scarlett: Welcome back to Be So Real. We just finished our first week of school. Yeah. You want to talk about it? yeah. I think it was a lot, but a lot in a good way. A lot in a a recentering way, I would say. like we can see talk more about that. I think it was like a lot more than I thought. And what I mean by that is a lot more reading, a lot more people, a lot more assignments, a lot more hands-on than I thought it would be. Planning on working 40 hours a week plus school. I don't know if it's plausible. I'm getting a little worried about that. but yeah. I have two night classes that are both three hours, back to back one Monday, one win one Tuesday. And I'm working full time Monday and the Tuesday and then going straight to class, which is different. but like the people are really cool. I think That's been like one of my favorite parts is getting to see people and it was just intro weeks. We did like a bunch of syllabus, but then some of our classes we actually like learned some new things. But I think it's really cool seeing a bunch of different people with a bunch of different like burdens the Lord has placed on them and placed on their hearts and just different like motives for being in seminary and not everyone's getting their mdiv. I think that's the coolest thing. Is there's a lot of people in our classes that are not just getting their mdiv. And so just getting to see people see their hearts behind why they're there, see their hearts for ministry, and also to see people that are so smart. I think I've been blown away by how many people are so smart in my classes. And and also like already having cultivating conversations that are fruitful, but also challenging one another's thoughts too. And I think that's what I was hoping for the most is that to have conversations that challenge one another's thoughts, but also like just learn more about people. Like we have someone Isn't he from New Zealand? Like there's someone in our program from New Zealand, which I think Australia, not New Zealand. I'm so sorry. Australia, not New Zealand. Anyways, he's like really cool. And just meeting people that are like have traveled from actually all over the world. Like there's someone from Australia, someone from Kenya, someone from Peru, like all over all over the world. Like I'm in I'm in this Baptist class and this girl raised her hand because we have an assignment due on Monday, and the assignment like Tell me what you think about the Baptist tradition. And she raised her hand. She's like, I have no clue what Baptist is or what Baptist means. But I'm also really excited. but I'm like, that's so cool. Wow. There's like people like are learning different things. Like I'm learning new things, but they're learning new things in a different way. And they probably have something else to show me. Like that like I wouldn't have known that I didn't even know. And I think that's so cool. And I'm I'm really excited about that. Just like the conversations that have already been had. like people's hearts people are so vulnerable. That's what I've noticed. They're so vulnerable, so open. And I think that's just the best way to start. Like I'm gonna be fully myself from day one. And I hope that you're fully yourself by day one. I think that's been the expectation so far, which has just been so cool. also Campbell and I have two classes together, which is cool. we have two classes together. I really like our Greek class. Yeah. And it's actually so fun. So at first, when I even applied to go to seminary, y'all, I was like, okay, I'm not doing an emdiv. I'm gonna get a different degree, and the only difference was I wouldn't take foreign language because I was like, Greek sounds so daunting and so scary. And then after Greek, I'm gonna learn Hebrew, and I'm like, my gosh, that's also scary. But after like talking to some mentors and praying about it, I was like, no, I'm just gonna do the like I'm gonna do the hard thing and I'm gonna go because I think that's what's best for me, and that's what God's asking me to do is actually go learn Greek and Hebrew. and it's not for everyone, but I felt certain from God that it was for me. So I change my application and I applied to the MDIP program. And here we are, all these months later, finally sitting in Greek one. And I'm like, okay, so like this whole moment, like I've been kind of avoiding this, but also. Kind of excited to start this journey all at the same time. And we're sitting there in class, and I think our professor is literally like I needed him to be my Greek professor and no one else because he's so down to earth, y'all. He's so funny, he's so smart, but he doesn't make you feel that he's so smart, if that makes any sense. Like you're gonna struggle with these. Everyone does. And he's It's okay if you don't pronounce it right for the first. first couple of weeks, like that like that's so normal. And he just was a breath of fresh air to all the like scholarly things that we're doing, which are so cool. But to sit in a room with all these smart people and also just feel like we're