Sharing another story for Limb Loss Awareness Month! This month we are highlighting different attendees of our Beautifully Flawed & Forge Retreats and sharing their stories for anyone who might be going through something similar, or anyone who needs a little bit of inspiration and hope! Today we want you to meet 2021 Beautifully Flawed Retreat Attendee Jesse St John!

In July of 2008, Jesse, only 6-years-old at the time, was involved in a farming accident when her dad was mowing hay. She had fallen off of the tractor and the back wheel pulled her body into a bush hog (similar to a lawn mower). Her right foot was severed, her lower right leg was mangled, half of the heel on her left foot was missing, and two fingers on her left hand were gone. The blade also sliced into her skull and if it had gone in an inch more, she would have died instantly. Her right leg was damaged to the point that doctors were forced to amputate her right leg above the knee. With those injuries, it is truly a miracle for Jesse to be alive!

For the longest time, Jesse couldn’t get over what had happened to her. She went to countless therapy sessions, placed on multiple different types of antidepressants, and was even hospitalized for trying to take her own life. Jesse was officially diagnosed with PTSD when she was in high school. But it was a talk with God that turned it around for her: