Making Great Progress For the Kids
New Faces
Meet Augustine
Thanks to your support His Wings recently hired Augustine Lopez. Augustine possess a wide variety of skills that are perfectly suited to the needs of the ranch.
He is an experienced educator currently pursuing a specialty certification for mathematics. He is talented in working directly with the kids in both special education and horse therapy.
In addition he is an experienced ranch hand and has the unique skill of being able to weld and also repair mechanical systems. He will be trained to repair child wheelchairs in our workshop. He’ll also be using his computer skills to trouble shoot our computer system and act as IT support. He is an exceptionally talented addition to the His Wings staff.
Meet Roberto the “Child Whisperer”
You’ve probably heard of a “horse-whisperer”. Roberto, standing in the front right with sunglasses on, has the same uncanny ability to understand children with psychological and behavioral challenges. We were fortunate to bring him to the ranch to offer a workshop to our staff.
He is earning his Phd in psychology in Guadalajara and flew to Baja last month to train our staff. He has an unusual gift for being able to diagnose and calm children with autism, post traumatic stress disorder and behavioral struggles and to treat them using the horses.
At the ranch we specialize in using horses for physical and sensory therapy but when it comes to kids with psychological challenges, this is where Roberto excels and thanks to his training we’re getting better too!
In the photo above Roberto is running one of our horses through the paces. It takes special training for horses to remain calm and predictable when being ridden by kids with emotional challenges.
Introducing Our Volunteer Communications Director
If you’ve noticed a change in the newsletter formats and website about a year ago, those are the work of Bradley Heintz who started volunteering in 2022 before taking on the role of webmaster and newsletter author in 2024.
Bradley and his son Keaton building wheelchair ramps for the portable buildings at the ranch.
Bradley manages our website, creates the newsletter, makes email announcements, manages US mailings, streamlines newsletter registration and coordinates donations. He live in San Diego, 100 miles north of His Wings where he facilitates communication with US supporters. Have questions, ideas on how to help, want to visit the ranch? Give him a call at: 858 688-4452.
Looking for a Prayer Warrior Leader
Nearly a dozen people from the dinner let us know they would like to pray for Sue and His Wings Ranch on a regular basis. One idea suggested is a monthly prayer group that meets via Zoom. The leader would run the group and coordinate with Sue regarding the needs at the ranch. If you’d like to lead the group let me know. Or if you’d like to join the group let me know that too. I can be reached at [email protected].
Do you keep you finger on the pulse of Instagram and know how to post and stay connected to followers? We have an opportunity for you. We collect photos and videos for our print and email newsletter that could provide you with the raw material to do your magic. While it would be amazing to have someone take on the social media piece going forward, just sharing with us ideas and strategies would also benefit us tremendously. Email [email protected] or text or call at 858 688-4452.
His Wings Article in Ranch Santa Fe News
Our Partnership dinner was the subject of the Rancho Santa Fe News in North within the larger San Diego Union Tribune where photos by Kristy Ambrogio and Bernardo Salado are featured. Here is a link.
Thankful for Your Support
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and we feel extra grateful this year for the tremendous support we’ve received. If you somehow missed out on our October donation extravaganza, it is it’s never too late to partner with us. Click the link below to be taken to our webpage to get you connected.
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