 Hi guys, we absolutely... I didn't sat down yet. Welcome to the Houselier Life. We absolutely love to hear your comments and your questions that you leave us on the Houselier Life channel and on our other social media channels. And all those questions involve family and faith and of course we obviously are a family of faith. So we want to answer some of those questions. So we definitely found our faith individually. I discovered my faith. It profound my faith. Thank God when I was eight, my mom used to sing at this church called... Oh God, I just forgot. I forgot the name of the... I forgot the name of the church, but it was a church. It was a church in the city of Refuge. Bam! I remember it. Where at? In Hawaii, I used to just watch her, the other singers, and we would go to church every Sunday. I was really intrigued. And I was eight. My mom didn't force me. No one did. At eight years old when the pastor says, does anybody you know want to know Jesus Christ as their Lord or personal savior? Just come on up and say this prayer. I remember feeling like this is what I need to do. This is what I have to do. This is what I want to do. I want to know God more. So I remember just shooting my hand up, not being afraid, and walking down the aisle and becoming saved. And that night I remember talking to God and feeling this intense joy and just happiness to know God more. And that's when I started reading the Bible. Again, at a very young age, we went to Sunday school. We had amazing Sunday school teachers. So that is how I found my faith. That's actually a really cool story. You've told me before, so I always like to hear it. Mine is kind of all over the place, can't it Lee? I've been to... Like you? Yeah, kind of. I mean, I've been to Bible school. I went to Sunday school. I went to Catholic churches because half of my family's Catholic. I kind of went all over and it made me come to the conclusion that obviously faith is a very personal decision. It's a personal relationship that you have no matter what you believe in. I happen to believe in God and Jesus. And so for me, I remember my faith has obviously evolved over time because of that. I went to church with my grandma. She was the first Baptist church in Sonoma. And I used to remember going with her when I'd stay with her on the weekends, wherever my grandpa would go. And then when I went to Pepperdine, which is a faith school. So did I. Yes, imagine that. And the other one too was baseball, believe it or not. We had a vital study group when I played minor league baseball. And there were some really just fantastic things that I learned in there about myself and also about my faith. And then the final one was being in news, believe it or not. There was a couple of pastors I met that were military or law enforcement. And just to see how they handled, you know, some difficult situations was just gave me a lot of strength. And of course, then I met you. We actually helped each other with our faith. I think that's the importance of finding a partner if faith is very important to you. I remember when we first got together, I mean, I had a very extents like, like knowledge of the Bible of quotes. And I don't exactly. But I lacked the faith that you you actually had and have. So I learned a lot about myself. And that's the thing about your your own personal journey with God. There are some some years you're like, I got this. There are other years you may, you know, get a little lost. And I remember when I met you, my faith was kind of weak. Whereas Adam, he didn't really have like all the knowledge that I did. But his faith was so strong. And I was like, wow, that is so admirable. That is so inspirational. We help each other. So when there's a time where my faith is lacking, he will literally be like, do you believe in God? Did you did you read your word? Do you believe what the word of God, you know, says to me, you can't just read it, you have to believe it, you have to walk in it. And you have to feel it. That is how I believed our personal faith and our journeys have actually helped each other as a couple. I think it's being accepting too. I think we're very accepting of everybody and their own faith and their own belief, you know, we have our path. And that doesn't mean that you judge anybody else's path. Pastor actually, we went to premarital counseling. And he said something that was very interesting. And I'm more of a visual learner. And I remember him drawing a triangle. And he was saying at the top of the triangle is God. And you and Adam are on the others on each side of the triangle. And it's all, you know, connected. But you have to remember who is at the top. If you continue to keep your eyes focused on God, meaning if we're going through difficulties and we may not have the answers, we will literally look at each other and say, okay, what, what does God think about this? Is there somewhere in the Bible that can actually help us with what we are going through right now? And oftentimes, Adam will say, all right, let's just stop, think, and let's pray. We actually ended up going to the, we found a church together. I grew up non-denominational. And see, I grew up actually Pentecostal. So I was non-denominational. I went to Baptist Church. I went to Episcopalian Church. I went to First Baptist Church. I went to, whereas we went to Pentecostal, Pentecostal. People who are in Pentecostal know what I'm talking about. But as I got older, once I went to college, once I traveled the world, it's actually, we're going to get real here. There's actually one of the hardest transitions that I made within my faith, being brought up into a certain sector, if you want to call it that way, it's a nomination. And then getting older, being like, hmm, this isn't, this isn't really who I am. This is, this is maybe what my, you know, my mom or their family, you know, yes. And I remember reading a verse in the Bible where it says, worship God in spirit. And in truth. And it just didn't feel like Pentecostal was my truth. So I actually became non-denominational. I believe in the Holy Bible, Christianity as, you know, as a whole. If you're Catholic, cool, if you're, I, if you're Baptist, what, whatever. So, but to me, I'm non-denominational. And so when we actually got together, we found a church. We actually went to a couple of churches. We tried several of them. And then we found one that we loved in LA. And then we have one up here as well in Northern California. So we have one in both places. And we love the pastors of both places. They're very similar churches, very similar messages, very similar vibes, very similar energies. Funny things. You want to tell them a story about how we end up back together because it's rich, kind of. It's actually a really sweet