Chris dives into one of the most overlooked parts of primitive camping—fueling your body. He breaks down how to plan meals by calorie count, what foods actually keep you going in the field, and the four rules every camper should follow to stay strong, alert, and ready for anything.
Today’s focus: Backcountry calories, simple meal planning, and faith for “daily bread.”
From the book: Primitive Camping & Bushcraft, p.182 (dehydrated/freeze-dried options, flavor add-ons).
Why calories matter: Field burn ≈ 3,500–5,000/day vs ~2,000 at home; shivering, climbs, paddling all spike needs.
Pack by calories, not meals: Target ~120 cal/oz (peanut butter, nuts, olive oil, granola, jerky, calorie-dense rations).
4 rules for the field:
Eat by the clock (adrenaline hides hunger)
Fat is your friend (dense fuel in cold/long treks)
Rotate meals (morale > monotony)
Carry one emergency meal (MRE-level calories)
Freeze-dried “Primitive Camping Rations”: lightweight, calorie-dense, small-batch options; custom runs available.
Faith segment: Matthew 6:11 (“Give us this day our daily bread”), Joseph’s planning, manna trust, Elijah fed by ravens—prepare wisely, trust completely.
Resources mentioned:
Primitive Camping & Bushcraft (Book) – Page 182 on food planning
PrimitiveCamping.com (coming online) – rations, coffee, fire kits
Contact for custom meals chris@primitive-camping.com
(upbeat music)
Welcome to the
Primitive Camping
and Bushcraft
Podcast.
I'm your host,
Chris Speir.
So here we're
gonna talk
about gear,
red and the kind
of stories you
only get
around a fire.
It's all about
learning,
adapting
and keeping your
faith strong.
So whether you're
a seasoned
outdoorsman
or just looking
to unplug and
reconnect,
you're in the
right place.
So pull up a
chair by the fire
and let's get
into it.
(upbeat music)
All right,
welcome back to
the
Primitive Camping
and Bushcraft
Podcast.
And today, since
I have a week
before we launch
the freeze dry
camping meals,
the Primitive
Camping Rations,
today I figured
we'd talk about
calories,
talk about
some food,
talk about one of
the things that a
lot of people
overlook whenever
they're
heading out
into the great
outdoors.
And I,
including myself,
I've done it
before on several
of my trips,
but I'm coming to
you from
underneath
the tarp.
at Camp Wut-Da-Heck
on a very
muggy fall day.
It is very muggy
and it's
very hot.
It is windy, it's
sunny, and then
it's raining.
Go figure,
all three,
all three of the
seasons all in
one day.
(Chris laughs) So now if you've
been out
into the woods
for more than a
day or two,
you already know
that food
out there
seems to operate
a whole lot
different
than it does
whenever you're
at the house,
whenever you're
at the comfort of
your own home
or whenever
you're doing your
daily routines
and stuff
like that.
Food in the great
outdoors,
and food in
general,
is energy.
And it helps with
your focus,
your
concentration,
your morale,
all in one.
I mean, it just
all wraps up into
one thing.
Now, you can have
the best gear.
You can have the
perfect
camp set up,
but if your body
runs out of fuel,
everything else
is gonna
fall apart.
And that is so,
so, so, so true.
So right here in
the book,
you can see all
my pages are
blowing around
everywhere
here today.
You got on
page 182,
we all have our
go-to foods
when we're in the
comfort of our
own homes.
But when heading
into the
wilderness,
a little outside
of the box
thinking is
sometimes
required.
There are more
things you could
do to prepare
before you go,
even if you're
planning to
procure
all your food
while you're
camping.
For example, you
could bring items
such as flavor
packets and
seasoning
to augment or
enhance what you
already have.
No need to eat
flavorless foods
just because
you're out in the
woods and you're
camping.
When you're
planning to
travel several
miles into
the wild,
food becomes a
major
consideration for
two main reasons.
One, food
is heavy.
Food can be heavy
and it can
be a drag,
but you need it
to survive.
