Peace Ranch's 2022 Third Quarter Newsletter
Bringing in the Harvest
By Jackie Kaschel
I guess I’m an old farmer at heart. I remember when our kids were young, brining in bushels of fruit and vegetables for freezing and canning to preserve them for the coming winter. Harvest is work, the result of good sown plus watering and tending to promote healthy growth toward maturity.
This process is at work in our clients, our lives as a team, and in Peace Ranch as an organization. So much harvesting is happening in the garden of lives.
Raising six children on one salary was challenging but, by the grace of God, we never lacked for anything. Our needs were met as we diligently preserves what we had. Harvest is Hope, the assurance that we will have what we need to get us through the dark, cold, winter.
This also we observe in all who serve and are served at Peace Ranch. We are transformed by experiencing a deep sense of safety, exploring development of healthy relationships, and we grow in confidence and competence. All three are needed for us to have hope for the future, no matter how long the winter. Hope empowers us to remember that morning comes after night and spring will come again, no matter how long the winter.
“Small Seeds of Gratitude will produce a Harvest of Hope.”