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Torry Martina comedian, actor, and hippiefled from California to the wilderness of Alaska, searching for answers to life's big questions. He found what he was looking for...and a lot more! A moose got its head stuck in Torry's window. A reindeer was trapped in his kitchen. A bear almost prevented him from reaching his airplane. He once woke up frozen to his cabin floor. Like the Israelites of old, Torry experienced plenty of miracles and mishaps in the wilderness. And like them, he came face-to-face with God and was changed forever. Each of these true stories of Torry's hilarious blunders and misfortunes contains a nugget of truth, but one theme prevails: If God can reclaim and repurpose Torry Martin's life, He can do the same for you and those you love.

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Publié par	Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Date de parution	01 avril 2016
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9780736965279
Langue	English

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HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS
EUGENE, OREGON
Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version , NIV . Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Verses marked KJV are from the King James Version of the Bible.
Cover by Harvest House Publishers, Inc.
Front and back cover photos of author Rory White, rorywhite.com
Cover photos Amorphis, GreenApple78, Avalon_Studio, Rawpixel Ltd / iStock
OF MOOSE AND MEN
Copyright 2016 Torry Martin and Doug Peterson
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, Torry
Of moose and men / Torry Martin and Doug Peterson.
pages cm
ISBN 978-0-7369-6526-2 (pbk.)
ISBN 978-0-7369-6527-9 (eBook)
1. Martin, Torry, 1961- 2. Christian biography-Alaska-Biography. I. Title.
BR1725.M264A3 2016
277.3 083092-dc23
[B]
2015016853
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Dedication
From Torry
To Robert Browning, the Abbott to my Costello, the Lewis to my Clark, and sometimes the Lex Luthor to my Superman. But most importantly, the David to my Jonathan.
From Doug
To Dave and Leanne Lucas, traveling companions and milepost friends for Nancy and me.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I must begin by thanking my best friend, Robert Browning, because without him I would have probably been mauled by a grizzly bear, stomped on by a moose, or been killed in just about any other way you can imagine in the Alaskan wilds. But what he did for me was so much more than that. Rob also saved me from myself. He supported me in my writing, investing in me and encouraging me every step of the way. As far as I am concerned, friends don t get any better than Rob.
I would also like to thank those who helped me to survive spiritually in the wilderness-my milepost people. In addition to Rob, these include Pastor Jack and Ann Aiken, whose church became a wilderness outpost of love and encouragement; Dean and Larry Lauer, whose lives blazed a spiritual trail; and Kay Arthur, whose Precept Ministries Bible study materials became my spiritual survival kit. (When I was living in our Alaskan cabin, going through Kay Arthur s Bible studies, I never dreamed that one day she and her husband would invite me to their house and cook me a chicken dinner. Life takes some surprising turns!)
Meanwhile, those who have helped me to survive along the writing trail include my regular writing partner, Marshal Younger of Adventures in Odyssey , and Doug Peterson, my coauthor on this book.
Finally, I want to acknowledge my parents, Billy and Verna Martin, whose sense of humor has made life a true adventure, and who bring the joy of Christmas into every season of the year.
I struck gold with friends and family like this.
CONTENTS
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Preface
1. The Prodigal Reindeer
2. Shake, Rattle, and Roar
3. Obedience School
4. The Devil Wears Denim
5. Ghost Fish
6. The Hypocrite in the Outhouse
7. My Fortress of Multitude
8. Christmas with Grandma
9. Cabin Vertigo
10. Too Odd Not to Be God
11. Driving Me Crazy
12. Driving Me Crazier
13. Of Moose and Men
14. The Bear Removal Team
15. The Hippie for the Holy One
16. The Flavor of Stupid
17. On Fire for God
18. Just Filling In
19. Yip-Yip, Blub-Blub
20. At the Crossroads
21. Safecrackers
22. A Hairy Situation
23. Black Santa
24. All You Need Is Lovejoy
25. Gum and Giddyup
26. Saying Goodbye
27. Of Moose and Me
About the Publisher
PREFACE
R ob slammed on the brakes, bringing our truck to a squealing, skidding stop. I was asleep in the passenger seat, but the screech startled me awake, and I looked up to see a beautiful, 40-plus-pound lynx standing stock-still in the middle of this Alaskan road, staring back at us.
Having never seen a lynx before, I knew it was an opportunity to get a once-in-a-lifetime photograph, so I quickly threw open the door and leaped out, camera in hand. I was just moving beyond the open door when I heard Rob bellow from behind the steering wheel of our Chevy Silverado.
Torry! Get back in here! NOW!
