About us

Our farm started out as  catfish farm owned by a local man. He had put in several ponds, stocked them full of catfish and was going to sell catfish to the local restaurants.

One day he showed the farm to my husband and was telling him how he was going to build  a home here and make it a homestead basically for his family.  He took Ryan (my husband) to the tallest hill on the farm so he could see everything. 

Ryan had a vision up there on the top o fthat hill of a retreat / campground and told the man " if you ever decide to sell this place I'll buy it and build a retreat here." To that the  man replied " Oh it will never be for sale, I am going to build here and pass it down to my sons and family one day".

About a year later Ryan got a phone call from  the same man. He sounded different... Ryan though maybe he was under the weather..... he told Ryan that " the Lord had told him to sell the farm to Ryan." Ryan was pretty shocked. We did not even know if the man was a believer  when he showed the farm ro Ryan a year earlier.   Turns out he is, and when we came to see him here at the farm a few days ater, he said "I just feel like I'm getting it ready for you all".

That was over 20 years ago. 

Since then we have been building, and building... and building.  A lot of the time it was  just the  two of us but the Lord has sent angels to help us along the way. Some are still with us and some have passed on unfortunately.

We have close friends, Lonnie and Sherrree Rummer whome we felt compelled to invite to come to the farm and live, to help us complete the retreat.  Ryan grew up next door to Sherree in Ohio. 

They prayed about it and asked the Lord to show them, without a doubt, if they were supposed to move from Ohio to Tennessee to help us complete this project. They specifically asked that the house would sell within a certain time frame....Well turns out they listed their home in Ohio and sold it within 3 days for MORE money than what they were asking for. That was a BIG YES from the Lord. They have been here  3 years now and the progress in the last 3 years has been amazing! The are such a blessing. 

This year (2026)  we are hoping to get the retreat very close to completion if not completed.  We are so close and the Lord has been so good. It is not our timing though we fully know it is His timing.

We hope you will enjoy the retreat. Bring your families to camp, fish, hike and just enjoy time away together. Enjoy Gods' creation. 

            Full hook up RV sites, New Bathhouse, Pavilion with grills and refrigerators, Hiking trails, Pets welcome