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The Refuge

Psalm 91:1-2 (NLT)

"Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty. This I declare about the Lord: He alone is my refuge, my place of safety; he is my God, and I trust him."

Matthew 11:28 (NLT)

"Then Jesus said, 'Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.'"

The Refuge is sacred ground — set apart by God for the gathering, healing, and restoration of vulnerable children and the families who care for them. Here, weary travelers find rest. Wounded children find belonging. Whole families find the room to breathe that their lives so rarely allow.

To God be the glory!

The Refuge
The work of Jesus doesn't stop at the gates The Storehouse and The Well will be fully operational and integrated from day one — sending needed goods, skilled hands, and the love of Jesus into caregiver homes, and connecting every family we serve to a community of help that reaches far beyond our property.
Opens Late 2028 — Built Out in Phases
  • 2028 — The Gospel Campsites, The Shepherd's House, The Storehouse, The Sower's Garden, Manna Hall, and Beulah Fields
  • 2029 — Cabin of Faith, Cabin of Hope, and Cabin of Love
  • 2030 — The Pilgrim's Way and The Chapel
  • 2031 — Jubilee Hall

When The Refuge opens its gates, this is what families will find — a piece of land centered around Jesus, prepared for the children and caregivers this ministry was built to serve.

  • Respite care for weary caregivers planned stays, emergency stays, and time alone at the feet of Jesus, who reminds them who they truly are: a beloved child of God, long before they became someone else's lifeline.
  • Family retreat weekends whole-family gatherings for rest, worship, teaching, and a closer walk with Jesus together.
  • Christian Retreats & Events worship that fills the field, music that lifts the heart, gatherings where the good news of Jesus is preached and celebrated.
  • The Gardens and Prayer Trail quiet places for prayer and reflection on how blessed we are to know Jesus.
The Refuge will be named from the scriptures

Staying grounded in our Core Values, no building, room, bench, or path at The Refuge will ever bear a human name. Every name will be drawn from the Scriptures, so that only Jesus get the glory and praise for providing and ever child's step will be an encounter with Him.

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The Gospel Campsites
Matthew · Mark · Luke · John

John 20:31 (NLT)

"But these are written so that you may continue to believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing in him you will have life by the power of his name."

Four family campsites named after the four Gospels — the four accounts of Jesus that taught the world who He is. Matthew showed Him as the long-awaited King. Mark showed Him as the Servant of all. Luke showed Him as the Son of Man who came for everyone. John showed Him as the Word made flesh, full of grace and truth. Four Gospels. One Jesus. Four campsites where visiting families can rest under the stars, share fires and conversation, and read the books that named the sites they sleep in. Welcome home — wherever you park.
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The Shepherd's House
Welcome & Care

John 10:11 (NLT)

"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep."

The Shepherd's House is named after Jesus, the Good Shepherd who never left His sheep. Daryl and Sarah are simply trying to do the same — to live where the work is, to greet every family at the gate, to know every child by name, to share every meal, to lead the prayer, and to clean the cabins between guests. There is no part of the work that does not belong to them, because shepherds are not above any task in the field. They keep the door open and the lamp lit for whoever the Lord brings to the property. To God be the glory.
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The Storehouse
Goods & Skilled Hands

2 Corinthians 9:7 (NLT)

"You must each decide in your heart how much to give. And don't give reluctantly or in response to pressure. 'For God loves a person who gives cheerfully.'"

When a foster mother's water heater fails, we send a plumber. When a kinship grandfather needs a bed for a newly placed grandchild, we deliver it. When an adoptive family needs a ramp for a child with special needs, we show up and assemble it. It happens because Jesus keeps working through His people. Some give goods. Others give skill. Others give time. Others give the funds that make it all possible. And the land gives too — produce from the Garden of Eden, and tender plants grown in The Sower's House before they ever see open ground. Through The Well, every gift is matched to a specific caregiver family — by name, by need, in real time. Full transparency, so that no resource is wasted.
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The Sower's Garden
Greenhouse & Growing Grounds

1 Corinthians 3:6-7 (NLT)

"I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow. It's not important who does the planting, or who does the watering. What's important is that God makes the seed grow."

The greenhouse and growing grounds at The Refuge — a 24×40 greenhouse, raised beds, drip-fed gardens, and an orchard of thirty to sixty fruit trees. Seedlings begin under the glass and find their way out into the soil. Children plant alongside caregivers. Volunteers tend rows. Visitors gather the harvest into baskets bound for the Storehouse and the table at Manna Hall. But the deeper work happens out of sight. While hands plant and water, Jesus is growing something no gardener can grow — courage in a frightened child, hope in a weary caregiver, faith where there was only wound. We plant. We water. Jesus grows the children.
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Manna Hall
Meals & Daily Provision

Hebrews 10:24-25 (NLT)

"Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works. And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near."

The body of Christ comes together on our land. Inside its doors, the air smells of coffee and fresh bread. Singing rises from one corner; laughter from another. A grandmother is rocking a baby that isn't hers and somehow has always been. A worn-out foster mom finally sets down her bag. A child you've never met grabs your hand and pulls you into the middle of everything — and you go, because somewhere between the door and the table you stopped being a stranger. Whatever you walked in carrying, you will walk out without. The grief, the worry, the question you couldn't put into words — they get set down here, sometimes without you even noticing. There is always room. There is always a seat. There is always Jesus waiting at the door — and a place at the table He has been saving for you.
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Beulah Fields
Where the Laughter Is Loudest

Isaiah 62:4 (NLT)

"Never again will you be called 'The Forsaken City' or 'The Desolate Land.' Your new name will be 'The City of God's Delight' and 'The Bride of God,' for the LORD delights in you and will claim you as his own."

