Ep. 29 - Rachel Yastro - From Wrestling to a New Creation!

oin us as Rachel Yastro shares her story with us.  Being raised Catholic, Rachel always considered herself to be a Christian. She believed in God, she had a reverence for Him… so she was a Christian.

But after her Freshman year in College, her close friend kept inviting her to church with her. After many no’s, she finally said yes. And she ended up going all summer. The summer ended with her realizing that she was a sinner and needed a Savior. She she gave her life to Jesus Christ.

Just 3 short weeks later… she returned to college, a baby Christian, not yet having a foundation to build on.

This led to her going right back to her old friend groups & doing things the way she did before.

Fast forward to the summer of her Senior year, her boyfriend of 3 years proposed. She said yes!

But the Holy Spirit began to work on her. Rachel’s fiancé was not a Christian. She started to become physically ill over it.

Rachel was wrestling with God over it, and 4 weeks before the wedding, she called it off.

God began opening new doors of growth. First, in TX working with Women of Faith, then to GA with Dream Big Ministries.

It was while in GA that she met her husband Ryan.

The ladies she worked with at Dream big really challenged her to dig into the Bible more, and so she did. And God really came alive to her!

God began to speak to her through stories in the Bible that she had never read before; showing her the picture of Jesus in 2 Samuel & reminding her that she’s invited to eat at the King’s table forever!

This sparked a passion in Rachel to teach the word of God! So much so that Rachel and her husband Ryan started a ministry called Seek Truth Ministries and Media.

Scripture: Genesis 32:24-28, 2 Chronicles 22, 2 Samuel 9, Deuteronomy 32:47, Ezekiel 3:3, Psalm 1:2

Quotes: Os Guinness, Alistair Begg, Corrie ten Boom