Spiritual Darkness: Reflections on a Medical Mission.
This is a reflective analysis on the lived experience of a medical mission in a third world country, where young women are abused and trafficked for sex. Practices of Scripture study, Lectio Divina, and contemplative prayer enabled me to deal with the spiritual darkness we encountered. Opening a dialogue with community members to view males and females in a different manner and battling alongside the local mission and ministers against sex trafficking, are not easy tasks. The perseverance found in the Bible gives us hope to be witnesses and healers in our broken world, and a small part in change that can take root with prayer.
Rosalinda Ramirez Jimenez, EdD, MSN, APRN, FNP-BC is an assistant professor of nursing at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas.
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