 Masha'Allah. And Sister Roberta is joining us, insha'Allah, today for to take her shahada and to join, insha'Allah, the faith officially, insha'Allah, ta'ala. Roberta, before we do so, we always ask folks to kind of tell us a little bit about themselves and about their journey, if they're willing, about the story, kind of of how you ended up here tonight with all of us sisters here as part of this new family. We'd love to learn more about you, insha'Allah. Assalamu alaikum. So I married my husband, who is Jordanian. I was raised Catholic, you know, we got married. I have been to Jordan three times. So I had the great opportunity to be in Jordan and see Muslims, you know, not like, you know, in the West, but like, they're in their, you know, own environment. Experience the call for, you know, call to the prayer. And just, you know, like, it's like, you know, nowadays here they say like, oh, you know, when you are stressed out, you know, why don't you go on your calm app and take 10 minutes, you know, to calm down. And then, you know, the more I learned about this, I was like, oh, that's the calm app that God already programmed for us five times a day. But after, you know, these experiences, I started getting more and more interested in Islam and I bought my friend, my co-worker, gave me a few books. I bought the clear Quran. I already took some basic Arabic classes. I still have to do it all over again. So I started getting more and more interested in Islam and just learning more. And then I think also with the pandemic being alone and it's just like it brings you a lot of reflection. I don't have any family in the Bay Area. My brother is in Brazil. I'm originally from Brazil. So it's just like, it brings you even closer to God because you're thinking about what's going on in the world. Why is this happening? And I just, I just feel like now even more because the word seems to be like so crazy. I feel like now more and more I need an anchor, something that's gonna, you know, guide me and keep me strong because, I mean, we know we live in California bubble. And sometimes it's just like too much. But I think it's the idea of, you know, finding the anchor to, you know, just leave your best life, you know. And how did I end up here? Well, in the process of learning about Islam, I have been watching, you know, different YouTube videos. And then including videos with Dr. Rania. And I was like, oh, they're in California. Are they in the Bay Area? And I was like, oh yeah, she's in the Bay Area. And that's how I found, I found the MCC. And I contacted them and I said, you know, I'm interested in going to the lecture, but I'm not a Muslim yet. And then Sister Liz said, you know, just come on over and if you're ready to take your Shahada, you know, we'll do it for you. And then the process of, you know, the decision like, okay, let's just do this because when I watch Revered Stories, I see a lot of people always say like, oh, you're never 100% ready because this is a journey, you're not gonna change everything, start doing everything overnight. So I just started asking myself, like in the last two weeks, like, should I stay or should I go? I was like, you know, I cannot be overthinking this. This is something that's gonna be great for me. I'm doing something wonderful. Like why should I be overthinking? I'm not doing anything wrong. It's something that's gonna benefit me. And all I want is to have peace in my heart, you know. And feeling that I have this anchor, not feeling completely alone. Because, you know, when you don't have your parents anymore, it's just like it puts you in a different perspective. And I think that's how I ended up here. And of course, my family in Jordan, my husband, you know, my mother-in-law, my in-laws and my sisters-in-law, they never asked me, like, oh, when are you going to convert? Why don't you do it? They never forced me to do it. They never tried to convince me to do anything. And I just thought, like, wow, this is really amazing, like this religious perspective in terms of respecting the other person's faith. And yes, and then the desire also to find the community. Yeah, I think I, and then can I say one more thing? Sorry. The, you know, like the hesitation when I was thinking, like, okay, do I do this now or later? I think it's also hearing from other reverts is what will my family think about this? What are my friends? You know, am I going to lose friends because now, you know, people are going to be telling me, like, oh, I bet your husband, you know, brainwashed you to do that. So I am like, you know, but because I don't have any questions about the faith, it's more like the outside that, you know, but I think, like, I don't have, I cannot be, you know, afraid of that. I think it's just like, if I have friends, I think the real friends will stay, they will understand, they will respect. The ones that don't understand, you know, I just wish them salam. Yeah, and thank you for listening and thank you for this opportunity. I think we should all redo our shahadahs together, like as a group. Of course, we'll do this together, word by word together, but then we'll have a chance for everyone to do this again. Are we ready? Are you ready? Yeah. Alhamdulillah. And yes, I heard everything about the hesitation and about the thinking through and so on, but you're absolutely right that there isn't a perfect time. And actually, the perfect time is Allah ordained it, the qadr, the faith is that it's today right now. So this will be the right time in shahadah. All right, here we go. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to say the Arabic words in shahadah, and we'll kind of do them piece by piece and then we'll do the English and then we'll do the group one. How does that sound? All right. Allah bless you. Increase you. We'll do the English inshallah. I bear witness that there is no God except Allah. And I bear witness that Muhammad is his prophet and messenger. All right, sisters, we're going to do this all together. Ready? I bear witness that there is no God except Allah. And I bear witness that Muhammad is his messenger and messenger. Welcome, Sister Roberta to Islam and to our community and to MCC and to the women's group here and to the Halukah. We're so happy to have you and I hope you'll be with us and fixture here all the time inshallah. Thank you so much. This is where all the hugs start happening. Mine is first.