There were other hurdles, including a move, and what to do with her shop. She had to take English 30 by correspondence, to be accepted into college and by June she wrote the exam at the high school. God used this challenge to spur Dianne on to what He had waiting in store for her, and He began to open doors. “That sounds like fear to me,” said the woman. Dianne had a few reasons why not, such as lack of education and other hurdles. While talking about this with a client one day, the woman asked her, “What would you like to do instead?” to which Dianne replied, “I’d like to be an addictions counsellor.” “Why don’t you do it?” said the client. Her hands and eyes started reacting to the chemicals in the products.
“The second time to catch what I missed the first time, and the 3 rdtime to be able to help others and for the connection and support I found there.” With a young family to support Dianne had opened a hair salon in Hanna, but a new problem cropped up. “I went through their DivorceCare course 3 times”, says Dianne.
God opens doors and brings healingĭianne and her kids found comfort and support at the Alliance Church in Hanna. She left Bowden in February of 2000 with the kids, then 11 and 4, and moved to Hanna to be closer to her sister who also had younger children. By 1999 Diane knew they could not remain together as a family any longer. On top of everything else, the heartbreak of two tubal pregnancies followed the birth of their daughter. Life was hard over the next 10 years as she tried to live for the Lord amid unrelenting challenges in the marriage. When Jillian was 9 months old, they got married and settled in Bowden where they lived in the old Missionary Church Manse and she opened a hair salon. The couple reconciled and then she conceived their first child. God had her attention, but she hadn’t fully surrendered her ex-boyfriend. She stopped partying, read the Bible front to back, did a daily one-to-one discipleship class with her pastor’s wife, and was baptized. Her brother was a new believer and he led her to Jesus on February 27, 1987, and then helped her move to Stettler where her parents and he lived. Her first step was out of her rocky relationship. I wanted kids and the proverbial white picket fence.” Despite being in the grip of drugs and alcohol, deep inside Dianne knew this wasn’t the life she wanted. At 17, she began a relationship, and in time the couple moved to Calgary.
Settling in Innisfail, she got a job at a hardware store. She dropped out of high school in grade 10 and left home at 16.
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A longing for moreĭianne struggled through her teen years and life became a series of parties, drugs, and alcohol. I accepted Christ that night, and it lasted for a couple of months.” This had no lasting significance…or so she thought. They were playing Softly and Tenderly, and I was crying and praying for my mom at the altar. This was a Christian family and through them, Dianne began to attend Bowden Missionary Church and when she was about 12, she went to James River Bible Camp. Dianne began to spend more and more time at a friend’s house. All was well until Dianne was about 11. Her mother had medical issues that made her home life increasingly difficult. Her mom baked and sewed and taught Sunday School in a United Church and God was part of her family’s foundation. Life did not immediately transform into sunshine and roses, but God used all the heartache and pain to mold her into the person she is today.ĭianne is a middle child of 5, raised on an acreage in central Alberta with farm animals for food as well as pets. As trouble after trouble piled on, Dianne could have given up and given in under the weight, but God broke through again and again.
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