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• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: When all is said and done   7 hours, 22 minutes ago · View

  (Note: The bulk of this post was written soon after the NCFCA National Speech and Debate tournament in June. All pictures were taken during Nationals on the campus of Regent University.) She labored hard over her speeches all year–practicing, revising, editing. Her competitive year was better than she had ever before experienced. She qualified for Regionals and successfully [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Reliving The Magic {At Long Last}   2 weeks, 4 days ago · View

  May 1, 2010. As guests strode inside the church, I slid my hand under my sweet friend’s arm. I looked her straight in the eyes and gleefully announced, “Grace, this is the happiest day of my life to date!” The night before, I had spotted Pat as I rounded the doorway of the church to set [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Guys will be guys   1 month, 4 weeks ago · View

  

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Pumping Prayer   2 months, 1 week ago · View

  “Earthquake in Haiti.” “Hurricanes in New Orleans.” “Tsunami in Asia.” “Fires in California.” Frightening news flashes seem to report of one disaster after another. After I heard each of the headlines listed above, my response, along with thousands of other people, was… prayer. In each of those circumstances, the debris, the dead, and the devastated hearts intensified the obvious need [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: My bestest friend   2 months, 2 weeks ago · View

  “So Christina who’s your best friend?”, a curious girlfriend of mine recently inquired. “Jesus.” I smiled sheepishly because I knew that wasn’t the answer she had in mind. “OK, besides Jesus,” she persisted. After a brief pause of thought, I answered, “My best friend would be my dad.” A best friend is someone you can’t imagine your [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: And this little piggy laughed all the way home.   2 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  We left Virginia Beach directly after the awards ceremony to jump start our long journey home. About midnight, we arrived at the C family’s house. Due to also being half Asian and Caucasian, I think James and Sue Ellen (on my right and left in the picture) look more like me than just about anyone else [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Nationals: Friday the Last Day   2 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  Friday morning started off with obnoxious 6:00am alarm bleeping. Although we didn’t have to be at the tournament until 8:30, my parents and I figured it would be a shame to be staying in a house five minutes away from the beach and never actually see the water. Hence, the early morning trek to relish the [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Nationals: Thursday Outrounds   2 months, 3 weeks ago · View

  I didn’t take very many pictures today, but here are a few. My parents took the camera on an afternoon trip back to Williamsburg since on Monday we had only been able to very briefly visit the town. I didn’t break to the next level of competition tomorrow, but I’m going to re-post what I wrote [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Nationals: Preliminary Rounds Completed   2 months, 4 weeks ago · View

  Postings. Debating (I timed this round). Spectacular friends. And more sweet companions… And even more delightful people! This is the library building where speeches occur, students hang out, and food is served and devoured. At the end of the day came the banquet with our epic alumni and alumni entertainment! That’s Paul with the mike if you can’t tell. — I [...]

• Christina Hastings wrote a new blog post: Nationals Trip: The Preliminary Rounds   2 months, 4 weeks ago · View

  Nationals+NCFCA=Incredible people. I <3 them. As always, the sound of music often floats in the background. They were hard up for timers so I volunteered to time the third debate round. Since the buildings are spread across the campus (not too far though), I was privileged to be chauffeured by the golf cart. When I found [...]