Our Founder, Karen Borrego, remembers having a love for and a desire to own a horse from a very young age, and she purchased her first rescue horse when she was 9-years-old with money she had saved starting at age five. Growing up her horse was her best friend, and she recounts having long one-sided conversations where her horse was the perfect confidant. He listened without judgment, and she never had to worry about him telling anyone else the things she shared. At the time she did not realize the seed that God was planting for a future ministry.

After a lifetime of enjoying her horses, Karen knew God was calling her to share the horses with others, so the search began for how to do this. On the path to founding Eirene Ranch Karen became a certified Biblically based life coach, earned certifications from Revelation Wellness for fitness coaching and outdoor leadership. It was during training in the RevWild Outdoor Leadership program through Revelation Wellness and the 10:10 Life Initiative with Church of Eleven 22 that God put the pieces together. Horses are the tool to bring people in to find healing through Jesus.

John 10:10 says, “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.” Trauma has taken so much life from people, and Jesus wants to give abundant life back. We are praying that Eirene Ranch will be a place for many to come and find peace, rest, and healing through spending time outside in God’s creation with one of his magnificent creations, the horse.