 Hi, my name is Shelby. A few years ago, I was called to missions in Southeast Asia. I was excited. I spent hours preparing, packing. I had a visa ready to go and a few weeks before leaving, COVID happened. And COVID happened to everyone. It was unexpected. It was a slap in the face. And all of a sudden the plans that I thought I had were gone in a second. And it was it was hard. I was back in my hometown of Kalamazoo. I had spent time there with family and was ready to go and now I'm stuck with what's going on. And I started pouring myself into my job at the Kalamazoo gospel mission. And I was trying to stay busy and stay focused and love people, but I was hurting and I was confused and it was isolating and it was kind of a miracle that right during this time, the Radiant City Center opened up the prayer room. It was there that the Lord really spoke to me and gave me clarity on what's actually going on right now, what he wanted from me, where I was supposed to go next. I had new just rejuvenation in my ministry and what I was doing. And I began to experience Jesus and to hear His voice in a way I hadn't before and it was truly beautiful. As I spent more time in the prayer room asking the Lord, what's next? Where am I going? What am I doing? This huge crazy thing popped up called the Radiant School of Ministry. I wrestled with it and I went back and forth in my head over and over again. Is this really it? Is this really what you want? I had already been let down once. My plans had already blown up in my face before. What if I'm making another wrong decision? And I applied, I moved forward, I joined the school and it was transformational. I felt empowered leaving that as a leader I can go out into the Kalamazoo community and I can serve with my whole heart. I can share the gospel boldly and I knew who I was. Now moving forward, I accepted a position at Matchhead Coffee as the assistant manager and I'm able to utilize the things I learned in school and to utilize my gift of leadership in loving the Kalamazoo community and making an amazing product. And to see the Radiant City vision unfolding in this way is absolutely mind-blowing to me. And I can't believe that I get to partner with not only my church but the people that I've built relationship with and to see the prayer and the worship and the outreach that is going to pour out of this building and this place is truly, truly a gift and it's an honor to be a part of it.