Work of Worth :: Kristi Griem [Ep 39]

Don't Mom Alone Podcast

Kids & Family, Leisure, Parenting, Education

5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2014

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

She laughs big and she serves the Lord.

This perfectly describes today’s podcast guest, Kristi Griem.

From the moment I met Kristi, she impressed me with her passion to free people–women from sex trafficking, children from injustice and families from poverty.

Having followed the journey God has taken her on the last few years, I wanted to share the story with y’all.

My first goal is to inspire you to see how your past experiences intersect with your passions/talents, to be used for His glory. Your personal “work of worth”.

The second goal is to introduce you to a new way of buying gifts and products. Kristi connects international artisians (trying to break the poverty cycle or rehabilitate from atrocities) with the American market. Philanthropic entrepreneurship.

As current COO at Work of Worth International, Kristi asked me to look over the products being sold and put pieces together I loved creating a collection you would love too.

I felt all sorts of fancy getting to “curate”. . .thought only designer types do such things. Here is the little collection I’ve gathered together. If you are interested in any of the pieces (ranging from $10 to $30), just click here.

In this episode we chat about:

How growing up in Panama & Nicaragua contributed to Kristi’s familiarity with international living.
How international mission approaches have changed.
The use of social entrepeneurships to build relationships before sharing the gospel.
The unique skills and care Freeset offers gals who have been rescued from sex trafficking
The impact of emotional and physical trauma on the girls who are rescued, and their inability to follow complex directions.
How God used a horrible tragic airplane crash to shine a light on the FreeSet ministry. . .beauty from ashes.
The way the Lord led Kristi to a new opportunity with Work of Worth
How she already had relationships with distributors to connect with international artisans.
God using the intersection of your gifts/talents and your past experiences for His glory. . .there’s no “just” anything. No small thing in the Kingdom.

You know what you’re passionate about when your heart beats fast. -Kristi Griem-

Connect with Kristi:

Blog :: Pinterest :: Twitter

Show Notes:

Transcript

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0:00.0	If you're listening to the God-centered mom podcast with me, Heather McFadden.
0:06.8	As the mom to four young boys, I know mother is hard, but sometimes I think I make it even
0:12.2	harder than it needs to be.
0:14.2	I'll worry about my needs being met or all, spend so much energy trying to make my boys
0:19.2	happy that I forget that if I would take my eyes off me and my eyes off my kids and keep
0:24.2	my eyes on God, that those desires would grow strangely dim.
0:28.8	And our contentment would go up as I'm led by his spirit.
0:31.6	I also forget that I'm surrounded by God.
0:34.4	He is going before me and places that I'm fearful of.
0:38.3	He is walking with me on the hard days and he's coming behind me, redeeming any mistake
0:43.3	I may.
0:44.5	So each week, I'll interview a new guest and we'll discuss what it means to be a God-centered
0:49.3	mom.
0:50.3	Thanks for listening.
0:58.8	We're chatting with my friend, Kristi Grime.
1:04.2	Now Kristi, I met Via blogging, which a lot of my guests I do.
1:09.1	And she has a great story of serving God using her gifts and her experience in combination
1:18.2	in amazing ways.
1:19.8	And today we're going to dive into some of her back story and how she even got into some
1:25.4	of the places and some of the companies she's worked with.
1:28.1	And then even how God's letter to where she is currently, I'm hoping that her story will
1:32.9	inspire you to consider what God has for you.
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