ship just sailed with that now. I'm giving it away for the young girls now.

I may be needing both. I'll bring you some mimosaosa you bring me some red clover there you go have a swap meet at prepper camp passing tinctures under the table that's what we do what do they call that yeah oh i love it that's good stuff the it's one of my herbal healing is one of the things that uh really got me into the survival community you know um because i always grew up hunting fishing gardening that was like country country lifestyle but when i started doing the herbal medicine that's when people are like oh you're a survivalist I'm like what is that yeah what are you talking about what you have a word for it now

you know I thought I was just country girl so um yeah that's really where a lot of my passions came from so good pickup there Gilliam all righty guys well, we have pretty much just chit-chatted away the whole show here, and I still got to do the Changing Earth News because it's been a crazy week of Earth News. So that's one of the things that really struck me over the last couple days is how you said, Jane, you know, nobody's ever really prepared. Well, I can tell you that nobody is because when I was looking at the prospect of like, oh, this CME is coming and

it really might be a lights out event. I was like, oh my gosh, I still have this to do and that to do and this to do. And I was saving for this and I was saving for that. And, and it's could be tomorrow and it could be any tomorrow. So like, and that's what we get too complacent. We be tomorrow. And it could be any tomorrow. And that's what we get too complacent. We really do. And thank you so much for mentioning that. Because most people are so excited about the beautiful sky that they don't really realize that that's not any of it. That has nothing to do with what is actually behind the curtain, which is that our whole infrastructure and grid could be taken down by these beautiful red and fuchsia

and green and blue. The red should not even be there. Okay. That is a horribly bad sign. And it went all the way down to Puerto Rico. First time in over 100 years. Which is unheard of. Yeah, unheard of.

Yeah, unheard of. Yep, yep. Especially, it wasn't actually like a huge solar event. Like it wasn't as big as a Carrington event, obviously. But yeah. Which, thank goodness it wasn't. But if that doesn't open each and every one of our prepper eyes to, we can't exclude anything.

No. You cannot exclude anything. Even though it's remote, you can't exclude it. You have to have some type of contingency for it. Yeah. That's steam engines. Wow. That's like we wake up tomorrow and it's steam engines. Mm-hmm.

Yeah. So that was, I had my little wake-up call i was like okay there are some things that have to get done like right now for sure all right guys so we're going to jump into changing earth news if you want to jump off you are more than welcome to do so at this point thank you so much for joining me ladies can i just jump in and say Prepper Camp, September 27th through the 29th? Yes, ma'am. And the tickets, we still have some. And that would be just going to PrepperCamp.com and click on the tickets there.

As you've heard us all talk about, nobody's a stranger there. You're all community. heard us all talk about um nobody's a stranger there you're all community and sarah thank you so much for inviting us all on the show to talk about our experiences and what prepper camp has done for us all absolutely it's like my favorite thing so thank you for joining me and just making a fun of it we'll have to get everybody together for um an audio drama blooper show get the girls together i've been hanging out too much with the guys so we'll have to do that yeah right yeah yeah well thank you again you're welcome thank you so much jane thanks sarah i'm gonna hop off too yep i'm hopping off all righty bye bye all right guys let's go ahead and get into is changing earth news all right changing earth news so today is may 12

2024 and top news is obviously the x-class solar flares they even put it in mainstream media news for a change which is really unusual for them to do um we had a total of seven x-class flares pretty much rapid fire from the sun at the earth we reached a geo storm of kp5 it was very low level kp5 is the highest level though there's nothing um really more than when we reach level five of the geo storm so um it's just varying degrees from there uh so we did have auroras as we was talking about with jane it went all the way down in puerto rico And the crazy is just not over with yet. This is not just an event where it's gone tomorrow. So it's going to wane.

But the earth has been basically supercharged with all this energy. So we should see some more jet stream activity and possibly earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, that kind of thing. So I've got my eyes on, we're checking it out. Also, everybody be extremely aware your body is going to feel this solar activity. You have an increased rate of a heart attack, of stroke, but also your cognitive abilities are going to be affected. You might have noticed you had a migraine, that kind of thing going on. So give yourself a break. Anybody who has any kind of psychological problems, it's going to be worse on these days. So that's one of the reasons why I watch the sun a lot, because when I'm dealing with people all day, I want to know kind of how

are people going to be as far as their mental status goes. Okay, so let's break it down. On May 5th, we had 474 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, the biggest of which was a 6.1 in Indonesia. There was a 6.5 earthquake in Japan that left one person dead and 20 people injured. Texas, we had some massive flooding. It was actually just south of where I am in the Houston area. They had about 400 water rescues due to the water level there. And we've still had more and more weather coming in. Tanzania also had a flooding event when they were hit by Cyclone Hedaya. And that cyclone also hit Kenya and Kenya is already dealing with flooding so that was more rain for them which did not do good three things northern California was hit with a storm they had snow actually up there in the mountains so late snow up in the Sierras on the 6th of May

there was 376 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger biggest of which was a 5.6 in the Philippine Sea by Taiwan. There was a 2.2 near the airport in Charlotte, South Carolina. There was a 3.5 earthquake near Edmond, Oklahoma. There was flash flooding events in Texas that unfortunately a four-year-old lost their life in. And then 288 people dead, homes destroyed, roads destroyed, bridges destroyed in Kenya. So this is a major event and they need some prayers over there. So everybody say a little prayer for all the people affected by that flooding over there in Kenya.

