Illuminating the issues that transform lives  

“We have a small rural church. I know women in our congregation need help, but I just don’t have the training or staff to open this door. I am excited to have you available as a referral resource to them. I am grateful for the results we have already seen from you.” — Rural Pastor

“I have been looking for accessible and affordable counseling resources, especially for the people in our congregation who are really dealing with some hard things that I am not equipped to help. I am hopeful our partnership can continue.”  —Pastor

“Thank you for sharing your story. It has given me the courage to speak up about my own.” — Conference attendee.

“Your story is so much like my own. I never thought I could heal. I now know that God can save even someone as dirty as me.”                              —Sexual abuse survivor              

“I never told anyone about my abuse until this weekend. I am 65 years old. My sexual assault has defined my life. No more. I want to be set free.” –Conference attendee

“I have clients of all ages come to me for counseling. I never understood how to break down healing at different stages of life. Thank you for new insight. I am going to use these concepts in my practice.” – Licensed Therapist

“Your survivor story is profound. More people need to know that there is hope after criminal sexual abuse. Don’t stop sharing your story. It matters.” – Pastor

“I’ve been told my whole life I didn’t measure up-that I was weird. I’m not good at anything that matters to anyone. But if she can find a purpose with her life the way it was, maybe I can too.”
– Freshman Boy

“You used parts of your own story in our counseling. It made you relatable and I found it much easier to open up when I know you were a survivor too.”  — Counselee

“I put my knife in the fire. It was the thing that held all the lies and shame to hurt myself with. It is gone. I’ve been set free.”                       — 17-year-old self-mutilation survivor

“I am a trauma counselor, but I do not have a lot of experience with sexual assault. This conference was transformative to my thinking about how I work with survivors.” — LMFT

“You presented this mostly new to me information in a way I have never considered. I need to integrate these new best practices into my practice.” — Psychologist

” I have been using my trauma-informed methods with my sexual abuse clients. This session made me wonder if more collaboration and care team approaches might be helpful to my clients.” —LMFT

“I held that picture of the woman on your website in front of me for two years. I finally made it. I have been set free. Trauma no longer has a hold on me.” — Sexual Assault survivor

“I did not realize how much my childhood sexual assault affected me. I now see how it has influenced all of my relationships. I am grateful for the safe place you provided to look at myself honestly for the first time in my life. My trauma did not define me, only Christ does.” —Sexual assault survivor

“I wanted a quick fix. It wasn’t that but it was good and pure and right. Now I can walk in freedom knowing the Son has set me free.”                   —Domestic violence victim

“I was stuck for a long time. I had done counseling and healed a lot of old things but couldn’t move forward. Thanks for helping me find new perspective.” — Coaching client

“I never thought I could change my relational strongholds. The combination of biblical counseling to look at the past and Christian coaching to move me forward was perfect. I just didn’t think I had it in me to get past this.”
—Coaching client

“My husband leaving was a shock. I felt helpless and paralyzed. You knew how to help me move forward with confidence. I don’t know what would have happened if I had not created a plan. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Thanks for walking with me.”
—Divorce coaching Client

“I have been to dozens of counselors over the years and been prescribed lots of meds. I knew what I needed and that was to find out who I was before the assault took place. I just needed a reminder that God loves me and cares for me even if this happened.” – Teen rape victim

“She was gone for six hours before we figured out what happened. Thank you for helping us know how to respond to her abduction. We have a lot of work to do but she is home safe.” – Mother of a trafficking victim

“We got the call and didn’t know what to do. There were no county advocates available for her rape kit at the hospital. I’m so glad we knew to call you.” –Mother of a rape victim

“They forced her to take the abortion pill in the hospital. She was so upset. If only we had known she could have refused it, she would not be suffering with that reality today.”  — Mother of a rape victim

Sexual abuse is the hardest. Thanks for training us on how to better serve officers and victims in a sexual assault incident.”
– Law Enforcement Chaplain

“We often overlook topics that are uncomfortable. This is just what we needed to shake things up around here.” – Rural Pastor
“This was such a great weekend retreat. It was just what I needed to deal with some issues I had been trying to hide from God. I am walking a little lighter leaving here.” – Attendee

“I have had a lot of loss in my life. You gave us permission to grieve and bring that to the Lord. I don’t have to hide my sadness. I just need to invite God into it.” Young mother of three“

 “This was powerful. I came here trying to hide and escape what is going on back home. Instead I am now equipped to face it head on with Jesus.” Attendee

“Mom, she was the best speaker I ever heard!”  – Mother/daughter tea attendee age 8

“This was going to be the end. I was done. I showed my dad what I wrote on the wall, and we talked. Maybe he will listen now.
– 9th-grade girl

“This was the best part of this event. I feel new and clean after writing these words. Thank you.” – a suicidal teen girl

“ If only I had known the things written on this wall, maybe my daughter would still be alive.”  — Single Dad

“If this is true, if these words are real, then we have a lot of work to do.” — a single father

“Little Women of God is great. I love the stories about Molly and Rhonda. It helps me understand the Bible and how to use it in my everyday life.”
– 10-year-old girl

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. – 1 Peter 2:9