Monday, October 31, 2005

IT’A HAPPENIN’ AT THE RANCH!




Teens from Pittsburgh, Monroeville, Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland have been playing paintball, riding horses, climbing the rock wall, competing on the Challenge Course, and riding go-carts and mountain boards. Most importantly God is becoming real in their lives and they are returning home with new direction in their lives.

Our Ministry Team teens volunteer at the Ranch each weekend. When activities for our guests aren’t open, they spend time bonding together. . .studying the Word, praying together, talking, and playing games. Here's Drew, Dillon, and Kayla, and Vanessa helping out . Silliness abounds!!
Training for Snow Camp is coming up December 8th & 9th If you are interested in joining the team, give us a call.

Friday, October 28, 2005

workers in the pole building

For the next few weeks we have volunteers working on our pole building. When finished we will have a 1200 square foot heated room for youth activities and meetings. These volunteers came just in time in preparation for our Snow Camp kids coming from all over east coast.

We still need volunteers to help us at the ranch this fall. Please call our toll free number and talk to Mark about helping us in the office, in the kitchen or on the grounds. 1-800-288-8336

more updates to follow

Friday, October 07, 2005

Hey yall, here are the pictures from our work day on September 24th, when the Somerset Alliance Church built our first cabin. To see them in order, start at the last picture and view them to the top.


The team was able to complete the cabin to insulation phase in one day! Thanks Somerset Alliance Church!



Here, insulation was being put on the walls.


The walls are up.


Here, insulation in laid in the floor of the cabin.



The team prepares walls


Roger Berti directs work on the foundation frame, while Mark Witt, our executive director observes in the background (wearing green windbreaker).



The mission team, called Vision, was made up of about 15 - 20 volunteers from the Somerset Alliance Church, and lead by Roger Berti and Matt Trent, two local contractors. Here, they use a laser level to ensure the foundation will be level.


Here are the materials the Somerset Alliance Church brought for their work.


This is the foundation for our first cabin.