My wife and I were a typical young couple, excited about travel, experiences, and the natural progression to filling out our family. After conceiving our first child, we were quick to share the news and begin building our plans for the future.
Dipping into the perks of modern medicine, we pitched in a little extra money for a blood screening to find out the gender of our child as early as nine weeks. Shockingly, while this test did reveal we were having a daughter, we also had the devastating discovery that she had Trisomy 18 and would have a very limited life. Leaning into God’s Word, we committed to carrying Isabelle to term while facing pressures for termination and navigating challenging grief together.
Daily, we learned new meanings for love, life, and eternal joy with suffering. While we would not have long with our daughter, God helped us to see how he uses fallen world struggles for good.
After losing our daughter, we committed to helping others navigate the challenges of child loss and increasing the awareness of resources available to families who choose to carry to term.
This ministry and legacy continues through our book, our investment with Hope Mommies, local pregnancy centers, and how we parent and love our children.
~Taylor and Elizabeth Bloomquist
Being a part of The Redeemed became so much more than just attending a group—it became a reminder of God’s design for community. It strengthened my walk with Christ, and I’m grateful for the men who were there with me. It was a great experience, and I look forward to continuing this journey together outside of our group.
I knew about Christ at a young age, but I walked away from my faith and started taking pills to escape all my pain. It didn’t take long for me to realize that if I took more than what the doctor prescribed, it felt good and let me escape even more from the hurt I was going through. The older I got, the more I needed an escape. I don’t even remember my first wedding because I was so high. My addiction continued to grow until I was using heroin, coke, and pills all at once. Then I got addicted to fentanyl and lost my second marriage. Finally, God met me at a faith-based rehab center. Today I’m 3-years clean, sober, and married to a wonderful woman. My relationship with God is the closest it has ever been. I even have my minister’s license. It feels like I found the greatest life you could ever imagine. God didn’t allow me to die when I was using drugs. He has a plan for our lives and it’s greater than our own.
Psalm 107:2
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