Kristi is wife to Pastor Rich Abblitt of Calvary Heritage, a Calvary Chapel, in Brookings, Oregon.   She is mother to 4 adult children, two of whom are married, and grandmother to 18 month old Galilee.

She grew up as a pastor’s daughter under Marion and Diana Knoll from the Evangelical Pacific Conference, and a love for God and serving the body of Christ became her passion at a very young age.

As a classically trained pianist and songwriter, she plays weekly on her church’s Worship Team and teaches piano lessons from home.

Kristi serves along side her husband as church secretary and Calvary Heritage’s School of Ministry administrator.

She is a gifted devotional teacher, and when faced in 2020 with the unexpected trama of her middle son, Zachary, becoming an instant quadriplegic, the Lord anointed her to quickly pick up the pen of a ready writer to journal God’s heart while moving through the unfolding tests of tragedy. Her anthem is that others would know there is joy beyond pain, healing beyond brokenness, hope beyond despair.

Kristi’s deep love and trust in the Lord is evident in her life. She is a blessing to listen to, speak with and to know as a friend and as a woman of God.