Incredibly blessed

I walked in the door the first day crying, broken, defeated, tired, and angry. Through the activities and groups, God broke me a little more. God and this retreat defeated the power I had let my hurt have over me and then my soul was rejuvenated. I feel full of God’s sweet love. I now have tools, practices, and deep truths ready to use in my day-to-day life. I am so incredibly blessed to have been able to attend this retreat

Into the light

I came here a broken and hurt little girl. I left a strong and bold young woman on fire for Christ and full of His freedom and grace. Without this Grief to Grace Retreat, I would still be angry, hurt, feeling violated, manipulated, and worthless. This retreat has helped change my life and led me into the light. I am now once again a princess. I am a daughter of the king of Kings!

A safe place

It was the first time I was able to sit with other people who had experienced similar abuse and feel safe talking about my past. During the anger exercise, I was given a safe place to express anger that I never allowed myself to feel.

Letting go

I had held on to so many traumatic memories that I could never express and kept replaying them in my mind or in my dreams. Grief to Grace allowed me to leave those memories at the foot of the cross and I have never slept more peacefully after letting go of those memories.

Enjoy the present

Something very real and profound happened to me because of the retreat. It hasn’t even been 2 full weeks and I feel like a completely different person. Messes don’t bother me anymore. I can enjoy the present moment!

Trust more freely

The gracious gift of Grief to Grace that New Heart of Texas Ministries gave to me has changed my life. I came on this retreat thinking I need to address my anger issues only. Through the G2G activities, I was able to address my anger issues and get to the root cause. Through many years of emotional neglect and abuse, I started to believe the lies others said about me and what I said about myself. My true struggle was with self-hatred. At Grief to Grace I was able to expose this truth and call it out for the lie it was. Through intense prayer, exercises, and counseling/coaching I recognized this devastating truth. I have been struggling with identifying the problem for 34 years. But with the help of this incredible team, the honesty of my small group participants, and God I am on the path to healing. My marriage will be restored, I will break generational curses, and love and trust more freely. Thank you, New Heart of Texas, so much for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Abundant Grace

I kept my feelings of shame and inadequacies bottled up for years and by the end of this retreat, I experienced an overwhelming sense of peace, freedom, and abundant grace.

A new creation

I had longed for many years to break free from self-defeating habits that I knew chained me to my past, but I just didn’t know how to make that happen. Because of this Grief to Grace Retreat, my heart and soul experienced the deepest healing and freedom. The Holy Scriptures that I clung to in my mind for over 20 years have finally come alive in my heart and continue to shape me, moment by moment, day by day. I can truly say now, with conviction, that I am indeed a new creation–I am empowered. My husband is a witness to my transformation. He noticed after my return from GTG, that I have been responding to “drama” with more patience, understanding, and compassion. Because of the change in me, my husband desires to go through GTG. We are eternally grateful for the New Heart of Texas Ministry that has changed my life. Incidentally, the GTG aftercare gifts (the manual and spiritual affirmation CD) are my lifeline to staying free. I use these tools almost every day and they keep me empowered. I have already highly recommended the GTG retreats to several couples and individuals.

Newfound excitement

My experience at Grief to Grace was so freeing for me! Every step in the retreat was crucial and it built upon itself. I could not have missed one part. I felt safe and free to release deeply buried issues that I didn’t know I had. My anxiety, anger, frustration & hardness are gone. I have peace, contentment, and a newfound excitement for my future.