WELL FOR STARTERS……MY NAME IS KRISTIN SEIDENSTICKER BUT A LOT OF MY FRIENDS CALL ME “STICKY,” ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE DON’T EVEN KNOW THAT MY FIRST NAME IS KRISTIN, I THINK ITS FUNNY 😉
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST…….
I GREW UP IN A LOVING CHRISTIAN HOME. I ACCEPTED CHRIST AND GOT BAPTIZED AT A YOUNG AGE. WHEN I WENT OFF TO COLLEGE I STARTED STRUGGLING WITH MY FAITH AND QUESTIONING GOD. I NEEDED TO KNOW HE WAS REALLY THERE AND PRESENT IN MY LIFE. I NEARLY GAVE UP ON MY FAITH, WHEN ONE NIGHT MY SOPHOMORE YEAR, GOD SHOWED ME IN A PERSONAL, TANGIBLE WAY THAT HE LOVES ME AND THAT I AM SPECIAL TO HIM. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THIS LOVE BUT IT IS SIMPLY THAT HE JUST DOES. IN FACT HE LOVES US ALL! SINCE THEN I HAVE WANTED TO KNOW GOD MORE. NOT JUST ABOUT GOD, BUT I WANTED TO INTIMATELY KNOW HIM. SO I HAVE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY EVER SINCE………
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY FAMILY AND WHERE I AM FROM………
MY FAMILY HAS MOVED AROUND QUITE A BIT. I SPENT MY CHILDHOOD YEARS IN CONNECTICUT / NEW YORK AND MY TEENAGE YEARS IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA, WHERE MY PARENTS LIVE NOW. MY FAMILY CONSISTS OF MY OLDER BROTHER, TIM, WHO IS ABOUT TO TURN THE BIG 3-0 THIS YEAR! MY SISTER, ANNE, WHO IS ABOUT TO BE 28, AND SOMEONE THAT I WILL ALWAYS LOOK UP TO. MY WONDERFUL PARENTS, WHO HAVE BEEN MARRIED 30 YEARS, AND HAVE BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF WISDOM AND ENCOURAGEMENT IN MY LIFE.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME…………..
WELL I AM 24 YEARS OLD AND GRADUATED FROM SAMFORD UNIVERSITY IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. I HAVE BEEN GREATLY BLESSED BY THE FRIENDSHIPS I HAVE MADE AT SAMFORD. I HAVE STAYED IN BIRMINGHAM SINCE GRADUATION, WORKING AS AN INTERIOR DESIGNER FOR A SMALL ARCHITECTURE FIRM THAT I INTERNED WITH MY SENIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE. WE DESIGN MOSTLY SCHOOLS, UNIVERSITIES, AND CHURCHES. THE PART THAT MAKES MY JOB FUN ARE THE PEOPLE, WHO I WILL MISS……….
THINGS I LOVE…………..
ICE CREAM, WELL REALLY SWEETS IN GENERAL ( I PRETTY MUCH HAVE TO HAVE IT DAILY). LAUGHING, ESPECIALLY THE KIND THAT MAKE YOUR ABS HURT AND YOU CAN’T BREATHE. PLAYING GAMES. THE SHOW JON & KATE PLUS 8. SUNSETS. MAKING EMBARRASSING DANCE VIDEOS. ROAD TRIPS. THE SHOW 24. DEEP MEANINGFUL CONVERSATIONS. SOCCER. PLAYING WITH KIDS. SKIING. RUNNING. WINTER.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED TRAVELING. I LOVE THE SIMPLICITY OF HAVING ALL YOUR BELONGINGS IN ONE SUITCASE. I LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF FACING THE CULTURAL BARRIERS OF NEW PLACES. I LOVE SEEING MORE OF WHAT GOD CREATED. I AM EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THIS CRAZY ADVENTURE GOD HAS SET BEFORE US. EVEN THOUGH THIS IS THE RISKIEST THING I HAVE DONE, AND I AM A BIT FEARFUL, I AM READY TO STEP OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND GO!!!!
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