Calories equals energy.
During my first
time, during my
time in the
military,
I ate more MREs,
meals ready to
eat, than I
can count.
Sometimes they
were good,
sometimes they
were horrible,
but the fact is
they provided
more than 2,000
calories a piece.
Sometimes we
would eat three
of them a day.
So we'd go
through 6,000
calories a day,
but you needed it
in the austere
environments
that we
worked in.
When you're in a
situation
where you're
expending a lot
of calories,
you have to be
able to
replenish them.
Activities such
as rock climbing,
hiking over
plenty of hills,
swimming or
canoeing,
kayaking,
they all require
you to expend a
lot of energy.
And if you're not
replacing no
calories,
you're going to
get exhausted in
no time.
Trust me, your
energy will,
your energy
levels will get
used up
very quickly
when primitive
camping.
But instead of
explaining why
you need food,
which you likely
already
know this,
let's explore how
to ensure you
have enough
when you need it.
All right, so
then after that,
we go through the
dehydrated foods, the
freeze-dried foods,
just to have
water prepackaged
and procured
foods and stuff.
And that's all in
the Primitive
Camping and
Bushcraft book
on page 182.
I just read that
out of there.
And so now we're
going to dive
into mill
planting.
For the field.
How to plant
smart, what
people get wrong,
and a few hard
lessons that I've
learned
over the years.
Then at the end,
I'm going
to tie it
into something a
little
bit deeper,
something about
how, you know,
God provides what
we need when we
need it.
So let's turn the
page, so
to speak,
and let's start
right here.
Most people
underestimate how
much
they've burned
in the woods, how
many calories
they've burned in
the woods.
A lot of people
really
underestimate
that.
So what I mean by
underestimate is,
you're moving
more, you're
carrying more,
and you're
working in
conditions
that your body
isn't used to.
Even something as
simple as,
you know,
trying to stay
warm and
cold weather
can burn hundreds
of extra
calories.
You know, when
you're shivering,
you're burning
calories.
When you're
trying to keep
warm, you're
burning calories.
You know, you're
constantly
burning calories.
And if I keep
hitting
this table,
you guys are
going to be like,
what's he doing?
But, when I first
started doing
longer
bushcraft trips,
preemitive
camping trips,
I'd pack light,
I'd throw in a
couple of freeze
drive meals or
whatever.
You know, my
whole basis of
that was to
see if I could go
on 10
items, you know,
like the Long
Show used to.
When it first
started out 12,
13 years ago,
something to that
effect, I
would go out
and just practice
those and
practice those
and
practice those.
And I would do it
to the point
where, you know,
it was basically
a self-created
survival
situation.
(laughs)
Right, headed
into the woods
and practice.
But that's how
you get better at
doing
things like this,
by practice, and
that was
considered
practice.
But since then,
I've grown
up a lot.
And, you know, I
didn't just start
it 13 years ago.
It's, I did
preemitive
camping my
whole life.
Before it was
even really
called preemitive
camping,
me and my
brothers just
thought it was
camping,
you know?
And then, when TV
shows started
coming along
and
popularized it,
what was the name
of that one?
With a dual
survivor, I guess
is the
name of it?
You know, that
come out, started
really
popularizing it,
and then the
survivor man of
the such, of
that nature,
really started
popularizing the
bushcraft
and the
preemitive
camping world and
the
survival world.
And then TV just
took it and ran
with it,
and then now all
of a sudden
survival
bushcraft
and camping is a
hundreds of
millions of
dollars a year
industry, if not
in the billions
already.
And I did a video
a while back
explaining,
you know,
it was like $700
million a year or
something
that survival
brings in just in
separate
survival courses
throughout the
country.
And that's the
United States.
That's not
worldwide.
That's not
Australia and
Europe, you know,
countries of the
such that do
survival classes
and stuff like
that, you know?
They are, if you
throw them
in there,
it'd be
worldwide, it'd
be in the
billions.
So, everything
that I would pack
with me,
you know, I would
make a gear list
and I would make
a packing list.
