About this episode

Shelby shares her experiences over nearly 20 years with Youth With A Mission, detailing the challenges and pressures she faced during her time in the organization.

Shelby joins us to share her story of almost 20 years with Youth With A Mission (YWAM), a Christian missions group with bases in nearly every country. She signs up at 24 to earn a counseling degree, hoping to help missionaries get better care. Instead, she is pushed to share painful secrets with strangers, watches a visiting speaker ask young women to sit on his lap for healing, and lives under a daily schedule that tracks her every move. She pushes through the flu because stopping looks weak...

People in this episode

Guest: Shelby

Topics covered

• Christian missions
• personal story
• mental health
• YWAM
• spirituality

Keywords

• Youth With A Mission
• YWAM
• Christianity
• counseling
• spiritual healing
• personal story
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Youth With A Mission

Places: Switzerland

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