Testimonials

"Having the opportunity to be at HHP was one of the greatest blessings in my entire life. Issues that I never realized were affecting my life were dealt with. My life was changed forever more." --Pastor

"30 years ago God gave me the gift of salvation. I have walked around with that unopened gift in my back pocket. This week I was finally able to open that gift and receive the fullness of HIS love. My life has completely changed." --Pastor’s wife

"God is moving extraordinarily at HHP. Ignore that twinge of doubt in your mind and call, come. You can experience freedom from that pain, fear and anger that has trapped you. Let the coaches at HHP lead you into embracing the fullness of life God designed and desires for His children." --Abundantly Hopeful, IL

"God used HHP and Patty to bring healing and hope to this middle-aged couple; healing for yesterday and new hope for tomorrow. We are free to enjoy today, a new beginning to the rest of our lives." --Senior Pastor

"I was in a place in my life that did not allow me to move forward and I did not know why. I believe in God, I prayed to God, but I still seemed to be stuck. A friend recommended me to HHP after hearing another friends’ story. After one week of ministry and intense counseling the veil over my eyes began to lift, my heart opened to receive Jesus in a way I never knew could happen. I highly recommend HHP to change your life in a positive loving way." --Recent Guest

"This was one of the most emotionally draining times in my life. I didn’t realize how much had built up in me till I had to face it. Very safe place to face the pain and heal." --Pastor

"Being in full time ministry it is very hard to trust and to entrust personal information. HHP created an atmosphere for healing in my life and understood the trust factor. It ministered to my body, soul and spirit. I could feel the Holy Spirit doing heart surgery on my innermost being." --Pastor’s wife

"At HHP my chains to the past were broken and I was set free. Abba Father used the caring and compassionate counselors to draw me into a truly intimate relationship with Him. I can now look forward to the future with a hope and joy. Hallelujah!" --A captive no more!

"I came to HHP at the lowest point in my life. I struggled almost my entire life with the same issues manifesting in various harmful ways. HHP offered life altering, mind shifting, heart reshaping truths delivered with and through the love and truth of Christ Jesus. If we don’t get to the root of your damages and woundedness, we won’t be set free. HHP tackles head-on the heart of what God wants us to see and know. I will never be the same and I am not going back the way I came." --My Father’s Daughter, FL

"During my time at HHP, God has shown me who I really am in Him. My view was based on lies and distortions. Now know I am his child and am convinced He will finish His work in me!" --Husband and Dad

"When I decided to attend HHP I thought my life is worth a week of healing and I truly didn’t know what to expect. I found that the week isn’t the finish line but rather a starting point of restoration for the rest of my life and it proved to be one of the best decisions I have ever made." --Proud Canadian

"HHP helped me to come to terms with known struggles and hidden issues as well which had a stranglehold on my life. I’m able to see what true freedom looks like when I realize what bondage I’ve been in. Abundant Life is waiting and available." --Grateful Pastor’s Wife

"I loved how each day was a step towards renewal in Christ; from the teachings, to the private counseling, to the scripture given to refute the lies I’ve been believing about God over the years. This has been a time of miracles and seeing God’s overwhelming love and faithfulness." --Struggling Artist

"I came to HHP broken. My health, my spirit, my marriage, my joy, my desire to live was gone. I am leaving with a new hope. My spirit is encouraged. My body is hopeful and excited for the physical healing that will come from forgiveness. My joy is in the Lord. I know he has a plan for my life and I trust Him. My marriage was so deeply affected by my past and I had no idea. My eyes are open and satan has been exposed. All I can say is this one week, if you allow the Holy Spirit to change you – He will. He is faithful." --Thankful, Changed Woman from VA

"HHP ignited a miraculous process of healing in my heart that I’ve been crying out to God to do for years. His principles have been in His word waiting for me the whole time but I needed his agents of healing (Sam) to walk with me through it. And I needed to really be at a place of receptivity. I was! Having lost my joy in almost every aspect of my life HHP was the perfect place at the perfect time. Praise God." --Baptist Convention State Missionary

