In December of 1996, Rita Kay and Andy purchased 166 acres with only a pole barn and a hog trap in Milano, Texas. With their savings they bought an A-frame cabin and moved it to the ranch and Morning Star Ranch Ministries began. Two years later their vision of a non-profit ministry was approved and they began the exciting experience of building facilities.
After the tragedy of 911, donations dropped drastically. The journey now seemed to be all uphill. In 2010 they reached a plateau where they felt they could go no
farther because of a lack of funds. Around that time Andy and Rita Kay agreed to let a lady who they never met book the cabin for the weekend to hold a small family reunion. Before they left, she told Andy and Rita Kay that Morning Star Ranch was the perfect place to hold ACTHA rides.
Not wanting to waste any time in learning about a source of income that could be used to support their
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