Gary Brumbelow grew up in a preacher’s home in town and felt cheated because he didn’t live on a ranch.
When he was ten, Gary’s family moved from Texas to a small town in northern Nebraska forty miles from the nearest traffic light. Here in the wide open spaces, Gary developed a love for adventure in the outdoors. With his .22 rifle he roamed the snowy hills above the Niobrara River, swallowed in miles of virginal, silent emptiness. In his preteen mind this was wilderness.
Just a dozen years later, Gary and his bride arrived as missionaries to the Chilcotin/Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada. They lived on bench land above the mighty Fraser River, a sort of Niobrara on steroids, eight miles beyond the closest electricity and their nearest neighbors.
This was wilderness cattle country. They befriended the owner/operators of Empire Valley Ranch, 350,000 acres that extended from the Fraser seventy-five miles west into the high meadows of the Coast Mountains. This magnificent ranch would become the setting of Someplace North, Someplace Wild.
But the story would remain untold for 40+ years as life intervened. Ten years of missionary service in four Canadian provinces. Two children. A master’s degree from Wheaton College followed by a move to Calgary, and then Oregon. Fifteen years as executive director of a missionary-sending organization. Grandchildren. Seminary studies and twelve years as a local-church pastor.
Who does gary brumbelow write for?
Gary is a Jesus follower who loves his bride and family. He writes for readers who embrace traditional values like the fear of God, the image of God in man, the inestimable value of a single human life, the power of marriage, the value of family, the role of the church, the blessing of public and private virtue, personal responsibility, a strong work ethic, freedom, the rule of law, the rights enshrined in our constitution, the knowledge of God, reverence for the Bible, and the confession of Christ in the public square.
If you resonate with those, and want to read good stories … you’re Gary’s target reader! But even if not, you’re welcome to come along, of course. 😊
Gary’s family and friends admire his spontaneity (although it gets him into scrapes). They also appreciate his positive attitude, robust work ethic, love for family and devotion to Jesus.
He’s an extrovert who loves writing in his quiet study and gets restless without some physical activity. In cold months you can find him bucking, splitting and burning firewood. Summer is for kayaking and camping with family in the Cascades, or flying his stunt kite at the Oregon coast.