alyssa farrell

Do you ever get the sense that something crazy is about to happen? You don’t know what… but you’re ready for something UNEXPECTED. Just...

STEP ONE Getting started: Youth With A Mission FAQ—What is YWAM? What is a DTS? Why are you doing this program? Hear my process for what...

When I was asking God how to share about my heart behind this next season of my missions school and outreach, he said to share my ice and...

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...

“How are we going to do this?” I asked Autumn. We only had sixty dollars to cover a week of meals for the ten girls we lived with. In...

I was determined to stay away from resolutions and hopes and goals at the beginning of the new year. I'm the type of person who plans...

My breath dragged through my lungs, slow, scraping. The sound of it filled my head. More fully than the air filled my lungs. My chest...

The honesty came in the slowness of the day. I had known the truth for a few days, was sitting in it, waiting for the reality to settle....

Two tables are pulled together, chairs pushed around. Room for everyone. Some faces are light with expectation, elbows on the table,...

It all comes back to fear. That's what I've been noticing, realizing. My struggles, insecurities, decisions—all are grown out of fear. To...

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 blazing sun shone down on me from the deep blue Fijian sky above as I worked my shovel into the hard-packed earth. Pausing for a...