In 2021, Karen rode her first Ends of the Earth Cycling tour from Fort Myers, FL to Key West, FL. She saw how people could use bicycling to share the love and hope of Jesus to youth worldwide and she fell in love with Ends of the Earth Cycling and New International. Since that ride, Karen has been on many more Ends Cycling tours and has taken on greater roles. In 2024, Karen followed God’s leading and affiliated with New International.
As a lifelong equestrian and volunteer at several hippotherapy/horse therapy facilities, Karen had a vision to combine the Ends of the Earth Adventures mission for impacting youth globally with horse therapy. Through Ends of the Earth Equestrians’ Christ-centered horse therapy events, we hope to see hearts opened for the Lord and bodies healed. The aim is to use event participants as the hands and feet of Jesus to connect youth involved in horse therapy with the hope of the Gospel as they experience physical and mental healing. And to connect event participants with the amazing joy, fun, and healing that having a multi-day horse buddy can bring. Karen has seen Jesus show up through horses to transform the lives of both the youth patients and the event participants.
Karen lives in Fort Myers, Florida with her golden retriever named Gus and enjoys cycling, running, and riding horses all over southwest Florida.
Ends of the Earth Equestrians is an active horseback riding and horse therapy community impacting youth globally. We give people who want to change the world opportunities to use horses to bring the hope of the Gospel to global youth through multi-day Christ-centered horse events.
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90% of your donations go directly toward resourcing Karen’s ministry with Ends of the Earth Equestrians and Ends of the Earth Cycling. 10% helps fund the administrative costs of New International, Inc., the parent organization of Ends Adventures. New International provides support services that empower Karen to focus completely on the ministry she has with Ends Adventures. New International honors your preference for how your donations are used.