I have been blessed to have connected with Jacqui from mission 4 mercy
She gave me one of her lovely porcelain baby’s ,which started the journey of me thinking of the baby I lost many years ago…
I thought I had healed and dealt with the loss ,but God still needed to do some work.
Jacqui was so kind to pray with me .

One of my closest friends went through IVF they lost 3 babies,before having a miracle girl…
I gave her a porcelain baby which reminded her the 3 babies were in heaven.

Thank you mission 4 mercy for all your support.

Thank you Mission 4 Mercy for your Beautiful Porcelain Baby

You not only gave me a focus for my grief at the loss of a precious baby, but gave me the privilege of gently explaining to my young daughter that her baby brother or sister was now living with Jesus, waiting with Him to meet us, at the right time.

A tangible reminder of how beautifully and wonderfully we are formed, beautifully crafted and presented. Thank you for your mercy heart to reach out to other hurting people.

A gift of love.

Having journeyed with friends who have lost a baby through miscarriage and still birth as well as having friends share their pain over an earlier abortion, I was so touched by what Mission of mercy was doing in creating these gorgeous babies. I bought one of these for a lady who I got to know through regularly visiting her shop. I had seen and shared her excitement about her pregnancy and so was so saddened to hear when she told me of her miscarriage. Her grief was so deep after really wanting another child and having experienced a number of miscarriages. I returned the next week with one of the beautiful babies and she was so touched by the little baby and I explained to her it was a tangible recognition of her loss. In subsequent visits to her she shared how precious it was to her and that she often held the baby and it really was helping her in her grieving. She also said that it was really helpful for her older children to understand the loss and to be able to hold the baby. She was so touched by the baby that she rang Mission of Mercy and encouraged Jacqui to get her babies into hospitals so that more women can get them.

I have another baby at home so it is there if I need to give it to someone. Although I would never want a friend to go through the pain of losing a baby there is no other gift other than these babies that I would want to give to a friend. It communicates that I recognise that a precious baby has died and how real and deep that pain and loss is.

My clay baby was a timely gift which I received when I was on a retreat for specific healing and restoration I was seeking for my termination of pregnancy.  What the giver wouldn’t have known, is that the size my baby would have been when I terminated my pregnancy, was the same size my clay baby is.

Today, I remember Lillijana, my daughter who has gone ahead to be with Jesus, in a tangible way, because of the thoughtful gift of a friend.  My clay baby rests in front of a family portrait, because she was, is today and will always be a part of my life, and the lives of my family.

My clay baby, assists in the healing process that has and continues to take place in my life, because I have been able to realise my loss in a tangible way.

Thank you Jacqui for the beautiful babies that you lovingly make with your hands, and for the healing power in them, that brings about realisation, healing and restoration for lives lost: both of our little ones and our own.

When I was 20 years of age I had an abortion, I knew in my heart that it was the wrong thing to do even though I was not yet a Christian. After the abortion I emotionally shut down and suppressed the pain and loss. I went into denial and buried all memory of the abortion deep within. Eventually I married, became pregnant and had a lovely baby boy. Throughout this pregnancy I still did not acknowledge to anyone that I had had an abortion. After five years of marriage, I became a Christian and gave my heart to the Lord, this brought an incredible peace to my life. Just six months after this my husband walked out on our marriage, he had had numerous adulterous affairs during our marriage. Five days after he left, I became very ill and had to call an ambulance. I was having an ectopic pregnancy; I was rushed to the operating theatre where I lost the baby. When I recovered from the anaesthetic and I realized what had happened, I could not stop crying. My loss was so overwhelming, I had longed for another child. Suddenly the grief from this ectopic pregnancy brought the latent grief from my abortion flooding back, the emotional pain was overwhelming. I wanted to die. I felt that God was punishing me for taking the life of my baby through my earlier act of abortion. Here I was pregnant with a baby that I wanted so desperately and the baby’s life had been taken away.

Over the years, as I have journeyed life with God, He has shown me His love, grace and mercy. He is not a punishing God, who would take the life of my baby to pay me back.    I have asked God for His forgiveness for the abortion.

I now have the peace of God’s forgiveness. Through prayer I was lead to name my aborted little baby, Rebecca. Knowing that she is with the Lord is very comforting. I have not yet named my other baby, but I know that in God’s timing that will happen.

Many years, later I had the privilege of meeting Jacqui Vine, we immediately found a connection and became friends. Not many days later, she gave me two china babies. I felt so blessed to be given such a special gift. They were far more than just china babies, they represented my babies, the perfect babies I conceived, that grew in my womb.   I had never been able to see them but somehow these china babies symbolized them. What spoke to my heart, was that she said they were a gift from God. The scripture on the tag was from Psalm 139:14. I am fearfully and wonderfully made. They have become a symbol of my treasured babies, who are with the Lord in Heaven.

I want to thank God for all the healing He has done in my life. God has turned my grief and pain into experiences that have enabled me to help other women. (Jeremiah 31:13. I will turn their mourning into dancing. I am reminded that when I look at the china babies that I have lost two precious babies, but I am comforted to know that they are at peace and one day we will be reunited together.

God loves all of mankind, He is the God of all comfort, He welcomes us with open arms no matter what we have done. There is nothing that is too sinful for Him to forgive. When I was able to come and ask for His forgiveness, His love poured in and brought healing and release from all the years of shame and loss. God wants to replace your pain with His love and peace and He will if you ask him to.

I pray you may find Gods peace.