Hi Friend,
If we were meeting face to face, I would embrace you with a warm, loving hug and a sweet smile on my lips. Then I would look into your eyes, believing for you to see the deep Love Jesus has for you. Then I would invite you to have tea with me.
Though we aren’t meeting face to face, I still invite you to have tea with me while you read the contents on this site, as I am drinking mine while I write them.
My heart desire is through my writings; you will feel the Love of Jesus and his warm embrace, allowing the Holy Spirit to whisper to your heart of how precious you are in the sight of our Heavenly Father.
Please, let me tell you a little about me, and my heart desires, and maybe, you will be able to tell me a little about you. If not here on earth, for sure we will embrace each other up in Heaven someday and I will hear your story.
A little about me
I love my family; they are my world, especially my children and grandchildren, for they are the precious treasures of my heart. And my husband is my dearest, beloved one.
I am an avid reader, mostly of novels, have been since I was a pre-teen. When I wasn’t out with my friends, I would spend most of my days sitting on my bed reading and dreaming of the future.
I grew up as a faithful fan of Little House on the Prairie and Anne of Green Gables.
I like both the ocean and the mountains. I enjoy spending time at the beach on a tropical Island enjoying the warm water and warm sand beneath my feet. I used to be a scuba diver, and I enjoy snorkeling. I like to go to the mountains to enjoy camping trips of solitude and quietness with my family.
I am not a city girl, but one who likes living in the county on the outskirt of a small, quiet town, with a simple life.
I like to travel and experience different cultures and meet people from all over the world. Philippines Island has my heart since I was 14 years of age.
I enjoy the hospitality life, opening up my home for family and friends gathering.
I enjoy candles in a dim lit room, fire glowing in the fireplace, and throw blankets to wrap oneself in. I like to have twinkle lights decorating my yard for a summer evening visit on the patio.
I enjoy a pot of hot tea in my china tea set with a mix of loose Rose, and English Breakfast leaves in the colder months, and ice tea in the warmer months, and of course Dove Dark Chocolates all year round.
My dream is to have an English Garden that comes with a gardener to take care of it for me. Since I am not one to be found cultivating the garden, but one to sit in the middle of the beautiful garden with a book in hand, reading, and enjoying the fragrance and beauty of the garden.
Friends and family and even strangers have expressed that they sense peace around me and feel at ease. I have a heart desire for others to feel the peace and love of God flowing through me.
Growing up
I was born in a Spirit Filled Christian family as the second generation raised in a pastoral home. My grandparents were pastors and missionaries. My parents are pastors and operate powerfully in the anointing of teaching and prophetic ministry.
So, Yes, I grew up as a P.K. My heart was also drawn toward other P.K.’s as they had a full understanding of what it’s like in a pastoral home; the pain, the rewarding, the challenges, the awesomeness, the beauty and the ugly of it all. To this day, I still enjoy being around different ministers, as it’s my place of comfort and familiarity.
When the time came for me to be born…
There was an emergency delivery with complications because the umbilical cord wrapped itself around my throat.
For the first few days of my life, I battled with seizures, lungs and kidney problems, and lived my first two weeks in an incubator bed. The doctor warned that I might have brain damage.
Through the prayers of my parents and others, I survived all the physical challenges of those first two weeks of my life and was declared healthy. When I was two years of age, something else was brought to their attention.
Disabilities
Doctors declared that I had a severe hearing loss and needed to go to a school for the deaf which would mean separation from my family.
They found out years later the caused of the hearing loss was due to the umbilical cord being around my neck which restricted my oxygen, causing damage to that part of the brain.
My Parents stood on the Word of God that healing is part of our Salvation, and they declared that their child, me, was healed.
Pastor Dave Roberson prayed and laid hands on me when I was about four years of age, and I received complete healing in my hearing and was never sent to the school for the deaf. But, I lost some of the hearing again through disbelief.
Tormented
My parents and I were also faced with heavy, intense, spiritual warfare against Satan and his demons for the first seven years of my life.
Every night the demons would come to visit and torture me, by pulling my hair, shaking the crib, and later on trying to drown me in the bathtub several times and manifesting themselves to me in their forms.
The spirit of Death visited me, manifesting itself in my mirror or closet. One came and held a sword over me and threaten to kill me.
When the demons didn’t have victory over me through torture, they then tried to get me through my emotions by lying to me — encouraging me to think that I was worthless — not valued or loved or wanted.
I believed that I was a mistake, and I don’t have a voice deserved to be heard. I also thought that I didn’t have anything to offer to others, and can’t do anything right.
At one point, while I was a young child, I would look in the mirror and say how much I hated myself! But now I love and accept and enjoy Kristi, for the uniqueness God has made me, His masterpiece.
Broken Dreams
I experienced many broken dreams. One was with family, separated because of a divorce.
I suffered a severe panic attack due to fear, anxiety, depression, and the battle of the will to live since I was slowly dying from an unhealthy circumstance, causing me to have a wake-up call to make changes in my life.
It was the will to live for my kids and the love of the Heavenly Father that brought me through.
Though my first marriage didn’t survive, I am blessed with two precious treasures, a son and a daughter, and additional treasures, a son-in-love, and daughter-in-love, and a granddaughter, all who are thriving, living a persevering life, serving the Lord.
I am now living my dream beyond what I hoped for and am blessed with a beautiful marriage to a wonderful husband, since May 2014.
My beloved husband loves me and treats me the way God has asked us to love and treat each other us through His Word.
How we met is a beautiful story to be shared at another time.
He is my best friend, cheerleader, encourager, lover, boyfriend, and my beloved. Also, through him, I am blessed with a beautiful step-daughter, son in love, grandson, and granddaughter.
Learning to Persevere Through Faith and Love
I have learned how to go from hating to loving, and unforgiving to forgiving; and victim mindset to victorious mindset; and overcome fear, anxiety, and depression through the Word of God.
I have learned how to love myself through the profound revelation of knowing God’s love for me, which builds up my confidence in who I am in Christ.
I have overcome the obstacles of dealing with physical unclear hearing and speaking, which also had affected my equilibrium. Now, I can dance without balance issues, and speak more clearly.
I am learning how to live fearlessly, being resilient with my walk of Faith, staying persistent, with relentless love — wanting to encourage others to live a Perseverance Lifestyle. I am also learning how to dream again and want to help others to dream big and achieve their destiny by drawing closer to our beloved Heavenly Father.
Leadership
I have forty plus years of serving in the church. I am ordained under Living Faith Fellowship.
I have served in different areas and leadership positions in the church that was pastored by my parents, Don and Roberta Nicholson, in Olympia, WA, where I received training in leadership.
I have served in Pastoral Care Leadership under Pastor Derrill and Michal Corbin of Life Center in Centralia, WA.
I have served as a dancer under For His Glory Ministries, which, is under Christian International, where I received training in Prophetic Dance. Ministered through the dance in churches, conferences, and funerals.
I was also able to go to the missionary field with my grandparents, as a teen, for a length of time and had an opportunity to smuggle Bibles into China.
I have had the opportunity to exhort others through the Word of God in Bible studies, youth group settings, churches, and conferences overseas.
I had the honor to serve in the green room of Heritage of Faith Christian Church in Crowley, Texas, serving the pastor and founding pastor.
With my loving husband, Joseph, we have made Texas as our home state as we embrace this season of a RVing life, traveling from the West coast to the East coast.
I want to invite you to embark on this journey with me learning how to draw closer to our beloved Heavenly Father and persevering into our purpose through faith and love.
