Testimonials

‘My Beginning Experience Weekend was truly a new beginning for me.  From the moment I arrived on the Friday night, I was welcomed and put at ease immediately.  Everyone was very friendly and it was easy to relate to everyone else as I was surrounded by people who were also coming to terms with the death of a relationship.

 Listening to other's stories and experiences made me feel like I was not alone, and that it is ok to cry and have feelings of anger and depression.

 I came away from the BE Weekend with a sense of hope for the future. I now accept that God has a new path for me to follow in life, and I have a new found strength to follow that path.’        C.C.

‘The love and confidence I have found from the Beginning Experience has allowed me to appreciate the beauty of life again, something that was lost to me when I was in the depths of despair after the breakdown of my marriage.’    J.B.

‘BE has given me the tools to identify and label my feelings of grief and also to work through the pain at the loss of my marriage. It has provided me with the most genuine and loving of friendships, which in turn has enabled me to accept and love the person that I am. I am allowed to BE the same person on the outside as I am on the inside, without fear or judgment. I am in love with life once more.’                              M.C.

‘I was divorced after over 30 years of relationship. I had never imagined being in this position; I had always felt my faith, the foundation of my life, was my protection. Now I faced not only the loss of my marriage but also the shattering of my future, my hopes and my faith. The next seven years were an emotional, physical, financial and spiritual struggle and the toll on my self-esteem and self worth very damaging.
                                                               
Then at the end of 7 yrs a friend told me about Beginning Experience and I went to a weekend. There I found others on equally painful journeys albeit for differing reasons. With the safety, support and strength that Beginning Experience provided I began a journey of healing that continues yet. My self esteem and self worth started to surface, my faith blossomed and now I like the person I have become.  I'm proud of the courage it took to become that person and I'm so thankful to the peer ministry of Beginning Experience for providing the environment for it to happen along with the friendship of some of the most amazing and beautiful people I have ever had the privilege of sharing my life with.’         R.C.

 It was a new direction and so positive for one who was  lost and on the other side of the street to 'positive.’            R.B.