"After being at my most broken place in life and feeling empty of God, I knew I had to do something. My husband had committed suicide earlier and I had undergone serious surgeries. My faith was weak and my children were suffering. HHP took me from the pit and brought me before a loving Father that healed me and I am now a new creation and ready to serve the Lord and be a mom." --Single Mom

"I came to HHP as a last “ditch” effort to heal my enormous brokenness. I truly encountered Jesus Himself here and He healed my broken heart personally and also saved my marriage." --Pastor’s wife, CA

"My stay at HHP was the most healing week of my life. I believe that through the teachings and personalized counseling, I received at HHP; the last half of my life will be lived to the fullest. I couldn’t ask for a better intensive care unit. Being at HHP was like having the best labor & delivery midwife right there coaching, praying, encouraging, teaching me as I went through the mess and pain of birth. At my age, I am the baby as I continue becoming who God created me to be." --Adult Mission kid and RN

"Praise God for a place of healing for the wounded that exudes love, support and guidance. You actually feel Jesus extend His healing and comforting hand through the individuals at HHP who personify His brand of love, acceptance and intimate relationship. There is no one who would walk away without major changes for the good in their life after a week at HHP." --Married, SC

"The staff and counselors at HHP exemplified the heart of the Father to me. They extended the love of God to me and with sound biblical teaching brought healing to my heart. My time at HHP represents a turning point in my life." --Businessman, VA

"His High Places brought my marriage miraculous healing in 5 days. Sam and Anita provide deep personal counseling in a loving, comfortable environment. Thanks to God working through HHP, my life and marriage is moving into genuine abundance." --Husband/Father, VA

"Upon arriving at HHP, I was nearing the end of the scale towards hopeless concerning my life and my relationship with my husband. I have not been new to the counseling scene, but was new to Christian counseling and, frankly, was quite apprehensive. Along with my husband, I have left my stay at HHP with a new outlook on life. We are both hopeful for our future. I realize and accept my role as a wife. And, I am learning my role, too, as a child of God. I am accepting full responsibility for my life and for my past choices and understand now that, by default, if you don't choose God, you choose Satan. You cannot serve 2 masters. I am in the process of opening my heart to God's plan for my life. I am 40 years old and there's no better time than now." -----Married to a Wonderful Man for 6 years, NC

"I came to HHP brokenhearted and I left with a purpose. God had chosen the time and the place for His perfect plan. He promises He will be found when we are seeking Him. For me, that was here at HHP" ---Sweet Freedom, NC

"In a week God spoke to places in my life that revealed my need for healing and freedom. Through intense time with God and my counselor, we were able to cry, laugh, and love one another into a renewed, fresh relationship that has thermal value."

"I have been in counseling on and off since I was 13 years old. For the last year I have been going once a month. I know there were haunting memories from the past but I did not want to have to go back through it. Once I was at HHP God gave me the peace, and Sam the wisdom of how to break through."

"This experience has changed my life. I was hurting and hopeless and didn't really know Father God. I was deeply despaired. That's all changed. Instead of fear, rejection, loneliness and abandonment, I have come home to my Father. I now have peace and joy and look forward to a fulfilling future. This ministry is worth its weight in gold. Lives are changed; peace and joy come out."

"I came up here to find a better relationship with Father God and to become a better husband, father and grandfather. What I found were the things that were holding me back from becoming the man that God had made me to be. This will help me be the beloved warrior that God wants me to be." ---Married Man, VA

"I have been in the ministry for 24 years yet I did not realize how distorted my concept of God really was. His High Places set me free and gave me a healthy, Biblical view of God. My long 'dark night of the soul' has ended!" ---Free at Last

"I have always felt if I just prayed enough and read my bible enough and said in Jesus name I could overcome any thing. There is not a person alive who doesn't need the kind of help that HHP offers. It is so simple yet so powerful. I am free to love those that love me and those that hate me like I didn't know was possible." --- So Grateful, NC

