by krista | Apr 18, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
This weekend, Dave and I were cleaning out the garage, and I came across Ellie’s “babi” (pronounced “bah-bee”) from Kindergarten. The “babi” is a smock/dress that every student was to wear every day over his/her clothes. The...
by krista | Apr 11, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
Yesterday, in our teachers’ meeting, our principal shared a testimony of God’s miraculous provision of a fully furnished, absolutely perfect apartment for her family when they were missionaries in Spain. It reminded me of our Spanish apartment story. Just...
by krista | Apr 4, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
On December 14, I fell down the stairs at my house and dislocated my shoulder. It was quite painful. Now, I’ve seen movies where people dislocate their shoulders – usually sports’ movies. In those, the athlete is in a lot of pain, but then the...
by krista | Mar 26, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I never thought I had an issue with idolatry. I mean, seriously, the word itself brings up images of men in long robes bowing down to golden calves. The closest I come to that is driving by a Chick-Fil-A billboard and following its arrow to the nearest restaurant. But...
by krista | Mar 19, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I was watching the pilot of the new TV show, “Rise,” last week, and I was fully prepared to love it. It’s about an English teacher who takes over the Theater department at his school, after all. That’s me! He’s even my age. We’re...
by krista | Mar 5, 2018 | Christ life, Stuff about Me, Uncategorized
I have been reading through the Bible, and last week, I ran across a date in the margin of the Psalm for that day: July 1997 – almost half a lifetime ago, for me. I had to wrack my brain to recall what was going on then. Obviously it was serious, as the verse...