Where healing happens
Where healing happens
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What We Do
Children's camp
Using fishing, archery, tractors, horses, hayrides, bonfires and the entire outdoor experience, the counselors and staff of the camp help kids briefly forget about their pain and build positive relationships. We know that one week isn’t enough time to solve all their problems, but it’s a start.
Beyond camp the ranch provides:
Special Events
Retreats
Intensive One-on-One Ministry (for kids and
families)
Clinical Counseling
Therapeutic Riding
Above all, we want to use the ranch environment to bring them healing through the love of Jesus Christ.
equine therapy
We look for horses who share this story of abuse and abandonment. The process of healing that our staff takes horses through enables them to serve as valuable partners to the children.
Since horses need relationships to survive, these animals are very receptive to building relationships. But children who have been traumatized have a hard time doing this. They are in a constant state of “hyper-vigilance” or being on guard. The only way to form a relationship with them is through experiential learning.
When you put traumatized kids and horses together, they help each other heal. Working with the animals helps kids learn to trust and have relationships. They then transfer that openness to the people in their lives. It’s an amazing and beautiful process to watch.
What Drives Us
Our Concept
The idea of using a ranch environment, combined with the worlds of prayer, clinical counseling and the outdoors, is a revolutionary concept that can bring transformation to people’s lives.
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Are you a foster parent or a social worker?
If you are a foster parent or social worker and are interested in sending your foster child/children to camp at Lonesome Dove Ranch, please fill out this form. You will receive a notification when the application becomes available.
Donations by checks can be mailed to:
The Water Tower Network
PO BOX 99, Wylie
TX 75098
All gifts are tax deductible.