Latest / Community Spotlight / Hoofbeats of Hope
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- WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.600 --> 00:00:02.850 <v 0>The Light FM presents Community Spotlight,</v> 2 00:00:02.940 --> 00:00:06.810 a program designed to focus on what's important to you in your community. 3 00:00:07.200 --> 00:00:10.170 Now here's Braxton with today's Community Spotlight. 4 00:00:10.890 --> 00:00:14.280 <v 1>Alright, I appreciate you being here for Community Spotlight.</v> 5 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:17.310 Excited that you're here because we're going to learn together. 6 00:00:17.940 --> 00:00:20.280 We're going to talk with Kimberly Clark. 7 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:25.260 She is with healing with horses.com or HKA Ministries in 8 00:00:25.270 --> 00:00:29.760 Hickory, North Carolina, and in the name of the website, 9 00:00:29.770 --> 00:00:32.400 healing with Horses. Kimberly, 10 00:00:32.850 --> 00:00:36.270 you heal with horses and so I'm excited to learn because I don't know a whole 11 00:00:36.270 --> 00:00:39.240 lot about this kind of thing. So hey, welcome to the podcast. 12 00:00:39.740 --> 00:00:41.340 <v 2>Thank you. Thank you.</v> 13 00:00:41.970 --> 00:00:44.190 <v 1>So why don't we start with that? I feel like folks,</v> 14 00:00:44.250 --> 00:00:48.810 I can't be the only one that is sort of in the dark about the 15 00:00:48.820 --> 00:00:53.220 power of horses and how they can heal. 16 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:56.250 So I guess give me an overview of what you do and why. 17 00:00:57.900 --> 00:01:02.880 <v 2>Well, it's vast and it's individual,</v> 18 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.050 so that means that everybody that comes here comes with a different set of 19 00:01:07.740 --> 00:01:10.080 makeup chemistry by God. 20 00:01:10.080 --> 00:01:14.400 And we work with a variety of people, 21 00:01:14.490 --> 00:01:18.180 be it the intellectually, 22 00:01:18.180 --> 00:01:20.970 developmentally delayed population, 23 00:01:21.420 --> 00:01:26.280 those that are born with special gifts and they don't quite 24 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:29.760 fit in to the systems of the world. 25 00:01:30.540 --> 00:01:34.380 We work with adults and life change issues. 26 00:01:34.410 --> 00:01:39.180 If suddenly they find disease 27 00:01:39.190 --> 00:01:43.620 or a life change, like something got yanked out from under them, a job, 28 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:47.370 a divorce, life does change. It's going to change. 29 00:01:47.880 --> 00:01:51.060 And some people don't know how to navigate that. 30 00:01:52.080 --> 00:01:55.590 So every person that comes comes with a different set of, 31 00:01:56.520 --> 00:01:58.050 this is what I'm dealing with, 32 00:01:58.080 --> 00:02:02.970 and we just break it down and bust through and create 33 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.650 what we call a life plan. 34 00:02:04.710 --> 00:02:09.360 So we do life plans and we break down a person's 35 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:13.470 life in realms of the emotional context, 36 00:02:13.470 --> 00:02:17.070 the physical context, the spiritual context, 37 00:02:17.070 --> 00:02:20.610 and the outer world context, 38 00:02:20.610 --> 00:02:25.290 and then where it is broken and how we 39 00:02:25.290 --> 00:02:29.700 can reach goals, set goals for new life, 40 00:02:29.700 --> 00:02:31.710 and for healing and restoration. 41 00:02:32.160 --> 00:02:33.450 <v 1>How long have you been doing this?</v> 42 00:02:34.920 --> 00:02:39.600 <v 2>I've been doing the farm as a 5 0 1 C3 ministry for about</v> 43 00:02:39.810 --> 00:02:41.280 25 years. 44 00:02:41.700 --> 00:02:46.590 I've been doing human development and growth programs for about 45 00:02:46.590 --> 00:02:47.423 35 years. 46 00:02:49.540 --> 00:02:52.170 <v 1>So this is something that really means a lot to you. You care about it.</v> 47 00:02:54.270 --> 00:02:57.840 <v 2>I'm totally in love with it. It is my God mission.