We all know that COVID 19 is undeniably one of the deadliest diseases that humanity has ever seen. It continues to affect the lives and livelihood of people appallingly across the world. In today’s podcast episode, Christina Stanston talked to us about her jaw-dropping first-hand experiences of 9/11 and COVID, and how Christina was able to find the blessing in the midst of tragedy, and what happened on that day left her more susceptible to the coronavirus.

Christina Stanton is a 51-year old Florida native who has lived in New York City for the past 27 years. She had a successful career as a singer in musical theatre before turning her full attention to her job as a professional, licensed NYC tour guide. She has worked for 25 years total as a guide, and her tours have been written up in multiple publications and featured on travel channels. She led thousands of people on tours over the years, and she truly enjoyed it. For the past 10 years she also worked as the Director of the Short Term Missions Ministry at Redeemer Presbyterian Church (Founder, Dr. Timothy Keller). She revamped the ministry, increasing its scope from two trips of 30 people each year to 14 trips per year with more than 200 people participating. Her years of leading mission trips have helped me pinpoint some unmet needs, so in 2017 she founded a nonprofit called Loving All Nations (www.lovingallnations.org). Her husband, Brian, has worked as Redeemer Presbyterian’s Chief Financial Officer since 2002.