The Hope Hotline - Happy Birthday Talia! | Chit Chat | Seed Clouding

Episode Date: July 9, 2025

The Hope Hotline | S03-E47 | 07-09-2025

Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Real talk. Hello and welcome to the whole pot line. How's things going? Were we here on Friday? No. Can anybody hear me? Fourth of July. Oh that's right. Can anybody hear

me? I feel like oh I don't have my earbuds in. That's fine. Okay well here we go. Here we go. It's a couple things. A couple things. First of all, I was on Instagram before, like, I literally, not that you care, forget about it. It's not my fault. This is Tracy's fault. It's Tracy's fault. She didn't have my ear. It was Erin's fault. Actually, I think it's yours. You pulled me away. Yeah. Oh, so. That's the reason why I didn't hear my earbuds because somebody's been gone on vacation far too long.

I have plenty of pictures to show, by the way. Do you have pictures? Yes, I have pictures to show. Okay, let's, before we do the celebratory birthday, let's look at your pics real quick. Okay, okay. So you guys know I went to Massachusetts and so this is the reason why I went.

That's not the reason why. Yes it was, Benny Boo Boo Bear. No, no. Thank you Talia. No, it's your mother. I know it is my mom too. Please, please. But Mr. Benny was supposed to wait till I came

and he did not. He came. He was supposed to wait till my birthday too. He was supposed to wait till your birthday. He he did not. He came. He was supposed to wait till my birthday too. He was supposed to wait till your birthday. He's so adorable. He came literally 24 hours before. I feel it when. He looks like your brother.

Oh, does he? I know, he's so sweet. Doug. Even though he looks like Doug to me. Well, my oldest, Kylie, looked like DJ, my brother, when she was born. I was like, that's DJ. Oh my gosh.

So I know, these Johnson jeans, they're very, very strong. Okay, so of course when I go up, I have to eat all the ice cream. So I know these Johnson jeans, they're very, very strong. Okay, so of course, when I go up, I have to eat all the ice cream. So these were all- You didn't post it. Normally you do. I did, I did.

Oh, I must not have been on. First was friendlies. Friendlies is very important. You have to get friendlies. And actually I used to have one in Sarasota. I know, but it closed down because no Southerners understand friendlies. They don't.

They don't get it. But look at that thing. If they understood friendlies, they would have never allowed it to close. I know, I couldn't believe it. Peanut butter, Reese's Peanut Butter pieces or peanut butter cups. The whole thing, the whole place.

I mean, you flipping can, it's like a diner. It is. With ice cream in it. Yes. Come on, people. That was like my youth group. Like that's what we did at Sunday night after church. Me too.

And Wednesday after. We went to Friendly's. Went to Friendly's. Amazing. Hello. I know. And then Kimbell's Farm. So that's like our local place that you get ice cream and they have food, which I'll show you in a second.

And then Cherry Hill is the other place we always get our ice cream. And that's with Jare in the background. And it was, it's just, it's the most delicious ice cream. And then I have to eat, I don't, not a big seafood person, but when I go up North, I have to do all the seafood. So the lobster roll was six out of 10, not that good. Really.

And it was like, yeah, it was like $40 for that thing. So very disappointed. That was $40. Jare's was 60 and he ate the half pound lobster and I had the fourth pound and it wasn't even good. They, the best one, you have to get it hot and you have to get it with butter and this was cold. And I'm just like, I know it was no, six out of 10,

still lobster, so it's good. And then I got clam strips, which was also at Kimbell's farm. That looks amazing. With their, with their tartar sauce, oh my gosh. Oh my gosh, they look amazing. And onion rings, delicious. And that was my two pound lobster.

Had that a couple times. Holy moly. I know. Why didn't you go there? Remember the lobster soup we got there? Which one was that? I don't remember. We go to all of them.

Why can't I hear you? You're very quiet. It wasn't in Massachusetts. Oh, it wasn't in Massachusetts. Oh, that was in Portsmouth. Yeah, I should have. I know. It was so good. I know, so good, okay. And then last but not least, this was in Portsmouth. Yeah, I should have. I know. I know, so good.

Okay, and then last but not least, this was like our full trip. So yeah, we went to Newberryport and the hydrangeas were blooming and they're beautiful. And then Jer is a tractor guy. So he always has everybody in the tractor. And those are actually my teenagers. So they decided to go on the tractor ride

for 4th of July. Now whose house is in the backyard? Is that a vacation rental place? No, that's my neighbor's house. Oh, okay. Soon to be mine. Wait a minute. Yeah.

That was my mom's side yard. And then that's right next to them. Oh, I thought you were saying you went some. Oh, that on the left is where you went. I thought you, this whole entire place. Oh, no, no, no. So yeah, so just, yeah, just the hydrangeas. That was Newberry port.

And then in the middle is my mom's and dad's side yard. And that's their neighbor house. And that's my dad's lawnmower. And they do tractor rides all the time. So he brings the little kids on the tractor ride. And then that's in the front yard. It was the 4th of July and Kylie brought her friend Hannah. So she was part of the fam for the week.

That's fun. I know, yeah. So it was a really good time. How is it that Kinsey is taller than all of you guys? She's so tall, I know. Well, her dad's very tall, so it was a really good time. Really good time. How is it that Kinsey is taller than all of you guys? She's so tall, I know. Well, her dad's very tall, so. Yeah, but her twin is shorter and like, she's taller than you.

Jeans are so funny. Hannah's very tall too, so. That's wild that you're all that tall. I know. Look at Tootie. Allison's getting it. She's only 10. She'll be 11.

Tutti will be as tall as Kinsey if not taller. I know, Charlotte's so tall. Yeah, I know. Charlotte is blowing my mind. I know. Is that it, Evola? Yeah, so that's just a little snap. This was most a relaxing little trip.

Yeah, I'm gonna steal Talia next year. Jared gave $50 for me being beautiful. So you're welcome, hope. That's why you keep me around. Thanks Jared. That'll pay for Talia's birthday present. Yes, and Aaron, big shout out to Aaron. He's checking the stream for us right now.

God bless you, Aaron. Thank you, Aaron, so much. You're who's checking the stream for us right now. God bless you Erin. Thank you Erin so much, you're literally the best. Sorry for everybody's ears, sorry. Sorry everybody's ears. I apologize, already in advance. Okay, the big one nine. She turned 19. Happy birthday to our Talia girl.

I know, cause I'm the cutest. Oh my gosh. Our cute Talia. Okay, oh, Kelly, do me a favor. Will you run this over to Tal? And then we will light your candle. You want to open this now? Yeah, go ahead.

I mean, you don't have to. I think Vanessa should sing Happy Birthday. Oh yes, please Vanessa. Ready? Wait a minute, wait a to. I think Vanessa should sing happy birthday. Oh yes, please, Vanessa. Ready? Wait a minute, wait a minute. I gotta light the... Oh. Yes, the red one.

Uh, we might have, Houston, we might have a problem. This might be dead. Does anyone have matches? Red Bull. We can pretend. Okay. Well, but I got the 19. I don't wanna pretend. Nobody's Well, but I got the 19. I don't want to pretend.

Nobody's got matches in their back pocket. I mean. Sometimes. Is that the only place? Yes. With lighter. Oh, gosh. Okay.

