{"id":18338,"date":"2025-12-11T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cgk.nl\/?p=18338"},"modified":"2025-12-11T11:32:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T10:32:24","slug":"from-brokenness-to-purpose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cgk.nl\/en\/diaconaat\/van-gebrokenheid-naar-doel\/","title":{"rendered":"From brokenness to purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a poor country like Nepal, the lower status of women is deeply rooted in society. Boys get more to eat, receive more appreciation and have better access to education and healthcare. Family problems, unemployment and peer pressure trigger addictions among women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACN, the diaconal branch of 47 churches in Pokhara, helps female drug users. The social workers treat the addiction and guide the women in making a successful return to the community. Family members are involved in this process, and a great deal of attention is paid to education. Pushpa Shahi is one of the women who has been admitted to the rehabilitation centre. Here, everything changed and God intervened in a miraculous way. She tells us how this happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I lost myself<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

For the past two years, I have been working at Asal Chhimekee Nepal (\u2018The Good Neighbour\u2019). I now live with hope and feel that my life has meaning. But that has not always been the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I came to the rehabilitation centre, I felt completely worthless, as if there was no hope left for me. I had become seriously ill and people thought I was dying. That moment of fear, combined with painful family conflicts and financial problems, led me into the darkness of addiction. I lost myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, my husband was so devastated by my condition that he considered divorcing me. My family desperately wanted to save me and took me to the rehabilitation centre without my husband's consent. I felt abandoned and loneliness consumed me. But God wasn't done with me yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Struggle and healing<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n
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It wasn't easy at the ACN rehabilitation centre. There was struggle, but also healing. And I learned to fight. I once had big dreams that never came true, but during my rehabilitation I got a new dream. Or rather, a calling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have found my calling to stand alongside girls who feel as lost as I once did. In this way, I can help others find their way in life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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