99 For 1 Ministries Inc

THE PANDEMIC, WHICH CARRIED OVER INTO ALL OF 2021 WAS A DIFFICULT TIME FOR MANY. SOME PEOPLE WERE SEQUESTERED IN THEIR HOMES, SHELTERED AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND, IN GENERAL, HAD LITTLE CONTACT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF THOSE WHO LIVE WITH COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEMS. FORTUNATELY, SCIENCE HAD SHOWN THAT BEING OUT OF DOORS WAS NOT ONLY SAFER, BUT ALSO HEALTHIER. THIS IS WHERE OUR MINISTRY (TRANSITIONS EAAT) SHINED. HAVING HORSES THAT GIVE THEIR UNDIVIDED ATTENTION AND LOVE IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS WE COULD GIVE TO OUR CLIENTS. WHILE WE MADE CERTAIN TO PROVIDE PROPER HAND SANITATION, MASKS ETC., WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR GELDINGS AND MARES (WHO WERENT AT RISK OF COVID) TO CONNECT WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE HAD NO (OR VERY LITTLE) INTERACTION WITH ANIMALS OR HUMANS. SINCE A HORSE IS A LARGE ANIMAL AND THOSE WHO RIDE THEM ARE OVER SIX FEET IN THE AIR, BEING SIX FEET AWAY FROM OUR CLIENTS WAS NEVER AN ISSUE. THIS, OF COURSE, HELPED EVERYONE NOT ONLY FEEL SAFER BUT TO ALSO BE SAFE. EVEN WHEN THE CHILDREN, ADULTS AND MILITARY VETS WERE DOING GROUND WORK (I.E., BRUSHING, BATHING, CLEANING HOOVES ETC.), OUR TRAINERS WERE ABLE BOTH STAY CLOSE ENOUGH TO HELP IF IT BECAME NECESSARY BUT ALSO FAR ENOUGH AWAY THAT EVERYONE WAS PROTECTED. FEEDING THE HORSES BECAME VERY EXPENSIVE AS 2021,NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF INFLATION BUT ALSO THE COST OF TRANSPORTING FEED (FUEL COSTS ETC.) TO OUR BARN. BOTH THE COST OF A HAY AND FEED WENT UP DRAMATICALLY. VETERINARIAN SERVICES ALSO INCREASED BECAUSE THEY ARENT IMMUNE TO PRICE INCREASES. STILL, WE MANAGED AND, AT THE END OF THE YEAR WED GIVEN HUNDREDS OF LESSONS AND OUR HORSES HAD PROVIDED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF THERAPY.