Lincoln, Nebraska was hit by a tornado and And in Turkey, they had strong storm surges that produced tsunami-like waves. In India, Uttar Hand, they have forest fires that are becoming unmanageable. They've already lost five firefighters to that disaster. Over 1,000 hectares of land have been burned up there. On the 7th of May, there was 390 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 5.6 east of the South Sandwich Islands. There was a 5.3 earthquake in Qinghai Province in China, did some major damage. Sixteen tornadoes hit six states Monday night.

Barnsdale, Oklahoma was particularly hard hit. They received some major damage there. On the 8th of May, there was 386 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, the biggest of which was a 6.1 in Venatu. In northern Utah, there was a 4.4 magnitude earthquake with aftershocks. Utah, we're talking Yellowstone.

So we always keep an eye on that. It's questionable whether Yellowstone could really be the disaster that they think it is. My money is more on Campy Flag Ray than Yellowstone. And then in Arizona, they had some wildfire sparks up. These fires are taken off, not contained this time. On May 9th, there was 350 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, biggest of which was a 5.1 of a not two. There's a 6.2 in Indonesia. And then Tennessee experienced some massive flooding on the 9th in the central region of that state. Also, northern Georgia saw some major flooding. On the 5th, or on May 10th, there was 403 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger, the biggest of which was a 5.8 in the Philippine

Sea near Taiwan. There was a 5.2 earthquake in Chile. There was a 5.8 in the Philippine Sea near Taiwan. There was a 5.2 earthquake in Chile. There was a 5.8 earthquake in northern Taiwan. And then the Philippines saw an earthquake. They had 352 homes destroyed there in that event. In Tennessee, they had tornadoes tear through the state, left three people dead. And this was some major wind damage even aside of the tornadoes Tennessee got particularly hard hit that day in Bunbury Australia they also had a tornado put two people in the hospital there on the 11th of May there was 361 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger the biggest of which was a 5.2 in Vanatu. There was a 7.2 earthquake in China. And that one's always up in the air.

The 5.2 in Venatu was the biggest that they put on the USGS. The 7.2 earthquake that happened in China, it comes out of China reporting. And then whether it happened the day before or that day is always up in question. It's just an interesting source, but I saw enough information on it to mark it down. In Hawaii, they had flooding due to epic rainfall. Some areas saw 19 inches in one area. In northern Afghanistan, they had torrential rain, flooding, killing hundreds of people. They definitely need some prayers over there. Big disaster. Southern Brazil has just absolutely been devastated, guys. We've been talking about Brazil for months now, and I have to do a show on how the sequence of events went. But the flooding has just not abated in southern brazil they have lost a lot of cropland they have

240 000 people displaced still doing water rescues the water's still coming um definitely a big situation going on down there and it's really going to hamper the global food production because a lot of stuff's grown in brazil uh port portage michigan was hit with a tornado on the 11th um in the united states we have had 105 tornadoes since monday across the country uh finley pennsylvania was another area that was devastated by tornadoes and then in delhi india they have a had a massive sandstorm two people died six injured in that event and then um in bc they already have wildfires going again they're having a big evacuation event today so lots of news about that even today may 12th

there was 367 earthquakes that were 2.0 or bigger biggest of which was a 6.2 in the north pacific ocean near mexico guangdong china their flooding is also getting worse there millions of people at risk uh there the water is not subsided there either and then the u.s has seen more rain in the south today, so we'll have to see what happens with that. So you can see that the flooding levels have really, really spiked up because of the solar activity this past week. As far as volcanic activity, we have 33 volcanoes erupting, which is still really, really high. Numbers haven't come down. That's still the highest I've reported of active volcanoes on our planet. No change from two weeks ago. We have 21 showing minor activity and 27 showing unrest. So

they really haven't gone anywhere since we reported on it two weeks ago. As far as wildfires in the United States, we have 8,965 acres actively burning right now. That's coming from six fires. Two of them are contained. In Arizona, they have three new fires totaling 4,923 acres. None of those are contained. In Oregon, we have one new fire totaling 3,278 acres. None of those are contained. In Florida, they have one fire, 464 acres. That is not contained. And in Mississippi, there's one new fire, 300 acres total, and that fire is not contained either. Alrighty guys, well, that's all we have for you tonight. Thank you for sticking around for a little bit longer show. Really, really appreciate

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