Jackie
Ever since I can remember, I struggled with anxiety. At a young age, I was diagnosed with a learning disability, and I allowed it to [...]
Lynz
For the first year and a half of my life, I was severely neglected and was eventually placed in my Grandma’s care for a few [...]
Lisa
Graduate Update
"When I reflect on my time at Mercy, I remember it being the safest place I had ever been."
Elodie
Graduate Update
"When I reflect on my time at Mercy, I remember it being the safest place I had ever been."
Sophie
Graduate Update
"When I reflect on my time at Mercy, I remember it being the safest place I had ever been."
Anna
As a kid I started struggling with my gender identity and same-sex attraction. I was faced with rejection from many different people in my life [...]
Lauren
Although my parents were Christians and we went to church, I grew up in a broken home affected by alcoholism and domestic violence. My parents [...]
Clara
Growing up, I was filled with the feeling of being an outcast and not belonging. I am Egyptian, but I was raised in California. In [...]
Kaylie
I grew up in a God-honoring and loving family. I attended private schools for most of my life. While I was attending Bible College, I [...]
Anna Grace
Before Mercy, my life was filled with fear, anxiety, and depression. These things from an early age craftily poured into my life. When I was [...]
Nyakim
I was born in a refugee camp in Nairobi, Kenya. My father, mother, two older sisters, and I were given the opportunity to come to [...]
Kenzie
Following my parents’ divorce, I was never somewhere long enough to feel at home. When I was eleven, the sexual abuse I was experiencing stopped, [...]