We came to Kentucky to visit the Ark when it first opened. We saw the need for places for people to stay while visiting -- especially families like ours with more than 4 people. We found the house on Humes Ridge Road -- loved it -- and decided to make a Kingdom Investment. But we weren't ready to put it all together to create a vacation rental yet.
In October 2016, we listed it for long-term rental. After a while we were able to take part of the bottom floor space to create Iridescence Studio, with the help of Oscar and Briggitte Olano! We both had the same passion: to let families come to see this amazing testimony to the truth of the Bible. So after much work, in June 2018, we created an Art Studio for people to be able to purchase Artwork from the Ark's resident artist and have a place that is comfortable to stay if they had a little larger family. Oscar, the previous resident artist at the Ark, had partnered with us to decorate this space for this purpose. We put together the functional design and Oscar and Briggitte decorated and crafted the rest. The details, down to the original lamps, are delightful! If you look around you will find items for sale now in the Ark that originated here (paintings as postcards, etc). It was a wonderful extension of your day at the Ark.
Then another change came and we had the whole house to use for families and groups. With some planning help from the City of Williamstown, we were able to make some changes to the house so we could accommodate up to 20 people! Utilizing some of the details we loved from the Studio …Iridescence Getaway was started August 25, 2021!
Then we decided to take another leap of Faith and purchase a second property in Williamstown for smaller groups but also provides space for us to stock maintenance needs and supplies and wash the many, many loads of laundry for stays. In October 2022, we were officially licensed to open the Faith House for stays of up to 10 people.