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🗓️ 25 July 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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With great passion and enthusiasm, Kim Meeder shares miraculous stories from Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch, a ministry dedicated to pairing at-risk children with rescued horses. She shares how God took a tragic childhood event in her life and redeemed it with this incredible outreach.
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0:00.0 | It doesn't matter how barren property is or horses are or human hearts are. Before Jesus Christ, |
0:08.7 | you can always recover. Always when you turn to him. Well, Kim Meeter returns again today to focus on |
0:18.0 | the family with Jim Daly, and we're so glad you've joined us. I'm John |
0:21.2 | Fuller. It's such a privilege to share the second day with Kim Meader with you, our listener. |
0:27.7 | She's been with us several times to give us a picture of how God is moving through the programs |
0:33.3 | at her ranch, Crystal Peaks Youth Ranch in Bend, Oregon. It's a beautiful location. |
0:39.2 | Kim partners rescued horses with children who have been emotionally hurt, and the results are |
0:45.9 | astonishing. It's a beautiful thing. And of course, Kim's personal story, and the stories of those |
0:51.3 | she encounters, grip your heart in such a powerful way. I mean, you can really sense the move of those she encounters grip your heart in such a powerful way. |
0:55.4 | I mean, you can really sense the move of the Holy Spirit and the testimonies that she shares with us. |
1:01.8 | If you miss the first part of this conversation, I have good news for you. |
1:06.4 | We have a free audio collection with all of Kim's episodes. |
1:09.9 | Just go to our website to sign up. |
1:12.0 | Yeah, and as Jim mentioned, Kim, along with her husband Troy, owns and operates Crystal |
1:16.5 | Peaks Youth Ranch. She's a really popular speaker and author, and it's great to hear these |
1:21.0 | stories again. They can find out more about Kim and her book Hope Rising. In that free audio |
1:25.7 | collection, Jim just mentioned, we've got all the information in the show notes. |
1:30.6 | Let's go ahead and pick it up now with Jim as he asked Kim about getting kids to open up with their emotions. |
1:38.9 | In all these years you've been doing this, you've acquired some wisdom, I'm sure. |
1:43.2 | You've seen dozens, hundreds of stories, |
1:46.1 | and I want to hear more of that because it encourages my heart. And at the same time, I'm sure you've |
1:53.0 | learned some models that help you. What does that model look like, that wisdom that God has given |
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