The other day I had something very special happen to me. The mother of one of my very first H2H clients stopped by our office. It was about 10 years ago that I worked with the family. She said that she was in the area and wanted to stop by to say "thank you" for the work that I had done with her daughter who was 5 at the time.
She showed me a picture of her beautiful 15 year old daughter, who is now in high school and doing wonderful. Seeing this beautiful young lady brought tears to my eyes. She certainly is not that same scared little girl that I knew so many years ago!
The mom said that she guessed that our (counselors) job is probably a thankless job, receiving very little appreciation for what we do. She wanted to be sure that I knew how very much she and her husband appreciate, even 10 years later, the support they received through H2H back then.
I shared this experience with another H2H counselor and her comment to me was that, most likely, not even we realize the impact that we have on the lives of our clients. What a joy, privilege and responsibility we have when we get involved in the lives of hurting people.
This highlights the importance and again, responsibility that a counselor has; it is not something to be taken lightly! Praise God for working in the lives of His hurting people through the counseling ministry at H2H! He deserves and will get the glory for it all.
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Sandy my work as you know is with the American Red Cross. One of the things I do for them is to teach First Aid and CPR classes. I have had several cases in which a client has told me how the training saved the life of another (many times that of a loved one). I dreamed one night of dropping a pebble into a pond and watching its ripples spread. I thought upon waking how that ripple effect is much like my work. I expect it is much like yours as well. One ripple creates another and another until you have covered the whole pond. In your work those ripples are lives changed for the good, guided to God and sent on to affect others' lives in positive ways too. God bless you, Sandy,and your team of counselors for making those ripples happen.
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