Testimony Tuesday {Hope in a Box}
Box Gatherings are an opportunity for anyone wanting to make a difference in their community by providing Hope Mommies™ Hospital Boxes to their local hospital.
Are you praying about how to honor your baby this Christmas season in a way that can have eternal impact in the lives of those enduring the same pain you have endured? A Hope Box Gathering is a unique way to spend an evening with friends, write encouragement cards, decorate boxes, fill them with all the gifts and talk to your local hospitals about the ministry, and impact other moms’ lives.
Testimonies about Hope Box Gatherings:
“I love this organization because of how I’ve seen it being used by the Lord to serve my best friend’s heart and also honor the life of her baby boy who is very dear to me. When Emily lost Caleb, I felt so helpless to be there for her. I grieved with her naturally with my whole heart…I still do. But I could not be what she needed because my heart truly didn’t know what her heart was feeling as she buried her child. I love to visit Caleb’s grave various times during the year and celebrate his birthday. I love to honor him with my annual ribbon on my door for infant loss awareness month. I hear songs, see vintage truck decor (his nursery decor), see articles about miscarriage, see his name on a park fence, see anchors everywhere, and all of these things remind me of him. The boy that I wanted to watch grow up. The boy who was to be my kids’ best buddy. My best friend’s first baby boy. Even though I have these strong feelings of love and grief, I could never grieve with her like other Hope Mommies can. I love this organization for that reason. I love that she knows she’s not alone and that she has all of you to help her grieve well. I love how Caleb’s name is honored through this organization. I love how you all are serving others who have had this tragedy happen. I loved helping out with assembling Hope Boxes because I could see how the boxes being received can be one step toward healing and grieving well. Thank you for allowing me to serve alongside you all. I truly admire the mothers, friends, and strong women that you all are in Christ.”
– Emily Williams, Friend of Hope Mom, Emily Copeland
“This was the first Hope Box Gathering I’ve been a part of where I worked with other local Hope Mommies to go through the whole process together, start to finish. It was lots of work to finally get to the gathering part, but so incredibly special. Getting these boxes ready for women in my community has been so important to me personally because I think getting a Hope Box soon after my loss would have made a big difference in my journey. My prayer is that these boxes will be a blessing to newly bereaved mothers, so that they can have a tangible way to experience the love that God has for them during one of the most difficult times they will experience. Additionally, it was very special to be able to honor many mothers and their babies as we dedicated each box that was made with love to a baby already in heaven. It is so meaningful to get to experience how God is using my son’s life for good. It is such a healing experience for a grieving heart. Serving alongside these women during our gathering was such an honor.”
– Emily Copeland, Hope Mom to Caleb
“When my daughter lost her son, I felt so utterly powerless to help her. Participating in making hope boxes was a concrete way that I could do something that might help another grieving mom begin to have a glimmer of hope in her most hopeless hour. Working alongside others who had experienced their own losses, I felt God’s spirit move us as we filled and decorated each box and came up with just the right words to write in each personal note. It was a deeply humbling and moving experience.”
– Bev Van Note, Hope Grandma to Caleb
“The Box Gathering was an incredible way to turn sorrow into blessing. It is truly an honor to be the hands and feet of Christ and serve a woman in what we know will be one her most difficult days. I kept thinking the whole time, ‘I wish someone had done this for me…what a difference it would have made.’ I also had the blessing to dedicate some boxes in memory of my friends’ children, which blessed those mommies too. Just seeing that your baby’s life could inspire healing for others helps with our own healing process as well. I will never know why we lost 6 children on this earth, but I do know what I can do in response to that pain, and that’s try my best to help others who might experience a similar loss…and that is a joy!”
– Katy, Hope Mom to 6 Frazier babies
“After losing two babies in back-to-back pregnancies, I was lost. I searched for some kind of support. I felt so incredibly alone and had so many faith questions and struggles. I did not know about Hope Mommies until about 5 months after our 2nd baby went to heaven. I still didn’t know the depth of this ministry until going to a retreat a few more months later, nearly a year after our Hope Babies. Putting Hope Boxes together with a group of women and children was incredibly humbling. My 8-year-old daughter also went to the gathering with me, and put her heart into decorating boxes for grieving moms. My desire is for other women to find a supportive and understanding community of moms with their hope in Christ in a more timely manner. This is a tangible way to meet that goal. So thankful for this opportunity.”
– Jennifer, Hope Mom to Tiny and Teeny
Hope Mommies is currently raising money for our end of year #ILoveHopeMommies campaign. When you donate to Hope Mommies, you are making a huge difference in the lives of grieving families. Of what you give, 97% is poured straight back into the ministry and only 3% is used for administrative costs. Your money is used for Hope Boxes, biblical resources, help in funding the annual retreat, and much more that encourages and supports grieving mothers and families. Learn more about the impact you can have by giving to this end of year campaign -> HERE
Learn more details about hosting a Hope Box gathering -> HERE
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