Knight's Rest Retreat Inc.

11/06/2019

HAPPY AUTUMN DAYS! Oklahoma has slammed us again, going from hot hot summer to winter with barely a breath in between! SUCH IS LIFE in OKLAHOMA!!

Our latest encouraging news is that we are working to gain a beautiful abandoned church building sturcture that would be available for both Knight's Rest events AND to be used by our local community for celebrations such as baby showers, aniversaries, birthdays etc. Might even be able to offer it as a wedding venue with our help or available for a small fee for a DIY wedding!

Today I receieved a follow up call from the son of the original pastor(and builder of the building) and we are working on negotiations now as to how this could transpire! Our plan is to move the building, do the renovation(the roof is leaking now so will require immediate action to preserve the structure.......

I love old buildings and want to preserve the history of the builder and pastor who constructed the building and continued to be a pastor until he was 100 years old! We will be needing financial assistance with this project and as soon as we know we are the destiny of the wonderful old structure we will share details and costs so everyone can share and be part of this awesome project!

SO say a prayer, keep fingers crossed, send positive thoughts........this would be a wonderful addition to the resources available for our community and for Knight's Rest Retreat!

I'm not going to share photos or details yet untill we know that we will be the future home of the great old church building.

We do have a house mover that has offered to assist us in the move of the building and there is another small structure that we may be able to convert into a couple cabins for Knight's Rest.

Thank you so much for your continued support of our retreat! Looking forward to your next visit! COME SEE US!

10/27/2015

Our most recent guests at Knight's Rest have packed their camping gear and returned to their mundane lives after a wonderful five day camping gather. What an awesome group of new friends who came to rest and play in the beauty of Oklahoma wilderness. A little rain made things slippery to start then as the weekend progressed, perfect camping weather punctuated with some of the most beautiful sunsets ever viewed from this little piece of heaven.
Thanks to all who worked so hard to make this event a success! We welcome you back and look forward to this gather becoming a yearly event...maybe twice a year?!?!?!
Funds raised will go toward getting our big farm truck back on the road so we can haul gravel for driveway improvement and for materials to build a new entrance gate that won't try to fall over or jump on top of all who enter.....More photos in photo album.....

08/11/2015

Putting together a prepping class for October. Will be a Bug Out Bag test run class. A weekend class with an excellent instructor, former Green Beret, S.E.R.E military instructor. Sign up sheet will be posted as soon as we confirm dates. This will be a small personal class so that everyone can feel confident that their questions matter! We will have a tent available for "classroom" activities or to offer shelter if the weather is less than wonderful. Primitive camping with porta jons and flush toilets available. Limited cell service so this is a "BUG OUT" after the SHTF event trial run. Prepare to be disconnected and LEARN! Cost for the class will be minimal. Working on details and some door prizes. Also will have some survival items and products available for sale.

07/18/2015

Something I want to honor here at Knight's Rest is the Native American history connected with this land. We are the first owners to ever live on this land as it was Indian Allotment land since forever......and in fact heirs of those people still own the mineral rights to this land....
Would really like to create space for a sweat lodge and found some great information on why and how...We are open for suggestions, assistance, INPUT? Will be doing something similar to this: http://www.muiniskw.org/pgCulture2d.htm

The sweat lodge ceremony is one of the most common ceremonies practiced by Native American people. Sweats may be conducted as a preliminary to other activities, such as a fast. Sweats may also be done for healing. The purpose behind all of these, however, is simple spiritual cleansing. The lodge is…

07/18/2015

Have been working on paperwork for our non-profit. Our request from IRS to recognize our Oklahoma non-profit status arrived at the IRS office during the government shut-down and is evidently lost in the paperwork snaffoo. Finally gave up on that application and am in process of submitting again since current applications are going through fairly quickly compared to our lost in the Abyss paperwork. SO although I'm excited to get our 501c3 status, the process is daunting...However, if the prediction on approval is true, we will be "official" with the IRS in a month or so.
WHOO-HOO!

04/20/2015

Also purchased some nice lawn furniture chairs and tables for the retreat. These will come in handy for our Basics for Life classes we will be hosting in the coming months.
Classes held here at Knight's Rest may include ANYTHING in farmsteading and survival skills that someone wants to learn!

Currently negotiating with some great instructors as well as honing our own skills for classes.
Here is a partial list:

Foraging the wilderness
Building a primitive shelter
Selecting survival equipment
USING your survival equipment including gun safety
Primitive fire starting
Keeping a farmstead cow
Cheese making
Butter making
Keeping Bees for Honey
Raising Small Livestock for Food
Butchering Small Livestock
Putting Up Your Harvest
Canning
Dehydrating
Wine making
Pickles
Pressure Caning Meats

We are looking for people interested in learning as well as people interested in sharing their knowledge and skills with those who want to learn!

Classes will be held here at Knight's Rest and most will be a one day class held on Saturdays. Some classes will be a weekend class starting Friday evening and running through Sunday morning with plenty of camping space available.

So if you think of something you would like to learn, please ask.

04/20/2015

WE have green grass again! AND our new ZTR mower is awesome! So when you plan your next event here at the retreat, you won't have to worry about the weeds and overgrown camping areas.......we not only have the new ZTR, we also have a wonderful old Allis Chalmers with a Woods belly mower from my dad's estate to handle the rough stuff(blackberries etc).

01/31/2015

Working on negotiations with our survival skills instructor. Plan to meet with him face to face this coming week so we can figure out when to do our first class. We will keep you posted on the progress as we work out details.
Most likely will be a full day Saturday class with lunch served here at the retreat. We have access to several thousand acres of wildlife management land and river bottom land so have lots of options for learning edible wild plants, medicinal plants, basic survival and more!

01/08/2015

The upgrades and improvements either in progress or mostly complete for Knight's Rest are numerous, here are a few of the most significant:

Commercial Kitchen with double oven, 6 burner with griddle gas range, 4 bowl commercial sink, Steam table, stainless counters, commercial cookware, freezer,refrigerator, and baking pans plus lots of serving utensils.

Flush toilets and urinals
Showers
Dining tent
TABLES AND CHAIRS(outdoor furniture) for dining area

RV hookup spaces(water and electric)
Cabin which will sleep 6-8 comfortably with restrooms and kitchen

We have a list of items needed to complete some of the projects in progress and would welcome any assistance or donations to help us accomplish those goals.

We are set up to accept donations through PayPal. Please go to our website: www.knightsrest.org and follow the link to donate.

EXCITED to see how things progress in this new year!

Cabins and other medieval style housing options available.