Mighty Oaks Blog
The Truth About PTSD
How To View PTSD Awareness “Greater understanding and awareness of PTSD will help Veterans and others recognize symptoms, and seek and obtain needed care.” – Dr. Paula P. Schnurr, Executive Director of the National Center for PTSD Post-traumatic Stress can...
PEACEKEEPERS
The 1st Responders course that was conducted at the Blaylock Ranch in Junction, Texas, from April 17-22 was one where we witnessed God’s hand through the Holy Spirit move through the men that attended. We had 17 men attend that although were still actively working in...
Defer your taxes, not your hope
by Jamie Warner “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 April at Mighty Oaks Foundation ushered in two Legacy Programs for men: one at Blaylock Ranch, Texas, for first responders, and one at SkyRose Ranch,...
Why Veterans Struggle To Reintegrate Into Society And What We Can Do
by Chad Robichaux I have spoken and ministered to so many fearless veterans about their combat related trauma, their military life, and how it has affected their daily lives. Every day these courageous, honorable, veterans face extraordinary challenges when facing...
What Makes Mighty Oaks So Effective
By Chad Robichaux, Did you know that more than 20 veterans a day commit suicide and the combat veteran divorce rate is over 80%? There is no question that our great country has fallen short of providing adequate services to our veterans as they transition back into...
Forged In Battle
By Tara Kugel This week a group women gathered together at Skyrose Ranch for the Mighty Oaks Women’s Legacy Program. Once everyone arrived at the ranch, it was immediately evident that friendships were blossoming. Although the elements were less than agreeable when...
How to Practice the Presence of God
It feels as though He’s right next to us, speaking to us, letting us know that He’s there and He’s at work. This is wonderful. However, this seems to suggest that there’s something about the church sanctuary that allows the Holy Spirit’s power to increase—as though...
Pressing Forward
By, Branden Kunath 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one...
Be Obedient
By Gabe DeLaRosa From the moment we started receiving guys on March 6, 2023 at the Bull Run Warrior Retreat in Haymarket, Virginia, the Warriors arriving had very little understanding of what it meant to be obedient. As the week unfolded with the classes they received...
The Journey of A New Team Leader
By, Pete Lawrence Ephesians 4:22-24 NET “You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and to put on the new man who has been...
Relationship Brings Hope
Last week was the first Women's Legacy Program of 2023. It was also the most interesting weather we have had during a Women's Program at SkyRose Ranch. We experienced heavy rain, winds, and even a beautiful blanket of snow. As the storms came, we rearrange where...
Reconnecting with God
Even though February is the shortest month of the year, we still managed to hold two Legacy Programs: a Men’s Legacy Program for First Responders and a Women’s Legacy Program, both at our California location at SkyRose Ranch in San Miguel. Despite the challenges...
