The Ranch
It started with a magazine article about a ranch in MN that hosted a camp for troubled teens. That got us to thinking. Hmmm, a horse ranch. To do what? My husband, Mike and I knew that our horses must be shared with the world, but the burning question was, "how"?
We batted a few ideas around, but somehow none were the "right" thing. Then on Christmas Eve, 2003 one of the pastors at our church gave us a book to read. He told us he and his wife both agreed that it screamed our names. Intrigued, Mike, the non-reader settled in to read it. The book was "Hope Rising", written by Kim Meeder. About a youth ranch in Bend, OR. Mike finished the book in a day and a half, and turned it over to me, another day and half and I was finished. And the dream began to take shape. We immediately sought out Kim Meeder and began communications that turned to support and mentorship.
Saturday deck time at the Dailey farm where we keep our two horses, is always prone to discussing dreams over a glass of wine. We began to discuss the possibilities and formulated an idea for our ranch, and a three to five year plan. As the weeks went by and the plans grew bolder, things started to happen. And we found ourselves being drawn down a path of no return. As things began to come together, we mentioned one night that we had a 3-5 year plan, but it looked like God had a 3-5 month plan. Michael Dailey piped up and said, "looks to me like it's more like a 3-5 week plan". And sure enough, March 15th, 2004 River Bluff Rescue Ranch was born.
Lesson 1: With God all things are possible.
Lesson 2: It's all about God's timing, not ours.
We batted a few ideas around, but somehow none were the "right" thing. Then on Christmas Eve, 2003 one of the pastors at our church gave us a book to read. He told us he and his wife both agreed that it screamed our names. Intrigued, Mike, the non-reader settled in to read it. The book was "Hope Rising", written by Kim Meeder. About a youth ranch in Bend, OR. Mike finished the book in a day and a half, and turned it over to me, another day and half and I was finished. And the dream began to take shape. We immediately sought out Kim Meeder and began communications that turned to support and mentorship.
Saturday deck time at the Dailey farm where we keep our two horses, is always prone to discussing dreams over a glass of wine. We began to discuss the possibilities and formulated an idea for our ranch, and a three to five year plan. As the weeks went by and the plans grew bolder, things started to happen. And we found ourselves being drawn down a path of no return. As things began to come together, we mentioned one night that we had a 3-5 year plan, but it looked like God had a 3-5 month plan. Michael Dailey piped up and said, "looks to me like it's more like a 3-5 week plan". And sure enough, March 15th, 2004 River Bluff Rescue Ranch was born.
Lesson 1: With God all things are possible.
Lesson 2: It's all about God's timing, not ours.
posted by ItsMeLord | 5:18 PM
3 Comments:
God has truly blessed RBRR
Great lessons... if only we could dream as big as our God. Enjoyed this post and reflecting on our years together at the Ranch. Two Years... hard to believe! They went by so quick.
Wow! That's amazing. When God wants something done, he gets it done. In my life, sometimes I feel like God says, "Wait... wait... wait...Okay, now!"
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