Nicole Chryst
Wellness Educator
Chasing truth, beauty, goodness, and all things naturally wholistic.
Faith over fear.
Ephesians 2:8-10
I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart since 2003. Together, we have four amazing children, by birth and adoption. When I am not teaching fine arts to my favorite upper school students at our incredible classical Christian school, I spend my days on our 7-acre property where I try my best to love my family well and experiment with hobby homesteading. My favorite things to do are cultivate my ever-expanding gardens, wrangle chickens, ferment all the things, sourdough bake with einkorn flour, and figure out new ways to use essential oils. I believe God has tasked us to be good stewards of our spaces in the world, and I guide my children to do the same.
I am a board member of The Sparrow Fund and an Empowered to Connect Facilitator. I love to dig in the dirt, cook nourishing food, capture beauty through my camera lens, watch the sunrise on the beach, and spend time with good literature on my porch while sipping on a hot cup of coffee.
I’m still “re-entering” after our most recent Together Called weekend with The Sparrow Fund. It’s the seventh year we’ve had the privilege of serving adoptive and foster couples at this spectacular marriage retreat event. Each year always carries special memories, but I think 2019 has been my favorite to date. We experienced such deep conversation...
If you’ve been my friend on Facebook for the last two years, you’ve undoubtedly seen me share about a boy named Grayson. I met him in 2017 while visiting a Chinese orphanage and fell head over heels in love with him. It’s been two years since he changed my world and I still think of...
Yes, with 20 of our best xiǎo péng yǒu, we made sensory bottles. It was such a hit. It was also a little bittersweet because it was the last activity we did with them before saying goodbye. But seeing the sensory bottles in a video of their Spring Festival celebrations, weeks after we had been...
Because they are fearfully and wonderfully and perfectly made in His image. Because they are known by Him. Because He calls them by name. Because they are claimed as His sons and daughters, despite their circumstances. Because they matter. And because I don’t ever want to forget.
I’m home. And I’ve been awake since 3am thanks to jet lag. I gave up trying to fall back to sleep at 4:30am, and finally got out of bed. With the children from the orphanage taking over my dreams, and their precious little faces dancing across my closed eyelids, I knew it was a lost...
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