Willoughby House Chapel Service

Thoughts from Judy Huber

"On Wednesday I experienced worship and praise with a room full of teen-age girls and it was awesome! We listened, sang along, lifted our hands high, and applauded with the likes of Carrie Underwood singing "Jesus, Take the Wheel," and Kirk Franklin doing "Hosanna." There was even one song that we "stomped" to! Then Mr. Terry spoke about having HOPE in the New Year, about God being with each of us in the storms of life. At the end, each of the girls received a Christmas tract explaining the true meaning of Christmas, (and 2 girls made a profession of faith in Jesus) and then we closed with prayer. I came home feeling excited about what God can do in the life of teen-agers, when adults are obedient and follow Him where He leads. Totally awesome!"

This was the first time for us to present a Chapel Service at Willoughby House. All of the girls participated and enjoyed the music.

We are looking forward to the New Year and all that God has planned.

Making a difference . . .

"I've seen a lot of sad that didn't touch me. But, that sad touched me. I was really touched."

Youth from McFadden Ranch make a difference in the lives of a child and his grandmother.

Last year Auto Mission was introduced to Katherine and D'vondrick through the Fort Worth

TYC parole office. We partnered with the Fort Worth Resource Council for Youth by providing turkeys and canned vegtables and staples to 40 families that had youth on parole.

Katherine and D'vondrick were one of the families that received meals. After meeting them Auto Mission decided to adopt them and provide pantry items on a monthly basis.

Automotive Service Association (ASA) joined us and provided Christmas packages last year.

After learning they had no Christmas tree ASA provided the Christmas tree and ornaments this year along with gifts.

These photo's show some of the boys delivering the tree and gifts. We visited with Katherine and D'vondrick. When we left we told the boys with us a little more about this family and the sadness and pain they have lived through. And one big strong tough boy replied.

"I've seen a lot of sad that didn't touch me. But that sad touched me. I was really touched. "

Music from Chapel Services

Welcome to our ministry blog. This week we will be sharing some music from our chapel services and some prayer requests.
This is one of the songs we shared with the boys.



Here's a prayer request from Aaron...
"I want you to pray for me to be more confident and for me to follow God's word." He adds this request for his mother. "Please pray for my mother to handle everything concerning her new job overseas."

These specific requests from Aaron really touched me. It was a blessing to see his desire to follow God. Please pray for all the volunteers that we can help Aaron and all the boys grow closer to God.

Thank you for visiting. Please leave a comment and let us know you were here.

It's beginning to look alot . . .

. . . like Christmas at McFadden Ranch


There are decorated trees in the Library which doubles duty as our Chapel. There is a tree in the room we use to pack backpacks.
There is a huge tree outside that took the boys and staff a few days to even get it to stand up it is so big. I'll be posting a photo of it in a few days. Along with the story of how they came to have such a big tree.

Yes it is looking like Christmas. But it doesn't feel alot like
Christmas to the young men living at McFadden.

To those that rarely receive a visit from family. To those that have girl friends they have left behind.

For many of us it is probably hard to imagine what it is like to be alone for the holidays. And you probably question how can you be alone in a facility that houses 48 boys. But yet they are alone. And many of them don't have a lot of Hope.
Many of them don't realize the true meaning of Christmas.

Yet it is looking like Christmas at McFadden Ranch

More Thanksgiving photo's

More photo's from Thanksgiving delivery....

The day before Thanksgiving we were able to deliver to needy families near McFadden Ranch. We took 14 boys and three vans along with staff and the Chairman of the McFadden Resource Council to deliver.
Below is a photo of the boxes that were decorated by the boys.

The last family that we delivered to was a family we adopted last year at Thanksgiving.

The only person home that day was Sophernia Wallace the great grandmother.

It was a special day for us and the 4 boys that were able to meet her.

It was a special day for Sopherina. She smiled for the camera and then told Terry that she was ready to go 'home'. She passed away peacefully the Monday following Thanksgiving.

The entire family was blessed to be able to have a great Thanksgiving meal.

Happy Thanksgiving

Home Run Derby

The first Sunday in November a group came to McFadden to share their testimonies and have a day of fun.

This is one of the speakers telling the boys about their ministry that goes inside adult prison units and share the gospel.

While most of the boys were having playing hitting softballs two boys were preparing dinner for the group.