human and we're gonna make mistakes while we learn and the whole point is just to be passionate about it and have our heart in it and not strive for perfection but just strive for knowledge. And it was just like really recentering of like, okay, I'm not here to make the best grades. I'm not here to like strive. Like I'm here to learn and like seek God's character through all of this and like make sure I'm attentive to what God's speaking to me through all of this and not focusing on like Like, did I pass the test? Did I get an A? Can I speak Greek the best of my class? Like that's not what the Lord's called me to do. Like He's called me to learn, but also more so than just learning in the classrooms, like learning the character of God and learning about myself and all this and like what He's got planned for me instead of just like understanding a textbook, you know? Yeah. That's what that's what my Greek class has taught me, which is so funny because I wanted to do nothing Greek related at all when I started this process. So Yeah. I think that's really cool. 'cause I think like some of my other classes made me feel like the same way. I but like I love learning languages. Like the second we started to learn Greek, I like, wow, this is so cool. And like I think it's I had missed I had like for you guys I don't know, I learned Italian in undergrad. But I had missed the like the feeling of like being able to like see something and read it in another language. But I'm like, whoa, like it's so much more powerful to be able to read something in another language that is like from scripture. Which is so cool. It's just like the thought of like Hebrews for like the like the word is alive and f and breathing. like being to read it alive and breathing in in like almost the original text is so cool and there's just something so significant about that that I didn't even know I was missing. Like there was just something I I've now learned that's new that I didn't know I was actually missing and I think that's the coolest thing ever. Yeah I think for the longest time like the thought that the Bible was not in English never crossed my mind. Like I grew up in America, a white woman in a you know, well-off family. I had never once thought about any other language about being spoken in, or like Jesus actually didn't speak English, like Jesus wasn't white, hello. Like those thoughts never crossed my mind. And in learning it's scripture for my own self, like in my own study with God, and then also growing up and going to school for the Bible, like there's so much richer depth that comes with learning the language that they were speaking, learning the language that they were writing, and understanding what gets lost in translation. Like obviously the Bible is so powerful in English. Like if you can read the Bible whatever language you can read it in, that's powerful because God will speak to you through the power of the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. Like that's amazing. And being able to understand in the language that they were speaking in that time and understanding what exact word they might have been wanting to convey that we don't have that word in English, so we give a substitute, it's different. Like it's so cool being able to understand things that I never even thought about growing up as a Christian. Yeah, yeah, I totally agree. And it's also I'm so excited because I know like for Italian there's some words that like had meaning that you couldn't put into the English language. Yeah. And like or you could put into the English language, but was more of a phrase, not necessarily a word, and I'm really excited to see like as I know there are words like that. Yeah, yeah, we know like how like yeah, like love or even when we were talking about like graphy, how it means like the writing of someone, but like there will there isn't really yeah like a word in English that could actually translate it to that. Yeah. I'm like, wait, that's so cool. And I'm really excited. So I'm really excited to like The to encounter the Lord in a different way through reading like his word in a different language. Yeah. So cool. we have to go get our Bibles too. Yeah, y'all we gotta buy Greek Bibles. Greek Bibles. Red and red edition. Red Edition. We had this friend from from seminary explain to us for like 30 minutes what the importance of getting the red New Edition scholarly version of the Greek New Testament. I'm like, wow, like these people like Reader's Edition. Like Read Reader's Edition Said scholars edition or reader's edition, there was two different ones. Yeah. I don't know. I think I think that was like that is one of the coolest things too. Just even like finding people that are so passionate that they have looked into all these different things that have different meanings and it and different like different versions of the new editions of the Greek New Testament Bible. Like never did I think that like that was gonna be something I'm like, Y'all, in case you're wondering, I just walked a r and turned the ceiling