Fall, keep tight. No, don't even worry about it. We have to do it. Okay, can I just tell you something besides Talia's birthday. Talia are you opening? Okay keep opening. No go ahead keep keep opening. Can you read mine? Yeah read her. I already see chat. It's a haiku. 19 candles grow. Talia shines bright with grace. New dreams start to bloom, love Tracy in chat. It's a haiku from me in chat.

That's so cute. Which means that it doesn't need to rhyme and it doesn't have to make sense. It does. It has to be like syllables, five, seven, and five. Remember, don't you remember learning that? Yeah, it doesn't have to rhyme or make sense. No, it doesn't have to make sense or rhyme,

but it has to be five, seven, five. That's my point. It's easy. What is it? 19 candles per you. Stop. That's my point. It's easy. What is it? 19 candles for you. Stop. Oh dear Lord. It's a joke.

Dear Lord. Well, Norma, exhaust yourself. Oh, keep going. Oh yeah, sorry. Oh, keep going. Open. Yes. You don't know.

No, no, no, no. You don't need to read them. No. No. You don't need to read them. Should I show them what I got? Yeah, go ahead. Show them what you got.

Oh, yes, you did. Gift cards. Gift cards. I'm show them what you got. Yes, you did. Gift cards. Gift cards? Yes. We know the way to your heart. Exactly. And then, Norma, can you breathe? That's the question.

Did she do it? She did it. Look at her winning. Look at the girl go. She even put, she even took her hair down. She took her hair down just to get some wind. And red bulls, yes. Do you, the pink one is the one you like, right? Yeah, I knew about the white one. Yes, I know you love the white one. The pink one, I was pretty sure of it. And the other one I know you like. Yes.

The yellow one and then wild berries. Yeah, I knew the red and the white. I wasn't sure about the pink, but I was pretty sure about the pink. I like, I'm not picky with the Red Bull flavors. All right. Okay. Okay, Kelly, we're gonna have to, or, or, or. Why don't you just come over there?

No. Oh my God. Because your back will be to the camera. No, I'll stand behind you. Okay, okay. Okay, all right. Hold on. Let me get, back will be to the camera. No, I'll stand behind you. Okay. Okay. Okay. All right. Hold on. Let me get, me get out of the way. Hold on.

Look, look, look, look. Oh, you want me to come on? Okay. Well, it's gotta be able to see it. Okay. Yeah. Careful, don't hold it with your stringies. And then Vanessa, you sing. Okay, Vanessa.

All right, we're all gonna sing. Start singing, because I'm telling you right now. Happy birthday to you. Okay, Vanessa. All right, we're all gonna sing. Start singing, because I'm telling you right now. Happy birthday to you. Cha cha cha. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday dear Talia. Happy birthday to you.

No spitting, I saw no spit come out of her mouth. Wait, what is it? Woo hoo! I want this one. Talia. Talia. Talia. What does that mean?

No, just the pink, just these ones. Just, no, these ones, nope. Nope, these ones, there you go. It's actually the middle finger. What was I doing? What was she doing? I was just allowed to clap? No, you're right, you were right, this one.

Yeah, the middle finger. No, the other one. Middle finger. You were right. Well, I really wasn't right. I thought that's what I saw you doing. Because. So no, I wasn't right. I really wasn't right. I thought that's what I saw you doing. So no I wasn't right. Yeah we're taking cupcakes. Me too I want one too. Happy birthday Talia. Okay. Grab a cupcake everybody just take those over Kelly. Grab a

cupcake too girl. Okay. Cupcakes are for everybody. Mm-hmm. It's raining cupcakes. Okay, let me just... Of course she takes the 19th. Tracy! I'm 19. And your head. Psalm 91. Oh, my gosh.

Psalm 91. Oh, my gosh. Okay, can I just tell you guys, this is... Wait, yeah, it is. It is. guys this is they are such great cupcakes. Yes. Okay. So can I just like, I'm, I'm a little irritated. I mean, well, I'm not irritated. Well, like I am irritated, but like, have you ever, have you ever loved a pair of jeans? Like you love the jeans. Yes. A hundred percent.

It's a love hate relationship, but, but you love the, you love the jeans, but the zipper will not stay up. So you hate the jeans. That's what I'm dealing with. I love these jeans, but I hate them because literally they, the zipper goes down all the time. Like it's down right now. That is not okay.

Right now. And I just pushed it up like, I don't know, two or three minutes ago. That is not okay. That's really rude. Is there a trick? I was trying to think, I'm walking through public, like I have to wear a long shirt

because I can't wear a short shirt because I'm like literally showing my lily white belly with these disgusting. Like let me zip them up right now. And then I'm gonna tell everybody when they go down again. Not that you care, not that you need to know, but I feel the need. Yeah.

The problem is, is everything that I potentially come up with is an issue when you have to go to the bathroom really fast. Like if you have to pee, which I have a tendency to wait until I literally am about to wet my pants. Because I've got so much to do that I'm like, that can wait, that can wait, that can wait. And then it can't wait. I'm dancing. I'm dancing, that can wait, that can wait, that can wait, and then it can't wait. I'm dancing, I'm dancing as I run to the bathroom.

These sound like personal problems. Oh my gosh, they're personal. Okay, so the other day, last week, I waited like two hours to go to the bathroom. Don't do this, people. Yeah, that's not a good idea. I go, I wait for like two hours. So I'm like, I'll just go when I get home.

So I leave here and I am checking the mail. No, I leave here, I park my car and then I head down to the mailbox to check the mail. On the way back from the mailbox, I'm like, you're gonna wet your pants. Literally I'm standing, you might guys not be able to see it, but they will. I'm standing. I'm standing in the street like this for two minutes because I can't move because if I move, I'm peeing my pants. So I'm like,

I can't move because if I move, I'm peeing my pants. So I'm like, I thought, dear God, I hope my neighbors don't see this. And I'm sure they did because we were all home from work. Somebody has got to have it. Somebody has the footage. Like if I had to tie these, the zipper, I would wet my pants half the time. I can't not drink anything.

And I love these jeans because they're so like comfortable and they're like, they fit perfectly. But whoever made the zipper, El Stinkos. I had, me and Trinity shared these jeans forever. Like we loved this pair of jeans. Like it was our favorite. And then she's one day wearing them at the movie theater and I dropped the popcorn everywhere.

Like in like the, like the walkway to the actual like seats. And she squats down and it rips all the way up. And I'm like on the floor crying. She said, get up, people are coming, get up. I'm trying to pick the popcorn up and she's like holding it like behind floor crying, she said, get up, people are coming, get up. I'm trying to pick the popcorn up and she's like holding it like behind because it's like ripped all the way up.

I was like, you ripped our favorite jeans. Oh my gosh. It was funny. I wish I got it on video. I know, see? It's rough, man. I love these jeans, but I'm not loving that. Every single time I thought it was just like a fluke

or something. The first few times I wore them, that every single time. I thought it was just like a fluke or something. The first few times I wore them, it's every flipping time. What, like why does not? I don't know. Maybe somebody in the chat knows why that happens. I don't know, but I'm not seamstress and I don't even know how to like, like for me to sew, somebody might get injured.

I don't sew. Okay, can you? What is they saying? Somebody might get injured. I don't sell. Oh, can you? What is they saying? Over time, the metal and plastic teeth wear down and the slider, the part that you pull, loosens. The slider can't grip the teeth properly. Okay, that's not true, Tracy. And so the zipper slowly slides down on time.