I would write
everything down
that I
wanted to take
with me on
this trip.
And it looked
great on paper.
Sounded
great on paper.
But by the time
you got out into
the woods
on day two,
I'd feel
the slant.
And everybody's
felt that slant
where it's just,
I don't have the
energy today.
I'm tired.
I think I'm just
gonna sleep in a
little bit.
That's kind of
like me this
morning.
Get a little
lightheaded, a
little
slower to think,
common tasks
aggravate you,
all the such.
That's all signs
that, you know,
you're not
getting enough
calories.
You're not giving
your body enough
energy
that it needs
to do the tasks
that you
need to do.
And what's worse,
when you're tired
and hungry,
you start making
mistakes.
And when you make
mistakes, you
stop
thinking clearly
and you start
taking shortcuts.
And that's when
injuries start
happening.
And that's why
calories are very
important
when you get into
the field
and when you get
into your
primitive
camping mode.
It's fall.
It's fall, y'all.
And everybody's
gonna be out
camping.
Fall and early
winter, stuff
like that.
I mean, it is
camping season.
Full swing
camping season.
And then early
spring is full
swing camping
season again.
And people do
camping
different.
Some people will
do what they call
primitive camping
at a pre-built
campsite, at a
national park
or a state park
or a
national forest
or something of
the such.
Or private lands.
And it's an
already developed
campsite
that has the fire
rings and has
electrical
hookups
and has all this
stuff, you know?
And then they got
the ones at a
primitive camp
where it has no
electricity,
but still has the
pad there for you
to build
your tent on
or whatnot.
And the fire ring
for you to go
build your fire.
So I took a trip
one time
and I thought I
had all my meals
dialed in.
And it was me and
my brother
once again.
And we get out
there and dude,
we were drained.
And I think I've
talked about this
trip before
on this podcast
is we
were drained
by a couple of
days into it.
We just, you
know, headache,
just tired,
lethargic,
just didn't
feel right.
And I'd had to
actually packed a
little
bit of tube
of peanut butter.
And I was using
that
peanut butter
to see if I could
trap a squirrel
or two, you know,
during
squirrel season.
And yeah, no,
that
didn't work out.
So I ate the
peanut butter and
dude instantly,
instantly,
I feel better.
I mean, that
peanut butter
just
snapped me too.
Well, come to
find out peanut
butter's got all
the fats,
all the sugars,
all the proteins.
It's got
everything
you need.
Peanuts are
almost a
perfect food.
Peanuts and
sunflower seeds,
if I recall,
sunflower seeds
are a nearly
perfect food.
In other words,
you can eat just
sunflower seeds
and still game
way and still
have all the
protein, fats,
sugars,
everything that
you need.
It is nearly
perfect.
But peanut butter
is close to that
as well.
So I figured my
food was going to
last long enough
on this trip, but
it did not.
I mean, I didn't
account for both
of us eating.
And this was one
trip that my
brother
only brought
some beef jerky,
I believe.
We ended up
eating the beef
jerky and
cooking it
into the pot and
rehydrating it
and making it
into stew.
But still, we
didn't have
everything that
we needed
and we depleted
all of our
calories before,
you know.
And then once
you're on the
downside
and you're trying
to make
up for it,
it's harder to
recuperate.
So something that
people don't
factor in,
every step, every
swing of the ax,
every breath of
cold air, it all
costs energy.
And the average
person burns
about 2,000
calories
a day at home.
Out here in the
woods, in the
great outdoors,
you're looking at
between 3,500 and
5,000
calories easy
because you are
constantly
moving.
You are
constantly doing
something.
You are
constantly doing
something usually
labor intensive.
I don't know why
they call it
relaxing
because there's
nothing relaxing
about going
camping.
Yeah, it is to me
for some reason.
(laughs) But when you get
out into the
great outdoors,
it's generally a
lot of work.
And if you're in
rougher terrain,
like let's say
you're
elk hunting
or you're doing
some kind of hunt
over in the
mountains,
you know, sheep
hunting, stuff
like that.
