2nd Summer As A Ranch Counselor

2nd Summer As A Ranch Counselor.

What was different about my second summer working at the Ranch, from the first summer, was the special snack bar thing that they had for the counselors. On a certain day, each week, at night, you would go to a building to fellowship with other counselors, worship God, have snacks, drinks, and somebody usually gave an inspirational sermon to keep the counselors focused.

June - August 2006
21 years old
Word Of Life's Camp: The Ranch: Pottersville, New York, United States
Joey Arnold, The Original Oatmeal

WOLBI 2nd Year

Rachel Gasser was not originally going to attend a second year at WOLBI, the Word Of Life Bible Institute. Weeks before the new school year, she wrote to a few of her friends on Xanga. She announced her plans to return. I saw the news on Xanga. She quickly removed her comments because she wanted to keep this a secret so that she could surprise her gal friend with her return.

For me, I have thought about attending WOLBI since I was like 6 years old or so, and why stop half way? I was inspired and encouraged by the 2nd year students during my first year there and I was very interested in getting deeper into social services, ministry, into diving deeper into God's Word. I have wanted to help people since I was 8 years old. I need to dig into my journals and dig out more details about this era in my life.

25 years old

Home-Made Birthday Cake

Home-Made Birthday Cake.


This girl, who was friends with my friend Chris Zuagg, made me a Home-Made Birthday Cake, for my birthday, which was on Friday, the 11th of February 2005 in Pottersville, New York, United States. I think she made me a cake. I also went on yard sales hunting with Aaron Rysemus and I ended up buying a Power Rangers poster. This was while I was still a student at the Word of Life Bible Institute in Pottersville, New York, USA. I also worked 15 miles away at the Word Of Life Inn in Schroon Lake, New York USA.



Friday: 11th of February, 2005
20 years old
Pottersville & Schroon Lake, New York, United States
Joey Arnold

Children Ministry Team

After high school, my missionary friends flew me to New York for camp and college. I arrived in New York in June 2004.

In September, during the first days of college at the Word Of Life Bible Institute, I auditioned for the Drama Team, but was rejected, but director John "Giddy" Brown, of the Children Ministry Team (CMT) saw me and welcomed me into his team.

I was able to join forces with another guy with glasses, as we were Flatman & Bobbin, which is a puppet-show parody of Batman & Robin. Our team was able to faciliate and run children events with songs, activities, games, puppet shows, drama skits, food, music, lessons, and other such things, at schools, churches, fields, buildings, in the different states in and around the state of New York USA, which includes New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, PA, and others.

I was on this team from September 2004 until August 2006.