alyssa farrell

Back when God didn’t have a face, the distance between heaven and earth felt cosmic. I could pray as hard as I wanted, but it didn’t stop...

I used to just believe the stuff right in front of my face. The stuff I could see with my literal, physical eyes. The stuff that makes...

Imagine the zigzagging line on a heart rate monitor, zipping up and down like lighting. This jagged course looks like a rugged...

When I walked into the nursing home that’s just a three-minute-walk from campus, a game of Bingo was about to start. Visiting the people...

The past month has been a whirl. From waving farewell to Fiji and entering back into life in American, to packing up for college and...

The sun rose calmly over the long stretch of mountains in the Fijian islands as my team climbed into our van and departed for Nawaka...

The wind whipped through my long hair as I sat on a little speed boat, sailing back to Fiji’s main island, Suva, after a beautiful day of...

Right now I’m on a journey—I’m flying to the Fiji Islands in the middle of the South Pacific Ocean. It sounds somewhat glamorous: the...

My heart was pounding as my bus pulled over to the side of the road. I had never witnessed to people on the streets before. But here I...