Kali
Growing up, there was something that always stirred up my soul, and that was love! The feeling and thought of love always had me daydreaming. [...]
Abrielle
I was born in Bulgaria to a woman who did not want me. I was taken to an orphanage where there were many orphaned babies [...]
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 [...]
Miranda
At a young age, my parents divorced, then my father left the picture and did not return. At age ten, my mom started dating an [...]
Winter
Due to the toxic environment in my home life, I struggled with depression and anxiety from a very young age. I believed I was a [...]
Tonisha
I was born to two loving but very broken parents. They tried to work things out, but by the time I was six years old, [...]
Christy
Sinking beneath the weight of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and eating disorders, my heart gave into accusing voices and attempted suicide. Drugs and alcohol aided in [...]
McKenna
Graduate Update
"When I reflect on my time at Mercy, I remember it being the safest place I had ever been."
Annalise
I was born and raised in a family that taught me the love of Jesus through word and action. I was raised in the church, [...]
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 [...]
Jesus Loves Me (2003 Mercy Graduate)
Jesus loves me, this I know. For the Bible tells me so...” I remember singing this song in Sunday School as a child. I knew [...]