You're up in
these hills,
you're up in
these mountains
and you're
constantly
climbing up and
down and
up and down.
And dude, they
don't go up just
one hill
and sit on that
one hill.
They'll go up
one, down one, up
one, down
one, up one,
and they'll have
four or
five of them
and then sit
there and,
you ever watched
episodes of
Meat Hunter
where they're
just
constantly moving?
Dude, that right
there is
like, wow,
me, I'd be
screaming on the
first one up.
Like, you know,
my back hurts or
my ankle hurts
or I twisted
something or
whatever,
you know?
But, so when
you're planning
food for a trip,
you're not
planning for
comfort,
you're planning
for survival
efficiency.
You're trying to
match what you
burn,
that's the goal.
Actually, you're
trying to do a
surplus.
Now, I watched a
video with Clay
Hayes a while
back on YouTube
where he got
dropped off for a
week or two
for an elk hunt
or a moose hunt
or
something in Alaska.
And they just
dropped him off
in this bog
and he was on a
river, you know,
on the edge of a
riverbank
and he
camped out there
and all he
brought was some
freeze-drive
mills.
And he didn't
catch it, he
didn't shoot
anything
for a week
and he had to go
into
survival mode
because his
freeze-drive
mills
were only giving
him like 700
calories a day
but he was
expending several
thousand
calories a day.
So instead of
packing two meals
or snacks,
I now plan food
by the calorie
count, you know?
So I'll pack 120
calories per
ounce of weight
if possible.
Ah, good old H2O.
So things like
peanut
butter, nuts,
a little bit of
olive oil, some
granola or jerky,
all high calorie
and small.
And they actually
help with
balancing out
all your
calories.
And then you add
your carbs and
you know,
other proteins of
the such
and that actually
keeps you going.
Now, since I, now
on the
dehydrator,
not dehydrators, the
freeze-dryers,
I'm able to make
extremely calorie
dense foods
and take them
with me at an
extremely
lightweight,
like one meal
could be less
than
three ounces.
And by the time
you rehydrate it,
it is well
over a pound.
And dude, they
have so many
calories
in these.
Like let's take a
large
llama beans,
the big old white
beans we call
down here in
South
Mississippi.
And you add some
ham in with that.
Now these ain't
gonna last 10 or
15 years,
but they are
extremely
calorie dense.
Now, here's
the thing,
for the people
that are
listening
right now
and then just
scroll on,
if you are
interested in
some type of food
that you normally
typically do not
get on the
shelves,
let me know.
I will cook it
for you.
I will freeze dry
it for you.
And I will ship
it to you.
Now that's a
little tidbit.
That's an Easter
egg inside
of the show.
And if you
actually
heard that
and you want
something
specific,
I will do small
batch runs
of whatever item
you
request to do.
Now, you have to
give me a little
bit of lead time
to be able to
cook it or
whatnot.
Or if there's
something the way
you want it done,
you send me your
recipe and I'll
cook it that way
and we'll
work it out.
I am able to make
25 mils
per batch.
25 mils
per batch.
That's a large,
that's making a
large pod of
whatever.
Now I could do
this and send it
off to you.
And I'm
typically, I was
thinking,
not typically,
but I was
thinking about
doing this
in small batches
and just
offering like,
hey, this week I
have 25 batches
of white beans.
And first come,
first serve.
You want all 25?
I'll make work a
deal with you and
send those out.
Or this week,
hey, I did 25
batches of
red beans
or 50 batches of
red beans.
Send it out.
Hey, this week I
did a pot roast
and I did pot
roast potatoes,
carrots
and celery.
And I got 10
batches of that.
And that's what
I'm thinking
about doing
and just offering
stuff that you
really can't get
in the stores.
Every bit of it
is home
cooked meals,
prepared right at
my restaurant and
then
freeze dried.
And once it's
freeze
dried, it lasts.
