Generation Rescue is a wonderful non-profit organization dedicated to helping kids with autism improve and even recover. In their own words "Empowering Parents with the Truth to Help Our Children Heal". If you've never been to their website, take the time to peruse it. It is a world of information on autism and bio-medical treatments for autism. The following is taken from their brochure.
"Generation Rescue is a parent-founded, parent-funded, and parent-led organization focused on biomedical treatment for autism. Since our founding in 2005, our volunteer families, more than 400 strong, have helped over 15,000 children begin biomedical treatment.
Our children are experiencing epidemics of ADD/ADHD, Asperger’s, PDD-NOS, and Autism. We believe these neurological disorders (“NDs”) are environmental illnesses caused by an overload of heavy metals, live viruses, and bacteria. Proper treatment of our children, known as “biomedical intervention,” is leading to recovery for thousands. The cause of this epidemic of NDs is extremely controversial. We believe the primary causes include the tripling of vaccines given to children in the last 15 years (mercury, aluminum and live viruses); maternal toxic load and prenatal vaccines; heavy metals like mercury in our air, water, and food; and the overuse of antibiotics.
Because of the inherent conflict mainstream health authorities have in confronting autism, parents are left to fend for themselves, prompting the need for organizations like Generation Rescue to be created. Despite hundreds of parental reports of recovery and thousands of parental reports of improvement, biomedical intervention is not receiving the attention of mainstream health authorities. Today, we think all resources should be devoted to finding the best possible biomedical treatments to help as many children as possible recover."
Autism is a huge epidemic in this nation. There has to be an environmental reason for it. One out of every 150 kids is now being diagnosed with Autism. That is too big a number to be attributed to genetics, as our government would like us to believe. In my opinion, this is one of the biggest government cover ups in history. The fact that the CDC will not take ANY steps to change their immunization schedule for our babies, in light of this epidemic, still infuriates me. In third world countries where there are no, or very little immunizations of children, there is NO autism to be found. Coincidence?
My grandson is paying for our nation's negligence. How many more of our children will have to pay? Please support organizations such as Generation Rescue. We need them. Thank you, Generation Rescue for all your good work in educating us and in being bold enough to take on the media in this country.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Friday, November 14, 2008
Elijah's Retreat Set to Open Spring 2009
Elijah’s Retreat will at last open its doors for guests this Spring! We will be giving the first cabin its final touches over the winter, as well as completing the playground and additional fencing around the property. Spring is all about new life and new beginnings. We can’t imagine a more perfect time for our grand opening.
Researching autism on the internet this morning I came across a staggering statistic. The divorce rate for couples who have a child with autism is now over 80%! Life is hard for these families – every day – and marriages are falling apart in the midst of the stress, fatigue and turmoil.
That is why we are so passionate about what we are doing here at Elijah’s Retreat. These families desperately need support. We want Elijah’s Retreat to be a sanctuary, a refuge for these precious folks for many years to come.
(Elijah’s Retreat is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.)
Researching autism on the internet this morning I came across a staggering statistic. The divorce rate for couples who have a child with autism is now over 80%! Life is hard for these families – every day – and marriages are falling apart in the midst of the stress, fatigue and turmoil.
That is why we are so passionate about what we are doing here at Elijah’s Retreat. These families desperately need support. We want Elijah’s Retreat to be a sanctuary, a refuge for these precious folks for many years to come.
(Elijah’s Retreat is a non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible.)
Thursday, September 18, 2008
A Beautiful Story of a Boy and His Dog
My husband and I recently came across a story on youtube that touched our hearts. I want to share it with all of you. If you have a child with autism you will relate to these parents and share their joy as this sweet dog greatly enhances their son's life. The video is just under 5 minutes long, but well worth every minute. Enjoy A Friend Like Henry.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Dreaming Big
Our God is a big God and He has given us big dreams for Elijah’s Retreat. What started out as a goal to build a few cabins that families could use to vacation with their special needs kids, has grown in both vision and scope. Let me give you just a peek at some of our hopes and dreams.
First of all, we will build six two-bedroom cabins, each nestled in the woods with plenty of privacy, peace and quiet. Each cabin will have a full kitchen and washer and dryer.
Second, we will build a great playground (we’ve only just begun), so the kids have a great outdoor place to play.
Third, we will build a large recreational building and fill it with sensory toys and equipment, so the kids have a great indoor place to play.
Fourth, we will build a small water park, so that on hot summer days the kids can enjoy playing in the water, without the fear and liability of having a swimming pool. Faulkner Park in Tyler has one that we will try to model after in some ways. It’s only 50 or 60 feet in diameter, but the kids just love it. We are really excited about this addition to our vision for Elijah’s Retreat!
We envision Saturday night chuck wagon dinners, eating marshmallows around a campfire, and occasional hay rides. Of course there will always be pony rides for the kids.
Are you starting to see it? It’s becoming clearer and clearer to us all the time. As this first cabin nears completion, we are filled with excitement in anticipation of finally having guests here at the ranch. We long to meet all of your wonderful families and watch your kids enjoy the great outdoors.
Yes, our God is a big God – a VERY big God. Praise you, Father, for your provision and for the big dreams you give us. You are faithful, Lord, and we trust you to see this vision through to completion.
First of all, we will build six two-bedroom cabins, each nestled in the woods with plenty of privacy, peace and quiet. Each cabin will have a full kitchen and washer and dryer.
