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Two long-time friends reminisce over their first retreats where their abortion healing journey began, as well as what God has done in their lives since then to today, where God is bringing them together in partnership to bring healing to the cities. Carissa Hodges, Executive Director of Janesville Pregnancy Helpline, and Donna Brendel, Executive Director of twentyTHREE61, Inc. each lead Rachel's Vineyard Retreats, along with their retreat teams. In order to reach more people, especially black and Hispanic women and men in the cities, they have combined their retreat dates and retreat teams in order to have a bigger voice and a greater reach.
Not many people know that healing from the emotional and spiritual impact of abortion is available. And we want to change that. Not only that, but once folks do learn about the healing that's available, the next hurdle is helping them take courage to come forward to ask for the help. Most people have never told anyone about their abortion, so to consider telling complete strangers that you need help to heal is terrifying. We know this firsthand, as we've both been in that exact situation. But we are both so thankful to have been carried through that fear and make it to our first retreats, and now it's our passion to make this possible for other women and men, especially now in the cities.
Here is the retreat schedule, click here to learn more and to register:
February 19-21, 2021
March 19-21, 2021
May 14-16, 2021 (for Spanish speakers)
September 17-19, 2021
November 5-7, 2021
If you need a scholarship and/or travel assistance, please email donnajane2361@gmail.com.
To see the graph of the statistics mentioned in this episode, click here to twentyTHREE61.com's website Community Awareness page.
To learn more about Janesville Pregnancy Helpline, click here or visit their website at www.pregnancy-helpline.org.
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