Our Founders
Meet Our Founders!
Christi Grimm is a Certified Spiritual Director and a Certified Master Mental Health Coach. Christi has a passion for helping women of all ages know God’s Voice, heal from their past, and develop an intimate relationship with the Lord. Through her own difficult childhood, unplanned pregnancy, and wounds within her marriage, God has met Christi in each circumstance, speaking to her and healing her hurts. God’s healing in Christi’s life has given her the passion to join hands with others on their journey as they seek freedom and wholeness in Him. Through her certifications, education, and real life experiences, Christi is well-equipped to effectively shepherd women on their journey of spiritual growth, discipleship, and development. Christi has been married to Darin for 25+ years and together they have six children, four of whom she homeschools.
Darin Grimm is a life-long learner and thrives on challenge. Most recently, he earned his doctoral degree in Business Administration and holds a leadership position in the business world. Darin desires to show Jesus to others through his servant leadership by representing a different side of corporate America. When he is not serving in this capacity, you can find him pouring wisdom into his children, taking off for a day of waves and surfing, traveling with Christi, and adventuring. It is through God’s creation that Darin most connects with Jesus and a day of adventure equals a day in worship to our Almighty God! He is passionate about bringing others into the fold of Godly leadership and understanding what it looks like to be a Godly man who has an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ.
How Sixty-One Acres Began
Throughout her walk with the Lord, Christi has thrived on mentoring women. And throughout Darin’s walk with the Lord, he has thrived on connecting with God through nature and representing Christ in corporate America. In 2017, Christi attended a training to lead women’s retreats, and a year later, Darin began his pursuit of a Doctoral Degree in Business Administration.
Through many dreams (sleeping dreams), words from the Lord, confirmation with scripture, and passionate interests, God has revealed to both Christi and Darin a beautiful picture of this ministry. It has been revealed piece by piece- never seeing the full picture at once. In January of 2020, while on a family trip to Costa Rica, both Darin and Christi had numerous prophetic dreams of a grander picture of what this ministry is. Then, in November of 2020, while away on a personal retreat with Jesus, the vision of Sixty-One Acres was born.
‘Sixty-One Acres’ derives from Isaiah 61 and the words ‘Hear, Heal, Grow, and Give’ follow along with the progression of the chapter. Our purpose is to guide God’s sons and daughters through this chapter of Isaiah as they learn to hear His voice, heal their hurts, grow as a disciple, and ultimately give it to others. Although for many years Darin and Christi struggled to find commonality in ministry endeavors, God has been faithful to bring 2 very different people with different passions and giftings together for the furthering of His kingdom! To God be the glory and may we be found faithful with His vision for Sixty-One Acres.