In this powerful episode of Dear Christian Women, we sit down with Kristy, whose journey is a beautiful testimony of how God can take a life marked by addiction, rejection, and feeling unseen and transform it into a life filled with purpose, freedom, and ministry.

Growing up, Kristy often felt unseen, unimportant, and like she didn’t truly matter. Those deep feelings of insecurity and searching for belonging eventually contributed to her falling into addiction. Her addiction took her places she never imagined, but God was never finished with her story.

Kristy eventually entered Adult & Teen Challenge in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her first experience was not the end of the story. When she returned to Teen Challenge for the second time, something happened that changed everything Kristy met her Savior, Jesus Christ.

Her encounter with Jesus transformed not only her recovery, but her entire life. What once felt like a life without purpose became a life surrendered to God.

For 16 years, Kristy has been clean, free from addiction, and passionately loving and serving Jesus. Even more incredibly, about 15 years ago, while she was at Teen Challenge, God gave Kristy a vision that she would one day be serving in ministry. Today, she is living out that very vision.

Kristy now serves in ministry through The Covering, a faith based residential program dedicated to helping women and families experience genuine transformation through Jesus Christ.

Kristy now gets to pour into others from a place of personal experience helping women who may feel the same way she once did: unseen, forgotten, and unimportant.

Her story has come full circle. The woman who once struggled to believe she mattered is now helping other women discover that they matter to God, they have a purpose, and freedom through Jesus is possible.

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The Covering is a 12-month faith-based residential program, with optional transitional housing where participants can have their children live with them. The program is designed around a family setting and is rooted in the biblical truth of Psalm 68:6: “God sets the lonely in families.”

The Covering exists for women who are seeking true change, healing, freedom, and a new way of life. Rather than simply addressing addiction, the ministry seeks to create an environment where women can experience community, discipleship, restoration, and the love of Christ.

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