 Just as we were coming in, we learned that there is a sister who would like to take Shahada first, Mashallah. So what a beautiful, beautiful gathering. Please, please join us. Please, Mashallah. We're going to do this first because we never want to delay. Mashallah, Shahada. Welcome, welcome. How are you today, Da? Come on up. Are you both coming up? Okay, would you like to join her? You're welcome to. So, I want to come. Your name is? Gabi. Gabi, welcome. Would you like to sit with me here? Okay. And you are? Anif. Friend. Excellent. Join us, please. So, Gabi, before we begin, I normally just sort of ask a little bit about you and if you're comfortable kind of sharing with the sisters who you are and where you've hailed from, that'd be great. So, I'm Gabi. I'm Gabi. I'm only 15. I'm from, I'm still in high school. My family's from Peru, so I'm Hispanic and I've grown up here basically in America and I just recently kind of started finding out about Islam like a few months ago and so I decided I wanted to take my Shahada. Thank you. It's really in a complete honor for us to be here and to kind of aid you in this journey and what starts a beautiful journey in Shahada. I normally like to tell our sisters who are taking Shahada a couple of things if that's okay. The first is that Islam is definitely a marathon, as in to say it's a long journey and so take it easy on yourself first and foremost and also you know, you'll learn this beautiful religion and really it's a way of life, piece by piece and so do your very best not to get overwhelmed and to have wonderful friends along the way who are able to kind of guide you but also reach out for any questions. We gather as women, you're all together every Friday night. It's always open. Please come and join us. Ask any questions you wish on Friday evenings and and I hope inshallah, I should also warn you that once somebody takes Shahada, there's a lot of hugs that follow. So once we do that and you know kind of the word of the Shahada, very very likely you're going to be receiving a lot of hugs. So just a fair warning, okay? Inshallah. Alright, so what we do together, inshallah, this is kind of how I like to proceed. I will say the Arabic slowly and then ask for you to say it after me and then we'll say the English together and kind of we'll do that part and then I'm going to ask that the entire room actually say the Shahada as well. And the reason I like to do that is because we always renew our faith, inshallah, and it's always a great reminder and it's a way for everybody here to participate together in kind of this Shahada journey as well, inshallah. So we're kind of do this in two parts, yours and then the entire room together. How does that sound? Good? Alright, and there's actually, I did, I knew I was going to forget one more thing, one more thing. Once the Shahada happens and you may have learned this already, our Islamic belief is that it becomes like a clean slate completely, like the day we're born. Which means that your prayers, your du'a's, your prayers are very strong at this moment. And so we're going to ask if it's okay for you to make a small prayer for all the rest of us. And for not to put you on, you can do it quietly, but if you wish to do it kind of out loud, that would be great. I know many sisters as they're hugging, you are going to tell you, please make du'a for me, please pray for me. And then also a prayer for our sisters and brothers in Palestine and everywhere in the ummah that's actually hurting at this moment as well. How does that sound? Okay, so here we go. Ready? And the translation is, I bear witness that there is no God but Allah and I bear witness that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, is his final messenger. And now we're going to do it together as a room and inshallah we'll then welcome Sister Gabi fully inshallah ready sisters? What a beautiful thing Mashallah to welcome our sister in faith. And what a beautiful thing that you're starting at this age. It's such it's it's so beautiful Mashallah. I'm just so touched and so excited to have you with us. If you wish if it's okay to make a small prayer for us, we'd really love that. Ya Allah, please keep us steadfast in our faith and help us all through these rough times and especially the people in Palestine. And just help all of our families and let us all prosper. I mean, I mean, I'm so happy, so so honored, honestly. And on behalf of MCC, we want to kind of thank you for coming here. Are you living close by to here? Mashallah in Danville, thank you for honoring us with this opportunity. Mashallah hugs. Mashallah. Mashallah. What an amazing way to start our women's conference. May Allah accept. May Allah accept. Mashallah. Congratulations again, Gabi. Welcome to Islam and from all our sisters who are online, they're all sending love and hugs and kisses virtually.