Recently, we were blessed with some pictures and stories from Bob & Carol Givens. Bob said, “My mother often told me when Richard and Mary McHenry came to Mt. Calvary Church in Elizabethtown and shared their vision for developing the children’s home mother felt compelled to give.  She gave the last $50.00 she had in…

How did we finish up the twelve days so fast? This photo looks like the same one, but if you look closely, there’s a different kid in each. They decided to not show their faces for this one. In the song, the twelve drummers are symbolic of the Apostles Creed of the Catholic Church. We’ve…

Oh what creative fun was this one! Our very own Liz Fernandez ran around getting pictures of our pipers… Let us explain a few of them! Charlene Austin, our ERC Coordinator, fluty piper Elaina Pratt, “piping” some icing on the cake Alex & Nana, sword piping Suzanne King, Community Manager, loud piper Liz Fernandez, the…

For this one, we took a stroll down memory lane through photos of the year. Admittedly, these are not all “lords”, but some ladies as well… and if you count, there are more than 10! But, that’s OK, because this is the Joy Ranch version! We love to see these kids jumping and being carefree!…

Did you know the nine ladies dancing represent the fruit of the Spirit? What a blessing it is to see these qualities being produced in the young ladies (and young men) we have at Joy Ranch. Our prayer is that they will continue to grow in the Lord as they grow in life!

As mentioned earlier, we are blessed to have lots of animals on the Joy Ranch campus. Our kids LOVE their furry friends and they aid in helping the kids heal from past trauma. Currently, we have no cows we milk at Joy Ranch, but who knows what the future holds? Precious Lily created today’s image…

We didn’t have seven swans on campus (even though we have cows, chickens, donkeys, dogs, goats, and…) or we would have posted a picture of them. According to our source, “It would take someone quite familiar with the Bible to identify this gift. Hidden in the code are the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit:…

Our very own Julia put a creative spin on this one… six geese-a-laying… in the sun! We’ve had some beautiful, warm, sunny weather at Joy Ranch this week, so it fits in just perfectly. In the song, the geese are symbolic of “These lyrics can be traced back to the first story found in the…

This one was fun & different! We had five of our married ladies from Joy Ranch with their wedding bands. Included in the hands are Charlene (married to Dan, our director for 44 years), Suzanne (married to David for 31 years), Paula (married to Phil for 42 years), Michelle (married to Jason for 13 years),…

Creative Ava designed today’s image. It’s funny, because that style of telephone probably was extinct before she was born! What do the calling birds represent in the song? “One of the easiest facets of the song’s code to figure out, these fowl are the four Gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.” If you’ve never…