Lakota House of Hope: Bringing Healing to Pine Ridge // July 8, 2026

Janet Napper, founder of Overcoming Abuse God's Way, discusses their ministry expansion to the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota—the poorest people group in America. The conversation centers on Lakota House of Hope, a sanctuary providing restoration, equine therapy, and gospel-centered healing for Native American women facing severe trauma. Janet shares staggering statistics driving this work: Native American women experience the highest rates of violence of any ethnic group in the U.S., while child sexual abuse on the reservation runs 33% higher than the national average (where already one in four American children are victimized). With one of the highest suicide rates in the country and no Lakota words for "hope" or "love," the community faces generational cycles of abuse, addiction, and trafficking. Janet recounts the miraculous acquisition of a 130-acre ranch (complete with horses, a donkey named Gordon, and the reservation's only Christian radio station), rescuing women directly from the streets, and practical ways listeners can support this work through prayer, financial partnership, and volunteer service.