Pathways To Language

This is the Truth Network. Kingdom Pursuits, where you hear from ordinary people instilled with an extraordinary passion. Together we explore the stories of men and women who take what they love and let God turn their passion into kingdom pursuits.

Now, live from the Truth Booth, your host, Robbie Dilmore. Oh, it's so fun to be in 2026 as we begin a new year together on Kingdom Pursuits. It's kind of fascinating to me. That this is actually the 17th year. Originally, for those of you who have listened a long time, the car was the call, the show, the show was called Robbie's Hobbies because Stu liked the way those rhymed.

And if you ever wondered why, you know, there's a Kingdom Pursuits, how that show came out of the Christian Car Guy, well, here's how. I A lot of people loved the Christian Car Guys show, but they had all sorts of different things that they did that didn't have anything to do with cars. And the idea was how can we get them on the radio when it doesn't have anything to do with cars? And so that was the original idea behind Robbie's Hobbies, being a guest-driven show, much different than the Christian Car Guy. And again, it didn't take me long.

Originally back then, Bethann McBride, who you now hear is Bible for Breakfast, she was the producer back then, way before Nick. And she, you know, Said it would be good if we did something to lighten up the guests because a lot of time they were nervous. And so we came up with Robbie's riddles, which later became shenanigans for those of you who listened for a long time. And so. That was originally just a vehicle to help people relax and have fun, and turned out to be one of my favorite parts of the show for years and years.

And so, starting off 2026, it's pretty cool to me that God has sustained us and we've continued to. You know, share all these times together, and today is no different in that we have with us really. I love the idea of kingdom pursuits, how God takes. Just ordinary people, right? And it ex and it gives them an extraordinary passion.

And that's a perfect example of today, because we have Valerie in English, Anna in Spanish, Handleton, who is with Pathways to Language, learning to speak another language conversationally. You know, it's one thing to learn to speak Spanish, and I I did in high school, you know. But I could never carry on a conversation in a million years. But, Valerie, that's exactly what you do: help people. speak conversationally, right?

Exactly. Thank you so much for having me today, Robbie, and Happy New Year. Yes. And that's exactly what I do.

So a lot of people say, oh, I took Spanish all throughout school and I can't speak Lick. I remember meeting an eighth grade student. student who had taken Spanish since she was very little and could hardly answer the question in Spanish, how are you? And so to me, that just doesn't make sense. And so this is a very practical pathway to speaking Spanish, English, and I also offer French.

So these are the languages that I help people learn to converse in. Yeah, and I and I love uh something I haven't had ex chance to explore with you, but You use stories. Speak to that a minute. Yeah. Oh my, there are so many ways that you can use stories.

I have been doing this for a very long time. But I also started training in August of 2024 with a specialized storytelling method and they actually call it a recipe because there's a formula that uh that we follow and so I do different things So for some people who love this method, I do this. I have other methods. But with the storytelling method, we make up all kinds of crazy stories. And we have all kinds of crazy problems the other day.

I was with a student and my husband in the story is named Pablo. And for some reason, I'm not with him at the moment. He's in California. And I'm at the beach at Lasagna Lagoon. Mm.

And this is Italian, I assume. No, this is Spanish. But we're on the beach at Lasagna Lagoon. And I made the mistake of having his guitar. He's a musician getting ready for a concert.

I have his guitar. And what's worse is I'm making lasagna in his guitar on the beach.

So, of course, my husband is very angry with me. I can imagine. And so the idea is is for your student to be able to use that to tell that story in Spanish then? Exactly. So all these things that I'm telling you, we're talking about all this in Spanish.

Oh, beautiful. Right, right. And so, when you think about this, again, how does God take your passion and use it to build the kingdom? And. Another neat thing was because God gave me a passion for the car business.

My father was in it before me, and as a result, years later, many years later, we started the Christian Car Guy Show. We're now in his twentieth year. Wow. Congratulations. Yes, thank you.

God has been really, really good to us. Through the Christian Car Guy Show, we got the Jesus Labor Love, Car Repair Labor for Single Moms, Widows, and Families in Crisis. And that's how we connected with Valerie, right? You know, Scott, who's our chief volunteer. And originally, you were going to call into the Christian Car Guy Show, but I thought, no, this is such a good thing, you're doing such an amazing thing for the kingdom, right?

Because. Actually Did you know that in Deuteronomy twenty nine that this came into focus for me this week. That God told the Israelites, That you are to Take these stones. And put and plaster them in white, and he wanted them to write out the entire Torah. And he wanted them to translate it into local languages.

