Our Vision is to bring women together, to share in God’s word - His unfailing promises with Christian women who have suffered deep
and painful loss (es) –through illness, sudden death, miscarriages or stillborn and women battling with challenges in fertility.
This group will be a safe place for bereaved mothers to met together on regular basis & share our child, our feelings, our experiences
& heartaches…united together by one faith & in one common loss…a time to reflect on God’s word, to draw strength from His
promises so that one day we can come to a point in our journey – Despite our circumstances, in the midst of trouble we can say "It is
well". We all have a story to tell...don't let your soul be paralyzed but be restored & healed of brokenness; take up your authority and do
not be moved by the storms that come your way but be sensitive to the voice of God and be connected to women like yourself.
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and painful loss (es) –through illness, sudden death, miscarriages or stillborn and women battling with challenges in fertility.
This group will be a safe place for bereaved mothers to met together on regular basis & share our child, our feelings, our experiences
& heartaches…united together by one faith & in one common loss…a time to reflect on God’s word, to draw strength from His
promises so that one day we can come to a point in our journey – Despite our circumstances, in the midst of trouble we can say "It is
well". We all have a story to tell...don't let your soul be paralyzed but be restored & healed of brokenness; take up your authority and do
not be moved by the storms that come your way but be sensitive to the voice of God and be connected to women like yourself.
.
“Praise be to God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in our trouble,
so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Cor 1:3,4
so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.” 2 Cor 1:3,4
 | Connection Group - Meet together on regular basis for open and | |
| honest expression; a place to help enhance coping skills and minimize the feeling of loneliness and stay in touch by phone & e-mails | ||
| Healing - Pray together, sharing and caring, encourage one | |
| another. Study the Word of God, grow in the Lord together | ||
| Hope Ministry - Reaching out to women experiencing | |
| challenges in fertility, to come to understand the Word of God in regards to this. | ||
| Know that someone understanding what you are going through - | |
| each of us have been where you are. | ||
| Blessing Network - Blessings others in need especially the | |
| children of the world as they are often last to be reached out with the gospel. |
Our long term visions are:
| Be connected to churches. | |
| Discipleship retreats. | |
| Support group during subsequent pregnancy. | |
| Care Ministry - Providing support to families experiencing loss of | |
| a child. Babysitting for parents experiencing loss & grief. | ||
| Books, gifts and recourses readily available to order. | |
| Plant support groups all over Australia. | |
Facilitator : Dhackshini Johnson
God has placed a burden in my heart to bring bereaved Christian women (mothers) together united by Faith in
Lord Jesus Christ and in one common loss – loss of a child whether its through miscarriage, stillborn, infant
death or death due to illness or accident…ect. I have searched everywhere to find a Christian Support Group
here in Melbourne and have not been successful and months of searching has lead me to build "Hope & Healing
Connection."
My desire is to bring Christian women together like myself who have suffered deep and painful loss (es) and are
experiencing issues in fertility – My husband Steve and I have lost 3 children – 13 ½ month old son Jacob, a
miscarriage at 8 weeks & a stillborn of our 3rd child – Caleb. We have no surviving children at this time but we
are building our faith through God’s word and I know never to give up because it was God who thought up family.
We find this in the first spoken words of God, the Creator, to man “…be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth…” (Gen 1:28) Having a family was God’s idea; God thought up having babies and that’s what we hold on to.
Sharing with many parents like myself, I have learnt that I am not alone in the way I often feel as its often a lonely
road, where hardly anyone talks about the loss…and often the immediate support (the phone calls, the hot
meals…) gradually fades away as days, weeks, months and years go by. When “How are you coping?” becomes
“Are you not over it yet?”
Being a Christian is especially hard as often we are told to leave our burdens to God as easy as its said its
definitely not something that's easy to run with. Although some of us have wonderful support from families and
friends, no one in this world really knows what we’re going through. And often seek out other bereaved
mummies as we take comfort in helping others.
I truly can say “I understand what you are going through” but I also know that this journey does not have to be
lonely as we often feel…because we have God…we have other women who knows what its like to loose a child.
