Thank you Birch Bay Ranch

Birch Bay Ranch. What do I think of when I hear that? I think friends, I think family, I think Jesus, I think home. Home. And really, that's what it's been to me. I came here as a camper for the first time when I was ten or eleven, drawn to it because of the horses. Little did I know how much it would change me. It was because of this place that I'm a christian.

I guess when I was young, I knew about God, I knew who He was, but then again, I knew nothing. I accepted him into my heart that summer, and by the end of Friday I was already counting the days until I could come back the next year! When I was fourteen, I became staff for the first time. Working for this place was honestly the best thing that's ever happened to me.

A couple years ago, I was in an emotional dilemma and no one could reach me, no one could help me. I was lost, so far from God. But almost immediately to when I entered the gates to Birch Bay, I was happy. I spent that summer showing God to the kids, smiling, laughing, growing. Birch Bay Ranch is most definitely my home, most definitely in all ways the place that I know I can love and be loved, reunited with Jesus and growing as an individual. I learn about Him more and more every summer, and it's not only me that learns, but the campers too.

We know we do our job well when a cabin full of ten year-olds count down the years until they can come on as staff! From the first time I was a camper, to the first time I was in improv at campfire, to now, I have loved this place, dreamed about it (literally,) and would want nothing else than to continue my summers and days reaching the campers and loving the Ranch. There are not enough ways and words to show how thankful I am to this place and these people, but truly, I am so grateful.

Thank you so much BBR,
Madi Cattral