These were brand new, brand new. They've done it since I've bought them. Oh, they've done it since. Yeah, they had a tag on them. Does it happen especially when you are sitting and moving? No. Okay. Wait, where'd you buy them from?

Is that like? Were they from Shein? No. Because have you got them from a place? No, I think they're from TJ Maxx. But no, they're like, they're not lucky brand, but they're like that. They're not at like, they're a good brand.

Cause I bought them when I got my lucky, and I love lucky brand jeans, because they fit so good. Once you find a pair of jeans that fit good, it's hard to not like go to a different brand. Could somebody have bought them and then returned them because they screwed it up? And then now you have them? I would think they're in the clearance section then, right? The tag was the original one. I'm just saying like it's a pain in the butt. I hate it.

I love these jeans, but I'm almost or I cannot bear to wear them anymore. I think it's time. Find the exact pair. I'm sure you can find the exact pair. Yeah, check eBay. Poshmark. Yeah.

Wait, if you just got them, can't you get them again? Maybe it's just a bad zipper. Or maybe you have to go up a size. Well. No, not in a bad zipper. Maybe you have to go up a size. No, not in a bad way. Ouch. Okay, so that was one of the things chat said. Chat said that if maybe they're a little too tight. No, that's the reason why I love them because they're not too tight. That's why I'm like they fit perfectly. Like, they're not, they're loose. Yeah, then. I don't have fat hanging over the sides of them. Listen, that happens.

I do have fat that hangs on over the side on some of my jeans. But not these. These, no. Yeah. Yeah. That it's the zipper's fault. Definitely. It's not you. It's definitely not you. You're so skinny.

Oh my gosh. You're so full of crap. You're like a speck in the grass. Like just floating. Where are you? Hope, Hope. Where'd her waist go? Where'd she go?

Where'd she go? I hate them. I hate them very much. Oh, a safety pin. Literally, a safety pin. But then when she has to go pee, cause she's got the bust out of her pants. That's a problem.

I already thought about the safety pin. She has personal problems. There's just nothing. Safety pin is gonna be and you can see it adults underwear no that's an option not doing it that's an option then you keep your zipper up all the time I have no desire Jeremy can share things you just too muscular. Thank you Jera. Muscle mommy. Oh my gosh. Not that this matters

and not that anybody cares about this either, but guys, I am like, I don't, I am not drinking anything. Like I was joining the creatine and stuff like that. I've stopped all of that, right? I'm like, I don't have time for it. I am like increasing my weight. Like every week.

At the gym? Not every week, every other week. Like I am like increasing it at the gym. At the gym. Shockingly. Getting some PRs. You need to start filming your workouts. She's getting some PRs.

What's a PR mean? Personal records. Personal records. Oh yeah, like in so much, my trainer was like, hope. Yeah. Last week, hope. Oh my gosh. I'm like, I know, I don't know what hope. Yeah. Last week, hope, oh my gosh. I'm like, I know, I don't know what's going on. Yeah, we need to get these recorded.

Start recording. Not really, it's not gonna happen. But I'm just saying, like the ones, not the bar, like the dumbbells, I mean, I have increased them. But they only come in like 10 to 15. Like it takes a while to increase that because you're up your reps, but you don't always. Yeah, no, this is like a one rep max is your PR. Like one rep. It takes a while to increase that because you're up your reps, but you don't always. Yeah.

No, this is like a one rep max is your PR. Like one rep. I've increased that, but I'm saying like on the weights that you put on, cause you can do two and a half. And like, guys. Doing it. It's pretty shocking. That's amazing.

We're training for something. I don't know what everybody. I don't know what it is that we're training for, but we're training for something. I don't know what everybody. I don't know what it is that we're training for, but we're training for something. I don't know what it is either. Not either. But I'm pretty, like, I'm pretty stoked. It's been going on for like a month now.

That's good. Yeah. That's good. I've said nothing, because I thought it might be a fluke. I ain't gonna lie. Oh my gosh. It's like, this might be a fluke. But even this week, and it's a whole new month, we did something new last week for the trainer's birthday.

So she did a whole week of different for her, like, but last month. So, I mean, it's like, this is weird. Yeah. And you're not taking the supplements. You know what I mean? I'm not. So it's like pure, uncut hope. Pure me.

I love that hope. You be you. It's pretty shocking. It is. No. Cause usually, no, cause usually it's very slow and incremental with me. But like I'm like on these different ones that we do.

Like I literally increase the weight. It's like, what the crap? So good. But they're different. It does, especially when it's a whole month and you don't just increase it one time, you increase it twice. Cause they're all different,

every month they're different exercises. They don't stay. And you expect to start out lower by the end, you expect to go up once. You should go up once, at least on that. But like to do it twice, it's like, what the what? I know, what the what? I know.

These are incredible. They really are. Yeah, and the great thing too is, if you are working out, to have an app that records what you did that same, like it might be, like I've been working out for a year now, some of these things I've done them only one other time, or I've done them two other times.

So you know what you did that last exercise in and if you can automatically increase right then, you sit there and go, holy moly, like good things are happening. Exactly. So you're not wasting your time. I love that. Yeah, I do too.

Oh my goodness. Did you exercise at all while you were gone? I did a lot of walking up there and then I went to the gym once with Jer and Kenzie. And I was like, this is stupid. Yeah, why? We just wandered around and they had like a whole thing. I'm just doing kettle ball swings right now.

That's my thing right now. Everybody is into the kettle ball swings. It's so good. Norma, I had to take her kettle ball out of her cause I used her car. It was driving me nuts. But she even has her kettle ball out of her because I used her car. It was driving me nuts. But she even has a kettle ball. What is the big deal?

Like I see everybody with these kettle balls right now and they do a hundred a day or something like that. What's the deal with that? Kellyann, come over here. Come over here. Hop on the mic. Hop on Vanessa's mic. Cause she's the personal trainer.

Tell everybody about Pets Kettlebell Swings. Sorry, I had to fix my hair. Go ahead. Go ahead. Kettlebells are just, they're a really good workout and they can get your heart rate up. Like they can get you sweating. What is it, like a squat and arm thingy?

Yeah, so it works, it's like a functional workout where it can work out multiple muscles at one time. So like kettlebell swings, it's your legs. It's your whole upper body because you have to keep it controlled. So how does it work the bicep? Your biceps. The bicep?

Well, I know what the bicep are. Listen, you ain't been to the gym in a while. So that's what we call them at my gym, the bicep. I've been going to the gym every day by myself. I Bives. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding with you. I'm kidding. I don't know what I'm talking about. That's the reason why I called it. But because you're holding it and when you're like,

like you have to like, you literally have to engage your whole like arm because you're swinging it up and then you like, and you have to keep it controlled and like bring it back down. Interesting. Yeah, it's a full body workout. So yeah, it's like a full body workout. So kettlebell is nice because you and you have to keep it controlled and like bring it back down. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah, it's a full body workout. So yeah, it's like a full body workout.

So kettlebell is nice cause you don't have to use a ton of different things, a ton of different movements. Like it's like multiple movements, multiple muscles in one workout type thing. So a lot of people are just doing like a hundred of these kettleballs and that's it for the whole entire time? That's what I'm doing.

