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What is 
"Crossing the Bar?"

"Crossing the Bar," refers to that part of an ocean voyage that is the most dangerous. The place where the current of the waters leaving the harbor converge with the waters of the ocean rushing toward the harbor. The currents collide and create a sandbar though it might be miles from land. The torrential waters would be dangerous enough. The hidden sandbar alone could wreck any vessel. But combined they create a very unpredictable outcome that causes the nerves of most experienced captains to unravel on the calmest of days . 

It is here, when faced with an unseasoned captain and a challenging situation, that crew members throw themselves overboard, choosing to chance the swim to shore rather than trust the captain of the vessel. Even a small storm can cause all but the most seasoned to stay out at sea and wait out the storm rather than taking on that kind of trouble. The problem is the ship must come in sooner or later. Often a pilot is called upon who knows the waters well from actual experience. 

Such an apt description of life for those battling PTSD. On good days its difficult to live a social life. Throw in even the smallest of issues and the day just got way too stormy to attempt to socialize and those that do attempt to socialize often are met with disastrous results. The bar on that ocean is covered with the wrecked remains of so many that have tried and failed. 

As a 501c3, we are here to help PTSD victims make it in to harbor, to a place of safety where the waters are calm and peaceful.  We are here to help those Crossing the Bar. But we depend on donations from others to offer the help so many need. Please consider how you might join us in this mission.

Robin Primrose

Co-Founder

As a veteran of the first Gulf War, Operation Desert Storm, Robin knows first hand the struggles involved in finding a place of safety. For 20 years Robin struggled with PTSD without diagnosis. Once diagnosed, it would be another five years before the healing from PTSD came. But now he takes every opportunity to share how he has learned to walk in a place of healing, not a place of defeat. 

Phyllis Primrose

Co-Founder

Robin and Phyllis were married in 1988. Robin left for Desert Storm the summer of 1990 leaving an 8 month old daughter and his pregnant wife. He returned home a very different person, leaving Phyllis to try to calm the seas of the family, all the while trying to figure out what was happening. A third child was born and it would be an additional eighteen years before a real diagnosis of PTSD was given. Phyllis had sustained the brunt of it all, but God had not abandoned her. In 2015 the healing process began for both Robin and Phyllis.

Since 2016, Robin and Phyllis have been sharing their story of hope and healing at every opportunity. They have ministered and prayed for scores upon scores of people and have seen God bring healing to those suffering with trauma and PTSD.

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