Eunice's Story

Eunice cried as she shared about being raped while in 4th grade and her first attempt at suicide shortly after that attack. She had never shared about the rape with anyone – not her grandmother who she was living with, not her mother who had abused and sent her to the grandmother, not any teachers at school, not even any friend.

She said this was the first time in her life she felt safe.

There is a long path ahead to emotional and spiritual health, and to creating a sustainable life for her and her children. Eunice is resilient and wanting out of the trap she finds herself. The Women's Resilience Circle provides that safe space to begin the journey. There is a lot of hard work ahead needing much prayer and support because Eunice's young life includes feelings of worthlessness, further rejection, acting out destructively, abortion, 5 children, and seeking hope from the wrong people and places.

Women's Resilience Circle was created to minister and change the trajectory of lives for women like Eunice. Our one-week seminar for this cohort of 8 women, was emotionally transformative for each participant and impactful for our 2 staff and 3 volunteers. There was one group counseling session and 5 of the women also had a 1 1/2 hour counseling session with a loving, professional trauma counselor. (we ran out of time so the remaining three will begin this month).

On the last day of the seminar, Eunice shared that she cleared her contact list of all those who have been part of her trauma induced destructive behavior.

Please pray for us as we are creating the structure and curriculum as we go, working within a tight budget. The WRC has monthly meetings with the cohort and a weekly visit with each woman plus two more week-long seminars in the year long program.