Healing Hearts Housing

09/22/2026

They are extending this for one extra week and we are so grateful. If you can help, that would be wonderful.
Thank you so much The Title Team 🥰🥰🥰

***One more thing that is not on the list that would really be helpful is for transportation.*** Checks made payable to Healing Hearts Recovery, Prairie Lakes Transit or FAST that is designated for Healing Hearts would be so great!!

The Martin County community is amazing and we thank you all for your support

💜 Help Us Support Healing Hearts Housing Women's Shelter! 💜

From September 1-18, we're collecting donations to help provide comfort, essentials, and hope to women and families in need. Every item donated makes a meaningful difference and helps create a safe, supportive environment for those rebuilding their lives.

Join us in making an impact. Together, we can show our community's strength, compassion, and generosity.

Thank you for helping us spread hope, healing, and support to those who need it most. 💜

09/18/2026

Congratulations on 18 months Alisa Petersen 🤩
We are so proud of you!

09/07/2026

Don't quit before the miracle!

09/02/2026

💜 Help Us Support Healing Hearts Housing Women's Shelter! 💜

From September 1-18, we're collecting donations to help provide comfort, essentials, and hope to women and families in need. Every item donated makes a meaningful difference and helps create a safe, supportive environment for those rebuilding their lives.

Join us in making an impact. Together, we can show our community's strength, compassion, and generosity.

Thank you for helping us spread hope, healing, and support to those who need it most. 💜

08/30/2026

Today was one of those days that I will carry in my heart for a very long time. ❤️

Two of our beautiful ladies at Healing Hearts, Linda and Jenn, were baptized today at East Chain Evangelical Free Church.

Watching these women stand before others, let some of those walls come down, and publicly declare their faith in Jesus Christ was incredibly moving. Baptism is so much more than a moment in the water. It is a declaration: I belong to Jesus. I am choosing Him. I am beginning again.

There are moments in this journey when the work feels heavy and we wonder if we are doing enough, if we are making a difference, or if we are truly walking where God has called us to walk.

And then God gives us a day like today.

Today felt like another beautiful reminder from Him: Keep going. You are exactly where I have called you to be.

Healing Hearts was never meant to simply be a roof over someone's head. Our prayer has always been that this would be a place where women could find hope, healing, purpose, community, and a new way of life. Today, watching Linda and Jenn make this public declaration of their faith, I was reminded again that God is doing things within these walls that are so much bigger than any of us.

I am beyond blessed to have witnessed this day, and beyond proud of these two women for having the courage to stand up and say, publicly and without shame, "I choose Jesus."

Linda and Jenn, may today be a day you never forget. May you always remember the way that water felt, the people standing beside you, and most importantly, the God who has been walking beside you every step of the way.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17

What a day. What a blessing. What a beautiful reminder that God is still changing lives. ❤️

This is Linda

To God be the glory.

08/30/2026

Congratulations on your Baptism Jenn and Linda. We love you!!

08/30/2026

Today was one of those days that I will carry in my heart for a very long time. ❤️

Two of our beautiful ladies at Healing Hearts, Linda and Jenn, were baptized today at East Chain Evangelical Free Church.

Watching these women stand before others, let some of those walls come down, and publicly declare their faith in Jesus Christ was incredibly moving. Baptism is so much more than a moment in the water. It is a declaration: I belong to Jesus. I am choosing Him. I am beginning again.

There are moments in this journey when the work feels heavy and we wonder if we are doing enough, if we are making a difference, or if we are truly walking where God has called us to walk.

And then God gives us a day like today.

Today felt like another beautiful reminder from Him: Keep going. You are exactly where I have called you to be.

Healing Hearts was never meant to simply be a roof over someone's head. Our prayer has always been that this would be a place where women could find hope, healing, purpose, community, and a new way of life. Today, watching Linda and Jenn make this public declaration of their faith, I was reminded again that God is doing things within these walls that are so much bigger than any of us.

I am beyond blessed to have witnessed this day, and beyond proud of these two women for having the courage to stand up and say, publicly and without shame, "I choose Jesus."

Linda and Jenn, may today be a day you never forget. May you always remember the way that water felt, the people standing beside you, and most importantly, the God who has been walking beside you every step of the way.

"Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!" — 2 Corinthians 5:17

What a day. What a blessing. What a beautiful reminder that God is still changing lives. ❤️

This is Jenn.

To God be the glory.

08/22/2026

It’s the perfect time to refresh your denim collection while making a meaningful difference in our community.

