• Davey and Kristi run a podcast and ministry called “Nothing is Wasted’ that began after Davey lost his first wife, Amanda, to a tragedy back in 2015 which involved her being shot and murdered while she was pregnant.
• He shares about how God began to do a healing work in him and through the healing process, he felt called to start his ministry.
• He learned that nothing is wasted with God and had a passion to share that message with others.
• Romans 8:28, tells us that God works all things together for the good of all those who love him and upon this scripture, Davey stood on through his mourning and healing.
• Davey’s late wife ran a business of restoring furniture. She saw potential in other people’s trash and put value into them. This concept of restoration is exactly what Davey felt the Lord was telling him as he mourned her death.
• He started a podcast soon after and began interviewing people who went through tragedy and difficulties to create a space to talk about how God restores.
  

• Kristi was a single mom before she met Davey and felt like she was just stumbling through the dating scene.
• As a single parent, she was concerned about constantly bringing boyfriends in and out of her life because now, she not only had to think about herself, but she also had to assess how dating affected her daughter. 
• She shared her story of how she had to come to a true realization that she needed to first long for the Lord wholeheartedly before seeking to find a husband or father for her daughter.
• Not soon after re-committing herself devoutly to the Lord, Kristi met Davey and he pursued her for about 6 months.
• At the time that Davey met Kristi, he was a single pastor. He discusses how between his role in the church and the tragedy of his wife, there were difficult dynamics to navigate when it came to the world of dating.
• Davey shares about how grief sometimes left him unsure if he even was ready to date as well as felt as though he was under a microscope being a pastor.
• He shares about how he’ll never fully heal from the tragedy as it’s a continuous process of God putting the pieces back together, but he shared his story of meeting Kristi and how it felt like a moment of hope and heaven opening up its gates.
• Kristi and Davey share their funny story of meeting at the gym for the first time and how they did a little “back and forth dance” for multiple months before they actually began talking or dating.
• In a turn of events Davey found out that Kristi’s stepfather was actually the chaplain assigned to the 3 men who were convicted of murdering Davey’s late wife, Amanda.

“Life is a continual process. We’re in progress when it comes to our sanctification and our healing.” -Davey

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