His sudden shout startled the lynx, and the animal dashed into the woods, disappearing just like that. As far as I was concerned, Rob had just ruined the photograph of a lifetime.
What s the problem? I asked. I could have had his picture in another second.
He could have had you in another second! Rob shot back.
He was smiling.
He was growling !
Fine, a loud purr, I compromised. The point is, Alaskan lynx are probably used to tourists. I ll bet he was trained to stop for photo ops. Until you went and scared him off. Poor kitty.
Rob sighed. He did that a lot around me.
This brief incident as we entered Alaska was prophetic in many ways because I would go on to have many more wildlife encounters on the Last Frontier. Unfortunately I wouldn t always have Rob there to keep me from doing incredibly stupid and dangerous things. Keep reading and you will see exactly what I mean.
We drove from Silverdale, Washington, to Anchorage, Alaska, in May of 1993. I was leaving behind my life as an actor in Los Angeles, and Rob was hoping to stake a mining claim in Alaska. So we made the grueling 2284-mile, 40-hour journey, following twisting roads and carrying all of our life s possessions behind us in a trailer. For much of the trip, we traveled the famous Alaska-Canadian Highway-the Alcan Highway, which begins in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, and winds its way up to Delta Junction, Alaska.
Rob handled much of the driving while I did the navigating by using my hefty volume of the legendary Alaska travel planner, The Milepost . Everyone who has any sense brings along The Milepost when they travel the Alcan Highway. This guidebook tells you exactly what you will encounter, mile after mile, on the way to the Last Frontier. It tells you what you will see, where to stay, where to eat, where to find gas, and on and on.
I just wish everything in life could be spelled out for us so clearly.
I am pretty sure that when the Israelites made their way to the Promised Land, the Lord didn t give them a Milepost travel book that told them exactly what they could expect as they wandered through the wilderness. Besides, they wandered in circles for 40 years, so they would have been bored out of their minds reading the same Milepost information over and over and over. What I m trying to say is that it s the same with our lives. The Bible is chock-full of guidance, but God doesn t spell everything out for us. Life is a holy adventure, and it is for us to discover, milepost after milepost.
As you will soon see, our life in Alaska was not easy. We lived day by day, barely having enough to live on and nearly freezing to death in a cold camper in the middle of nowhere. From a materialistic viewpoint, I had virtually nothing. But today, looking back on those years, I realize that I had so much spiritually. In fact, after revisiting these stories-the mileposts in my life-I see that this was perhaps my happiest time.
My years in Alaska weren t easy, but that s the point. Sometimes the hardest years are the happiest because they force us to put our trust in God. I call it Desperate Christianity, and my years in Alaska were desperate but glorious.
When the Israelites reached the Promised Land, one of the first things Joshua had them do was pile up a stack of rocks in honor of God. Each rock was a memory, a remembrance of what God had done for them along the way. People today still build these stacks of rough rocks- cairns they call them.
The stories in Of Moose and Men make up my cairn, my way of remembering what God did for me in the wilderness of Alaska. Each story is a stone in my stack, a tribute to a time that God worked a wonder in my life.
These stories are also snapshots of my own mileposts-the times when God kept me on the road as I swerved crazily from side to side, trying to avoid the potholes of sin. Sometimes, I m sorry to say, I found myself purposely aiming for one of these gaping potholes and getting a jolt of reality when I soon got stuck.
Life is not easy, and I have to make a daily choice to follow God. Even then, I still mess up, and there are days when I get lost in a blizzard of my own foolish choices and God has to lead me back to the road. If you take the time to look back at the milestones in your life, you might be surprised at the number of times that God was at work, bringing you out of the blizzard and into His warmth.
So bundle up in your long underwear and grab your bunny boots because we have just crossed the Canadian border and entered Alaska.
Milepost number one is coming into view.

T ORRY ( RIGHT ) AND R OB . In the Alaskan wilderness, it s best if you ve got a buddy who will watch your back. It s even better if it s someone you can outrun. (Rob has me on that one.)

C ABIN V ERTIGO . Also known as Incinolet Sweet Incinolet. Read on. You ll find out what I m talking about.
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THE PRODIGAL REINDEER
T he 400-pound reindeer was going berserk, desperately trying to get out of my kitchen. Wild-eyed, it bashed me against counters and appliances as it tried to turn around in my