Session Staff & Volunteers
Lexie Helt
Mentor
Director of Equine Training & Sessions
Lexie currently works at her family’s business in the funeral industry, learning each day about compassion and empathy during emotional phases of life. She is an avid lover of horses and has been riding in various disciplines as well as teaching youth in basic riding skills for many years. Lexie is passionate about Christ, specifically in kids ministry. She has served as a Sunday school teacher at Grace Foursquare Church in Camas for five years with kindergarten to third grade aged kids. Lexie has an energetic and youthful spirit with a heart to serve and grow a connection with the people around her. She cannot wait to begin this journey using horses to help youth grow trust, initiate healthy boundaries, and ultimately grow their love for Christ, each other, and the horses around them.
Matthew Young
Mentor
Director of Basketball Operations
Have you ever wished to have your father and mother around during the most important moments in your life, such as a simple a basketball game? Have you ever had to experience coming home and your mother is not there because she is too busy or works very long hours. Have you ever thought about how many kids in America are alone and what they go through every day? Majority of our youth in the United States have parents that are addicted to drugs, alcohol, and surrounded by nothing but negative things. Kid’s definitions of a good life are gangs, drugs and jail. What can we do to help our future ambassadors?
Grace
Session Mentor
Grace is currently going to school in Portland, OR for diagnostic medical sonography. She hopes to be a resource to catch issues early enough to help people along their journey in life. Grace has worked with horses throughout her life at a ranch in Hockinson. Her and her fiancé attend Northwest Gospel Church where they continue to grow their relationships with the Lord inside and outside of the church building. Grace has a heart for showing people the love of the Lord and choosing to be a servant, using Christ as the example. Grace is excited to build community at Rising Above Daily Ranch and to mentor youth where they are at. She wants to show kids how to be around horses as well as take care of them. She hopes to teach them how to do that in a way that shows love to those around them as they find out who they are and how the Lord sees them through His eyes. Grace will be praying over this program and that the Lord would do His will in all aspects.