Okay, that means that nobody else is doing it better. Are people doing that? Like, because that's what I'm seeing. Like people are saying, kettle balls, a hundred kettle balls. It's like when you need like a quick workout and you only have so much time. So that's what I'm doing right now.

I'm doing like- How long does it take you to do a hundred? I usually take breaks. I'll do 33 and then I do 33 and then I do 34. So it all adds up to 100. I've done one time I've done 100 in a row and that was hard. But I did it. Holy crap.

I know. What's the weight that you're doing the kettlebell at? I was doing 15 and the goal was to go up to 20 next, but I didn't have a 20. I only had a 30. So now I'm doing 30 and I don't have a kettle ball. I have a dumbbell. So it's a little bit more tricky.

Oh my gosh, you're gonna. But it's fine, it's fine, it works great. But I really do, my whole body's engaged. My core is engaged, my back, my shoulders, everything is. And you have to do it right. You're gonna have to twist your wrists to do that, right? I hold it in the middle, and then I just. One. Yeah, one.

One, 30 pounds. I mean, you won't injure yourself, but I'm like, it can't be comfortable. No, it's fine. It's cause you're, like, you hold the middle and then I just, yeah, one, one. I mean, you won't injure yourself, but I'm like, it can't be comfortable. No, it's fine. It's cause you're like, it's like you hold the middle part and I just swing it. Swing it. Yeah. Yeah.

Norma, what's the kettlebell weight that you have in your car? Or it's not in there anymore, it's in the garage. Cause I'm about it. It's in the garage now, cause I couldn't take it anymore. Don't blame you. Yeah.

Yeah. I don't know. No, no. With the dumbbell, like how you have to hold it. Yeah. I was thinking of it, holding it a different way. Yeah, I wasn't holding it that way. Yeah.

That would be tough. Yeah. You know, you can do kettle balls a whole lot of different ways, but. Yeah, yeah, that too. I don't know if we're comfortable. Yep. That's our workout plan.

Anybody wanna join us? If you wanna start doing 100 kettle ball swings a day, let us know. Okay, and then I'll tag the whole pot line and we'll share it. Oh my gosh, they're terrible. Those kettlebells, we don't have to do 100, but I don't like them.

I'm gonna tell Carrie to add that to your repertoire. She already, like my hair is all messed up. She already like does horrible things to us. What are you talking about? Let's not add more horrible things. That's the fun of it. You're not doing it. You quit.

So easy for you to say. Right, exactly. What's going on? Whatevs. All right. Okay. Do your thing and then we'll get back to my thing. Cause now we don't have hardly any minutes left

to answer any questions. Well, you know what? We're back. We're back and better than ever guys. Okay. So if you're on Rumble, hello, Jare is blowing up the chat, so. He misses you. I know, because we hang out all the time

and then all of a sudden we don't, and he's like, what am I doing? I need to come see her. I'm lost. I'm lost. So, hi to everybody. If you are in the Rumble, if you're watching on Rumble and you're in the chat,

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It's called Fearless. So you want to be here August 21st through the 23rd. You want to register now. So head over to Foundation Church FL, the same place that you can buy our merch. But you'll click instead of shop, you'll click events, and then you'll scroll down and you will see the same kind of logo. And you'll want to click on that register, let us know you're coming.

We're very, very excited. This is going to be a really great year. And we're just getting started with all the marketing. So keep an eye out, share all the stuff. Already start thinking about who you want to invite. Hope anything else that you want to say about it? No, I'm just excited about this one. I really am.

Perfect. Very, it's going to be different. Yes, yes, yes, yes. Okay. And then last but not least, I'm going to let me turn the volume down a little bit. Very exciting. Seated on the throne of God, holy, holy Brightest one who shed His blood He'll prove to us the Father's love Jesus Christ, we lift Him up Who else is worthy? Who else is worthy? Who else is worthy?

All right, so you'll want to join us there coming back to us. We will be coming back from Youth Week Saturday morning and we will be rocking out Saturday night. Oh, that's right. When do you leave to go back? Sunday night. Sunday night. I thought you weren't here. I can't miss Sunday after youth week. Oh yeah, that would be tough. So I'm gonna, so my week looks like youth week, Monday through Saturday, Crave, Saturday night, church, Sunday, least Sunday night,

hopefully get in at the night, which never happens cause there's always delays. And then I have VBS with my mom, Monday through Friday. So it is gonna be, it's gonna be a time for the Lord. And then I have VBS with my mom Monday through Friday. So it is gonna be, it's gonna be a time for the Lord. And you're gone just that week? I'll come back on Tuesday. That's what I thought. It's like it's longer than that.

Yeah, we'll have Saturday, Sunday, Monday, and then I'll fly back Tuesday. So we'll have a few days to like recoup and then right into ladies conference. Oh my gosh. But yeah, but VBS is just a few days to like recoup and then right into ladies conference. Oh my gosh. But yeah, but VBS is just a few hours. Yeah. So that that'll be, I'm not doing too, too much, just some videos and stuff for her.

Oh my gosh. There's going to be like, oh my gosh, me and Heather were going over the door prizes. The door prizes are like nothing we've ever done before. They're not even exciting. They're nothing like we've done before. They're not even like, they're nothing like we've done before. That's very exciting. Oh my gosh, they're really good. Ty? They're really good.

Lots of, and Saturdays are off the chart. They're really good on Saturday. I wish I could win on Saturday, especially one of the items. I think that's really good. Yeah, like. What is that? I'm going to talk to you, Vanessa, and take your ticket if you want to try. Try it. I'm a mother, mommy now.

I'll tell you what, one of the items, cause I'm working it out right now with Pastor Allen, but one of them is the time, and I think it's called time and eternity. Okay. Time and eternity watch with the diamond. Oh yeah. I want one of their watches. Huh?

I love their watches. Yeah, so that's one of the, that's the Saturday, one of the Saturday prizes. Okay. Oh. Yeah. That one's gonna be, and then there's one that's very similar to that, which we'll tell later.

But yeah, the door prizes, all of the days are good, but Saturday's prizes will be. That's exciting. Really good. So I know, I love, I literally, I love their, I love that watch. Yeah, yeah. No, they do a great job They take great pride with that stuff. Yeah, like everything's quality. Yeah, even like the diamonds are quality. Yeah. Yeah, so Sometimes with those faces. Yeah, it's class true

It's not gonna like because I got the style the color is the mother of pearl I think is is what color is the mother of pearl, I think is what it is called, mother of pearl. I have to look it up because I was texting with him yesterday, but it's the white. So it's classic. It goes with everything all the time. Yeah.

Yeah, there's something about a timeless one because then you can just like, Oh my gosh. It becomes an heirloom. Right. Right? That you can leave to your children or grandchildren. Yeah, I love that. Nice. Yes. And oh my gosh, that you can leave to your children or grandchildren.

I love that. Nice. Yes. And oh my gosh, I have like, I have one watch where it's diamond around the face that I was blessed with. And there is something about how pretty that is. It catches the lights.

It's just so pretty. Like it's so feminine. Yeah. Yes. I mean, I think that's what makes it so feminine. It's putting that diamond around the face of it, but it's gonna be, that one's gonna be good. And the other one I will tell you is a purse.

I haven't decided which it is yet, but it's, I mean, I'm pretty sure it's gonna be Gucci, but I'm not 100% sure. So, but, so that'll be the other one. Okay. Yeah. Wow. Gucci. So I'm not a Louis, I'm not a Louis girl.

