 Brothers and sisters, Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. It has almost been a decade since MCC has opened its doors to this beautiful community, a place where members of society have come together and have grown as Muslims and human beings. Over the past few years, we have built a daycare center, repaved our parking lot, upgraded our lobby, bathrooms, masjid carpets, and proudly extended our women's prayer area. From educational programs to niggas, we are gratified to say that we have come a long way and we couldn't have done it without your contributions. May Allah reward each of you and multiply your rewards in this dunya and akhira. Amin. We are now in the month of Ramadan and have some major milestones we need to complete with your support, inshallah. There is no better time than now to help build the House of Allah for your family and community during this blessed month. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him said, whoever builds a mosque for Allah, Allah will build for him a house like it in paradise. So let us come together and take advantage of this time we have right now to multiply our rewards, inshallah. We currently have two phases of renovations we're planning to accomplish, inshallah. In the first phase, we're working on our new banquet hall, a cafe, and an industrial-grade kitchen to help serve the community. For the second phase, our plans are to focus this stage on our future, the youth. We will build boys and girls youth lounges, a remodeled Sunday school, and a multi-purpose room. The community understands the importance of making our youth have an outlet accessible for them. So we're making this a major priority to have these services available. Also, we will be renovating the grand entryway to MCC, as well as raising our ceilings in the Masjid prayer area and conference room, which then permits us to add a mihrab and mimbar, inshallah. It is our goal to have these renovations completed in the next two years, but our hope is to beat our timeline with your aid. We're aiming to achieve completion as early as 2020, which would mark our 10-year anniversary as the MCC, inshallah. Our community is growing, mashallah, and we'd like to maintain its growth. We would not ask you for this investment unless we felt it was important for the community. Please continue to support us with your generosity as we position the MCC to be the thriving regional hub for the Muslim community in the East Bay.