Ron Duffield grew up in the northwest, worked as a Respiratory Therapist in Walla Walla, WA for several years before attending Weimar College in California, where he met his wife Cherie and spent nearly 15 years working in the NEWSTART program and as College Librarian. In 2004, Ron and Cherie and their three daughters moved to Dixie WA where Ron currently works in the local hospital. He has authored two books, Return of the Latter Rain and Wounded in the House of His Friends. He presents seminars on Adventist history, 1888 history, the Latter Rain and Loud Cry, and Liberty of Conscience.