Recreational games and activities at The Refuge — where the wounds quiet down and joy gets the floor. The name Beulah means claimed — no longer forsaken, no longer the child no one came back for. Jesus made room for children. When the disciples tried to send them away, He pulled them close and said the Kingdom of God belongs to ones like these. So here, children get to be children. They sprint and stumble and try again. They lose and laugh about it. They learn that a grown-up can chase them across a field and never raise a voice in anger — because Jesus is the One they are learning to trust through every kind hand that catches them. For some who come here, this is the first place they have ever been safe enough to play. They came in with the old name — forsaken, forgotten, left behind. They leave with the new one: claimed. And in their laughter, Jesus is glorified.
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Cabin of Faith
Trust When You Cannot See

Hebrews 11:1 (NLT)

"Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see."

Some weeks, the road ahead is impossible to see. The placement is fragile. The diagnosis is heavy. The next step is unclear. The Cabin of Faith is where caregiver families come to lay that down — to rest in a God who is at work even when nothing visible has changed yet. Here, the burden of having to see is set aside. Trust takes its place. Faith is the evidence of things we cannot see. It is also a safe, welcoming place where families and children can stay — quiet rooms, real beds, and the kind of Faith you can only have in Jesus.
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Cabin of Hope
Mercy Every Morning

Romans 5:5 (NLT)

"And this hope will not lead to disappointment. For we know how dearly God loves us, because he has given us the Holy Spirit to fill our hearts with his love."

Some weeks, the road is not unclear — it is just long. The waiting is heavy. The healing is slow. The promised morning has not yet come. The Cabin of Hope is where caregiver families come to remember that God's mercies begin afresh every sunrise, and that the hope of Jesus does not disappoint. Here, the long road is held in a longer light. His mercies are new every morning. It is also a safe, welcoming place where families and children can stay — quiet rooms, real beds, and the kind of hope you can only find in Jesus.
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Cabin of Love
Loved & Filled Again

1 John 4:16 (NLT)

"We know how much God loves us, and we have put our trust in his love. God is love, and all who live in love live in God, and God lives in them."

Some weeks, the wound is not in the road or the waiting — it is in the heart. The caregivers who have given everything. The children who have wondered if anyone really wants them. The families who have run out of love to give and run out of love to receive. The Cabin of Love is where they come to be loved by the God who is love — who has not stopped pursuing them, has not stopped delighting in them, has not stopped calling them His own. Here, the one pouring out is filled again. God is love. It is also a safe, welcoming place where families and children can stay — real beds, quiet rooms, and the kind of love you can only find in Jesus.
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The Pilgrim's Way
Emmaus Road & the Garden of Prayer

Psalm 46:10 (NLT)

"Be still, and know that I am God!"

The walking trail at The Refuge — named after the road where two grieving disciples walked home, and Jesus quietly joined them. They did not recognize Him at first. He walked alongside, listened, and made their hearts burn. Then He broke bread — and their eyes were opened. Woven along the trail are quiet corners where a tired heart can stop and be still before God: a bench under a tree, a circle of stones, a wooden chair facing the open field. And where the trail meets the water, it rests at Still Waters — the quiet dock where, just as Psalm 23 promises, the Good Shepherd leads you beside peaceful streams and renews your strength. Walk slowly. Whatever you carry, He carries too. He is already beside you.
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The Chapel
Where the Children Lead

Matthew 18:20 (NLT)

"For where two or three gather together as my followers, I am there among them."

A small rustic country chapel set apart on the property — weathered wood, hand-built pews, a simple cross at the front, and the soft glow of candlelight against open beams. The Chapel is not where everyday gatherings happen. It is the place reserved for the holy moments — the ones that ask for quiet, for reverence, for something more than a folding chair in a fellowship hall. Candlelight services on cold evenings, when a single flame is passed from hand to hand until the whole room glows. Sunrise services on Easter morning. Baby dedications, where caregivers stand at the altar and lift a child into the hands of Jesus. Quiet communion. Moments of confession, healing, and renewal that the larger spaces cannot hold.
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Jubilee Hall
Events & Concerts

Psalm 30:11-12 (NLT)

"You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy, that I might sing praises to you and not be silent."

The body of Christ comes together on our land. Inside Jubilee Hall, the music rises before the doors even open. The room fills — foster families, kinship grandparents, weary caregivers, children with special needs, kids running between the rows — and the singing begins. There is something here that loosens what life has tightened. The grandmother who hasn't sung in years opens her mouth. The arms-crossed teenager finds her hand lifted. The foster dad sets down the week between the first song and the second. Captives go free at Jubilee Hall — the meaning of the name, and the meaning of the moment. Whatever you walked in carrying, you will walk out without. There is always room. There is always a seat. There is always Jesus, lifting His hands to call His people home. One day, the trumpet will sound. Until that day, we sing.
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