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 homeschooling my favorite students, 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 herbal remedies and 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 can hardly believe it was one year ago today that we met this sweet, precious boy for the first time. We walked into an eerily quiet Guangzhou civil affairs office and peered through the infamous curtains. The curtains that separate all families from their new children until it is “time.” The curtains my son...
On Orphan Sunday, many Christians across the world gather to recognize the plight of the 150 million+ orphans who live today. I have posted in the past about ways to get involved with orphan care, but I also want to share about a place in China that holds a very special piece of my heart....
… But we definitely haven’t been twiddling our thumbs. We’ve been in the midst of quite a big transition! If all goes well, we’ll be moving at the end of the month! This is a very big change for our family because we’ve lived in this town our whole lives. Our current address has been...
I took these pictures about a month ago and am sadly just getting to post them. When he walked out of the playroom to show us how he had picked up the little people toys, oh he was very proud. Completely tickled with his ingenuity. I could see the accomplishment beaming from his face. And...
We studied the art element of shape at our Bridges homeschool community day a few weeks back. We (me included) all had a ton of fun with this lesson. After we talked about shape, we did a short artist study about the talented Faith Ringgold, and then created story quilts to mimic her work. We...
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