fan on and I distracted Scarlet and I'm sorry. I thought you were gonna lock the door because I did notice the door was open, but it's okay. If someone needs Kevin while we're filming this podcast. Can we have a protector? Or protective holy spirit. anyways. But something that I've I feel like I learned the first week too was I think I was my classes and like thinking about the right answer. And I don't and I don't like that. Like I had to check myself and I I was like convicted of like wanting to think for the right the right answer, like the answer that would make me sound smart. and I'm like, wait, that's not the purpose of me being here, like I'm here to learn. And I think I had to recenter my with that, like even in undergrad, like no, like I'm here to learn, like I'm not here to give an answer as if I already know these things. Like I'm like I need to lower myself and be like, No, you're here to learn. Yeah. Erase any thought that you have that you already know these things or you're smarter than people. the room like no like we're here to learn. I'm not better than anyone else in this room. I don't know like I don't I don't know more than anyone else in this room. Like no like humble myself and posture myself. like with a pit like in a position where I'm open to receiving what the Lord has for me and not coming with like a prideful mind that I already know these things or searching for an answer to know these things already. And we were it was just like something simple when we're going around sharing like who our favorite Bible character was. And I was like trying to search for a right answer. But I'm like wait, like no, like I'm gonna give my honest answer. I don't wanna have to give it right answer. Like my favorite Bible character is Timothy. I'm just gonna say it's Timothy. Like I don't need it to be anything more like no like I love the calling that Timothy had and like Paul's trust in him. Like no, like even though you're gonna like you've been prepared. Like I love that and I should just say that 'cause like that's true. Like I love Timothy. Second Timothy's my favorite book in the Bible. Like I'm just gonna like I'm not gonna like be anything more than myself and then like I had to like correct myself and be like, No, you're here to be you, you're here to learn. You don't have to know everything already. Like you wouldn't be going to school to learn more if you already knew. Right. And I just really humble myself with that. And it's okay if like even if I get called on and I don't have the answer. And I think that was what I was worried about is if I were to get called on and not know the answer. Yeah. That's that's okay too. Like I haven't read these books already. I haven't taken this class already. I'm not supposed to know. I've been here to learn. And like that pressure does not come from God. Like the pressure to prov to be like I have to have it all together and have the perfect straight A answer when the teacher calls on me. Like does not come from God. And like we know that, but sometimes in the classroom environment, it's so easy to like forget that and it not be at the forefront of our mind and let the student like part of ourselves take over, and like the scholarly student and not like student of God, if that makes sense. And I think that's like I think that's been the one of the most troubling things and to like work through this past week is okay, like we're here to learn, but we're also Here to meet God at the same time. So, how do you navigate learning but meeting God at the same time and not letting that take away from like your private personal time with the Lord? Like I always hear pastors be like, I yes, I write sermons, but I don't let it take away from my personal time with the Lord. Like I don't make it like a study thing. I make it like I'm still meeting the Lord when I'm writing my sermons, I'm still meeting the Lord, when I read my Bible in my own time, like all of it is meeting the Lord and not separating them. Yeah. And not making one a priority of the other either. And like don't only write your sermons and not spend like one in one relational time with the Lord. And I think 'cause it's all consuming, we're learning so much theology, we're learning so much about the Lord, like I don't want it to take like allow myself to let it take away from my personal time with the Lord. Yeah. Either. I think that like that's something like I had to like check myself right away and be like it could be easy to try to like let it take away from your personal time 'cause you're like our whole lives are learning about him basically now. Yeah. In just different forms and different ways. But like that can't take away from our own personal relationship with him. I don't think that's like goes for anything. Like if you're a religion major and undergrad, if you're like taking a Bible class in high school, like no, like nothing can take away from like your personal time with me. Like that's supposed to be a priority. Yeah. Even if you're busy, busy. Like I think the the biggest lie is that like