Wow. And so Mm-hmm. My understanding of the Hebrew history of that is they not only did it, as it says in Joshua, that they did put up those stones, but they put it in 70, the original nomad, you know, and Noah had. seventy nations. And the Jews say that they wrote the entire Torah out, translated in 70.

This isn't the King James Version. This is, can you imagine these stones? Like, and here it is: the entire books of Moses, all five, right? In all these. all these different languages there because You know, we can't if we can't talk to one another.

Right. Then You know, we can't get back on the same page with God.

Well, and Robbie, you and I talked about this recently, that it's all about communication. And God is a God of communication. He sent his son to communicate love and light and truth and to be the way. And to show us the Father. Right, right.

And again, you know, one of the main things of a missionary goes into some area and they need. To figure out a way to understand the language, get it translated so that they can have a Bible in their own language. And I think it's fascinating that the same stuff that God. You know, asked the Israelites to do as they came into the promised land is now what, in a fascinating way, you get to do one-on-one with people. Um And at the same time, because you've got a conversational intimacy with them, in other words, when you can enter into a conversation with somebody like you are, then part of knowing you, Valerie, for the short time I've known you, you can hear the great joy in your voice, right?

Where did that come from, right? Uh Okay. Oh, I'm sorry. No, go ahead.

Well, actually, I really believe that God puts certain things in us. And, you know, Martin Luther said that we are called to be little Christ. And so, as little Christs, we reflect who he is, we reflect his personality, we reflect his glory. And this is something he put in me from a very young age: a passion for languages, a deep curiosity, and a passion for languages. And so, this is one way that I reflect.

who he is, his communicative heart. And his glory. And so each of us has something that he has put in us. We may or may not always know that. And it's not always just one thing either.

But this is something that he has put in me. And so, yes, I work one-on-one, I work in groups. And it brings me great joy when I see people developing confidence. And that's one thing where people say, Oh, okay, I get this now. I'm getting confidence.

This is great. Wow, well, we've got to go to a break. I'm afraid when we come back, yes, we're going to play shenanigans. But I want to let everybody know if you want to find out more about pathways to language and more about Valerie, if you go to kingdompursuits.com, it's got all her contact information, her Facebook stuff. It's all right there at kingdompursuits.com.

We'll be right back with a whole lot more. including shenanigans. You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to Kingdom Pursuits, where we hear how God takes your passion. And uses it to build the kingdom.

So fun today, we have Valerie Handleton with Pathways to Language. Again, to find out more about Valerie, you can go to kingdompursuits.com and you can see her Facebook page and all that's right there at kingdompursuits.com.

So, as promised, you know, when we think about pathways to language, you can't help but think of conversation.

So, speaking of conversation, But now look fine. Oh, yes. It's time to play shenanigans with the idea of conversation.

So, Valerie, if you haven't heard this segment before, it's your chance to, before we give. The question for the audience: We let you guys warm up a little bit to see if you, you know, might have some answers to some of these. You know, somewhat. We could call them dad jokes, but in my case, since I'm a granddad, they're granddad jokes.

So granddaddy of dad jokes. Anyway.

So what's a delicate conversation, you know, because we're talking in conversation, what's a delicate conversation you'd have with an acupuncturist? Actupunctors. that needs to clean up his form.

So you got this acupuncturist, however you say that, acupuncturist, that needs to clean up his forenick. What's the conversation here? Uh Oh man, I don't know. What are you thinking? You got something for us, Valerie?

You mean what would I say? Yeah. You gotta have a conversation with him. Sure. I don't know if you've noticed, but there's something on the floor, and I'm concerned about someone having a fall there.

Really? Or you could say, I'm walking on pins and needles here.

Alright. I missed it. I walked into the trap. That was good. I could say that, yeah.

I like this one. This is actually probably my favorite on the list.

So, how do you have a great conversation with a dolphin? Nick, how do you have a great conversation with the dolphin? Mm-hmm. I feel like you maybe like Need to hit their frequency first. That's a little music joke.

It's like that. It's frequency. What do you think, Valerie? What? You gotta have a It might be a little challenging.

I think you've got to jump through a lot of hoops first. Oh, I like that. Oh, that's good. That's a good one. That is.

You've got to jump through a lot of hoops. But for the most part, you know, something just clicks. There you go. And why is it hard to have a meaningful conversation with anyone in the fashion industry? What do you think, Nick?

