Our Story

In January of 2020 me and my husband, Trey, decided we wanted to start a family. We tried for several months and then in August, I was laid off from my job due to COVID cut backs. I was of course worried about starting a family with one income but took it as God allowing me to be a stay at home mom. A few more months of waiting went by and on November 12 I took what seemed to be the 100th pregnancy test, but this one was finally different. I had never felt so much joy. We were over the moon excited and couldn’t wait to be parents. If you know me you know how much of a planner I am, and so of course after waiting almost a year I was beyond ready for all the preparation. I started shopping, had pregnancy announcement pictures made, started my journaling, everything. And on Christmas Eve I went in for my routine appointment and was told that our twin babies had no heartbeat. We lost not one, but two babies. This was the absolute worst day of my life and I feel like it nearly killed me. I felt like I would never and could never shake the complete heartache that I felt every single day…BUT God had a plan. The only thing I could do was to run to Him for answers and pray to find the purpose in all this. After two months of mourning, I got myself together and decided I needed to use my free time to volunteer in some type of ministry work. I found a local pregnancy resource center, Women’s Resource Center. I scheduled a meeting not knowing what I wanted to do, or how I could help. But I felt God led me there for a reason. When I sat down with the CEO and told her what I used to do, and why I had so much free time to help, her face lit up as she told me had been wanting to hire someone for exactly that. I went in willing to serve and God handed me an amazing job. I got to help this awesome ministry SAVE BABIES and people for a living!

After working there for a few months, I continued to watch women come in, receive a positive pregnancy test, see their first ultrasound, and choose life for their families. Unfortunately, the staggering statistic of 1 in 4 pregnancies ending in miscarriage means many of our clients have or will experience the same gut-wrenching loss that I have endured. I began to feel in my spirit the nudge to do something more for those women. I brought the idea to start a miscarriage support box to our CEO, and she was on board in an instant!  

After praying and researching, “In His Hands”, was created; a miscarriage support program to provide comfort, healing, and community for those who have experienced pregnancy loss. Each woman receives a memorial box filled with special keepsakes, a booklet that walks through the pain of losing a baby as well as the hope found in Scripture, and information about joining support groups. This is a drastic difference from the 3 prong folder I received from the hospital filled with outdated, obsolete information, aw well as support groups that no longer exist. 

After starting “In His Hands” at the WRC, we were able to minister to over 200 women in our community! While this number is amazing, Marty always pushes us to dream bigger, believe in the vision God gives us, and fulfill our purpose for our generation. I believe my initial meeting at the WRC was the first open door to fulfilling the purpose and calling God has on my life. With the blessing of the WRC, I decided to take a huge leap of faith and continue the purposeful journey by exiting my staff role and dedicating my full-time effort to creating “In His Hands” as its own nonprofit. It will remain an established program at the WRC, but my hope is for it to extend far beyond the borders of Mobile into the state of Alabama and wherever else the Lord leads.