Standing in the Gap for Oregon

The Pinnacles, Klamath County, OR You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. You water its ridges abundantly. You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth. Psalm 65:9-10 We are moving into the South Central Region of Oregon which includes Klamath and Lake Counties. Klamath is bordered by Jackson, Douglas, and Lane to the west, Deschutes to the north, Lake to the east, and California to the south. The County seat is Klamath Falls. The County is governed by a Board of three elected commissioners. Currently, those on the Board are Dave Henslee, Kelley Minty , and Derrick DeGroot . Chris Kaber is the County Sheriff, overseeing the 90 sworn personnel and the roughly 100 volunteers that make up the Klamath County Sheriff’s Office. The County has about 70,000 residents or about 11 per square mile, so it isn’t thickly populated. While we have explored ...

 " Crater Lake, Oregon For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now I will arise," says the Lord; I will set him in the safety for which he yearns." Psalm 12:5 We are moving from the Southern Coast region to the South Central region of Oregon which only includes two counties, Klamath and Lake. While only two counties, this is a very large area, stretching from Jackson County east to Harney, bordered by California and Nevada to the south. Klamath County is over 6,000 square miles with a population of 69,000. It includes Crater Lake at the northwest corner of the county with the county seat, Klamath Falls, in the south-central portion. This was the home of the Klamath Indians, as well as the Modoc, who were just across the state line in California. We often mention the homeless situation as a crisis in many counties, and a point of prayer. On a brighter note, a ministry has existed in Klamath Falls for many years to help low-income and homeless. ...

Klamath County, Oregon And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones; and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. Isaiah 58:11. The May 17 th primary is getting close. Presumably you have received your ballot and voter’s guide by now, and many have already voted. My church, like many, makes a Christian voter’s guide available. There are some conservative and/or Christian voters guides out there, to assist voters in understanding candidates’ positions on various issues, but most I’ve found are in print, not digital. Here is one online guide that lists the major candidates for US Senate and House, but not the governor’s race. Oregon | iVoterGuide.com Klamath County , the focus for this week’s blog, has several positions up for election. Open county positions include County Commissioners #1 and #2; County District Attorney; County Assessor; County Justice of the Peace; County Clerk...

Crater Lake You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it. You water its ridges abundantly.  You settle its furrows; You make it soft with showers, You bless its growth.   Psalms 65: 9-10   The county of Klamath, like Josephine County, is also along the southern border, touching California to the south, Jackson County to the west, Deschutes due north, Lake to the east and Lane and Douglas counties to the northwest. It was established in 1882 and named for the local Klamath Indians. The county has around 66,000 population with 20,000 of that in Klamath Falls, the county seat.   Klamath County contains beautiful country and includes Crater Lake and Crater Lake National Park, which was established in 1902 as the fifth national park in the United States.    Those who came to Oregon in the first wave of immigrants in 1843 and the years afterwards unt...