First Ranch Family

For over a decade, Matt and Lacole Christmas opened their home to the local foster community — providing safe, loving shelter to more than 70 children. Along the way, they didn't just serve; they built a family, adopting 11 children who needed a forever home. Time and again, they gave of themselves for some of the most vulnerable children in our community.

When Triple R Ministries invited them to join the ranch vision, they said yes without hesitation. After waiting for an addition to be built onto the Hawkins House to fit their large number a bit more comfortably, the Christmas family finally moved in — and today, they're thriving there with their children, raising a menagerie of farm animals and enjoying God's creation out on the ranch, being the first in a community Triple R Ministries feels called to create.