Just like Sarah in the Bible, we need to become mothers of faith. Sarah lived with great disappointments but she
submitted to God's authority. If one woman can rise up we too can rise up to be the women that God wants us to
be. We not only have the ability to influence and make a change but we are also connected to the next
generation. We are women who are designed to hear the cry of our babies (before anybody else does and that is
when our body produces the milk that our babies need)…we are also called to hear the cry in the super natural.
We are not just the neck that turns the head but we are amazing women of God and are called to make a
change.
I was recently listening to the teachings of Joyce Mayer on "Grief and loneliness" and she said "Don't keep
looking at what you have lost but look at what you have left and do something with it." We can't change the fact
that all three of our children have gone to be with the Lord but my desire is to use my experience to reach out to
women like myself and help women do the same
Adversity is our greatest asset because every morning we awake up and trust God.
God has placed a burden in my heart to bring bereaved Christian women (mothers) together united by Faith in
Lord Jesus Christ and in one common loss – loss of a child whether its through miscarriage, stillborn, infant
death or death due to illness or accident…ect. I have searched everywhere to find a Christian Support Group
here in Melbourne and have not been successful and months of searching has lead me to build "Hope & Healing
Connection."
My desire is to bring Christian women together like myself who have suffered deep and painful loss (es) and are
experiencing issues in fertility – My husband Steve and I have lost 3 children – 13 ½ month old son Jacob, a
miscarriage at 8 weeks & a stillborn of our 3rd child – Caleb. We have no surviving children at this time but we
are building our faith through God’s word and I know never to give up because it was God who thought up family.
We find this in the first spoken words of God, the Creator, to man “…be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the
earth…” (Gen 1:28) Having a family was God’s idea; God thought up having babies and that’s what we hold on to.
Sharing with many parents like myself, I have learnt that I am not alone in the way I often feel as its often a lonely
road, where hardly anyone talks about the loss…and often the immediate support (the phone calls, the hot
meals…) gradually fades away as days, weeks, months and years go by. When “How are you coping?” becomes
“Are you not over it yet?”
Being a Christian is especially hard as often we are told to leave our burdens to God as easy as its said its
definitely not something that's easy to run with. Although some of us have wonderful support from families and
friends, no one in this world really knows what we’re going through. And often seek out other bereaved
mummies as we take comfort in helping others.
I truly can say “I understand what you are going through” but I also know that this journey does not have to be
lonely as we often feel…because we have God…we have other women who knows what its like to loose a child.
Just like Sarah in the Bible, we need to become mothers of faith. Sarah lived with great disappointments but she
submitted to God's authority. If one woman can rise up we too can rise up to be the women that God wants us to
be. We not only have the ability to influence and make a change but we are also connected to the next
generation. We are women who are designed to hear the cry of our babies (before anybody else does and that is
when our body produces the milk that our babies need)…we are also called to hear the cry in the super natural.
We are not just the neck that turns the head but we are amazing women of God and are called to make a
change.
I was recently listening to the teachings of Joyce Mayer on "Grief and loneliness" and she said "Don't keep
looking at what you have lost but look at what you have left and do something with it." We can't change the fact
that all three of our children have gone to be with the Lord but my desire is to use my experience to reach out to
women like myself and help women do the same
Adversity is our greatest asset because every morning we awake up and trust God.
| Memorial of Death of | |
| Jesus Christ | ||
| The goal of a Christian life | |
| Marriage Survival After | |
| Losing a Baby | ||
| When Prayers Go | |
| Unanswered | ||
| Fathers Grieve too | |
| Another baby...Maybe? | |
| Our Journey | |
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| HOPE A desire for something combined with expectation gives ground for hope! So, real hope goes a lot deeper than worldly or human hope. The kind of hope that the Bible talks about is much stronger than that because its based on the Word of God. Hope comes when you take the promises of God and absorb yourself in them until they become your way of thinking. In other words hope come when you begin to see yourself with what God has promised you - instead of seeing yourself without it. Psalm 16:9 "Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest in hope." |
Do you want to know Jesus Christ, ask Him to come into your heart? Contact Us or contact someone who can lead you in a short prayer and help you get connected to a local church. |
Welcome to Hope & Healing Connection.
If you have experienced a death of a child, we extend our deepest sympathy to you and to your family.
There’s never enough words to express the depth of the sorrow of loosing a child but we are here to share the pain and we want
you to know that we will walk with you.