Maurices in Fairmont is proud to partner with Healing Hearts Housing. Who is the recipient of our Jean donation this year.

Bring in your gently loved denim and help us provide comfort, confidence, and hope to local women. Every pair donated helps make a positive impact.

Thank you for supporting our community—we look forward to seeing you during our Re-Jean Event! 💙

08/21/2026

Acceptance Is Part of Recovery

One of the greatest lessons the 12 Steps teach us is acceptance.

Acceptance of our past.
Acceptance of the mistakes we have made.
Acceptance of the things we cannot go back and change.

Recovery does not require us to pretend those things never happened. It teaches us to look at them honestly, take responsibility where we need to, make amends where we can, learn from them, and then move forward.

But I believe acceptance has another side that is just as important: acceptance of others.

If we ask for grace for the person we used to be, we must be willing to extend some of that same grace to the people around us.

People in recovery are going to make mistakes. They are going to have bad days. They may disappoint us, say the wrong thing, make a poor decision, or stumble along the way. That does not mean we ignore harmful behavior or stop holding one another accountable. Acceptance and accountability can exist together.

But accountability does not have to come with judgment.

Before we look down on someone else's mistake, we should remember where we once stood. Most of us have had people forgive us, believe in us, give us another opportunity, or see something worthwhile in us when our actions made that difficult.

We cannot ask the world to stop defining us by our worst moments while defining someone else by theirs.

The 12 Steps teach us to take our own inventory, not everyone else's. They teach us humility, compassion, honesty, forgiveness, and a willingness to grow.

Acceptance doesn't mean saying, "What you did was okay."

Sometimes it simply means saying, "What you did was wrong, but I still see you as a human being who is capable of doing better."

We are all works in progress.

Our past can become wisdom.
Our mistakes can become lessons.
Our struggles can become compassion.

And perhaps one of the greatest signs of our own growth is when we can look at someone who is struggling, stumbling, or making mistakes and remember:

There was a time when that person was me.

"We will suddenly realize that God is doing for us what we could not do for ourselves." ❤️

08/20/2026

❤️ 40 WOMEN. 40 STORIES. 40 REASONS TO KEEP GOING. ❤️

Recently, Healing Hearts welcomed our 40th woman through our doors.

Forty.

For us, that number carries a special significance.

Throughout the Bible, 40 often represents a season of testing, preparation, transformation, and transition.

The Israelites wandered for 40 years before entering the Promised Land.
Moses spent 40 days on Mount Sinai.
Jesus fasted for 40 days in the wilderness before beginning His ministry.
And after His crucifixion and Resurrection, Jesus remained on earth for 40 days, appearing to His disciples, teaching them and preparing them for what would come next before His Ascension.

And now, here we are at 40 women.

We don't pretend to know exactly what God has planned for Healing Hearts next. Maybe we are being prepared for something new. Maybe we are being called to grow, change, or serve in ways we haven't even imagined yet.

We truly don't know.

So for now, we will simply keep putting one foot in front of the other, trusting God, and moving forward.

What we do know is that we could never have reached this milestone without this incredible community.

Lately, we have been absolutely overwhelmed by the kindness surrounding us.

Great Plains Transportation Services and Scale Bank selected Healing Hearts as one of the organizations supported through their Jeans for Charity: Dress Casual for a Cause initiative.
Maurices is supporting us through their jean exchange.

The Title Team is collecting much needed donations for our women.

Churches, businesses, organizations, and so many individuals have stepped forward to help with transportation costs, basic needs, and countless other things that make it possible for these women to rebuild their lives.

Some gifts have been large. Some have been small. Some have been financial. Others have been a bag of supplies, a ride, a prayer, an encouraging word, or simply someone saying, "We believe in what you're doing."

Every single one matters.

And behind the number 40 are 40 individual women.

Forty daughters. Forty mothers, sisters, friends and loved ones. Forty women who walked through our doors carrying their own stories, struggles, hopes, fears and dreams for something better.

That is what this milestone really represents.
We don't know what the next chapter of Healing Hearts looks like yet. But perhaps that's exactly where faith comes in.
We will keep serving the woman standing in front of us today.

We will keep trusting that God will show us what comes next.

And we will keep moving forward.
To everyone who has supported, prayed for, donated to, encouraged or believed in Healing Hearts:

Thank you.

We are overwhelmed by your kindness, humbled by your generosity, and incredibly proud to be part of the Martin County community.

Here's to woman #40 — and to whatever God has planned next. ❤️

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Jeremiah 29:11