My story 2016

Sad to say, in late 2016 soon after our trip back to PNG, an incident occurred in which a man from our neighbourhood, whom I had been trying to help manage his money better and whom we were trying to lead to the Lord , flew into a violent rage fuelled by ICE, marijuana and alcohol. This caused me to go into depression and anxiety. This had happened several times before as a result of trauma but never as seriously as this time. Over a period of a year I sank deeper and deeper until I was spending almost all of the time in bed. I was frightened to drive the car and gave up all my ministries: teaching scripture, mentoring with Crossroads Prison Ministries and leading the ladies Bible study group. I even felt unable to write or answer emails. Praise the Lord though that in March this year I believe the Lord to come back out of the deep valley and return gradually to the land of the living. The Covid restrictions were actually a big help to me because I could start to communicate with people via email, Facebook and by phone without the personal contact I had found so hard.