Annual Summary

We send an annual letter to our financial donors. This is a summary of what we accomplished in 2018: 
Guest house

• Mold remediation was a success!
• New wheel-chair accessible bathroom & a widened doorway for one bedroom
• New shower pan and bathtub installed
• Electrical wiring repaired, new grounded outlets installed, light fixtures installed
• New wall and attic insulation, new drywall, and fresh paint
• Window frames rebuilt
• New heat/ac installed and functioning (so pleasant to work in a warm building)

Farm

• Four alpacas getting used to people so that they can be therapy animals
• Three pigs helping us clear the pasture for the future vegetable garden
• Guinea fowl and 30 chickens eating bugs, grass, and fertilizing
• Lots of fence building and repair

  Networking

• Billy had a successful organic farming internship at the Rodale Institute in Pennsylvania, and April went to veteran-focused yoga instructor training with VETOGA in Washington, DC.
• Billy volunteers weekly at a women’s maximum security prison where he is teaching based on the 12 Steps, and trauma & forgiveness.
• Billy is connecting with men at a short-term “boot camp” rehab who may come to us afterward for a transition back to regular life.
• We took a class on trauma & spirituality at Fuller Theological Seminary; one more class scheduled toward Billy’s doctorate in recovery.
• We hosted a dozen casual guests: some to volunteer, and some who came for respite.

 
We’re glad to have you alongside us on this journey, and we look forward to what 2019 will bring.