</v> 48 00:02:58.530 --> 00:03:00.040 And in short, 49 00:03:01.090 --> 00:03:05.890 what we really instill and want to develop in anybody that comes at 50 00:03:05.890 --> 00:03:10.840 whatever age they come is helping them find their God purpose and then 51 00:03:10.840 --> 00:03:12.790 removing obstacles that, 52 00:03:13.300 --> 00:03:16.570 and they're going to come because especially when you're on God's path, 53 00:03:16.960 --> 00:03:21.830 you are going to be challenged to grow, challenged to let go Ed, 54 00:03:21.830 --> 00:03:26.740 to find a deeper meaning of your connection with God and with all of 55 00:03:26.740 --> 00:03:31.360 his creation. And yes, it's very dear to my heart. 56 00:03:32.380 --> 00:03:35.260 <v 1>And you've been in Hickory the whole time?</v> 57 00:03:36.190 --> 00:03:39.700 <v 2>I have not been in Hickory the whole time. I've been nomadic</v> 58 00:03:41.260 --> 00:03:45.310 Native American roots are nomadic, so I have moved a bit, 59 00:03:45.760 --> 00:03:47.230 the farm has moved, 60 00:03:48.280 --> 00:03:52.870 and we're in Hickory now and we're planning to stay until God 61 00:03:52.900 --> 00:03:53.733 moves us. 62 00:03:54.070 --> 00:03:54.903 <v 1>Okay.</v> 63 00:03:54.940 --> 00:03:59.650 So what have you learned about the Hickory area and what kind of impact maybe 64 00:03:59.650 --> 00:04:04.480 have you've been able to see God use you to help other people 65 00:04:04.480 --> 00:04:05.313 there? 66 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:07.060 <v 2>Well, in Hickory,</v> 67 00:04:08.140 --> 00:04:11.440 so the farm in earlier days 68 00:04:13.870 --> 00:04:18.400 was developed around corporate training and development and team building 69 00:04:18.400 --> 00:04:21.730 because I used to do a whole lot of work with 70 00:04:23.020 --> 00:04:27.280 people in the cities that were stressed and with disease or whatever. 71 00:04:27.290 --> 00:04:31.540 And then the farm came and all of a sudden 72 00:04:32.080 --> 00:04:36.370 all these children started to come to the farm with disabilities. So I said, 73 00:04:36.370 --> 00:04:38.470 well, I guess that's what God wants us to do. 74 00:04:39.070 --> 00:04:43.750 So we did that for probably 15 years and then we moved to Hickory 75 00:04:44.230 --> 00:04:46.330 and we've been here five years now, 76 00:04:46.870 --> 00:04:49.720 and this was just heavy on my heart 77 00:04:51.220 --> 00:04:54.340 and it really came before Covid and became, 78 00:04:54.340 --> 00:04:58.870 before the world is now all this hyped up. 79 00:04:58.870 --> 00:05:00.760 Everything is expensive. 80 00:05:00.850 --> 00:05:04.480 People are having trouble with mortgages and apartment rent. 81 00:05:04.870 --> 00:05:09.700 So we've kind of morphed the farm's mission and our goal is around 82 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:11.020 providing 83 00:05:12.520 --> 00:05:15.580 sustainable living simplification, 84 00:05:15.580 --> 00:05:18.520 living tiny house living opportunities, 85 00:05:19.030 --> 00:05:23.680 and we're creating that now for homeless teen 86 00:05:23.680 --> 00:05:28.090 girls and we want to partner that with older 87 00:05:28.090 --> 00:05:32.890 single females that have life to give and want to 88 00:05:32.900 --> 00:05:34.840 minister into those children. 89 00:05:35.140 --> 00:05:39.670 So that's kind of the mission of the farm at its current Hickory 90 00:05:39.670 --> 00:05:44.380 location, and we are in construction now of that. 91 00:05:45.520 --> 00:05:47.950 And so it's been quite a, 92 00:05:48.730 --> 00:05:53.710 it's just morphed and changed as we morph and change into the 93 00:05:53.710 --> 00:05:55.390 world and the world's needs. 94 00:05:55.840 --> 00:05:56.673 <v 1>Yeah.</v> 95 00:05:56.870 --> 00:06:01.640 You've learned what the community needs and so you're able 96 00:06:01.640 --> 00:06:02.690 to, I guess, 97 00:06:02.690 --> 00:06:07.610 sort of custom fit what is happening there in Hickory and how 98 00:06:07.610 --> 00:06:08.960 you can impact. 99 00:06:09.560 --> 00:06:10.760 <v 2>Right? Yes.</v> 100 00:06:11.870 --> 00:06:14.390 <v 1>Tell me about, obviously a lot of,</v> 101 00:06:15.410 --> 00:06:17.930 there's just something with animals, people love animals, 102 00:06:19.190 --> 00:06:20.690 but especially kids. 103 00:06:21.080 --> 00:06:25.550 What are you guys able to do with kids and the 104 00:06:25.550 --> 00:06:26.630 horses and the farm? 105 00:06:27.950 --> 00:06:28.783 <v 2>Well, so</v> 106 00:06:29.990 --> 00:06:34.790 I don't have all the answers about the animals and their creation. 