In 2001, Kim experienced what she called “a vision from the Lord” showing her that some day she would have a youth ranch for kids in foster care and youth detention centers. Several years later, she returned to school and completed a M.A. in Human Services Counseling with a Specialization in Marriage & Family. She began working with this population in both the private and government sector. She experienced firsthand the instability of kids who were placed in multiple homes and schools with most of them on excessively prescribed medications.
Kim’s heart broke daily as she worked with them–but she never forgot the vision God gave her. The dream began to take shape in 2009 and by the summer of 2014, Spurs of Hope launched its first location in Byron, Georgia. Eventually it would expand to three more cities…. Marietta, Forsyth, and Conyers.
In the spring of 2022, another location was added in Cleveland, Tennessee on a 140-acre horse ranch sitting at the foothills of the Appalachian Trail. The vision expanded to include women who were struggling with life issues.