Yeah. Norma's a Louis girl. She just said, I'm not. Yeah. Sorry for all the people are like, it's not for you. It's my conference. Exactly. Yeah.

Yeah. Totally. Yeah. And I'm like, for me, like, it's not for you, it's my conference. Exactly. Yeah, totally. Yeah, and I'm like, for me, like it'll be something you can use all the time. Cause a lot of times with certain purses, if there's certain colors, you literally cannot use them all the time. True. Or if it has a big logo, you know.

I know. That's the other problem. It's all about quiet luxury. I agree. It goes back to, listen, this is, I literally wanna preach on this subject. Ooh, come on. I has come to my head so many times.

What did you say? This is literally what I wanna preach on. I've even thought, how can I incorporate this into a sermon? Let's do it. Because there's something to be said for new money and old money. Yes. Yep. Okay, new money is Jeff like Jackie Kennedy, even though she really wasn't. It's more like classic.

It's somebody who, you know, somebody- Like Princess Diana. There you go. Even though she wasn't, I mean, she was kind of, but not really to that caliber, but it's somebody who doesn't have to make sure people know that they have money.

It's like when I worked in DC, I worked for this law firm and we handled professional athletes. And it was so funny because we would have this fundraiser every year. And this fundraiser, we, you know, like, we're these peons, right? But we, little did they know,

and I wasn't saved at the time, so I didn't feel a little bit bad about it, but like we would make fun of the people that came in that they were all wealthy. They were all wealthy people, because to go to this fundraiser, you had to have money. But on top of that, like the stuff that you were buying was not cheap. Like maybe the cheapest thing that they had, we had that

you could buy was like $2,500 or something. It was like you were going to be paying because it was for charity. It was, um, things that the athletes had donated and to get a lot of money. I mean, it was ridiculous what people paid, but you always knew, like we would say, as they're walking through the door, new money, old money. And even the people with that are old money would be like, that's new money right there. It's insulting people.

It's insulting when you like have to make sure that, like you were saying Vanessa, some quiet luxury. Like if you have to make sure that everybody, what's the heart behind making sure everybody knows you own, oh my gosh, I'm gonna kill you. What is it? The motive of the heart. What is the, red is the reason why you want everybody to see you with,

like there's, don't get me wrong. Like if you own a nice purse or a nice pair of shoes, they're gonna last a really long time. Right, totally. They do. But why do you, but a lot of times people have to own these things so that they walk around and like, like I used to, I'll give you an example.

Some of the areas that I used to hang out in, not so good, but they always had really nice cars parked in the driveway. Their houses look like crap. House porn. Yes. They drove a really nice car. Don't be somebody who lives in a piece of crap of a house but drives a really nice car. Right. Let's make sure our priorities

and why we have what we have and why we do what we do lines up. There's a saying that says, empty barrels make the most noise. And explain that to me. Yeah. So like a barrel, if it's empty, right? It has nothing.

It doesn't have anything in it. And you like throw something in it, it's going to bounce around and make the most noise. But a barrel filled with water or liquid, you throw something in it, it's going to bounce around and make the most noise. But a barrel full filled with water or liquid, you, you throw something in it, it's not going to make any, any noise because they're already filled. And so, um, I mean, you can go deep in that, in that thing, but like if you're just empty and you just want to make a whole lot of noise, it's probably because you're not filled with anything good. Yeah. So true.

True. It's so true. But that's so true. Like seriously think about like next time you want to buy that thing, why are you buying it? Are you empty? So it's going to fill you up. It won't fill you up.

For a minute. It's temporary. The other thing I would think of is Jeff Bezos wife. Do I want to be Jeff Bezos wife? And if you don't want to look like Jeff Bezos wife or have people look at you like that, don't buy it. Carry yourself like you have quality, character and integrity. Not that you have to flaunt something.

That's what, you know, a lot of people go into major debt, major debt, buying things so that people will look at them like they're something. Never do that. Never do that. If you can't, if like, I won't say this about everything, but a lot of times, if you, like there are so many things that are super expensive,

don't go in debt to buy them, unless you can pay for them with cash. If you're gonna go into debt for anything, make sure that it gains in equity. Yeah, true. Yeah. Otherwise don't do it. It's an appreciating. Make some money.

Right, like don't like spend money. Don't spend money that it's not gonna make you money. True. That's not wise. And then use the money that you make off of that to maybe buy something that's luxurious. Yeah. But at least your head's on straight, you know?

So many people have spending problems. They really do. Yeah. They have spending problems and they can't pay. Like I say, it's one thing if you have debt, if you can pay it off. If you have debt that you can't pay off, you're in trouble. You need to think about those things. It's just exhausting too. Like when you're constantly like spending money and you know

in a couple months you're not going to have money again. Like that's exhausting. It's not fun. It's not fun being broke. So yeah, change your habits. It's not, it's not fun. And it's sometimes like, you do have to spend money to make money. Oh yeah. Big proponent of knowing that. Especially if you're a business owner and things like that.

But if it's not gonna gain in value, really think about is this purchase something that I wanna do? Right. If you have money sitting around, go for it. But if you don't, don't. Right, yep. So, yeah.

True that, yeah. Yeah, always be smart with like, be smart with your finances, but don't be trying to impress people. And that's what a lot of people do. They don't even have it. But then there's a lot of people who do, and that's all that they try and do is impress people.

You're making, literally're literally people are laughing at you behind your back and you don't even realize it. Except for the ones that are like you. And they're like going, rock on, that's great. In reality, that's just not wisdom. So I know literally, I literally am like, how can I teach on that? Cause it's like the scripture about a rich man, you know?

Like the riches will take you straight to hell. It's the love of money that's the root of all evil, not the money, it's the love of it. A lot of times people just, new money acts like they love it. Whereas old money, they do love it, but they carry themselves in a whole different way. Yes. So I don't know.

Who knows? I don't know why I said that. Maybe that's for somebody else. I don't know. But someday I might be preaching on that. There you go. So I'm big on prosperity. Don't get me wrong.

But I'm also big on not being stupid. Yeah. Right, cause God isn't stupid and he's also a prosperous God. And about being a good steward of what you have. He's a good steward. Yeah, so if you're not being a good steward of what you have, yeah, don't do it.

Mm-hmm. Just don't do it. Oh, I have a verse for you for that sermon. Oh, please. Let's hear it. Yeah, let's hear it. Matthew 6, 19 through 21. Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth

where moths and vermin destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but store up yourselves treasure in heaven for where your treasure is there your heart will be also. Goes back to the empty and the full barrel. Very much so. I just asked Chad to be so that's all. Oh my gosh.

That's all right. It's like Googling it. That's the verse. That is not a verse. Oh, that was a verse she just said. I thought you were saying that Google is a verse. No. I thought you were just, it's a verse.

I mean, have some verses. Oh my gosh. I will tell you, I find that chat GPT is way faster than Google. Google's in big trouble. 100% it is. Google's in big trouble. Big trouble.

Oh my gosh, what'd you say, Kelly? Oh my gosh, you have to search everything. And I think AI is doing it on purpose to eliminate, which I'll be honest with you, in some ways, like I'm cutting my nose off to spite my face, but it'd be nice for the like Google to have to like, eat it. Yeah.

Come on. Eat it. Sorry. But then I'm gonna have to say that for AI. It's your whole life. Eat it. Yeah, eventually. Eventually, we're not there yet.

