01/08/2026
As part of our Testimony Thursday and our series on "What is a Step-Study?" this week we will have a testimony shared with you by one of our current CR Getwell members, who is also the Team Captain over our communication here.
She writes:
Hello! My name is April Wiltbank, and I am a faithful follower of Jesus Christ, who been delivered from anxiety and depression, as well as attachment issues and family dysfunction, but I am currently working on people-pleasing and boundary setting.
I stepped into the doors of Celebrate Recovery almost 2 years ago, when I found myself looking at a possible divorce from my husband. I had let too much of my life become consumed with worries that were outside of my control and I didn't know where to turn. I decided I would go to CR, as I didn't know where else to turn. Hearing the 8 principles that night resonated strongly with me, especially the first one, "Realize I'm not God. I admit that I am powerless to control my tendency to do the wrong thing, and my life s unmanageable". I had tried much of my life to do the things that made me happy, and had stopped giving God control of my life a long time before that, and now here I was faced with yet another possible failed relationship. My life was far from happy and peaceful, and I knew I needed this to be reconciled.
I decided that night that I would join the next step-study. In there, I found women from all walks of life, all with different problems, but the one thing we all had in common, that bound us together, was our desire to let God take control of our lives, instead of always striving to be the one in control. This group of ladies were people I will feel forever connected to because of watching each other grow during the 8 months of meeting together weekly.
I finished my first step-study in 2024, and God truly changed my heart. I did not think that was possible. That same year, my daughter and I were baptized together , and the following year, my son and husband were baptized. God worked a miracle in my entire family and I continue to see his hand in so many things around me each and every day. My life is far from picture perfect, but I feel blessed to have the peace from God to know that no matter what challenges I face, God IS REAL, He is present, and always available. He is aware of all my challenges and I have an assurance that He knows me better than I know myself, and He cares for me and loves me deeper than I can comprehend.
No matter what happens to me, or to those I love, I have a peace in God's plan for my life and that He truly knows what is best for me. "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose."-Romans 8:28
If you are considering coming to CR or joining a step-study, I encourage you to just do it! It is LIFE CHANGING! After I finished my step-study last year, I was privileged to Co-lead another one this past year, and saw many lives transformed by the Good News and through Celebrate Recovery.
