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At long last...my most awaited....sibling rivalry from RR future commanders Harrison and Jase, and with a surprise visit from Commander Jeff!



Jared and Travis, your Redemption Godson is now 14 and in full RR uniform! He was 10 when he celebrated his birthday with you at PowWow2021. He still cherishes ur gift of a whole box of idk what set you gave Harrison.

Redemption dad!!!



Commander Chris Moses -- mentor for the outpost which is home to the 'infamous' Eaten by Worms Gang. Vid below shows the 'gang' about 7 years younger (?).
https://youtube.com/shorts/-psicUOoV-I?feature=share


(Now) Commander Riley Musil -- Eaten by Worms Gang leader and mastermind of the vid above. Riley has finally embraced Redemption as a game player a couple of years ago. The rest of the gang still need to start playing the game.


And...OF COURSE...the reason, together with Commander Ken Porter (Redemption gamer and the reason South Central RR Redemption was born), this amazing Commander, brother, and friend has for the past 7 years blessed the Redemption community with more than 1000 Royal Ranger youth and commanders who have learned the game at his STX PowWow events at Camp Williams (who were mostly taught by our very own Travis Matthews) --- your Redemption family will forever bless and thank you....Commander Chad Hutson (Redemption gamer) --- WE LOVE YOU!!!


My great brother and friend Rev. Frank Frazar preaching the banquet's devotional. His unforgettable son Jayce (now 12 and RRRedemption demo team member) was barely 7 when he dared play Booster Draft at one of the PowWows years ago, and his dad allowed him to play thru the wee hours of the night together with Commander Royce A and Royce's son, my Redemption Godson Noah A.


See you soon at RR events next time you come back home from Asia, Master Jedi RRRedemption Teacher...

And when you come back to your RRs, Harrison will be almost 15 and Jase his brother 13 and now playing the game himself! Here they are, your kids, all grown up!!!


And of course the dynamic duo Commanders Jeffrey and Lori Stokes -- who since the great Damon Barber stepped down as events coordinator (he set Redemption up as an EDGE event in 2018), Jeff has been tirelessly setting me up for major STXRR events that perfectly fit in Redemption: PowWow, Pinewood Derby, EDGE, and now the upcoming (held every 4 years) National Camporama 2026 (very similar to the BSA National Jamboree). I missed 2022 but our STX and OK RRs made sure it happen for Redemption at Camporama2022 led by Commanders Royce A (TX) and Chris S (OK) --- love you and miss you my brethren. Both commanders were/are Redemption retailers.


Missed you sorely at EDGE and STXRR, Commander John Squires -- avid fan and Redemption promoter and supporter.

Missed you sorely at EDGE2025 Commander Ken Porter ('Santa' in red shirt) --- you ARE the prime most reason why STXRR Redemption and RR SCentral Redemption were born!!!


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I faithfully and prayerfully prohesy that one day ALL Royal Ranger outposts in the WORLD WILL embrace Redemption as one of their regular weekly activities as well as in ALL their conferences and camps including Camporama and Bundescamp.

GLORY BE TO THE FATHER, AND TO THE SON, AND TO THE HOLY SPIRIT, AS IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING, IS NOW AND EVER SHALL BE WORLD WITHOUT END. AMEN!!!

I wanted to share with you all a cool "planting the seeds" story with you from Nationals this year: Last summer a young man who used to be a part of our church youth group moved to Russellville, AR two hours away from where Nationals was in Rogers, AR. He is friends with all three boys who came to Nationals from my group. We picked this young man up on Wednesday on our way to Nationals just to hang out with his friends while we were in the area. He had never played Redemption and had no interest in it when he lived here in Oregon even though I invited him to the group. He showed up to Nationals on Thursday and by the end of the day had become quite interested in the game even though he had never played. He bought a whole box of Cloud of Witnesses on Thursday and that night opened it and pulled a copy of The Second Coming. All three teens in my group were excited for him and helped build him a deck of his own even giving him some of their own cards to make it happen. They stayed up late teaching him to play the game. On Friday he played Type 1 and played all 10 rounds. He even managed to win a game. He is a big fan of Redemption now and has been connected with the local Arkansas play group. His story is the highlight to me out of all of Nationals this year.

Please pray for this old man for renewed energy, enough rest from Nats2025, travel mercies, wisdom, and more Redemption harvest as I embark on my journey to Houston as I teach the game to Royal Ranger commanders at their annual eadership conference this Fri/Sat.
EDGE – South Texas Royal Rangers


Please pray for the Royal Rangers as they keep on playing the game as a treasured part of their activities especially at their PowWows.

Pray for Travis M who is currently based in Thailand for his HVAC-related career but has made sure he attended Nats2025 and is hoping to be at all forthcoming Nats during his vacations back home in San Antonio TX. Travis has historically taught more than 1000 Royal Ranger kids from South TX and OK at their events.
https://www.cactusforums.com/testimonials/the-birth-of-tx-royal-rangers-redemption/msg607582/#msg607582

To all taking pics of today's T1 awarding ceremony please make sure to upload ur pics to the pic repository and not just the Nats2025 pics thread, else they will be missed forever if they r not in the Nats2025 pic album that will be published officially a couple of weeks after Nats2025 to give a chance for late submissions. Click below to add ur pics to the pic repository:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Cz1gwXaDuxTrojr59