Hi!
I’m Kiki!
I love God.
…and I love people!
Injustice causes righteous indignation to boil over in me. At the same time, I know that if we all got what we deserved, our just due, then we’d all be dead. Ouch.
I’m passionate about apologetics.
Human trafficking and modern slavery breaks my heart into a million pieces. Have you ever been to Thailand? Heart. Broken. Do you watch AJE? There’s this commercial they show frequently about human trafficking that does something unexplainable to me.
I’m an introvert.
Wait… just a minute ago you said you love people?! Please read these myths about introverts – http://www.carlkingdom.com/10-myths-about-introverts See, congruency established; now back to me loving people…
My family is the best.
I’m restless. I love technology, but I can’t shake the feeling that it can be used to do more than fuel consumerism. There must be some way I can use my talents in healing the broken, breaking the yoke of injustice, etc etc… “But Kiki,” you say, “there is so much to be done in our own country; must you travel around the world to help others?” Believe me, my heart aches as much for those suffering here as for those suffering around the world. This is as much about the work I’ll do as it is the transformation I’ll undergo in the process. It’s about the journey from total abandonment into total dependence on God. I believe this journey, 1 short year of my life, will empower me to fully come into the Gospel and, further, propel me into the best work God has for me. Imagine – 1 year of complete focus on serving God and loving on people. No competing goals; no deadlines, no release dates, just me with The Lord. Going away is as much a benefit for me as it is for the people I’ll come in contact with during my journey, and maybe even more so.
I’m more than excited about the World Race. This is something I’ve wanted to do since I found AIM through Google while searching for mission trips September 2011. After doing a couple of short term missions with AIM that year, I was hooked. I knew the world race was something I HAD to do, and it wouldn’t leave my heart. But!!! there was one thing that I wasn’t sure I’d be able to overcome in order to race. Well, I don’t want to spoil the story for you now.
If that's all you needed to know, you can stop reading now. If you want to know even more about me, see the below appendix! 
-Kiki
APPENDIX
The aforementioned topics will take another post or 10 (nerd friends laugh with me) so I’ll move on to the low hanging fruit here.
I’m a middle child, with serious middle child syndrome. I know you don’t care…story of my life.
I have shallow roots in Florida and deep roots in Ohio. I don’t know if shallow is a fair word, but I’ve spent most of my life in Ohio.
Every 4 years, both of “my states” become the only states in the union.
Routines make me want to chew my face off. This is one of the main drivers for me going into consulting. I love being able to “change my job” every few months.
My job… I’m a technology consultant, but depending on who asks, I’ll say anything from “I work in IT” to “I work with computers.” I know your brain started churning, and you thought about that old VHS you have, and you wondered if I could fix it…please reign in your thoughts.
"Technology Consultant" itself is vague. If I determine you can understand what I do in 3 sentences or less, including your follow-up questions, then I’ll tell you what I REALLY do. Okay I’ll tell you since you have the benefit of Google at your fingertips… I’m a Technology Architect specializing in Emerging Technology Innovation. I know you; you’re still debating on whether you should tell me your sweet idea for a website, or even better, your insanely original idea for a phone app!* Don’t. I’ve heard it. But I do live for you believing in your uniqueness and creativity. Really, I live!
I have dry nerd humor and I’m pretty corny. For example, if I snicker every time someone mentions race conditions, feel free to roll your eyes. +1 if you just snickered too 🙂
Alright…it’s ok if you share your sweet phone app ideas with me, as long as you don’t ask me to build it. Not that I don’t love it, just that I already work 70 million hour days.
I’m a migrant worker…kind of. If it ever crosses your mind to complain about your commute to work, don’t do it. These days, it takes me two planes and sometimes a full day to get to work. My home is in Ohio, but my M-F 9-5 is in beautiful Broomfield, Colorado. It’s just a stone’s throw from some of the best mountain views I’ve ever seen in my US of A. Colorado has grown on me. I appreciate that, like Ohioans, Coloradans have a non-regional diction.
Although I work full time in Colorado, I have no home here. I “live” in a full service “luxury” hotel. I rebuke each of you who silently (or maybe not so silently) think I’ll never survive a year living in a tent. “Why don’t you move to CO and get an apartment?” As I mentioned above, I’m a consultant. Here today, possibly gone tomorrow. I never really know where I’ll end up, or for how long. I quite like it that way.
I’m a curious explorer, prone to spontaneous world travel. One moment I’m here, the next moment I’m on a plane …to Beirut…because I was reading an article on AJE …about their geopolitics… and cultural history…and did I mention I’m spontaneous?? Having an American Passport can be hugely beneficial.
I hope you decide to come along with me on this journey.
I’m Kiki!
