Just two People

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What happens when you take a local boy who is a stock car driver and a local girl who grew up living on the back of a horse,  dreaming of the ranch where she would have one day to raise  kids and animals?  Meet jack and Joyce Gates.

As the Gates married and left their beloved Oregon they began to travel the country and abroad as jack serves in the military, Joyce began to raise her three children.  As she went about making a home for her family she went about it a little differently than some us. For Joyce home was an art project in the making. She worked on her art on canvas and on occasion her home, often she convinced Jack that moving a wall or two would add the "Right Look"
In 1971 as jack was retiring from military life Joyce found the Long awaited ranch of her childhood dreams. With God's divine intervention they were able to purchase "Penobscot Ranch" in the historic foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Before she knew it Joyce was helping birth calves and looking for lost horses. her wardrobe quickly became flannel jackets and mud boot. Thankfully Jack and Joyce took to ranch life like a duck to water.
Shortly after getting settled and getting her garden and barn in order, a teacher's friend of Joyce's ask if she could bring her small third graders out to see Joyce's "farm". Little did they realize it at the time, but born out of that phone call would start a twenty year journey that would allow thousands of children and adults to experience everything from egg gathering to two hour horse back rides. It was Penobscot Ranch that Joyce began to host women's retreats and see a little bit different vision God had in her future.
As journeys continue Jack and Joyce sold the Penobscot ranch and began a new chapter in their lives. As is their fashion they fell in love with 40 acres in Volcanoville, twelve miles above Georgetown. They could instantly see a home and all the potential that was there. The Gates have worked tirelessly over the last few years, on their new homestead, not quite knowing what God was preparing them for. After much prayer and even more listening to the answer Jack and Joyce are ready to begin a new chapter in their lives. With support from those who loved the work and fellowship of guests at Penobscot Ranch, Jack and Joyce's vision remains the same; Bringing Gods word to those with an ear to listen and open heart.