 I have gotten firsthand experience in seeing the church come together in times of disaster, most recently here with the tornadoes, and just seeing the outpouring of love happen from Methodists far and wide, Methodists that we knew and Methodists that we had never met before, but they heard a need and they came running. But not just in the times of trial or disaster, but growing up I fondly remember times of the church coming together in times of celebration, in times of just worshiping and praising God together. And so I think it's such a testament to who we are as Methodists, who we are as Wesleyans. I think fondly of Wesley's quote, there's no holiness but social holiness. When we look at the past 50 years as a church, there are so many powerful ways that we have embodied Christ that we have lived into our mission of what it means to make disciples of Jesus Christ and do that in such powerful ways. But at the same time, I think it's exciting to look forward to who God is calling us to be, the ways that God is calling us to grow and to change and to embrace more deeply, sharing this gospel and bringing it to the world. As a Chickasaw Indian, my culture, my heritage is really at the forefront of who I am, especially who I am as a Christian person. And what I found is my culture and my heritage is just bringing a vibrancy and just so much color to who I am as a faith person. And so I think ministry-wise, I think there's a great hope that I have here that churches can deepen their cultural awareness, deepen their cultural appreciation of who's in their community and what cultures are there and how we can embrace those cultures. One ministry that we're very excited about where I'm serving is we're taking a mission trip soon to Oklahoma. And yes, there is a mission aspect as we are going to serve, but there's also a deep sense of we're going, we hope to come away with a deeper appreciation and understanding of what it means to be Native American, where Native Americans are, what the struggles are, what joys does that bring. And then as Christian people, what is embracing that Native American culture? How does that bring life to our faith and our lives as Christian people?