We are a non-profitable Christian organization and we believe in the Father (God) , the Son (Jesus Christ) in the living Holy Spirit .
We declare and believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and He came to earth that we may have life and life in abundance and
anyone who believes in Him and repent of their sins shall not perish but have an everlasting life. He is alive today and wants to
have a close relationship with His children - You & Me. God wants to pick you up, redeem you, heal you, and bless you with a
future filled with hope . We believe in sharing God's love, His resources and the Gospel and being used by God in the extension
of His kingdom. Your friends & family may never understand you but Jesus understands - He knows how hard it is not to quit and
give up, He knows every tears and every unspoken words. God has an awesome plan for your life - He does - His Words says that
He does and God never lies. You don't have to hurt alone.
Please take your time and browse through the information contained in the pages. Please feel free to contact us to ask
questions and please understand that each and everyone of us at Hope & Healing Connection have lost a child or/& have been
challenged in the area of fertility . You need not walk alone.
If you have experienced a death of a child, we extend our deepest sympathy to you and to your family.
There’s never enough words to express the depth of the sorrow of loosing a child but we are here to share the pain and we want
you to know that we will walk with you.
We are a non-profitable Christian organization and we believe in the Father (God) , the Son (Jesus Christ) in the living Holy Spirit .
We declare and believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and He came to earth that we may have life and life in abundance and
anyone who believes in Him and repent of their sins shall not perish but have an everlasting life. He is alive today and wants to
have a close relationship with His children - You & Me. God wants to pick you up, redeem you, heal you, and bless you with a
future filled with hope . We believe in sharing God's love, His resources and the Gospel and being used by God in the extension
of His kingdom. Your friends & family may never understand you but Jesus understands - He knows how hard it is not to quit and
give up, He knows every tears and every unspoken words. God has an awesome plan for your life - He does - His Words says that
He does and God never lies. You don't have to hurt alone.
Please take your time and browse through the information contained in the pages. Please feel free to contact us to ask
questions and please understand that each and everyone of us at Hope & Healing Connection have lost a child or/& have been
challenged in the area of fertility . You need not walk alone.
| "Knowing the Lord and knowing His comfort does not take away the ache; it supports you in the middle of the ache." - Dr Larry Crabb |
| ADVERSITY IS OUR GREATEST ASSET BECAUSE WE WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND TRUST GOD. |
What to expect when you get in touch with us:
When you get in touch with us we will ask for your name and ask
you to share a little bit of your journey, we will get someone to call
you back should you need someone you can relate with. We take
your name, and contact details especially your phone number and
e-mail address (you can decline to enclose information ) With in
24 - 48 hours you will receive a welcome pack which will outline
dates and little bit about the team, the organization and give your
more contact details.
We are available to be contacted 24 hours a day 7 days a week
should you need to talk.
We will keep in touch with you via e-mails and phone calls.
What to expect : A team of women that love God and available to
be used by God for the extension of His Kingdom. A team that is
willing to pray with you, walk with you, study with you, cry with you
and dance with you.
We will not judge or compare and expect the same from you.
What not to expect : Do not expect us to fix your problems. We do
not fix people. We are here as instruments of God, we will help you
and give you the skills to grow, cope and journey but it is purely up
to you about what you want to get out of this journey and how much
you are willing to give back to women like yourself.
When you get in touch with us we will ask for your name and ask
you to share a little bit of your journey, we will get someone to call
you back should you need someone you can relate with. We take
your name, and contact details especially your phone number and
e-mail address (you can decline to enclose information ) With in
24 - 48 hours you will receive a welcome pack which will outline
dates and little bit about the team, the organization and give your
more contact details.
We are available to be contacted 24 hours a day 7 days a week
should you need to talk.
We will keep in touch with you via e-mails and phone calls.
What to expect : A team of women that love God and available to
be used by God for the extension of His Kingdom. A team that is
willing to pray with you, walk with you, study with you, cry with you
and dance with you.
We will not judge or compare and expect the same from you.
What not to expect : Do not expect us to fix your problems. We do
not fix people. We are here as instruments of God, we will help you
and give you the skills to grow, cope and journey but it is purely up
to you about what you want to get out of this journey and how much
you are willing to give back to women like yourself.