Now, if it's got
a lot of high fat
content in it,
like if it is a
meat with a lot
of fat in it
or anything
like that,
you're gonna
wanna eat it six
months to a year,
something to that
effect or within
two years.
But anything
after that with
less fat in there
can go up to 10,
20, 30 years.
You look at some
of these freeze
dried meals on
the shelves
at like Walmart
or any of your
outdoor sports
warehouses
and stuff to that
effect, they last
up to 30 years
but they have all
the
preservatives in it.
The stuff I'm
offering is
straight,
fresh cooked
freeze dried
meals straight
from a
commercial kitchen
and thrown into
the freeze dryer
and shipped
straight to you.
That's what I'm
offering.
That's what I'm
gonna be doing
from here on out.
So, customize.
So, we'll see how
this works out.
I'll throw a
label on there,
primitive
camping rations
and I'll put your
food on there and
ship it
out to you.
So, yeah, anyway,
that was a
tangent.
So, instead of
packing two meals
or snacks,
I now plan for
calories.
You pack 120
calories per
ounce of weight
if possible.
Yeah, that's a
lot of calories.
So, if I'm 200
pounds, then I'm
looking at,
I don't know,
lots of calories.
I typically try
to pack between
five and 6,000
calories a day.
Now, do I eat all
that all
the time?
No.
If I'm very
hungry and I'm
very worn
down, yes.
So, if I know
that it's a trip
where I'll be
hiking a lot,
I'll add more
quick
little bites.
And, you know,
freeze
dried meals,
you could freeze
dry anything.
And that's why I
stepped out
and that's why I
bought the
freeze dryers
because you could
do almost
anything
and you can
almost preserve.
The only thing
you can't
preserve really
is peanut butter.
And I'm gonna
figure out a way.
I don't know how
they make the
peanut
butter powder,
but I'm gonna
figure out how to
do that.
And then that's
an option too,
is making peanut
butter powder.
So, here's a
couple of
little tips
about I guess
like four four
little pointers.
All right, let me
give you four
little pointers
about food.
Number one is
don't trust how
hungry you feel.
And we're going
to go back
through and I'm
just going to
read them
all out too.
Number two, fat
is your friend. I
know that goes
against
anything and
everything you've
ever heard
whenever you're
you're dieting
and stuff like
that. Fat is
your friend.
Number three,
rotate your
meals. Number
four, always
bring one
emergency meal
that you don't
plan to eat.
Bring something
else, one extra
meal just
in case. All
right, now let's
go back and
let's start
beginning why.
All right, so
number one, don't
trust how
hungry you feel.
Outdoors
adrenaline is
going to mask
your hunger.
So you might not
feel hungry until
it's too late.
So here is a
valuable asset
and I wish I
would have put
this in the book,
but I did not.
But eat by the
clock, not by
your stomach. Eat
by the clock.
If it's 12
o'clock, eat. If
as soon as you
wake up, eat.
If it is five
o'clock, eat. You
know, eat on a
schedule. When
you go camping,
eat on a
schedule. Number
two, fat is your
friend. People
think proteins.
People always
think about
proteins, but in
cold weather
and long tracks,
fat gives you
more calories per
ounce than
anything else.
Butter, oils,
nuts, they keep
you alive when
carbs
won't cut it.
Carbs are going
to burn off
faster. Now
here's a thing
that I
watched. People
get ready to go
on TV shows like
Naked and Afraid.
Alone. Those type
things would
drink olive oil
every day and
they would put on
the weight. Olive
oil will
actually put
weight on you.
I'm not saying
that's healthy,
but in
the event of
bring some olive
oil, you can have
a shot of olive
oil and it will
actually give
you a boost of
energy, believe
it or not. Number
three, rotate
your meals. If
you're doing a
long trip, don't
eat the same meal
every day.
And I have a
story for this. I
was deployed
in Alaska. We
were deployed to
a bombing range.
Sounds weird. We
went out and I
hope I can talk
about this. I
believe I can.
But we went out
to a bombing
range to collect
a unexploded
ordinance.
