know, they think it's just like the worst place ever to ever be in, and, you know,
oh, it's such a liberal state and all these things, but I don't see it that way, you know,
and I grew up here, you know, I learned how to serve the Lord here, and I think California,
first and foremost, it's where God has us, but California is very receptive towards the gospel,
you know, there's a lot of receptive people, and in my opinion, you've traveled many places in the
United States, California is actually pretty normal in comparison to what people think it
really is, I mean, what do you think about that? Absolutely, I mean, I think people don't realize
that when they think of California, they think of San Francisco, and they think of Hollywood,
Hollywood, right, and that's just not the case, yeah, and of course, California has a liberal
government, all that stuff, you know, everywhere I go, people are constantly telling me, you know,
California is terrible, and I would move to Verity if it wasn't in California, I've heard that so
many times, and I just bite my tongue and smile and say, well, God bless you, hope your life
steps past, but you know, and everybody's always bashing California, shout out to Pastor Shelley,
we love you, Pastor Shelley, but you know, it's this thing where it's just, it has this
reputation, you know, and I get it, but to me, this is the front lines, yeah, this is where the
battle's at, you know, and you know, sometimes people, and of course, not just California,
we know that Washington and Arizona and the battle's in different places, but
I mean, we get persecution to hear that you just aren't gonna get somewhere else.
Yeah, you gotta bomb churches and stuff over here.
You know, we had a protest back in 2016 where the news was reporting there was 1,500 sodomites
outside of our church building, you know, and what's interesting to me is sometimes, you know,
because Red Hot Preaching Conference, things like that, guys walk up to me and they're like,
you know, I want to do what you're doing, I want to do what Pastor Harrison's doing,
I want to do what Pastor Mahi is doing, you know, and I want to fight the sodomites,
and I want to, you know, and I'm like, great, praise the Lord, you know, we need more preachers,
and they're like, yeah, but I want to start a church in Alabama, and it's like, well,
here's the thing, your church is probably not gonna get bombed in Alabama, and you're probably
not gonna fight this big battle, you know, and whatever, Mississippi, and I'm not saying those
places don't need churches, but this is where the battle's at.
It's like the hottest part of the battle.
It's the hottest part of the battle, and here's my thoughts. If I'm gonna go to war,
you know, if I was living during World War II, and they were gonna draft me into war,
you know, if I'm going to war, I want to be on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day.
Yeah, amen.
I want to come home and say, either I don't come home, or I want to come home and say,
hey, I fought in D-Day.
Yeah.
Here's the thing, I could be a logistics officer in England, right, during World War II,
right, while they're bombing.
That's a great way to put it.
But I'd rather be in the front lines, and California is the front line, so, you know,
if there's any guys out there that want to fight for the Lord, hey,
we could use your help in California.
Absolutely.