JANUARY

Outreach: 2025 started with many healing opportunities for women in our community! We served 50 outreach clients during all of 2024 compared to 43 just this first quarter of 2025! Word is spreading of the healing happening here and we are so excited.

Change to Sober Living: To meet the needs of many women who want and need to work, we decided to transition to a more traditional Sober Living model. Women can now work during the day and attend to their recovery needs on-site in the evenings. All case management, support services, healing education, coaching and counseling continue to be

our core programming.

Thank you to Meadowbrook Church for a $30,000 gift from their 2024 year-end giving. Gifts like this enable us to focus on our mission rather than fundraising and we are so grateful for that. It was at Meadowbrook Church listening to Nancy Alcorn of Mercy Multiplied one evening many years ago that I first felt inspired to pursue such a ministry as His House for Her. Meadowbrook holds a special place in my heart for many reasons.

Thank you to Sisters in Service Ministries of Ocala and their Cookie Ministry for their beautiful bags filled will delicious homemade treats. Their thoughtfulness touched us all.

FEBRUARY

Outreach: Another round of Freedom from Codependency kicked off as well as our second Trauma Reboot for men and women!

Volunteers: Volunteers dedicate countless hours to teaching, transporting, and collecting much-needed supplies to keep our house running smoothly. On February 21st we held an Italian luncheon in their honor with lots of special touches.

Thank you to Ocala Elks 286 for their $2,000 worth of household supplies. They restocked paper and plastic products, batteries, laundry detergent, pillows, bedding, and so much more!

MARCH

Abortion Recovery: Another woman completed 11 weeks of First Steps, a Journey of Healing to Abortion Recovery. Tears and hugs flowed freely as guilt, shame, and regret gave way to self-forgiveness, mercy, and hope for a more peace-filled future. The war within herself was silenced as she performed an Honor Service for her babies surrounded by her husband, her mother, a close friend, and her His House for Her circle of support. We are so proud of her!

New Beginnings: We sit with and walk beside those who feel weak. Unhappy endings can lead us to fresh, new beginnings if we let them. This "cleaning out" project spanned many days for this sweet soul because of how overwhelming it felt. So many grief-filled tears, anxious thoughts, and strong emotions were exchanged for encouraging, life-giving words, renewed perspective, and hope! She is now employed full-time and thriving.

March was HARD! We consider it a privilege to enter a woman's pain with her, but it is not easy work. The stories we hear can stir up some pretty strong feelings of sadness and anger. Yes, women in addiction create victims--but before they grew into women in addiction they were victims themselves. They neither took the time nor knew how to grieve the injustices, abuses, and losses they endured.

What did they lose? The love, comfort, and nurturing they required. The mothers and fathers who were absent for so many reasons, mainly because they didn't know how to manage their own pain. Their innocence and most importantly, they lost a life-giving connection to and healthy

perception of their Creator and the Lover of their souls.

God protect us and help us love them back to you.