107 00:06:36.530 --> 00:06:41.210 We have witnessed over the years 108 00:06:41.840 --> 00:06:46.100 miracles, literally nonverbal children becoming verbal 109 00:06:48.380 --> 00:06:52.730 children that have gone to regular therapy hourly, 110 00:06:52.910 --> 00:06:56.960 weekly and not break through 111 00:06:57.860 --> 00:07:01.460 what has pained them and plagued them and held them back. 112 00:07:01.460 --> 00:07:06.230 And all of a sudden one day when we leave them alone with a horse, 113 00:07:06.740 --> 00:07:11.510 they just start to bring it all out and tears flow and 114 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.560 the child's woundedness becomes open, 115 00:07:15.950 --> 00:07:20.180 and then other people own their care team have an 116 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:25.130 opportunity to start to delve more into that. And 117 00:07:26.750 --> 00:07:30.230 so these horses just have an innate, 118 00:07:30.320 --> 00:07:35.180 I call it a God ability to hone in on what the woundedness is 119 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:39.980 and in a gentle way, open that up. 120 00:07:40.010 --> 00:07:44.660 I believe that sometimes the children won't 121 00:07:44.750 --> 00:07:49.670 open up to another human because humans have been the one that have harmed them 122 00:07:50.210 --> 00:07:51.860 in some way, shape or form. 123 00:07:52.250 --> 00:07:56.810 But these animals and just the trust level that they 124 00:07:56.820 --> 00:08:01.700 develop in working with the animals helps them 125 00:08:01.940 --> 00:08:06.920 find and have love that they haven't had in 126 00:08:06.950 --> 00:08:11.120 a human to human relationship because of the. 127 00:08:12.830 --> 00:08:14.270 <v 1>God's creation is incredible.</v> 128 00:08:16.040 --> 00:08:17.450 <v 2>It really is. And</v> 129 00:08:19.730 --> 00:08:24.320 I call the horses conduits to God because 130 00:08:25.070 --> 00:08:29.630 I have really seen so much, okay, and I'm just going to say this. 131 00:08:30.110 --> 00:08:34.850 I've ran this ministry, blood, sweat, and tears, developed it, moved it, 132 00:08:35.510 --> 00:08:39.920 20 some animals, moved, it, housed them, care for them, 133 00:08:40.820 --> 00:08:42.410 make it all come together, 134 00:08:42.410 --> 00:08:45.950 and I've never taken a dime in salary. 135 00:08:46.310 --> 00:08:48.320 You couldn't pay me for what? 136 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:52.970 I get to witness millions of dollars because it really is 137 00:08:52.980 --> 00:08:53.420 like, 138 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:58.260 it's priceless when these children or an adult 139 00:08:58.260 --> 00:09:02.670 child, it can be an adult that has never dealt with what happened 140 00:09:03.510 --> 00:09:06.390 and that comes out. Yeah. 141 00:09:06.990 --> 00:09:09.660 <v 1>Tell me quickly, you mentioned something about Tiny Homes.</v> 142 00:09:09.660 --> 00:09:10.680 Share more about that. 143 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:15.030 <v 2>Well, I just believe that I don't,</v> 144 00:09:15.780 --> 00:09:20.520 I've witnessed it because I've had many opportunities in my life 145 00:09:20.520 --> 00:09:23.130 working with different facets of people, 146 00:09:23.130 --> 00:09:27.090 and I've been in gam millionaire's homes working with them, 147 00:09:28.590 --> 00:09:32.910 and they have these magnificent show and tell places, 148 00:09:32.910 --> 00:09:37.590 but they only live in one part of that home and we don't need all of 149 00:09:37.590 --> 00:09:38.423 that. 150 00:09:38.910 --> 00:09:43.830 And if we don't have tethers to have to pay 151 00:09:43.830 --> 00:09:47.860 for big fat mortgages and tethers to 152 00:09:48.750 --> 00:09:53.640 have to hyperventilate to work 50 and 60 hours a week to 153 00:09:53.640 --> 00:09:54.690 pay for it all, 154 00:09:55.140 --> 00:09:59.910 then we have more time to do our God mission and to 155 00:10:00.420 --> 00:10:04.530 help others. And there's just joy, joy, 156 00:10:04.530 --> 00:10:07.230 joy when you're able to 157 00:10:08.820 --> 00:10:09.930 facilitate a 158 00:10:12.180 --> 00:10:16.410 healing or helping someone that has fallen in some way, 159 00:10:16.410 --> 00:10:18.450 shape or form and helping them back up. 160 00:10:19.740 --> 00:10:24.710 And so the Tiny House Project allows for 161 