WHAT PEOPLE SAY

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Cecilia N

"I felt lost and in pain from my unhealed trauma. I was drifting away from the church. My comadre, my child's godmother, invited me to the Healed and Restored Bilingual Retreat. When Elza gave her testimony, I identified with her. She inspired me to get out of all this pain. I am so thankful that I experienced a complete retreat because it didn't just end there. Healed and Restored kept accompany me. I am Healed and Restored! I can only say thank you so much for all your support!"

Ana H

"I would like to thank Elza from Healed and Restored for helping me when I was going through my darkest moment and up until now. I was without strength. I felt weak and Elza came to me. She hugged me and listened to me. She gave me the opportunity to open up about my pain. She then connected me with resources and people who brought me food and all that I need. This outreach has helped me and my children tremendously. Healed and Restored has offered me the spiritual support I desperately needed. Thank you and God Bless all you do."

Yemmi Erazo

"God brought me to Saint Mark in 2023, where I learned about the Healed and Restored Retreat. I learned about the internal healing process. I asked for the intercession of Our Blessed Mother in every rosary, at every Mass in the Eucharist, and in Adoration before Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. God has freed me and broken the chains of the many lies and deceptions that the enemy had led me to believe all my life: that I was born to suffer and be unhappy. God has restored my heart and filled it with a new passion and love for Him and all those around me. I recommend you give yourself the opportunity to experience the Healed and Restored Retreat."

TESTIMONIALS

"As a survivor of sexual assault, I started my healing process a few years ago. After attending one of the Healed and Restored events and hearing Elza's powerful testimony, I began to understand that what my healing journey was missing was the spiritual component. Up to this point, I had only worked with secular trauma-informed therapists. But what I needed was the type of healing that God only can provide. Because of Healed and Restored's generosity, I was able to start working with a Catholic trauma-informed therapists who has worked with me on the spiritual components of my healing, as well as the emotional, mental, and physical. I am incredibly grateful to Elza and Healed and Restored."

Ana R

"With Healed and Restored I found my missing component. In every session, I traveled to my darkest places and confronted them with God hand in hand. With the guidance of the Healed and Restored counselor, I learned that even in my darkest moments I was never alone and that I was loved from the moment I was created."

"At Healed and Restored I have received psychological and spiritual help. It became the refuge that God had prepared for me. The Healed and Restored counselor gently walked with me in my healing process. Healed and Restored is a great blessing in my life and in the lives of many women who struggle with the violence we have experienced. Whether it be domestic, physical, psychological, verbal, or sexual violence that we have gone through. I am still processing forgiveness towards the person who hurt me, and I am achieving it by the grace of God. He is the only one who can heal my heart so I can have peace of mind. I am very grateful to God and to Healed and Restored because they have helped me heal my trauma and this healing process has brought me calmness. I invite you to continue to help Healed and Restored with your prayers and donations. "

Mayra H

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Elza Spaedy understands the trauma that many women endure. As an abuse survivor, Elza aches for women to experience community connection, heart healing and a safe place to receive both. Healed and Restored is such a place. They provide counseling and healing programs designed to help women with the devastating effects of physical abuse, sexual abuse and sex trafficking. This impactful ministry is a much needed healing balm over a hurting population of the Church.

Carrie Daunt

Author of Undone: Freeing your Feminine Heart from the Knots of Fear and Shame.