Heart Change Ministries
would like to introduce you to
our first graduate from Mother’s University
Interview by Dori Morton
After a morning of singing, Bible studies, and lunch, Elizabeth and I slip out to find a quiet place to talk. Just as we settle down in the adult classroom, we are interrupted by the beginning of tutoring. The children are enjoying reading and quiet time in their classrooms after a busy morning of Bible stories, crafts and outside play, so we take our chairs into the small kitchen for a wonderful conversation.
Elizabeth joined Heart Change in early October 2008, when she went to the Wheeler Care Center looking for help. After attending for a week, she knew Heart Change was the place for her. “Everyone was so nice. They welcomed me. They opened up my heart to change.” Her initial hope at the Care Center was to get a house and eventually enroll her girls, now two and three, in school. Now she wants to have a home where people walk in and know that “God is in this house!” She wants her children to attend a Christian school that will strengthen their walk with God, and she wants to become one of the leaders of Heart Change so that she can help other women in the community.
Just five months ago, Elizabeth was practicing multiplication with flashcards. Now she knows she is smart as she makes final preparations for her GED exam. Elizabeth points out that tutoring is about more than just the GED. “Its about reading, counting, driver’s license, and Jobs Partnership.” Looking forward, Elizabeth sees herself passing the GED, graduating from Jobs Partnership and finding a meaningful job. Through the children’s program, Elizabeth sees her children becoming more respectful, eager to look pretty for God, and excited about playing with the other children. One of Elizabeth’s favorite parts of lunchtime is having her children share what they learned in class that morning. Plus she enjoys watching her children try new foods and develop healthier eating habits. “Now we are eating carrots and celery with peanut butter at home instead of chips and dip.”
The spiritual lessons are following her home as well. “My family had a Bible at home when I was growing up, but we didn’t read it.” Now Elizabeth reads the Bible with her children and prays with them throughout the day. She says she is much more patient with her children now and much more fun. Everyone is happier! Life isn’t different, it’s drastically different, she says. Now Elizabeth wants to walk with God, to be with the family of God. Through the women of Heart Change, Elizabeth is seeing firsthand actions matching words. She is not alone anymore.
“The world is not a good place. It’s scary when you are being tossed around in the water. It’s a lot better when you are walking with God and can get in the boat with people who care about you and are there to encourage you.” Elizabeth continues, “Here there are women who walk alongside you, multiple people to encourage you.”
About Heart Change:
Founded in February 2006, Heart Change Ministries comes alongside women in crisis pregnancies to encourage them in their spiritual walk and impending motherhood. Their desire is to disciple these new and/or future believers just as someone had done for each of us in our early walks. Concern for the quality of life for the child to come was as important to us as desire to see these women grow in their faith and discover the woman God created them to be. For more information, see their website at http://www.heartchangeindy.org.
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