Why is it hard to have... A meaningful conversation with someone in the fashion industry. Burn up. Oh no. What do you think, Valerie?

That's a tough one. I will say my Mir my friend Miriam would say, I walked into school one day and she said she was going to call the fashion police on me. Oh, I've yeah. I've had my wife and daughters often. But you know, the problem with these all these fashion-minded people is They're so close-minded.

I can't see Paul. Oh, I thought it was a good way to start the year.

So, with the idea of conversation, and this is a very open-ended question, and as Nick would tell you, nobody has ever. Not one on Kingdom Pursuits that called in.

So here's your chance to call in. We have All sorts of price. We have the date the word calendar, one of the greatest presents that we've ever offered. We have. Christian.

Back scratchers. We got the share the gospel back scratchers. But this is an open-ended question. I would love for you to call with your answer. Of course, I have one that might be a little punny.

What's a great way to study the Bible? In 2026. What's a great way to To study the Bible in 2026 again. Actually, how you do it would be great if you want to call and tell us that. Nick, tell them what they'll win.

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So getting back to. our fan valerie and You know, it's a fascinating thing. Right? That What are the challenges? from my perspective.

In understanding the Bible is just understanding the language, and even if you think you know English. A lot of times it's our misunderstanding of those words that cause a misunderstanding of what the Bible actually says, right? Right. Yeah, it could be challenging. And I like sometimes looking at the original language.

I don't feel that I'm Talented with that. I find that challenging at times, but I love looking at the original language and I feel that sheds more light on things many times. And so, the same thing when you're teaching someone to speak conversationally, right?

So. Um I I love the story method. How do you how do you Or, you know, how do you feel like God pointed you to that story method? You know, I was talking with a YouTuber. I set up an appointment to talk with a YouTuber.

I wanted to connect with him. He has all kinds of Jeremy Jordan, he has all kinds of YouTube videos that I've used with my students a lot. And He really had this strong feeling about, well, if I'm gonna have you on my YouTube channel or whatever, you've got to learn this method. And I thought, oh, no, that's fine. I don't know.

And eventually I just. For some reason, I felt like, in fact, I think a client, a prospective client, may have said, hey, do you do this method? I ended up reaching out to TPRS Books and Craig Sheehai has been an amazing mentor and I feel like God brought him into my life. He is a dear friend and mentor, and I just so appreciate him. I have learned so much from him.

I continue to learn. And I feel that a great teacher is a great learner, and that's always what I want to do. He's very involved in the Mormon LDS Church. And so I'm more on, you know, the Just the Bible, just the Bible, but just such a wonderful person. And yeah, I've been challenged to, you know, know how to.

Continue to witness to him as well. But it's really, you know, it just goes to show you that whatever faith people are, they. Still are made in his image and still an opportunity, right? That God wants to have them. be all that they can be.

But I getting back to that idea of Um Story that Jesus told in story, I've taught, right? That's the whole idea of parables, right? And so it's kind of a biblical way to learn a language. It's amazing.

So we got Miriam is in Richmond, Virginia. Miriam, I'm so grateful you called in today. What's a great way to study the Bible in 2026 from here? I love using the Bible app online, and you can download Tara Lee Cabell. She's great with she Bible.

It recaps what you read and it keeps you in line. And I also love accountability with my fellow believers. Like, hey, I'm doing this. You want to join me?

So I got a few friends joining me doing that. And we all keep each other accountable. And we're like, hey, where did you see your God shot today? Where did you see God today? And it's just a great way.

And it's easy to read and It keeps you on track and gets you through the Bible. This is my fourth year now of starting it, and I just love it. And I'm sharing with everybody, and I have a lot of friends already on the path and starting on day three. And Happy New Year, Robbie. And Darren Handel, and her ministry sounds amazing.

And I'm a fellow teacher, too. I teach in public school. I had taught in Christian school, but. That's the way we got to just be in conversations and sharing the love of Jesus. Isn't that wonderful?

Yeah. Robbie, what Miriam is not telling you is she is one of my besties. Oh. And I have learned a lot from her about teaching, and she has built into my life. And one of the things that Miriam talks to me about a lot is, especially if I have conflict with somebody or whatever, she'll say, keep loving them, keep loving them, keep loving them.

Oh, that's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. And so basic, right? Yes. And so I wanted, since I got you both, you know, that's kind of cool that you guys are good friends.

In fact, it's very cool that you guys are good friends. That When I thought about this question, what's a great way to study the Bible in 2026? I don't know if you're familiar with Eugene Peterson, you know, is the. He did the. I'm trying to think of the name of the translation.