And I was the
medic and I was
with a bunch of
EOD guys.
And they paid us
X amount of
dollars per day
to be in
the field
plus our regular
pay. So we got to
per diem. And boy
was it big. It
was the first
time here I was I
was 20 something
years old and it
was the most
money I think
I've ever seen in
a paycheck. And I
couldn't believe
it. And I
was like,
man, they're
going to pay us X
amount of dollars
a day times
21. They said
prepare for 21 to
30 days. And
I was like,
golly, that's a
lot of money. I
could do this. I
can eat ramen
noodles,
green beans and
corn every day
for 30 days.
So I went down to
the to the
commissary
on base
and I bought 30
days worth the
ramen noodles
three times a
day. Green beans
and corn.
I don't eat ramen
noodles anymore.
I haven't eaten
ramen noodles
since that trip.
I eat ramen
noodles every day
for 21 days and I
was thanking God
that we got
done on the 21st
day. I was sick
of eating ramen
noodles and
green beans and
corn. I still eat
green beans and I
still eat
corn, but I was
sick of chicken
flavored ramen
noodles.
I don't think I
will ever eat a
chicken flavored
ramen
noodle again.
That was
horrible. So
rotate your
meals. Mix up the
flavors, mix up
the textures.
It keeps your
morale high and
it keeps
you from just,
I don't even
know. You know,
you see these
videos of these
babies
all the time
getting fed
whatever a
brussel sprout.
That's one
thing for me.
A brussel sprout.
Give me a brussel
sprout and
I'm like,
and I'm wanting
to vomit all over
the place. So
number four,
always bring one
emergency meal
and I suggest
that this meal be
something.
Get you an MRE.
Order you an MRE
online and use
that as your
emergency backup.
Because MREs
have, they're
dependent, they,
they're, each
one's different,
but most of them
are at least 2000
calories, some
of them up to
2500 calories. If
you eat
everything in
that pack, now
if you're very
hungry and you're
going through a
bunch of stuff,
you will eat
everything in
that pack. So
preparation isn't
just packing your
food. It's about
being ready for
what's coming.
Out when you're
camping, you
can't afford to
assume that
tomorrow is
going to be
easy. That you're
going to be able
to catch
that fish or
shoot a deer or
catch you some
squirrels, shoot
the squirrels or
you know whatever
if you're
hunting. So you
always, always
have to assume
tomorrow will,
you cannot assume
tomorrow
will be easy.
You have to think
ahead and that
principle runs
all through
history, even in
the Bible. It
runs all through
history.
Yeah, I mean
you look at the
man Joseph in the
Bible, he didn't
just wake up one
day and say
let's build bars.
He saw what was
coming, coming.
God gave him
wisdom to prepare
during the years
of plenty
for the famine
that was on the
way. He didn't
panic, he
planned.
There's another
one. A lot of
people cast doubt
on this and they
throw this out
there. Noah,
something, it's
the same
thing. God
said the storm
was coming and
Noah listened
and Noah built
everything. He
didn't argue. He
didn't wait for
the first
raindrop to start
building this
boat. He worked
while everything
else and
everybody else
laughed. The art,
the art didn't
just carry
animals,
it carried
obedience. Now if
you're, I'm not
trying to preach
a sermon here but
those stories
make me think
about the balance
between trust and
preparation.
In the woods,
we prepare. We
plan for cold
nights, bad
weather,
and long heights.
But in life
sometimes we
forget to
prepare
spiritually or
mentally
the same way.
It's easy to say
I'll handle it
when it comes
but that's not
how Joseph made
it through the
famine.
That's not
how Noah made it
through the
flood. God gave
both of them time and they
used that time
wisely. So
when I'm packing
food now, I think
about that
balance,
the wisdom
and the faith
that you've got
to be
prepared like
Joseph was but
trust like the
Israelites
collecting
manna.
They could go
around collecting
this manna off
the rocks and off
the ground and
stuff like that
and eat and eat.
