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Midland Reporter-Telegram
MIDLAND, TEXAS - Camron Stotts and his wife, Jami, weren’t in the market for a new home when they went along with his brother-in-law’s family to look at a house in Saddle Club Lakes. At the time, the Stottses were living in Green Tree with their four kids.
“We go to look at this house and this house is built by the same guy who built our house in Green Tree,” Camron Stotts said. “The only difference was it was in Saddle Club Lakes, so it’s a little quieter, it’s prettier — even though Green Tree is really pretty — it has water, the view is just perfect.”
The Stottses were considering buying the home when Camron Stotts started thinking about a ranch property on Briarwood Avenue that Mid-Cities Church used for office space. The church had the property up for sale.
“When this other house came up, God just kind of dropped it in my spirit — you know you could buy (the ranch) for the same price. The only difference is you would have a bunch of people around you, it would be a lot of work and it wouldn’t be easy, it wouldn’t be quiet. Or you can go out there — you can isolate yourself and be completely gated off from the rest of the world and it would be really quiet.”
The Stottses purchased the land in 2011 and spent five months renovating it. Their vision was to create a place to provide transitional housing for single moms with young children. They opened Restoration Farm three years ago.
The nonprofit will host its first fundraiser event this weekend. Stotts, who is a runner, organized the Energy City Half Marathon that includes a kid’s 1K, 5K and 10K run Saturday morning at Midland Memorial Stadium ...
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