I have been meaning to write for a number of months and I am finally getting down to it. I recently read your article in a past newsletter on forgiveness and not to long after that my pastor preached about the importance and benefits of forgiveness. As I have reflected on my time at His High Places and my more than 10 year struggle with depression, I have come to realize the role that forgiveness played in my complete healing. I struggled with depression for many years without really knowing what I was struggling with, then after a suicide attempt I was hospitalized for a few days and went through an outpatient multi-week program as I transitioned back to work and family life. I was lead down a path of medication to help with the symptoms of my depression. I found that there was some relief with the medications, but at times they actually made things worse. As my struggle became greater I was faced with losing two jobs within two months and the very real possibility of losing my family. As I was separated from my family and without work I sought further help. God led me to His High Places and there I found the beginning of my freedom. I returned home from HHP to no job and still separated from my family. I sold our home and moved into an apartment and God provided a job. I was focused on working and being consistent for my family. I feel that I was able to come back as a result of all the unforgiveness that I released while at HHP. I continued to study God's Word and let his words deal with my various situations. Under the care of my physician, I was lead to stop my medication and have been free from any medication or depression for over a year now. My family is back intact all living under the same roof with a new to us home. I wanted to write and thank you for your ministry and let you know that the power of forgiveness is real and God heals people today. Rochester, NY

"Understand why you do what you do is often not easy. His High Places will help you live an overcoming way the really overcomes and results in Transformation." --- Pastor

"His High Places has helped me put my life in line with God's plan. God used my stay wit show me where I needed to let Him be in control. What a relief to let him be the captain of this ship!" --- Reformed Control Freak

"God brought me here to surrender to Him. I know what he has for me & all the love I am missing that my heart has longed for. He knows the desires of my heart & he knew that this was a place of safety to find them in Him!"

"I had little hope for my marriage before we came to HHP. I feel renewed with understanding, healing and also a new hope for my marriage upon leaving, what a difference in only a week. Thank you!!" --- PA Husband

"I came to His High Places very burdened and broken hearted by the harsh realities of my past. My experience here at His High Places brought me to the point of confrontation of the deepest secrets of my life, realizing that in even the most painful realities that God was with me, suffering with me. His healing power redeemed my soul from the pit of emptiness and despair. Because of His love, I am Free!" --- Kerrie, MA

"His High Places has served as a vehicle and conduit for God to reveal to me that He is a God of radical change! Because He is, He allows and prompts us into "radical change." The end result is that of pure freedom-freedom that only a believer can know." -- Lawyer, Salisbury, MD

"Freedom-I can't describe it any other way. I am now walking in more freedom than I ever have before." -- Dancing, CA

"God, through HHP, showed me the trough of my past, the motivation of my behaviors and has set me on a path to freedom in Jesus Christ."

"Carve out a week for the Potter to form a new life."

"You will begin to see the things that have been tearing your marriage apart, but you've been blind to. Then you'll learn practical ways to bring healing and restoration that you both desperately need." --- A better husband

"God has led you here for a reason. Trust in it and you will receive what you need. God is great and He will put the right people in your path. You are not alone and there is hope!" --- Formerly fed up, now filled up. Detroit

"People in this day and age would understand if I compare this to a deep spiritual rebooting. New programs and tapes are in memory. Old things are passed away. Behold all things are become new." –-- 51 year old Physician

"HHP is a place for life-transforming healing to take place." –Physician

"I learned tools to heal past hurts and to forgive. The introspection into my childhood and my life events provided clarity as to why I am the way I am and also provided valuable insight into family members' behavior."

"If you want to continue doing things your way, don't come here. However, if you want to get free from yourself and see what God's best is for your life, then this is the place for you to be truly touched by the Holy spirit in a way that could change your life forever."-- Back on Track, TX

"I came exhausted, needing hope and renewal and a new perspective on life and ministry. I left rested, renewed, refreshed, revived and ready to start the second half of life with great hope and God's grace." -- Pastor/Mom AR

"HHP was an exceptional place to readjust to our married life after the tour in Iraq. No matter how strong one's marriage is reconnection and adjustment is crucial. Having outside counselors mediate potential hurts helps keep things in focus." –-- Army Wife

"After several years in ministry my husband and I felt burned out and disillusioned. Ministry and our marriage were both suffering. HHP offered us a place to be honest about our struggles and gave us wise Biblical counsel that really got to the root of our problems."--Youth Pastor's Wife