story. We had, if you watched our Tamera's Love story, we had broken up. I show up at church. I'm late, as usual. That never happens. The usher tells me, I think there's one seat left. There was one seat. Guess who was sitting next to the one seat? This guy. I think it was our, I think it was divine. Yes, the rest is history. There you go. So thank you God. Yes. You didn't think it was going to be funny, did you? Okay, how we nurture our faith. That's a tough one. I, I'm in the process of doing that because, hey, we got to be real here. But I think you're more verbal with it. And this says that you are, you, you, you nurture your faith. Maybe I'm wrong with getting in the Bible and reading. Yes. I think I nurture my faith more with action. Like with being, helping, doing, not that one's wrong or right. I think you need to mix it both. But for some reason, I just, maybe I'm wrong. Think of a doctor, right? Like, they're always learning new things, going to seminars. That's the only way you're going to stay up on, you know, or be in the know. For me, I think it's really important to read devotionals, you know, watch sermons, go to church and read, read your word. But the most important thing is prayer. I think a lot of the times people, people forget that. It's very easy to do. And that's why I say I'm in the process of it because life gets in the way. Everyone gets so busy, but it's the same thing like with a, with a best friend relationship. If you don't put the work in, if you don't put the time in, that's when you grow apart. So I've been very busy, but at the same time, I'm learning, okay, Tamara, you have to set time. You have to show God that, that, that, that God is important to you, that your, your relationship with God is important to you. And now with technology, I have this really cool devotional that texts me every day at 9am. And you always know I'm always on my phone. So there's no excuse. I literally, it pops up, you read it, process it, manifest it. Most importantly, is Adam is saying, you've got to put it into action. If you don't put into action what you're actually learning, you'll never truly see the benefit of it. If you live in kindness, you're going to get frustrated, you're going to get mad. Sure. But in your heart, if you have kindness, that is one way of nurturing your, your faith is by, by living it. So a lot of it, I, I agree with Tamara, what you're saying, and I also think you add to that bit by just carrying it with you. So, you know, you're driving along, if, if, if something comes to your mind and you want to talk to God or whatever, you believe in that time to do it, it's okay. It doesn't mean you have to actually, you know, go to a prayer room, sit down and get on your, I mean, that's great too. But if you're driving in the car and that, and that's the time you think of it, it's okay. I think part of it is just living it 24 hours a day. Can I tell the story? Yeah. Okay, so we pray with our children. Generally, what happens is, Ari and Aiden will want to go down at the same time. And so we will, a lot of times they'll be in the same bed. They'll be in Ari's bed or Aiden's bed, so I'll be laying between them. And when we say our night prayer, it's always like, and now I lay me down to sleep. But at the end, you know, Aiden always says, you know, if I don't for it with a prayer room, I should take amen. And then Riah always stops it. No, Aiden in Jesus name, amen. Now you know who's usually with Aiden when he goes to sleep, and who's usually with Ariah. But this is what I've learned. You have to be an example. You can't just throw things down their throat. You need to do this. And then they see you doing some else. And we're not perfect. No one's perfect. I'm just saying consciously, that is what I am trying to do. Lead by example. Because they hear everything. Just this morning, Ariah said, yes she did. And then daddy said, where did you hear that? No, she said, she said, I heard it from you, daddy. I heard that. You thought I was sleeping. But I think my most challenging time where my faith got me through it is when I lost two of the most loving, amazing people in my life. Within two months of each other was Elena, my niece, and my amazing grandmother. They passed away in two different ways. One was tragically, it was a tragic loss. And that was really hard to get through that. But I'll tell you one thing that helped me and it was a friend of mine. This is how my faith helped me through this, because it took me a while. And still, you go through, you process it throughout the years. She said, we have to realize that our children, who we are, we ultimately belong to God. And again, this is my faith. This is, I'm speaking of my personal faith. And ultimately, we go back to God in God's, God's timing in the sense on what he allows and what he doesn't. So in knowing that, I realized the importance of knowing that we're not in control of everything and to make your time on earth count. What my niece did in her 18 years, she did in a very positive way, more than some people have done in their eight years. And with my grandmother, she lived to be 89. She lived an amazing life. Even this move that I just did right now is something that she would do. And every saying that you hear me say, all the way down to my faith, is from her. And I'll never forget, she looked at me and she died two days later. And she said, I want you to carry on the legacy, carry on the legacy, a faith of, of, you know, God's work. I had a lot of things that, you know, were rough. And, but nothing, they all pale in comparison to dealing with what we dealt with with Elena. You know, I just feel like she's still with us. And I, a lot of signs that I've seen and felt my family has, we know, we don't know what's out there. We don't know we, we have, that's what faith is. We have a belief of what's out there. And you have to have the faith and knowing that something else is out there for you when you're done on earth. But what I believe in, I believe there's more. And, you know, we don't know what that entails until we get there. For Elena, obviously it hurts every single day, some days more than others. But I also see so many amazing things that have happened. We call it her voice. And we know her voice is still very strong. And the faith lets us, you know, just know that. And, and also know just like in little things that happen over time that remind us that she's here. We'd love to hear what you guys think about some of these topics as well. Yeah. We loved talking about our faith. I hope you guys enjoyed it just as much as we did. Don't let me do it. Let me do it. Let me do it. Don't forget to. How about we do it together? Ready? One, two, three. Don't forget to subscribe to. The. How's it life?