It's since it escaped me right this second. Anyway, he did one of the translations of the Bible, plus, he's a prolific reader. But the man that did his autobiography said that he had a conversational intimacy. With the Bible. And the more I have thought about that, the more I've liked that.

That it's like, you know. Hello, Psalms 23, my old friend. I've come to talk with you again, right? That literally the Bible is God, and God is the Bible. And so, as you go into those passages that you're studying, It's like you're having a little talk with Jesus, right?

Yeah, definitely. We got to talk through the day with him every minute of the day. And so the neat thing is you're doing that individually, but you also being on that, and I have lots of friends that do that. Where they're in groups. Of in study groups through that, and it's just a really neat way to t use technology that can help us all feed one another, Ryan.

Yes, and you can do it in your car. I travel to work a distance, so I do it in the car. Every morning I turn on the Bible reading, and then I do the Bible recap, and then you know, I talk to those that I'm in community with, like, hey, wasn't that cool in Genesis, what we just saw, and you know, and every time you do it again, you're seeing something different. I mean, I read the Bible many times, I went to Bible. Yeah, yeah, Miriam, hey, we got to go to a break, guys.

Can you stay with us through the break, Miriam? Oh, yeah, sure, I'll stay with you. I would love it, and we'll be right back with a whole lot more Kingdom Pursuits. By the way, we have more calendars. If you want to tell us how you study the Bible, we'd love for it 866-348-7884.

You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Welcome back to Kingdom Pursuits, where we hear how God takes your passion. And uses it to build the kingdom.

How fun today we have Valerie Handleton with Pathways. To language, I'll mention again that you can find all her information at kingdompressroots.com. But also, we have Miriam calling in from Richmond, Virginia, and she called in to answer our riddle today. I'm so glad that she did when she left right before the break, she was talking about. That when you're reading through these passages with your friends and those kind of things, and you come back to something you've read before.

That you see something, I never saw that before. Like, all of a sudden, that just jumped off the page at you, right, Miriam? Right. And the message. We think of the message, Bible.

I finally came to the message. That's right. That's what Eugene. Right. The message is what Eugene Peterson wrote.

Exactly. Right. And that was so conversational. And just like Valerie, she's trying to help people with conversations. And if they don't speak our language, she's out there trying to witness to others and help us learn how to navigate those ways with people that don't speak English.

And that's a great way with her uh business too. Yes, I think every time we come back to the Bible, we can get something new every day, which is amazing how God just speaks to us new every day and new and fresh every day. And so there's this Hebrew idea. That I would share with you guys along that line that I just think is really neat. And that it's it's actually the idea of Gilgal.

And when you hear that GL sound in Hebrew, it has to do with a wheel. It does. And which is a cycle of something coming around again, around again, around again. And so in Gilgal is where. Um God told Joshua, I'm going to roll away your sin.

That's where the city of Kilkal got its name, right? It's that idea of rolling away. And of course, you can't help but note that there was a certain big stone that rolled away, right? That that you get the idea of that. But interestingly, as you're studying the Word of God, you're actually always in a cycle.

And so. Always. When you come back, you may be ready for something that you were never, you know, and so it's almost like the wheat is now ready to harvest. You've been growing it, and then you put in the sickle, which is also that idea, cyclical, right? You put in the sickle, and the same is true with your friendship with your Mormon friend, Valerie.

Right? Yeah, yeah. That you're in a cycle with him, and he may not be ready to go into certain conversations with you, but as he gains more trust with you. And that kind of thing. You know, it's a beautiful thing.

And I'm so grateful that God put him on, or continues to put him on your heart.

So, Miriam, thank you again for what you're doing for the kingdom. You know, every everybody that you're in in community with You know, it's neat. You're doing it individually, but then also, you know, you're bringing it together into a group like that. It's awesome. Yeah, and you know, we just, it's all about relationships, and that's what Valerie is great about.

building relationships with people. And through her ministry and through her service to others, it's really great how she builds into just like that her great mentor, she has get a relationship with him and then she'll be able to share the gospel. But thank you for all you're doing. And I look forward to hearing more about your business and what's going on. But thanks for having me, and I look forward to twenty twenty six being a great year in the Lord and where we are the light.

I pick the word shine. I want to shine more. I'm also a widow too, and I have a side thing where I go tutoring. But thank you for being kind to widows, and that's a great ministry that you have. And I can't thank you enough.

Oh, it's definitely my pleasure. God bless you, Miriam. You have a happy night. All right.

