A friend of mine gave me the Passion translation of Genesis that just was released, and I was struck immediately in the introduction by something that was said about blessing. Genesis is full of talk of God’s blessing, and yet I realized I had a bad definition of blessing. I had always thought of it as the “good stuff” like riches, power, freedom, etc. You know, sort of like the opposite of a curse.
2019 Report for Broken & Hopeful
Just wanted to update you all on the work done in 2019 at Broken & Hopeful!
-On track for 1000 hours of counseling in 2019
-Successful women’s retreat hosted with 34 attendees
-Visited VanEngen Chiropractic & Health Center in Lincoln, NE to set up referrals from there
-Completed website redesign donated by a support team member
-Speaking engagements
-Weekly blog posts for encouragement of believers
Why do the counselees not donate more?
-About 80% of them do donate something, but often they can only afford $15-20 per month
-Missionaries, kids in foster system, chronic illness, unemployed, college kids, single moms, people in ministry
-Each of these groups of people can find freedom, hope and peace as we work through counseling and deepening our relationship with Jesus, but they aren’t able to pay for $120-an-hour counseling
What’s next in 2020?
-Release of counseling video course “Discovering Freedom” in January
-Making the women’s retreat an annual thing and preparing for the next one in 2020
-30-day devotional encouraging you to discover your identity in Christ
Are you being called by God to support this ministry? If not, go in peace. I know that not everyone is called to support Broken & Hopeful. But if you are, thank you for being a part of what God is doing through this ministry! You are truly working WITH us, and I love the connections I see in body of Christ this way
Carrying Others' Burdens
We had a beautiful women’s retreat this last weekend, full of fellowship and freedom as we recognized that we have everything we need for the Christian life already within us in Christ’s Life. One of the things we talked about was how we sometimes feel the need to carry the burdens of others. We feel we must carry the burdens of our family, our friends, our coworkers, our kids and so many others.