{"id":856,"date":"2022-03-30T12:24:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=856"},"modified":"2022-04-27T12:24:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T17:24:01","slug":"christine-koesters-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/news\/christine-koesters-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine Koester&#8217;s Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img width=\"418\" height=\"279\" data-public-id=\"trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-post-856 wp-image-857 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_418,h_279,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA\" alt=\"Christine Koester\" data-format=\"jpg\" data-transformations=\"f_auto,q_auto\" data-version=\"1702073026\" data-seo=\"1\" data-responsive=\"1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_418,h_279,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 6720w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_2048,h_1365,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 2048w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_1848,h_1232,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 1848w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_1648,h_1098,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 1648w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_1448,h_965,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 1448w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_1248,h_832,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 1248w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_1048,h_698,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 1048w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_848,h_565,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 848w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_648,h_432,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 648w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_448,h_298,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 448w, https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/doetd2kiw\/images\/w_248,h_165,c_scale\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1702073026\/trinity_newsroom\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161\/CC21_Christine_Koester-1161.jpg?_i=AA 248w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christine Koester grew up in a toxic, dysfunctional family, constantly exposed to gangs, drugs, organized crime, and illegal activities. She thought that kind of life was normal. \u201cI was going down a treacherous path, looking for love, drugs, and destruction,\u201d she said. Dropping out of high school, she then spent six years in and out of jail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jail was a scary place for Christine, and she learned to ask to be placed in the \u201cChristian Unit\u201d each time she was arrested. It was the safest place to be. But every time she was released, she would slip back into the same destructive lifestyle. \u201cI knew I needed to change, so after one eight-month jail time, I decided to go into a year-long discipleship program at a local church, and that\u2019s where I surrendered my life to Jesus Christ,\u201d Christine said.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">I was going down a treacherous path, looking for love, drugs, and destruction.<\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201d<\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With her history, Christine never imagined that she would be graduating from Trinity International University this spring with a bachelor\u2019s degree in Psychology and a minor in Christian Ministries. \u201cI earned my GED, but I was afraid to go back to school,\u201d Christine said. \u201cI really wanted to go to TIU-Florida, but I didn\u2019t think I would be accepted at a university. I had never written an academic paper in my life!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Through TIU-Florida\u2019s Community\/Church Partnership Program, Christine received a discount on tuition and even became a scholarship recipient.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am so grateful for the way God moves in the hearts of his people to help students who want to help others,\u201d Christine said. Through that scholarship, she was reminded of God&#8217;s faithfulness. \u201cWhen I began this journey of working on a degree,\u201d says Christian, \u201cI prayed to the Lord and asked that if he wanted me to go to school and earn this degree, then he would provide the funds for me to attend TIU-Florida. I knew I would receive the biblical integration in psychology that I would need to be successful at helping the community around me find healing, truth, and redemption.\u201d Thanks to faithful donors, Christine is now finishing her degree and already helping those suffering from addictions and mental health issues.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I am so grateful for the way God moves in the hearts of his people to help students.<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Today, Christine works in a drug treatment program at her church as a recovery vision team leader.\u00a0 After graduation, she has ambitions of going on to earn a master\u2019s degree in Social Work, and she wants to continue to help people in situations like hers find healing and hope.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPsychology and theology together blend the knowledge of why we do what we do with the beauty of learning how God intended us to live as image-bearers for him. And we have his power to overcome,\u201d Christine said about her classes at TIU-Florida. \u201cThe professors have challenged us. Interacting with the other students has been great, especially in the group dynamics. We\u2019ve learned about brain chemistry and how to better understand ourselves and the things we have gone through in life\u2014why we\u2019re triggered a certain way, why we\u2019re crying, and why we\u2019re angry. Then we can turn to the word of God; that integration of faith and learning is vital.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201c<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We can turn to the word of God; that integration of faith and learning is vital.<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt\">\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On this journey from jail to resurrection in Christ, Christine says God has given her a huge heart for advocacy\u2014to connect people with resources and influence policy change in a system that needs reform. \u201cWhatever God has called you to, he will get you through,\u201d Christine said. \u201cTrinity taught us how to be good students, and that\u2019s how we can continue on this journey without being discouraged.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Her vision for the future? \u201cI would love to earn a master\u2019s degree and then run a biblical, clinical community center\u2014involved with divorce care, support groups, grief care, and an outreach to the community. That\u2019s very important to me,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Christine Koester is a changed woman through Jesus Christ and is focused on making a difference in this world as a soon-to-be graduate of TIU-Florida.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Learn more about TIU-Florida\u2019s BA in Psychology and MA in Mental Health Counseling:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn blue-bg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/florida\/programs\/florida-psychology\/\">BA in Psychology<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a class=\"btn blue-bg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiu.edu\/programs\/ma-in-mental-health-counseling-graduate-florida\/\">MA in Mental Health Counseling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christine Koester grew up in a toxic, dysfunctional family, constantly exposed to gangs, drugs, organized crime, and illegal activities. 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