00:10:24.710 --> 00:10:27.450 just shedding off. You can't take any of that with you, 162 00:10:29.100 --> 00:10:33.960 and it just allows for people to become simple in their life and live 163 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:37.380 in nature. There's a lot of God in nature, 164 00:10:39.030 --> 00:10:40.020 a lot of that. 165 00:10:41.970 --> 00:10:42.510 <v 1>Obviously,</v> 166 00:10:42.510 --> 00:10:45.990 if folks want to learn more about how to connect with you there in Hickory, 167 00:10:45.990 --> 00:10:48.210 they can just go to healing with horses.com, 168 00:10:48.690 --> 00:10:53.610 but what's the first step for that person maybe has a child 169 00:10:53.610 --> 00:10:58.080 or someone they know that they feel like could use what you're doing? 170 00:10:58.170 --> 00:11:01.530 What's the first step for them? How should they get in touch? 171 00:11:01.860 --> 00:11:02.693 <v 2>Well,</v> 172 00:11:03.540 --> 00:11:07.080 they can call me direct at my phone number. 173 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.960 It's owned the website, and 174 00:11:11.850 --> 00:11:16.290 the website has a client registration 175 00:11:16.290 --> 00:11:18.240 forms and volunteer forms, 176 00:11:18.240 --> 00:11:22.620 so we always need volunteers and they have to be trained. 177 00:11:22.650 --> 00:11:27.420 They have to be integrated into our needs 178 00:11:27.420 --> 00:11:28.500 and their needs, 179 00:11:29.760 --> 00:11:32.610 but the website has all of that information. 180 00:11:32.640 --> 00:11:37.470 It also has an inquiry form. If you just want to shoot an email over to me, 181 00:11:38.280 --> 00:11:41.940 it does that. I'm very old school, 182 00:11:41.940 --> 00:11:44.310 so I like real time communication. 183 00:11:44.370 --> 00:11:48.720 Sending an email and a phone number through the inquiry is great, 184 00:11:49.350 --> 00:11:54.130 but I like to talk about it and I like, let's pick up the phone, plan a meeting, 185 00:11:54.130 --> 00:11:57.610 or have them come out and just get in real time. 186 00:12:00.400 --> 00:12:05.200 But the website does have specific forms to help guide a person 187 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:06.033 here. 188 00:12:06.190 --> 00:12:10.600 <v 1>Okay. Again, that website is healing with horses.com.</v> 189 00:12:10.630 --> 00:12:14.710 She's Kimberly Clark, and she's in Hickory, North Carolina. Kimberly, 190 00:12:14.710 --> 00:12:15.543 thank you for sharing. 191 00:12:16.510 --> 00:12:17.170 <v 2>Sure.</v> 192 00:12:17.170 --> 00:12:22.090 Thank you for having me come in and talk about all 193 00:12:22.090 --> 00:12:22.990 that we're doing, 194 00:12:22.990 --> 00:12:27.280 and I'm blessed to be here and welcome 195 00:12:27.670 --> 00:12:32.530 anyone that wants to help in or have themselves helped or 196 00:12:32.530 --> 00:12:34.360 do both, because I'll tell you, 197 00:12:34.690 --> 00:12:38.920 when you do come to help and want to volunteer, you will be touched. 198 00:12:40.150 --> 00:12:44.290 <v 1>Amen. I've heard plenty of stories like that, and I can attest to it myself,</v> 199 00:12:45.850 --> 00:12:49.300 and I just love your passion for the community, seeing needs, 200 00:12:49.300 --> 00:12:53.500 finding ways to meet them through horses, through God's creation. Again, 201 00:12:53.500 --> 00:12:56.020 that website is healing with horses.com, 202 00:12:56.470 --> 00:13:00.370 and I want to say a special thanks to Turner Business Appraisers. 203 00:13:00.580 --> 00:13:03.760 They're the sponsor of Community Spotlight there in Matthews, North Carolina, 204 00:13:03.760 --> 00:13:06.670 and you can find them@turnerbusiness.com. 205 00:13:06.670 --> 00:13:09.370 Previous episodes of Community Spotlight are available 206 00:13:09.370 --> 00:13:11.980 anytime@delightfm.org. 207 00:13:13.510 --> 00:13:15.610 <v 0>We hope you enjoyed today's community spotlight,</v> 208 00:13:15.610 --> 00:13:18.550 covering issues that matter to you in your community. 209 00:13:18.970 --> 00:13:21.460 If you have a suggestion for a future program, 210 00:13:21.470 --> 00:13:25.360 just call 803 3 0 96 48. 211 00:13:25.570 --> 00:13:29.440 That's 803 3 0 9 6 4 8. 212 00:13:29.950 --> 00:13:34.000 Be sure to join us next week for another community Spotlight with Braxton on the 213 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:34.840 Light fm.