In Their Own Words
Testimonials from Project Joseph
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Clint's Story
I am Clint, and to be a good father is my life’s work. Protecting, striving, and helping my family thrive is who I choose to be with passion and purpose. Yet for many years, my joy and ability to be the man God destined me to be was stolen by a terrible choice I made almost thirty years ago. My first family was destroyed when I was unable to stop my college girlfriend from aborting our two girls. In the aftermath, I tried to forget about our loss, putting it out of my mind. The heart will not forget and mine couldn’t forgive. In my unacknowledged grief, I turned to drink, drugs, and other things to numb my pain. By God’s grace, I found the Roman Catholic Church and began my journey with our Lord Jesus. Yet I still suffered with the addiction, depression and anger affecting the family my good Catholic wife and I are building. Introduced to Project Joseph, I found the healing my heart needed. At Project Joseph, Jesus placed the burden I carry in a place where I could stand rather than be crippled by the load. My story is like the man blind from birth healed by Jesus in John’s Gospel. I cannot tell you how I was healed, only that the difference was Jesus through Project Joseph. Now I am on a mission to share the power of what I was given through Project Joseph. Be bold brothers, and step into the beautiful gift of healing God has for you at Project Joseph!
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No one thinks the man is affected at all. He's not pregnant. He doesn't undergo the procedure. He's physically whole and never even has to meet the abortionist. No one thinks he feels any pain at all... except any other man who's been through it. Personally, I didn't think I needed the help. I thought I'd already dealt with it as well as I was going to. I thought that I was at peace with it. These kind people helped me find and deal with pain I didn't know I still carried. Regrets and grief were finally allowed to surface, where I could acknowledge and deal with them. The old wound was able to heal after all these years.
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After struggling alone for years with the guilt, shame and remorse of my involvement with my girlfriend’s decision to abort our child, I finally found a ministry that recognized my need to get help.
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Carrying the label of 'the bad guy' and being the one who made this terrible thing happen had always made me think that I shouldn't be allowed to feel the pain I'd been experiencing. Realizing that the mistakes I made didn't forever label me as 'the bad guy' nor force me to feel guilty for being sad, was one of the most healing experiences I've ever had.... The things I did were wrong, but not matter how awful I might have been... I've learned 'the bad guy' is allowed grace and healing too.
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I am a practicing Catholic and had been to confession. I knew that God had forgiven me but I was never able to forgive myself. During the retreat I finally found the faith and courage that I needed to trust in Jesus and through his Divine Mercy truly know and believe in the forgiveness that I had been given.
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As a Man this is something we don't talk about, even with our closest friends. For years I privately carried the guilt, shame and regret over the loss of my child. Attending the retreat allowed me to finally open up and share with others that have been down the same road. Through this I was able to open my heart to receiving God's forgiveness.