Our Team
Our Story
Tom & Dena Yohe
Our difficult parenting journey has exceeded ten years now. It’s taken us to many dark places we never imagined possible.
Self-harm, mental illness, substance abuse, suicide attempts, panic attacks, rape, psychiatric evaluations, hospitalizations, rehabs, and relapses were never part of the plan for our daughter.
We Can’t Do This Alone
When we were going through our most difficult times we felt isolated, lost, and paralyzed. We knew we couldn’t get through this on our own. We needed tons of wisdom, comfort, and strength from other parents who had walked this path.
We looked for help in our community but found little. This made us feel even more discouraged and alone. Because of this, we decided when we felt stronger and had experienced a good amount of inner healing, we’d reach out to help other parents.
An Unexpected Twist
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My Story
Beth Denhof
During the early days of one of our children’s struggles with substance use, a time that was fraught with fear, worry, grief, shame, anger and every other emotion, I happened upon a random blog on Facebook that featured an article from Dena and the Hope for Hurting Parents Ministry. What a blessing it became to me, especially to find out that I was definitely not alone in this journey!!
As I learned to keep my eyes on God and trust His perfect plan and timing not only in my child’s life, but also my own, I found healing and strength and eventually brought a HHP small group to our community in Mankato, MN in August, 2017.
In this journey and with the support from HHP I have continually learned new things not only about parenting a child who struggles with substance use, but also skills to parent all of my children better, and, most importantly, that by keeping my eyes on God and not my circumstances, I can grow, change and even thrive. I am blessed to now join Dena and Tom Yohe, founders of HHP, to continue to help them further promote their ministry in order to help other hurting parents find purpose in their pain, joy beyond their fear, and hope for their futures.
As a Team Member with HHP:
- I contribute posts along with Dena on the HHP Facebook page
- I assist Val Bush with resourcing and helping current and new HHP Facilitators
- I help with the promotion of HHP, a planned podcast and an online course to offer additional support to hurting parents who have no local group
While I never imagined that this walk would be part of God’s plan for my family, I can honestly say that with the encouragement and guidance from Hope for Hurting Parents, Paul’s words ring true…”Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” (2 Corinthians 1:1-4 NIV)
Contact Beth at bethdenhof@gmail.com
