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     angietangerine (angietangerine) New member Username: angietangerine Post Number: 2 Registered: 4-2005 Posted From: 130.18.149.108 |
I am interested in hearing from anyone who lived on a farm called the Church at Sapa, Sapa Far North, Bowens Mill, or anyone who was related to anyone who was at any of these farms. I am searching for information on how Sam Fife got started. I am not a fan, nor an enemy. I knew Brother Sam and many others with this group and I am seeking history. I would like to speak with anyone with an opinion about the farm at Sapa and its offshoots. | ||
| carl2124 (carl2124) New member Username: carl2124 Post Number: 16 Registered: 8-2005 Posted From: 68.209.9.178 |
I lived at bowens mill.....and a farm in miss. for 7 months.....look at the thread for Sam fife...under cults.sects topics. (Message edited by carl2124 on August 26, 2005) | ||
| redd (redd) New member Username: redd Post Number: 2 Registered: 9-2005 Posted From: 209.86.72.37 |
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| aimeelove (aimeelove) New member Username: aimeelove Post Number: 3 Registered: 9-2005 Posted From: 64.180.51.17 |
My name is Lorraine Girouard. We came into knowledge of ‘the move’, lead by Sam Fife, back in 1970 (it began on October 2, 1962 – I remembered that, because one of our children was born on that day). Within 2 years, we had heard ‘the wilderness message’ and felt the call of God, to follow. We sold everything we owned, my husband quit a good job, we bought a school bus (converted it); then, we (and 8 of our children) were ‘off’ for the wilderness. (August 1, 1972) We were turned back at the Montreal, Quebec border. After getting in touch with Sam Fife, at a Pennsylvania convention – we were told to cross the country, on the USA side of the continent. We were also told to stop at Harvey and Mila Erickson’s farm, in Minnesota and wait for a ‘job offer’ from a ministry in Canada – which enabled us to become landed immigrants in this country (where we now live). The story goes on and on…for the 3 years and 9 months that we lived at the Graham River farm. (We were there from the first year that it began.) The story can be read in “Uniquely Me!” – a web site that I put online, a few years ago. http://members.tripod.com/~lorgrd/home.html I also have another web site that I have online; it contains Christian Poetry (for the most part, it consists of past teachings and experiences…that made me draw closer to God). I wrote under the name of Aimee Love, because Aimee is the name that I counselled under, for the four years that I went into a Christian Chat room…it is my registered Pen Name. http://members.tripod.com/~aimeelo/home.html As I read some of the horror stories that are on this Message Board, it brought back memories of things that I had seen, experienced, heard about…so many times, through the years. I could add to those stories, but shall not – because there is no life in them. For myself, I’ve learned that nothing comes to us, except it first pass through the hand of God. (This was said by Chuck Swindol, and it’s true.) Nothing can happen to a ‘believer’, unless God allows it…and it always works together for good, because we do “love the Lord and are the called, according to His purpose”…right?! Was there error in the teachings? Did prophetic words not come to pass?…we know that the Bible says this is how we can tell if a prophet is a true prophet. We could hash this out forever, but what good would it do…except, perhaps, to take a look within. We can learn a whole lot about ourselves, when we do that: and it’s all good – if we allow God to “create in me a clean heart and renew a right spirit within me”. If I stand back and really listen to each one’s heart-cry… if I know anything about that particular person, I can see that the experiences they went through had a purpose. Ultimately, these experiences will cause us to walk closer and closer to God – where we can hear His still, small voice…daily. It’s our choice – whether we will become bitter and turn inward; become crippled in our walk with the Lord. Or… we can do as He said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Were they right…did they do wrong? Are we always right…and never do wrong? I have found great comfort in the ‘Serenity Prayer’… the man who wrote it, had to have known the very things that we wrestle with. Truly inspired writings…do not come out of thin air; they come from life’s experiences. And, so…my wish for everyone who has been or still are in ‘the move’…is that they come to know, experientially… that God is Love. ************ 1 John 4:7-12 “Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.” (NIV) | ||
| cindygalindo New member Username: cindygalindo Post Number: 1 Registered: 8-2007 Posted From: 24.99.176.71 |
Hi. I was raised in The Move, and in fact I was born at Sapa in Alaska, which is a farm named after the Church at Sapa, Mississippi and is part of Sam Fife's group. I am feeling a bit overwhelmed at the moment, as it never occurred to me until now to look up this movement on the internet. I realize you posted this message on this message board over two years ago, and perhaps you have already been contacted by others with information, but I have a lot to tell that I would be more than glad to share with you. I would write a longer message, but I'm not sure if you're still checking this site or getting emails from it or anything, so if you see this, please email me at cindy.galindo@hotmail.com! I am VERY interested in speaking to someone about my experiences with this group. | ||
| cindygalindo New member Username: cindygalindo Post Number: 5 Registered: 8-2007 Posted From: 24.99.176.71 |
I've been at Bowen's Mill many times for conventions and Youth Camp... Mostly I remember kids drinking beer in the woods and horribly long services. | ||
| freeindeed2day New member Username: freeindeed2day Post Number: 1 Registered: 12-2007 Posted From: 87.232.1.91 |
Ross Bracewell, do you still write comments on this site? I'd like to talk to you re: your doctrinal issues with the Move, in particular. I have my concerns esp. for those I love who are still in bondage. So, I'd welcome your comments. If you want, you can write to: siobhanoleary03@gmail.com Thanks. Siobhan |