Well, have a great day. You too. Thanks, Miriam. Love you. Yeah.

So Valerie, how fun is that? Your friend's calling? Yeah. Didn't know she was going to call. And so how about your own testimony?

Like, how did God come after Valerie to begin with? Oh, boy. such a long story, but trying to make it a a long story short, basically My dad was a pastor. I was very involved in the church. My dad preached a lot about the love of God.

But I was confused. There was so much I didn't know. or understand. And so I was very involved in the church.

So I figured, of course I'm a Christian. I just assumed that I was born. and this family born in the church. raised in the church, played the piano in church, sang in church. Of course I'm a Christian.

Well, one of my older sisters was very rebellious. And She came to faith in Christ. And we had a cottage at the lake. And she was gonna go there with a friend one weekend. And I was practically begging, please let me go with you.

And she said, only if you study. And I'm like, seriously?

So we went to the lake for the weekend and I had to study. I'm like, oh well.

So I remember reading this big fat biology book. which I ended up marrying a bio chem person and extremely intelligent, bio was not my thing, took a study break and she shared this old tract with me, the four four spiritual laws. And So I prayed to receive Christ. And But for a year. A year, I struggled and I prayed.

I kept praying and journaling. Jesus, please come into my heart. And one of the big questions I had was: how can I go to heaven when I die? And You know, I know. You know, someone in my family has said, Well, that's a pretty selfish question.

Well, okay, that's where I was, you know, and but I think I was longing for eternity, too. I don't think it was just. Necessarily, well, I want everything to be good for me, but I think there was a longing for eternity. And he set eternity in our hearts. And so for a year, I prayed and journaled.

I didn't feel like I could talk to anybody about this, but I prayed and journaled for a year. And in the past, I had asked myself, you know, you talk about conversations, I would have this conversation with myself As a kid, eighth grade, freshman year, maybe, and I would say, how can I go to heaven when I die? And I would tell myself, God loves me. And I'm a good person, so I'll go to heaven when I die. And I tried to reassure myself that way.

And I kept trying to make myself a good person. And here, my sister, who was not a good person, but came to faith, said I was a sinner and I was like, Really? And so Finally one day it was just burning in my heart. And I had to know, I had to know, how can I go to heaven when I die? And a very simple thought.

I'm not emotional, but a very simple thought came to me. God loves me. And if I trust him. He'll take care of me. And so Just a childlike fate.

I put my trust in him. And ever since that time, he has been teaching me. And I've been reading the Bible and having fellowship, going to church, going to Bible study. But it's the Holy Spirit in me that teaches me. And he I was reading John 1 one day as a baby Christian.

And You know, if A, I'm not good at math, but if A equals B and B equals C, then A equals C, right? Right. And so I read John 1. And I was like kind of freaked out. And I went to my older sister, Jill, and I said, Does this mean Jesus is God?

And I was like, what? Like, I had never heard such a, like. How could this be? Because you know, my dad would talk about Jesus as the Son of God. I didn't know what that meant.

And I didn't ask. And so so I went to my sister Jill and said, Does this mean Jesus is God? And she said yes. And I was like, whoa. And what's even bigger and crazy Is that he decided?

to come in on the side of me.

So that's just that's that's a huge reality. that I seek to grasp. As I continue to grow in the Lord, that Christ lives in me. And where I was trying to change myself, and I was completely powerless to do so. And I still see, you know, we have the new man who is in Christ, we have the old man.

who who died But sometimes the old man tries to come back. I saw it the other day. And that's not who I am. I am in Christ. I'm a child of God.

So, I just give God glory and I thank Him because if we ask Him to reveal Himself to us. And we open ourselves up to the Bible, His Word. He will reveal Himself to us because He is communicative loving God. That was so beautiful, Valerie. Wow, what a story.

Again, Valerie's business is pathways to language. Right. And it's all there at kingdompursuits.com, and we're going to be back with one more segment. with with Valerie and we would love your calls if you're up for a calendar 866-348-7884. You're listening to The Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com.

Welcome back to Kingdom Pursuits, where we hear how God takes your passion and uses it to build the kingdom.

So blessed to have us have with us today Valerie Handleton with her Pathways to Languages. And so, what an amazing ministry she has and a business, right? And it's all there at kingdompursuits.com. If you go there, you're going to see links to her Facebook page, et cetera. And you can get in contact with her if you've got an interest in French, Spanish, and what else?

