

Why Renew exists
This journey was born from my own encounter with God
Renew is not something I ever planned to create. Twelve months ago I was a completely different person, walking a completely different path. This was something God began building in me through one of the hardest seasons I have ever lived.
In August, I received a breast cancer diagnosis that changed the direction of my life. It felt like the floor came out from under me. When you receive a diagnosis like that, you don't just get a new set of glasses — you become changed in ways that feel almost indescribable.
I walked through fear. Uncertainty. Hard conversations. Treatments. Moments where I had to surrender things I thought I could control.
But in the middle of that season, something happened that changed everything.
Jesus met me in the last weeks of chemotherapy, on a bathroom floor.
I had started returning to church shortly after my diagnosis, but it was during those final weeks of chemo that I felt Him undeniably drawing me nearer than I'd ever let Him before. As I drew closer, He began revealing the areas of my life that were no longer aligned with Him — the places that needed healing, forgiveness, repentance, and deeper surrender.
There were many tears, moments of confession, and countless chances to choose obedience over comfort. Little by little, God softened my heart and invited me to honestly look at what He wanted to transform.
Through that process I realized God wasn't only interested in healing my circumstances. He was healing me. I learned forgiveness. My relationship with my family and my partner began to restore. Resentment, guilt, and shame I didn't know I was still carrying started to release.
After a miracle, I was declared cancer-free in February. I decided to take the next step and be re-baptized — a declaration that I wanted to keep walking with Him, wherever this led.



"And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."
Romans 8:28
I didn't understand that verse the way I do now until I lived it. I couldn't see it in the chemo chair, but every day I see more of His plan unfolding — and it is miraculous, and also not the easiest.
I'm not stepping into this space as someone who has arrived. I'm still healing. I'm still moving through life after cancer. That's exactly why I wanted to open the door and let you walk this with me.



