About Your Family:
I married Caleb in December 2023.
What is your story?
I grew up in a conservative Jewish home. This involved learning lots of traditions that felt quite empty. We spent hours a week praying and devoting time to learning Hebrew in order to pray, but belief in God was not an important motive for this. I noticed inconsistencies between belief and practice and asked many questions as I was growing up, which were often seen as disrespectful. As I got older, tension grew between me and my Jewish community and I felt like an outsider. Eventually I was able to leave the Jewish community, which was quite hard on my family. I tried being an atheist for about three months until I had a huge spinout on a highway. I knew that the Lord kept me alive, and I felt a need to go to church and listen for once. When I walked into the church, I knew that Jesus was special because I could see the joy in His people. Christians had something that I wanted. Instead of being told the gospel, I discovered it in the Bible. I bought one after my first church service and started reading in Matthew. Because I knew parts of the Old Testament, I was able to understand that the New Testament was the fulfillment. I fell in love with Jesus by accident, by stumbling into church and reading a Bible. It took a while for Jesus to take complete hold of my life and I struggled with substance abuse and eating disorder for years after putting my faith in Jesus. I believe the Lord has used these parts of my life to shape the indescribable love I have for the hurt and lost.
What is something about you most people don't know?
I’m not a huge animal person. I love horses, but I’m not big on other pets and I fake my way through a lot of conversations about animals.
What is your trademark expression?
“I’m not vegan” (For some reason lots of people think I am vegan)
Besides the Bible, what would you recommend reading?
Untangling Emotions by Groves and Smith
What are you most excited about?
Free snacks
What do you like to watch on tv?
The Office and Parks and Rec
What do you do in your free time?
Boulder and work on a second degree
