Whispers of Hope Horse Farm - Weeks 1 & 2

Mel and I completed a lot of work the two weeks we have been here and we really enjoyed working with all the volunteers here at the Horse Farm.  Mary Elizabeth, the director is amazing to work with.  It was uplifting and a blessing to work with the volunteers especially a couple of the youth volunteers and to get to know them.

This week Mel has been working alone (teamed with a volunteer from time to time) as Trina has been ill.  He has got a lot of work done for them.  

A list of the projects we have been working on these 2 weeks are:

1.  Mowing the grounds and for a neighbor who both are disabled.  
2. Adding fence posts by digging and cementing the posts into the ground.
3. Pulling wire between fence posts.
4. Working with the horses.
5. Welding a pipe in the arena.
6. Using fence posts to create 2 hose hangers where the horses are washed.
7. Help to repair a hydrant leak in a back pasture.
8. Repairing bathroom floor in trailer house.
9. And much much more......  

Please pray for this wonderful program.  They are really helping the children in this community.  There are many needed projects in the works without full funding.  We would love to be able to be here and help contribute through our hands and our monetary contributions.   We pray that God opens a way for us to do both.  

Today, Thanksgiving, we plan on serving turkey dinners at the Salvation Army.  It will be rewarding to help those who have less than we do.

A Blessed Happy Thanksgiving To All!!!!

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Whispers of Hope - First Few Days

Our first few days at Whispers of Hope were amazing.  There is so much to do to help this organization to continue to provide for these children and families and to make it possible to do even better!  It has been so amazing!  It's hard to put into words so I have added many photos to show you what we are doing and what Whispers of Hope is doing for over 200 children and veterans.

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Whispers for Hope Horse Farm - Wichita Falls, TX

We arrived here today to work for the next 2 weeks.  We took some time over the last 2 weeks to visit Nomad friends in Plano, TX and to visit with Mel's daughter and 4 grandkids.

Below are some pictures of the Horse Farm.  The horse farm is a therapeutic non-profit farm designed to assist physically and mentally challenged youth and children with therapeutic riding at no cost to any child.  There are 28 horses in residence here.  

We are very excited about working with the horses, the children and with anything else that needs to be done.


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  Below is a picture of Mel's family in Dallas, TX:

Mel, Jacob, David, Renae, Matthew, Mark, Trina, Joshua