Yesterday we worked with the horses and started our leather belts. This week’s topic of discussion from the book was Responsibility. The boys had to tack up their horses and groom them before they could ride. The group is taking responsibility for their own horse for the entire eight weeks, getting the horses ready, and […]

Saturday we had a group of 15 kids from Kids Explosion come to the ranch for a few hours of fun. These kids were awarded the trip by memorizing their weekly Bible verses during the kid parties that were going on all over Jackson this summer. The rain kept them from riding the horses, much […]

Lately, on Fridays, we are having a “Young Travelers play day”. We have set this time aside for the youth who have been part of a Young Travelers class for them to come to the ranch to just play and have fun. They ride, play volleyball, games, maybe cool off in our cool tub (opposite […]

We started another Young Travelers group this past Monday. What a fun group of boys!Six boys will be learning about horses, leather tooling, teamwork, and mentoring, but most of all learning about themselves and the tools we have to give them to help build character. Each boy will be paired up with a horse and […]

This past weekend another group of wraparound boys came to the ranch. A few of them had been here, but most had not. Those who had been here were able to ride a different horse and they really enjoyed that. The other boys also had a great time riding. The horses have become the best […]

Friday we hosted 6 juvenile probation officers at the ranch. We presented to them our Young Travelers program and actually had them doing some of what the kids do. They went on the trail ride and we discussed the 7 decisions for success, they made a leather craft (bracelets), and we shared a meal together. […]

I wanted to let you all know that the last few pictures of the Wrap Girls 7-24-10is not the girls. You see, after the kids go home we have a stress relief meeting. This week Johnathan decided to teach Kelsi the game of spoons during our meeting. Spoons is a fun game, but very competitive […]

This past weekend we had a group of 10 girls from Highfields. While driving to Jackson in a rain storm, I was thinking we would have to rearrange our whole schedule! As soon as I got to the pickup point to get the girls, the rain stopped and the sun came out! I am sure […]

Well Monday was our last night with this group of girls. It was a special night because we received our first financial grant from Ronald McDonald’s charities. They came out to check out the ranch and present our “big cardboard check”. Twiggy was a little nervous about what the “big cardboard check” was, so we […]

Our friends from Brightmoor, Detroit came back again this past weekend. Reit came with 7 girls. It was a beautiful weekend. They all rode, competed in the archery challenge, played games, and sat around the campfire discussing the seven points while swatting mosquitoes! We then played a few rounds of spoons, and went to bed. […]