As they rolled into Shepherd's Pasture, the United We Serve Retreat Center in East Texas, Military service members, veterans and their families eagerly anticipate a weekend of rest, relaxation, learning and most of all hope.  Hope grows abundantly here.  Hope of finding new friends with the same experiences.  Hope of finding help when there seems no more if available.  Hope is here, among broken lives and hurting hearts. 

The BattleBuddy Program helps give service members and veterans back one of the most important things they have lost when they come home from war or separate from Military service, a BattleBuddy.  Imagine going through life in a world where you don't quite fit in anymore, and where no one quite understands what you have been through.  Maybe you feel like you are the only one that feels the anger, depression and pain.  Imagine for a moment that you are not alone.  There are others just like you, and they are seeking someone to walk through it with too.  BattleBuddy facilitates those relationships, for veterans and family members alike. 

BattleBuddy Family Retreats are the foundation of the program.  A safe and healing place where people from far and wide can come with one commonality.  The struggles of life in the military.  Through three days of relaxing, restoring, learning and enjoying life together, BattleBuddies and Families leave stronger and healthier.  They leave with hope.  They have experienced unconditional love and know it will not go away.  Finally they realize that they are not alone.   They have become part of the BattleBuddy Family. 

For more information on how to participate in the BattleBuddy portfolio of retreats at no cost to Military Families, contact us at info@unitedweservemil.org or call 903.665.2647