Emily
When I was three and a half, my parents got divorced, so my mom, brother, and I went to go live with my great-grandparents. We [...]
Sierra
I grew up as your typical middle child. I was lost and felt like I had no identity of my own. Living in a toxic [...]
Marta
I was born in Africa and spent most of my childhood there. My mother abandoned me as a baby, and my dad committed suicide when [...]
Valerie
When I was a small child, a family member was physically and spiritually abusive towards me. They also heavily favored my brother over me which [...]
Tara
To paraphrase a message by Andy Stanley, never leverage another person’s pain to justify the inexistence of God because what you’ll often find in the [...]
Deborah
When I was a baby, my father moved to America to support our family financially, and shortly after, my mom left us. I was raised [...]
Christina
I was born into a broken family. For most of my life, my dad was sick, and my mom was either taking care of him [...]
Alicia
I was not raised in a Christian home. By age 6, my childhood best friend began sexually abusing me. This led to intimacy issues and [...]
Michaela
I never grew up knowing about God, but life as I knew it seemed to be pretty good. I don’t remember a lot of my [...]
Hannah
I was born into a great family who loves Jesus and taught us the importance of following Him. When I was two years old, my [...]
Sydney
"Coming out of Mercy, I can finally say I am not defined as depressed, but I choose to live in God’s joy every day. I am no longer misunderstood, but I have a voice and a Father who understands and loves me."
Kendra
"God has given me so much joy while I have been at Mercy and has constantly shown me who I really am."