mental health
From the Garden to Galilee
Editor’s Note: DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Fisher shares her experience with depression and relates her mental health journey to two relevant places in the Gospels. For a long time, I have resonated with the story of Jesus’ Agony in the Garden. I was diagnosed with depression around three years ago, and I have been…
Auntie Hannah & Jamaica Day
Editor’s Note: Lay Missioner Hannah Hagarty describes her shifted role within her Jamaican school community. Through this new “Healthy Mind, Healthy Body” class, she’s been able to appreciate those around her and dig even deeper into her faith as well as her community. When I returned to Jamaica after being home in the states…
Crystal’s World
Editor’s note: Missioner Cindy Mizes shares about a day at Jacob’s Well with the residents there, and how one personal experience in particular gave her a lens to understand the societal issues that Jamaica is facing today. She was sitting alone quietly in a wheelchair that had been pushed into a dreary corner of the…
