 Jackie Christensen Media Relations Director jackie@adoptacop.com BIOGRAPHYJackie was born and raised in the Seattle Area. She is oldest of three siblings and happy to be surrounded by her family members who still reside nearby. Jackie and her husband Dave have three children – Matt, Adam and Joshua. The Christensen’s were a foster family for a number of years and successfully reunited their foster children with their natural mother who is thriving. The Christensen’s are dog lovers and enjoy playing cards and board games.
Jackie worked in the banking industry for more than 15 years and is currently employed as an accountant for the Witt Company in Bellevue, Washington. Jackie especially enjoys her work environment. As the wife of a police officer for over 23 years Jackie has much experience to share and is especially focused on connecting to the police officers spouse and family through Adopt-A-Cop. TESTIMONYI was raised in church but never really knew God personally. I experienced rejection from an early age through divorce and an estranged alcoholic father. I spent many years trying to define my worth and reaching for a father who was always beyond my grasp. I was married at 20 years of age. Dave was also a child of divorce and because we lacked the tools to resolve conflict and had not invited God into our marriage, we became subject to most every trial a marriage can endure. We separated in our thirteenth year of marriage. God intervened in my husband’s life during our separation. He promised my husband that if he would commit his life to serving Him, he would restore our family. My husband gave his heart back to Christ that night and told me he had the answer of us, for our family. He pleaded with me to join him at a local church service. I did, and there I found a Heavenly Father who loved me unconditionally, who taught me how to forgive. I learned to trust in Him alone, day by day. I learned that God’s plan was to make something beautiful from the ashes, for us, for others. He kept his promise. He’s given us a testimony to share and we been privileged to speak into the lives of others through our experiences. We’ve seen God transform the pain in our lives into purpose. It’s an incredibly humbling process. I couldn’t be more fulfilled than in seeing the work that God is doing in my family and in Adopt-A-Cop worldwide for the Lord! 1Peter 2:4 says “I am a living stone rejected by men, but precious to him, being built into a spiritual house acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” He rescued me from oppression and receives me just as I am. |
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