Yeah, we'll get there. Until it becomes the Antichrist, and then we're all screwed. I know, then we're like back to being stupid again. And it knows everything about me. I know, everything. Okay, another thing, I don't even know if we're gonna get to questions today.

Another thing is this, I'm gonna tell you right now, we haven't been together in a really long time. So we haven't chatted. We just flew in. But here's the thing. Have you heard, cause somebody just,

I think it was my mother just told me that there are states right now talking about no longer allowing seed clouds. What is it? Seed clouding, thank you. They are not, because they just found out in Texas, now I haven't checked this out, but I was told that as those storms and that flooding was happening,

they had clouded the seed and they had kept it going. Somebody asked me, did I think that that happened? And I was like, yeah. I totally think they were doing that. Just like they did with Hurricane Helene, when it was way out in the Gulf and it's only happened like one other time like that. And then there was the one Milton, right?

I mean, come on. But so now there are states that are saying no way. No more. No way. We're done. Is Florida on that list? Well, did you see Oklahoma? Oklahoma is now underwater. Right out.

Yeah, Oklahoma is underwater right now. So it went from North Carolina. I don't know if North Carolina University is our university in North Carolina, I think is the one that's in Chapel Hill. Which one's in Chapel Hill? Cause they were just- North Carolina. Yeah, it's in Chapel Hill. Which one's in Chapel Hill? Cause they were just- North Carolina.

Yeah, it's in North Carolina. Which one, a university or is it- Yeah, I think it's a university. UNC, right? Yeah, I think so, yep. They were just underwater right after Texas was underwater. So they just flooded. It's terrible.

It is. Do you hear a fire? It's devastating. Yes. It's devastating. Right after hear a fire? It's devastating. Yes. It's devastating. Right after that, it was West Virginia and then it went to Oklahoma. It's not good guys.

It's not good. I'm not buying what they're selling either. Yeah. Nope. It's not good guys. It's not. What the thing is, is people will say that this is acts of God or all natural.

This is not an act of God and it is not natural. It's just not. Yeah. When they start calling things like 500 year storms, thousand year storms, like when they start saying that kind of stuff, I'm like- No.

All the time? No. Like every year- It's because they're gonna try it and start doing climate change. I know. They're trying to do- Well, because they can't do another doing climate change. I know. They're trying to do- They can't do another COVID to us.

I know, good luck with that. Which Tom said, after COVID, it'll be climate change. He did say that. Yeah, because he stays in tune with everything that's going on. So it's literally the writing's on the wall for it. But the thing is, nobody is buying that the summers are hotter. Nobody's for it. But the thing is, is they can't, they're not, nobody is buying that the summers are hotter. Nobody's buying it.

So now they have to have these acts of God or mother nature kind of incidents to say climate change. It's not when you're, when you're not, when you're cloud seeding, that's not an act of God. Yeah, manipulating that, yep. Total manipulation of the weather. It's not good. of God. Yeah, manipulating that, yep. Total manipulation of the weather. It's not good. Mm-hmm, yep.

So cloud seeding, specifically, in case you don't know, because some of the girls were like, what is that? Oh, okay. Okay, okay. It's when they use like chemicals in the clouds to basically make rain or snow. Yes. And so what happened is Texas said

that they did this right before the storm hit. Yes. And so what happened is Texas said that they did this right before the storm hit. Yes. And admitted it. And they said it had nothing to do with that amount of rain falling, which was like four months of rain falling in like 45 minutes. So they said that that had nothing to do with it.

They checked it, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. But they've been cloud seeding since the 40s. Yeah. And so they're going to come back and say, yeah, we've been doing this forever. Like who cares? But it's technology changes, hearts change. Well, you can also use it, like we used it in war.

Right. Okay. It's a proven fact. It's one of the ways that we try and win battles in wars. So it can be used. As a weapon. Yes. Correct.

Yes. So come on, don't try and act like you're innocent in this when we know that it's actually been used to like, take over countries or win battles to take over countries or win the war. It's bull crap. Right. And like people lost their lives.

Yes. That's what bothers me. Right. The loss of life, children. Of innocent lives. No, just babies. I just like, if I was the one up there, if I was the one flying the plane

and doing all that nonsense, I would feel guilty as I'll get out. Because it's blood on your hands as well as the people who gave the directive. Good luck with that. When you learn how the government chooses people, it makes sense. So like why they do what they do, because they're just loyal to a fault and they don't ask questions. They don't want to know.

They don't want to ask questions because they want to be about a mission wanna know, they don't wanna ask questions because they wanna be about a mission, they wanna feel important because all their life, they have felt as though they were nothings. Yeah, no parents, like it's so interesting to like- They're usually loners, usually outcasts, usually bullied. I mean, there's a whole, it's like, when you're looking for a serial killer, always go for the whitey. It's true though.

It's true. I've never seen a black serial killer. No, they'll just go in and they'll like, listen. Right, they have a reason why they're shooting you. Or they'll pick you, like, come on. They got their ways, but they're just like, it's probably gonna happen just because they get pissed

in two seconds. Whiteys though, you gotta watch them. You gotta watch them. You gotta watch them. They're always your serial killer. That's true. Just saying. Also, there's never been a Spanish one either.

I'm just- We always eat these. Oh my gosh. Yeah, they might be a a Spanish one either. I'm just- We always eat them. Oh my gosh. Yeah, they might be a cannibal. You're right, Norma. Norma, you're not wrong. Whities might be a cannibal. Like they're weird.

Like- Why? Why? But even like women, like it's women and men that are white, that end up being serial killers. It's very rare that it's any other nationality or race. Yeah, like there is, Tom says there's a reason why they always did, what is it when you go and you,

and if he went into a black neighborhood, he was always looking for the white guy or the white person leaving, profiling. You're profiling. Because you know that some whitey in a black neighborhood doesn't belong there. He is causing trouble. And in fact, he is causing trouble.

Jeff used to get profiled all the time in the Bronx. And he should have been. Yeah, he got stopped all the time. As he should have been. So because, listen, up to no good. And he's 100% was up to no good. Yeah, so you stop the whitey, you arrest him, you find out who his dealer is, then you arrest him.

That's, profiling is not bad. No. It catches crimes. But literally, if you wanna know who's gonna be doing what, there's a profile on them. And it's really, like what you were saying is, it's always, always the same kind of individual that they profile to pick to do really heinous crimes

for the government. Yep. And usually they look weird as crap. Nobody is knocking down the door to date them. They're usually greasy too. Oh, I bet they smell. Oh my gosh, my daughter says they look like they sleep with their sister. And I repeat it. I should never repeat it. That's why you're her mother. Like mother like daughter. Exactly. Not much filter. She's like, that was a good one.

Oh my gosh. It's crazy though. So funny. I know. It is crazy. It really is. But I don't know. I'm just, I hope that that is true. That they totally eliminate that.

So Florida has put registered, this is really exciting for me actually, because you know that I'm an avid drone watcher, by the way, saw some in Massachusetts, so they're up there as well. If you, there's a website now, see something, say something for stuff in the sky. I have a website.

So if you see like chemtrails, they want you to report them. Oh, you guys, I think they've been outlawed in the state of Florida. Right. Because other states are outlawing the chemtrails. Yes, so that's that Ron DeSantis wants us to now report them if we see anything.

