Hello. I thought I would message you our experience at 5Rock Ranch. I had come to the end of myself. I had been saved as a child, but ran from God for 15 years. In that year, I had lost my kid’s father which put me over the edge of the already difficult life I was leading.

About 6 years ago now, Jesus brought a young lady straight from Jail. Her name was Cheyenne. She was a heroin addict for decades, and her life was filled with pain, violation and trauma beyond most of our imaginations. 
 

Chey left jail and went on the Journey here at 5Rock. She met Jesus, and fell in love with Him. She felt called to serve “people like her” and thought that meant leaving to a foreign mission field. So she did, but the Lord said “I want your mission field to be in your own sandbox”… so she returned to 5Rock.  

Fishers of "little" Men

The story of how our two worlds collided start with this boat... "God's Family Lifeboat." It's crazy, but God really did give us (5Rock) a boat for the summer.

Little did I know that on the day that I called 5Rock Ranch from a state of desperation, because my life had become so unbearable due to addiction, and homelessness something that I created on my own, was about to change my life forever.

Before the ranch had found me, I had grown up with no structure or any kind of healthy guidance. By the age of 11 I was a full blown meth addict. This carried on until I was 30 years old.

As a young woman from Indiana who loved to utilize my summers for missions trips, I met another young woman from Oregon on such a missions trip.  We quickly became good friends and through a series of events and my friend's persistency, I moved to Oregon.