"This ministry, an open heart, and the guidance of the Lord have saved my marriage." –--Teacher, NC

"HHP provides a loving, non-threatening environment where you receive God's healing for brokenness. The counselors walk you through God's Word so that healing is received from the "Master Counselor" ---Grandmother

"Embracing the future as I sacrificed the past, I finally found the healing that will forever last. My counselor my step, and God my leap, right into a breakthrough to freedom it cut deep. With hesitation and fear I came, now I leave never to be the same." -- PK, Bama

I came to HHP with a tremendously negative concept of myself and God. I left with God's wonderful biblical perspective of Himself and me." -GA

"I came to HHP afraid that I wouldn't be changed, that the process wouldn't work on me. Boy was I mistaken. I have a closer relationship with God; I have a closer relationship with my husband and my boys. I am truly a changed woman. None of this could have happened without the power of the Holy Spirit, the power of God and the love of Jesus. God gets all of the glory here. Through Him anything can happen! Praise God" --- Mom from Montana

"The love and ministry I received at His High Places together with the majestic mountain scenery that surrounds it was exactly what I needed to help me get to the roots of my problems and experience renewal from the Lord to return to my family and ministry a new man." ---Pastor, VA

"I came to HHP with a lot of pain, uncertainty about the future and bitterness. I am leaving with assurance of God's love and an expectancy that my Abba Father will take care of me. Time seems to stop here as the staff love on you and help you heal." - Counselor, TN

"I came to HHP because I knew if life continued as it was, I would soon hit a crisis, with a hard heart, both personally and professionally. HHP helped me identify false beliefs, areas of sin, need for forgiveness. Furthermore, they helped me heal from past hurts and set goals and plans with practical tools to live in the fullness of Christ." -Ministry Director, NC

"Prior to coming to His High Places (HHP) I had gone to a couple Christian counseling sessions and was asked by my counselor who I thought I was in Christ and if I could go back and talk to my younger, injured self what would I say? I had absolutely no idea how to answer these questions, let alone who I was at all, and especially not who I was in Christ. Ironically, well...I don't think God taking care of me is ironic; those were exactly the questions that were answered during the two weeks I spent at HHP. I received the most loving and pertinent counseling that gave me an identity, and an identity that will last me the rest of my life...because I now know what my purpose is in Christ. God working through the loving family at HHP performed a miracle in life...has allowed me to walk in newness of life...and has allowed me to begin to experience what it means to have abundant life...In Christ!" --- Client from Missouri

"After much counseling in the past, I finally feel I found the keys here at His High Places to unlock the pain and find healing. Thank you, Lord!" -- Christian Counselor, NC

"I have carried around feelings, emotions, questions for 50 years (I am now 53!). I found the answers at His High Places. I had been to counselors and just did not receive much of the picture until I spent 2 weeks here. I am so grateful to God and for the promises that I have in Jesus Christ my Lord and Savior." -- Wife, Mother, Alabama

"My wife and I have been struggling for years - through many different counselors, Christian and other. The work at His High Places was truly unique. The work was and is very difficult but gave us a great foundation and HOPE for us and the future." -- Arizona Husband

"If you are hungry for healing and thirsty for the Lord, HHP offers the best of both in a beautiful setting. There is a feeling of being "home" with people who love the Lord, but also love you "just the way you are" and love you too much to leave you that way." -- Wounded Warrior Learning to Trust (again)

"If you come to His High Places with an open heart and a teachable spirit, you will receive more than you would ever think possible. I know you will leave here with miraculous hope that all things really are possible with God." -- A new man in Christ, VA

"I feel I am finally free to love my wife and to follow God without the shackles of the past dragging me along the devil's road. Thank you for showing me how to be free in the name of Jesus." -- John, Indiana

"Thank you so much for partnering with us and God in giving me my husband back and helping me find the liberation that I needed to be the wife God wants him to have." --Happy Wife, Indiana

"My time at His High Places helped me identify the wrong thinking that was spilling over into my new marriage and preventing me from seeing it as God's gift to me." --Newly Married, NC

"I had a miracle at His High Places. It truly changed me and gave me a new beginning. Please let Jesus do the same for you at HHP." -- Gina Louise, ME