Brianne – 2014 Graduate

I was sexually abused by a family member from the time I was three years old until I was eight. I struggled with anxiety and pain from the sexual abuse and eventually turned to drugs.

My best friend told me about Mercy, and I decided to apply because what I was doing wasn’t working. I needed to do something different, and I was desperate to change my life. I was a broken, lost, sad little girl who desperately wanted to be loved.

While I was at Mercy, I got deathly sick with Mastoiditis. Through the misery of the recovery process, I got closer to God because He’s all I had. God has taught me that I’m forgiven and that He’s not storing all my sins in a drawer to smack me in the face with them when I come calling. He has taught me that I am His daughter, and I am beautiful. He would never do anything to hurt me, and He never wastes any of my pain. I have not been overlooked or forgotten. He loves me, and He wants me to come to Him and ask for help. Nothing is too big for Him and nothing is impossible with Him.

After I graduate, I plan on going back home to be a mommy to my babies and work while I go to nursing school.

To those who support Mercy, thank you for saving my life. What a blessing that someone such as yourself decided to obey God. God blesses those who obey Him.