They're gonna get tired of me. Did you report something? My son, you got things? Okay, oh, yes, kind of, but he, like there's a government website now that- That's awesome. I know, so I'm hoping it's not like- We had drones the other night at our house.

See? You don't have any goats again, do you? No. That might be the right thing. That's just the. That happened once. That's the Instacart people. Okay.

Vanessa, her and her stories. I'm shocked that Tara didn't come and take them from me. I know, seriously. I know, I'm shocked that Tara didn't come and take them from me. I know, seriously. I'm shocked too. She's afraid of Jeff. What? Tara's afraid of nobody. No, maybe Jeff.

Oh my gosh. Maybe Jeff. Yeah. Just a little scary. They're on the same playing field. That's true. They are. Those two.

Those like soulless people. They're both from New York. Hope knows. I'm from New York too. Yeah, but you have a soul. I do have a soul. Yeah, you're sensitive. You're 2, 3M.

You're sensitive. Exactly. And I'm talking to Tara, like, or even Jeff. Jeff is the male me. Right, he is. But like, and I'm talking to Tara, I feel like I'm a one. I have married a male version of Hope.

I married a male version of you. Oh, 100%. 100%. I feel like I literally, outside of the weight, I feel like I'm talking to him. I mean, I'm talking to myself. When he says certain things, I'm like- Same person.

Oh my gosh. Yeah, true. I'm getting warm and fuzzy. I'm like- No. It's okay for me, guys. Yeah, exactly. I should've married him.

Can you imagine me and Jeff? World domination. Pretty much. Or you imagine like me and Jeff? World domination. Pretty much. Or you would have murdered each other either way. Yeah. I don't think we would have murdered. I don't know. Because both of us wouldn't have cared.

Like we'd be like, what is. What is. Like I don't care. Okay. Did you close that deal, Hope? Did you close that deal? That's the only thing. On top.

I don't want to high five, but I would probably be high fiving him. Does he micromanage things? Is he a micromanager? No, just not a micromanager. I was gonna say, cause if he was like checking on you all the time. Oh no, no, he's not like that at all.

Like he literally is, he is so like chill. Like if you can't do it by yourself, you're in trouble. Yeah, okay. But like even in the work world, like even in the work world. He's not a micromanager. No, he's a business person. Okay, okay. So he doesn't have work world. Don't talk to me. Like even in the work world. He's not a man. No, he's a business person. Yeah.

Okay, okay. So he doesn't have to be. Perfect. That's annoying. I know. I agree. I know. Oh my gosh.

I don't think so. He doesn't answer to him, does he? No. Oh, thank God. No. They're equals. Yeah. They manage their own. No, I mean, he Yeah. They have, they, they-

No, I mean, he doesn't like, does he ever ask like, are you doing this and are you an, and Jeff has to- I think he tries to and Jeff like- Yeah. Doesn't. Right. Jeff, good for him. Beats to his own grab.

You can't put Jeff in a corner. No. Are you kidding me? No. But I get put in a corner all the time, but I'm not the man in the relationship. I hope get back there. That's cause you married Pastor Tom.

Yes sir. It's a good thing I don't care. I know, seriously. I'll be like, okay, I'm going to go back. I'll go back in the corner, but I'm taking my work with me. She literally had a corner room in here. I did.

Literally her chair was in the corner. I did. Because her game. No, not because of my game. It's because of my wiggling of my feet because I wiggle my feet. You do wiggle your feet. I was doing a lot of work on the computer.

And like for Tom, it's like, he could hear the keys. But not that he can't hear anything behind. If he can't see you, he doesn't zones out. He doesn't know you're existing. True. But he likes you to exist. He does like me to exist. Yes, that's the funny part. There's this funny thing that we say,

like the pastor Tom that we had in the old building, like he trained us well, right? Like, so when I'm in the sanctuary in here, I am scared to blink or move. Yes, yeah, there's no movement. And then you see other people like moving freely. I'm like, they don't know. They don't know what we've been through.

But the great, but the thing is, because the building's so big, he says, I can't hear anything. I know, it really is great. We walked so everybody could run. Right. Oh my gosh. There you go, girl. There you go, girl.

You're welcome. We paved the way. That's so funny. Oh my gosh. Trailblazers, that's what we are. Trailblazers. True. It's hard work.

I feel like Davy Crockett. Oh my gosh. Or what's the other ones? Lewis and Clark. Somebody had to do it. Somebody had to. Somebody had to pave the way. Somebody did. You're welcome.

Got a lot of whippets. Oh man. Got a lot of trees smacking back at my face. Very true. Gosh. Like, oh my gosh, it's so funny. And I see, I don't take anything. I never take anything really personal or like,

I mean, I get irritated, don't get me wrong, but I don't take a lot of things personal. So like one time when Tom was like, I was switching my foot back and forth, sitting in the front row. And like, he told me a hundred times, I can't see nothing past the first three rows. I can't see anything in the first three rows. I can't see anything in the first three rows.

Bull crap. Exactly. I was kicking my foot. Oh, I remember that. I remember that. I wanted to laugh. Oh my gosh. But that's not the appropriate time to laugh.

No, it's not, Hope. Because I was like, I was laughing because I'm like, you fricking said you couldn't see anything in the first three rows. What do you mean you can see my foot? Cause I think that's funny. I think that's funny. I love that hope.

Other people don't think it's funny. Yeah, that's true. I mean, they might've thought I was being disrespectful or something. Or they might think he's too tense. And he is tense. He is. But at the same time, like for Tom,

like Sunday morning is such, like, he's on a mission Sunday morning. He's on a mission. And one is either to disciple believers and make them understand the things that God and the Holy Spirit are trying to impart into them or trying to win the lost. No, I get it now more than ever.

Now that Tracy and I lead a very small scale group. It's not that small, it's got like 40 people. It's like 40, hello. Not 800, like Pastor Tom. It's not 800. But if we're speaking, if I'm saying something and something happens in the crowd, I'm like, squirrel. Like, I forget what I'm saying.

Yeah. I know. Yeah. And the thing is, is what people don't understand is that Satan will do anything to make sure that either someone is not one to the Lord or something that somebody needs downloaded to them to radically change their life or their mind or their heart. Like Satan will do whatever he can whether it be two people behind

somebody talking, laughing or joking around, to somebody kicking somebody's seat under the chair without their knowledge of it. Somebody clicking a pen, a baby constantly talking, or you like, I've known people who there's children in the sanctuary and then the person next to them or in the row are trying to get the baby's attention and they're talking to the baby. Now everybody is distracted by that.

It's not the baby's fault. It's the yahoo next to them that doesn't know how to not like- Engage. Which now you are literally making people not hear something that might change them forever. It's that big of a deal. And people are like, I don't see the big deal.