It seemed like it was another one. Yes, so I help people learn to speak French, Spanish, and English. I work with corporations. And organizations. And one area that I'd really like to start getting into, Robbie, that I feel God has put on my heart.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. is the pro-life arena. And I have the passion to have an impact there. And I don't feel at this point in my life that I'm able to have the type of impact that other people can have there. But I would love to connect with organizations like Human Coalition, and other pro-life groups.

So that I can train workers to speak Spanish so that when they have people who walk in the door and don't speak English, they don't have to rely on an interpreter. And wonder, is this person saying what I want them to say? I had a nurse tell me, we use interpreters. We don't know if they're on the same page as us with the agenda. Are they saying what we want them to say, or are they putting their own twist to this?

So I would love to connect with pro-life agencies. Crisis pregnancy centers and help you learn to speak Spanish, and even perhaps your patients or clients. Learn to speak English.

So, this is part of the impact I want to have. I still also welcome corporate work as well. And you do not have to be a Christian. I just want to be clear. You do not have to be a Christian organization to work with me.

I welcome all kinds of organizations and I love to tell people about Jesus, but if you work with me and you don't want to hear about him, of course that's not what you pay me to do. But for those who do want to hear about Jesus, that of course I love to do that.

So I really appreciate the opportunity to talk about Pathway to Languages, Robbie. And you and Scott and Nick, you all have been so kind and welcoming to me. And I just really pray that the Lord blesses you and your ministries this year and your families. I'm just so grateful for this opportunity. Thank you so much.

Yeah, and it's cool.

So I'm also understanding. In other words, if you take if you if you you you speak you help people speak English, so you you obviously could also welcome French students who speak French that want to learn conversational English. Or if you had somebody that spoke Spanish and they wanted conversational English.

So it works both ways. I hadn't really thought about that. But again, using those techniques that we described, which I just love the idea of stories, because I can tell you.

Well, it's the same thing with radio. I can assure you that if somebody's got a story. It's so much easier to listen to than somebody that's talking facts or figures or whatever.

So the. to kind of round out the show, if you got a story where you had a student and you just felt God's pleasure. Like when you were able to help them and you saw what God did with their ability to learn a new language, you just sensed like, Oh, God, that's why you have me doing this. Does that story like that come to mind? Oh yes, it's just different moments.

It's not every moment. Every moment is not, oh, a big glorious moment. But there are moments. where I had a session the other day and a student said, this is exactly what I need. I've been frustrated about this for so long.

I was able to simplify something for him. And really try not to focus on grammar and vocabulary because those things generally are not effective. It's the stories. It's the conversations. It's just the real life practice.

But just different moments where people are just starting to get it and they're starting to take off and they're having real conversation. And for me, it's very exciting. It's a funny thing because I participate in the process and yet I also witness it. And so I'm still amazed when I still I know that it works, but it's funny to see and I just go, wow, look at that. And I know that this is part of what God created me for.

And I'm thankful that God has allowed me to develop pathway to languages so that I can help people, organizations, hospitals. Corporations and again, especially, I really would love to work with pro-lifers and help them help crisis pregnancy centers. And again, I'm so grateful for the opportunity brought together. That's so cool. It's kind of like, you know, as you said that, I couldn't help but think of how many times have I prayed and something happened and I go, oh, it worked.

And like, you know, I had the faith to pray, but apparently I didn't have the faith to think that I was going to get the object of the prayer. It was like the girl in the door with Peter. Is that, I think it's a ghost out here. We got Right. What?

What is that? But I cannot tell you how many times I've prayed for something, and then, oh, it worked. Right, exactly. And that's how, that's how faith does kind of like, oh, oh, okay.

Well, you know, God gave you that. And then God also, I think he laughs. I think he delights as you delight. And oh, of course. Yeah, I'm right here.

I was always here. Since your sister, which I got to know. Uh do you still have a good relationship with your sister? I love my sister, and I'm so thankful for her. And we haven't talked lately, but I hope that we can talk soon, and I pray that.

You know, it blesses her to know the impact she's had on me. Yeah, that's beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Thank you again so much, Valerie. And thank you all for listening today.

God bless you. And now, man, I'm so grateful that you're listening. We got encouraging prayer coming up with James Banks. He got some new prayer ideas for 2026, followed by the Mike Zwick Show. I like to think of him as the Zwickipedia.

And it's coming up at 12 on the Truth Network. And some places you get the masculine journey starts here now at 12 o'clock. Stay tuned. And then man up with Nikita Koloff. Oh my goodness.

So much truth.