Second, we will build a great playground (we’ve only just begun), so the kids have a great outdoor place to play.
Third, we will build a large recreational building and fill it with sensory toys and equipment, so the kids have a great indoor place to play.
Fourth, we will build a small water park, so that on hot summer days the kids can enjoy playing in the water, without the fear and liability of having a swimming pool. Faulkner Park in Tyler has one that we will try to model after in some ways. It’s only 50 or 60 feet in diameter, but the kids just love it. We are really excited about this addition to our vision for Elijah’s Retreat!
We envision Saturday night chuck wagon dinners, eating marshmallows around a campfire, and occasional hay rides. Of course there will always be pony rides for the kids.
Are you starting to see it? It’s becoming clearer and clearer to us all the time. As this first cabin nears completion, we are filled with excitement in anticipation of finally having guests here at the ranch. We long to meet all of your wonderful families and watch your kids enjoy the great outdoors.
Yes, our God is a big God – a VERY big God. Praise you, Father, for your provision and for the big dreams you give us. You are faithful, Lord, and we trust you to see this vision through to completion.
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
The Generosity of Strangers
Nothing about Elijah’s Retreat has amazed or encouraged us more than the generosity of strangers. We never dreamed that so many people would extend a hand of help to people they don’t know and a place they’ve never seen.
Since we published the “Needs and Praise” page on our website, we have been inundated with supplies and furnishings for the cabins we are building. Our barn now looks kind of like a thrift store. We have washers, dryers, a stove, a refrigerator, kitchen cabinets, beds, mattresses, a sleeper sofa, tables, chairs, shower curtains, bedspreads, bicycles, books, toys – all donated by generous people, most of whom we’ve never met.
Besides the furnishings for the cabins, there have been wonderful donations of hay (we’re talking months worth piled to the ceiling of our barn), horses, and our beautiful collie, Gentle. An awesome couple in Nacogdoches, Roger & Rhonda Mills (same ones who donated the hay), are now busy making a sign for Elijah’s Retreat that will reside at the entrance to the ranch.
There have also been extremely generous donations of building materials. One of our dear board members, Dwight Omenson, donated a lot of the electrical and plumbing materials. He also donated his time to doing the electrical and plumbing installation for the cabin.
A wonderful gentleman named Michael Ridgley donated a central air conditioning unit for the cabin. We had planned to put a window unit in the cabin as we couldn’t afford central air, but Michael heard about the need and donated a central unit. He was going to come back and install it once the electricity was hooked up, but he died of a massive heart attack a few weeks later. He was only 48 years old. We plan to name this first cabin the Ridgley Cabin in Michael’s memory.
Then there are all the laborers who have joined us in this quest to build Elijah’s Retreat. The wonderful folks from 911 Air Charter who sent a team in April and again in May to help us for a weekend. The folks from our church, Fellowship Bible Church, who have helped out on many occasions. The great folks from Mercy Ships who are helping us with the pile of documents required to be filed for 501(c)(3) status, and who have hooked us up with an awesome couple in Rusk, Jeff and Sandy Carroll, who are helping with lots and lots of things. They have gotten their church involved, too (First Baptist in Rusk), so whole teams of people are coming out to help now.
A year ago we didn’t know any of these people. They were strangers. Now we are all working together to complete the vision for Elijah’s Retreat. The generosity of strangers – a most amazing and heart warming phenomenon.
Since we published the “Needs and Praise” page on our website, we have been inundated with supplies and furnishings for the cabins we are building. Our barn now looks kind of like a thrift store. We have washers, dryers, a stove, a refrigerator, kitchen cabinets, beds, mattresses, a sleeper sofa, tables, chairs, shower curtains, bedspreads, bicycles, books, toys – all donated by generous people, most of whom we’ve never met.
Besides the furnishings for the cabins, there have been wonderful donations of hay (we’re talking months worth piled to the ceiling of our barn), horses, and our beautiful collie, Gentle. An awesome couple in Nacogdoches, Roger & Rhonda Mills (same ones who donated the hay), are now busy making a sign for Elijah’s Retreat that will reside at the entrance to the ranch.
There have also been extremely generous donations of building materials. One of our dear board members, Dwight Omenson, donated a lot of the electrical and plumbing materials. He also donated his time to doing the electrical and plumbing installation for the cabin.
A wonderful gentleman named Michael Ridgley donated a central air conditioning unit for the cabin. We had planned to put a window unit in the cabin as we couldn’t afford central air, but Michael heard about the need and donated a central unit. He was going to come back and install it once the electricity was hooked up, but he died of a massive heart attack a few weeks later. He was only 48 years old. We plan to name this first cabin the Ridgley Cabin in Michael’s memory.
Then there are all the laborers who have joined us in this quest to build Elijah’s Retreat. The wonderful folks from 911 Air Charter who sent a team in April and again in May to help us for a weekend. The folks from our church, Fellowship Bible Church, who have helped out on many occasions. The great folks from Mercy Ships who are helping us with the pile of documents required to be filed for 501(c)(3) status, and who have hooked us up with an awesome couple in Rusk, Jeff and Sandy Carroll, who are helping with lots and lots of things. They have gotten their church involved, too (First Baptist in Rusk), so whole teams of people are coming out to help now.
A year ago we didn’t know any of these people. They were strangers. Now we are all working together to complete the vision for Elijah’s Retreat. The generosity of strangers – a most amazing and heart warming phenomenon.
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