Some days God
says, "Stort."
Some days
He said,
"Trust me for
today." And
that's the
hardest
part of our
faith. It's not
always one or the
other.
Sometimes it's
both. Sometimes
there's plenty,
sometimes
there's not.
So
if you look at
Matthew chapter 6
verse 11 and
this is
this is the model
prayer that Jesus
gave us to pray.
And in here in
verse 11 it says,
"Give us this day
our daily bread."
And I don't care
if you have been
to church all
your life or not
been to church
all your life,
there is a reason
that is in there.
Over the years
it's hit me a lot
different. And
when you're out
camping
or whatnot
and you're
sitting by the
fire after a long
day your
food means
more. You feel
it. You
appreciate it.
You taste
it. You know
what it's like to
really depend on
what is going in
your mouth,
going in your
stomach. When it
comes to that
verse and I'm not
cherry picking
the verses here,
you know, but
there's a reason
why that one's
there. Jesus
wasn't just
talking
about food,
he was talking
about our daily
dependence. "Give
us this
day our daily
bread."
He was reminding
us that God gives
us enough
for today. Not
all at once, not
for weeks ahead,
but for today.
And that's where
it ties back into
the woods.
You can prepare
your meals, plan
your calories,
but you can't
predict every
storm,
every delay,
every mishap,
every twisted
ankle,
every injury.
That's the same
thing in life.
Sometimes he puts
you in a
Joseph season.
He gives you time
to prepare. He
gives you time to
store it
up, to get
things right for
what's coming.
Other times he
puts you
like Elijah,
waiting by a
dried up creek or
brook, wondering
where your next
meal is coming
from, and then
suddenly the
ravens show up
and they
give you
your food.
It shows up in
ways you didn't
expect it. Then
there are the
manna days
where you
wake up and what
you need is
waiting for you,
but only for
today, just
enough for
that day.
You can't hoard
it, you can't
save it, you just
have to trust
it'll be there
again
tomorrow. Wow.
Each one of these
stories, you know
Joseph, Noah,
Elijah, the
manna, it's the
same truth from
different angles.
God provides.
Sometimes he
provides through
your preparation
and sometimes he
provides in spite
of your lack. So
the takeaway,
prepare
wisely. When
you're heading
out into the
great outdoors,
prepare wisely.
Take what you
need, but trust
completely. Pack
your meals like
Joseph would,
but live like
Israel did,
expecting
tomorrow's bread
will show
up again.
Now don't confuse
what I just said
with
disobedience.
Don't live like
them as far as
disobedience.
So that's where
we're going to
leave it
for today.
If this episode
starts something
in you or you got
to think it a
little deeper
about how
physical
preparation or
spiritual
dependence,
go ahead and you
know share it
with
somebody else.
If you enjoyed
what you hear or
whatnot, let me
know. Leave a
comment on the
on the whatever
site you're
listening
to it on or
if you're
watching it on
YouTube or
whatnot. I don't
have a very big
audience
on YouTube. I got
a bigger audience
on listening to
the actual
podcast.
So there I do
appreciate you
guys. But
remember what I
said in
the middle
of this podcast.
I will be doing
short runs of
the actual freeze
drive meals
specifically
for people
if you wish and
just get in touch
with me. And my
email address
will be listed
underneath this
and the show
notes. And if I
whenever I switch
over to the new
website
primitivecamping.com,
I will shift the
address as well.
So anyway until
next time,
remember in all
your ways
acknowledge him
and he will
direct your path.
I'll see you next
time. God
bless you.
Thanks for
sitting around
the fire with me
today. If this
episode gave you
something to
think about, if
it helped you
feel a
little bit more
prepared or it
even stirred your
faith a tiny bit,
go ahead and
share it with
someone else who
might need
it as well.
We don't go
camping to run
away from life.
We come out here
to slow down
and recharge. So
grab another law,
throw it
on the fire
and
remember this.
In all your ways
acknowledge him
and he will
direct your path
I'll see you next
time. God
bless you