That's because you're not the one, like your heart's not right in the reason you come because you should be like wanting and be praying that that morning, whoever needs something receives it. It's not about you. It's about everybody. And that's what happens a lot of times. People are like so about themselves

that they don't look at the bigger picture and what God's trying to do in that room, in those moments with each and every individual. So, I mean, it's a big deal. There's a reason we're not to forsake the assembling of ourselves. For many reasons, there's reasons for that. And to act like you kicking somebody's chair

or clicking your pen or whatever, like you need to be thinking about those things. Like, is it distracting somebody else so that they are either getting frustrated by you clicking your pen or they're distracted just by the clicking of the pen. Yeah. And when you've been in other church services

and like it's just a free for all, it is very hard to like drown it, especially if you're out of a season, like when you don't have babies and all of a sudden you're in a season where like you're used to it being quiet and all of a sudden there's babies crying all the time, it's harder to zone it out

because you're out of that season of life. Like being with my family up north, like all the kids are yelling and like it's so quiet at my house. So when you go back of that season of life. Like being with my family up north, like all the kids are yelling and like it's so quiet at my house. So when you go back into that environment, there's like an adjustment. And so when you're trying to come to Sunday service, like the last thing you wanna do

is have to drown out all of the noise. But also if you think about it, there's lots of young people that are teenagers that have not even- That too. And they're like, I don't wanna hear a kid. Like my kids when they were like 16, 17, 18, even maybe to this day, like they don't have kids.

And they're like, can you please be respectful? And if your kid is crying, can you please take them out? But the people who have the kids or the people that are clicking the pen are rather like, get over it. No, you get over it. If it's that easy to get over, then you go. Like to me, it's like, if it's not that big of a deal

for us to get over, then it shouldn't be that big of a deal for you to get over it. Like, I don't get that. Like, why are you so offended when multiple people are being distracted by one person versus why don't you be respectful and not like not affect so many people you're one person right but life does life apparently revolves around them and the rest of their life which is pathetic

but it's true they're the main character yeah it's like if you're like that's self-consumed right and, and there's options. We have so many, especially at our church, like we have all the options that you could ever want to be able to still be engaged and be able to watch. We have amazing women that serve in our nursery. Like there's really no reason, you know? I had a hard time dropping my kids off at the nursery

because they would cry all the time, but I did what I had to do so that I could still be in church. But yeah, back in my day, we didn't have a family, it's a family mother room or whatever. So you can actually be in the service still. It's a mother's room, I guess is what it's called. But where you're in a room

that you can breastfeed your baby. But my whole thing is this, like I had kids, like, and Tommy was loud. For me, I'm like, I don't understand, like what is the big deal about getting up and being respectful of everybody else? Like, it's not as if I've never had kids. And it's not as if I'm asking somebody to do something I did not do myself.

Like, I don't understand this. Like, what is the big deal? It's a moment in time where, you know, you have to get up and... But most people are very, very... Like, it's not even usually a really big deal. Every now and then, people snot off or it is a big issue. And I literally would love to go

and see how they run their home because the few people that I do know that it's become such a big deal for them first of all they run their home or they have me issues or there's there's other issues that they have a very difficult time overcoming, which are influencing this issue to be a bigger deal. So, but it all boils down back to being self-absorbed and not thinking of anyone else and thinking everybody else should have to like overcome you

and whatever you wanna do. Like if you can't control flicking the pen, you got a problem. It's not just kids, man. For me, the kids thing is such a small thing because most people are very conscientious and very respectful of other people and they want to not be a problem.

So usually most everybody is so like polite and kind that they do get up and they do take care of it. And then they come back in with their child. Right. So it's never, that's never really the biggest issue. It's more of people like with their bottle, water bottles, crackling them, or like having to move

their body constantly so everybody has to deal with it. You know what I'm saying? It's like, sit still, learn to sit still. And if you can't sit still, just be polite and not kick the seat in front of you. And let me tell you, one of the fruits of the spirit is self-control. So it's given to us, really, if we ask.

I don't know. I just think, I think being polite and not talking to your neighbor when they're trying to listen to somebody speak, like you don't even know this person, but you're like, and people do it. People will sit next to people that they don't know and this person will start talking.

Or this is the other thing that drives me bananas to a certain extent is, and I hope this doesn't offend anybody in this room, but if it does, well, I've already started something, so I'm going to have to finish it. But like when I'm like, when I'm gone, when I've gone places or even here at our church, when I am trying to listen to somebody preach, I don't want someone behind me adding their two cents and the whole freaking time where I can't hear what's being said because you're having to,

whatever is it going on in your mind, you feel like you gotta vocalize. It's very distracting. Right. Very distracting. And it's like an amen or preach, but I don't wanna hear your dissertation about why you agree with what's being said and how, you know,

10 years ago you experienced the same thing. I don't want to hear it. Do you know what I'm saying? Do you understand what I'm saying? Like people are constantly giving, and it's not just in this church, it's you go other places and you're trying to literally focus on what's being talked about or said and somebody's running smack. Yeah. True. Yeah.

Time and seasons. True. There's a time. Yep. There's a time for it. I agree. Read the room. That's in Ecclesiastes, by the way.

Yeah. Thank you. Read the room. I just read it. Like read the room. Yeah. I don't know. There's a time for everything. Sometimes it's just better be quiet.

I agree. Oh my gosh. It's just for a short time. I know. The service is only so long. Just for a little bit. My most favorite one is the people, like there was one time, well,

this person no longer attends, but they literally sat behind me and had conversations with their spouse while Thomas preaching, and then just would decide to open up candy past the skittles. They weren't at the old building. No, it was in this one. It was in this one. I'm like, are you kidding me? We're gonna pass skittles out right now? In the

middle of service? Away. Away. Not this girl. No food in the sanctuary. Just saying. That is the rule. That's the rule now. There's a sign. They're very hungry people. I'm hungry too. And we're 10 minutes over.

So just for the record, I was the usher during our first service in the building where it didn't go down well. No, it didn't. I know people got a little testy when we asked a little. Very spicy, okay. As if you can't go like two hours, two or three hours. No, it's not even three, two and a half hours tops

without your coffee. You can go right to the back and get one. I'm just saying like that's an idol. Might be an idol. Might have a problem if you can't do without coffee for, I don't know, two and a half hours or even water. Like if you have a cough, I get it. Like some people have like coughs.

So that like, but my gosh, people are not being able to function without liquid to drink. I know we're very dehydrated people. We're very like, we are so spoiled. We are so like ridiculous. So true. Yeah.

First world problems people. I know. First world problems people. I know. First world problems. It really is. Now that we've lectured for all of the Hope hotline. We haven't been together in a really long time. We just missed each other. Lots of words.

All the words. Lots of things. Yep. Sorry. It's Talia's birthday today. We had to celebrate Talia. We celebrated Talia for no more than five minutes tops. True.

And like, and part of that was because Norma had to race to the cafe. It did get extended for that. Otherwise, no. But, Friday we'll be back. We're coming back with a vengeance on Friday. With some more shenanigans. Yeah, exactly.

Whatever, whatever it takes. Exactly. So no questions answered today. Sorry guys. Sorry. Yeah, sorry about that. Not a single. It happens sometimes.

And we went over in time. And we're over 12 minutes. Almost 15 minutes. Whatevs. Okay. It happens. We will see you on Friday or we won't. Like we'll be here, you might not be.

Give us one more chance. I get it. Give us one more chance. I understand. I understand. Okay. You know what? Where God takes one out,

here you place this with another. Yeah, so your loss. You might wanna stay, cause you will be replaced. Or if you see no value in it, which listen, I almost don't blame you. There'll be value, even more value on Friday. There's some really good stuff coming up. I'm excited.

I'm interested in what you have to say about one of the questions. We'll let you be the judge of that. Oh my gosh. We will see you be the judge of that. Oh my gosh. We will see you Friday. Three o'clock. Real talk. Real talk.

Real talk.