you're too busy. And I think like sometimes I'll tell myself that too. Like, no, like I'm never too busy. Like he wants to meet you. I this is so funny. But I saw like have you ever seen that meme where it's like it's like sad, and it's not actually a meme. Okay, it's sad. But he's like this photo, and it's you can take this out if you want, but I actually kind of think it's funny. I know, I know, I know it's just like meme and it's like this girl being like, like it's like a clip art, and she's like, I'll read my Bible tomorrow. It's like Jesus at a table, and it's like a candle and like a dinner, and it's never turned off. And it's like you stood him up. Yeah. It's sad. Look, he wants to meet you every day. Like he looked waiting. Like, yeah. Yeah. He's like waiting to meet you every day. Like are you gonna like choose to listen, choose to be there, choose like be in relationship w relations with him back and yeah, that's humbling and convicting. What do you think the biggest thing like was this like the Lord was trying teach you? that's such a good question. What was the question? Where did I see God? No. Right. I feel so ditzy right now. Please keep this in. This is Scarlet feels really ditzy right now. I'm at peak of ditziness. Y'all every time We're adjusting a new schedule and every time we sit down to film, it's always like ten PM. I don't know why we're doing that. And y'all, I like to go to bed before ten PM. But then this is just the free time that we have. That's my life. And so and so here we are past ten PM. So if we sound tired or like silly. my gosh. See, this is us. This is why we need to start filming in the morning. I we are both more morning people than we are. Well that's not true. I'm a morning person. No at all. Scarlet's just she's she's always a person. No no time needed. I can stay up till one a.m. I can wake up at six a, I can go to bed at nine. Y'all are getting the real us. We're being so real tonight. It's not even funny, guys. Be so real, I just need to sleep. I need to find the time to sleep. I need to stop getting late-night calls. And that's a story for another episode. Anyways. Okay, so Scarlett asked me what the Lord is trying to teach me this week. Where I saw the Lord speaking to me this week. Yeah, okay. I think. Something that really like shocked me on the first day of school, like going around every year you always do the like, you know, hi, what's your name, what's your hometown, whatever. Like you always do the introductory things. But something different that seminary did because we're doing a study of God together and we're gonna be doing life together in a Christian community, was to share like why you're here and to share your story. And I don't think I've ever sat in a classroom where I heard about the person's past. sitting across the table from me or like in the desk next to me. Like I I just knew, you know, surface level things. I was never asked on the first day of school to immediately get deep with these people and to share like my story or like why God has called me here. And the vulnerability that was shared this week between my professors and my classmates and I, I was like, I've never done this before. And I don't usually like Love to talk about my feelings or my emotions or my story. Like if you ask me, yeah, but I'm not gonna be the first one to bring it up, you know. that's not the way I'm wired. And so it was so like I was a little caught off guard when you know, go around and and share a little bit of your story. I was like, whoa, like you guys don't know me. And you don't, you don't like in my mind, I just wanted to be like, you don't get to know my story off the top of my head, but it's like because we Committed to do life together and to be in community, and that these are my brothers and sisters, like because of the grace of God, they do deserve to hear my story. Because of what God has done, they do deserve my vulnerability. and they're sharing their vulnerability with me. And so Seeing God in the power of community on the first day of school, I was like, whoa. So I'm not just sitting here. These aren't just people in my class. These aren't just numbers on a roster. These are people who shared their hopes and dreams with ministry, people who are working in the church and they're like, I'm actively a minister and I'm struggling with XYZ. Like I'm in seminary, not because I'm eager to learn about God, but because like I've been through some really hard struggles and I need to meet God on the other side of this. Like I need to study to get some answers. You know, things that you don't expect to hear that I didn't deserve to know their story because I just met them. But the grace of God allowed me to listen and then also invited me in to share my story. And I didn't expect that. But it was beautiful. And that's my answer to your question. And that's what happened. Yeah. And I yeah, I think that just goes back to like I thought the vulnerability of each and every person I encountered was so cool. So willing to and I think that's how we should be so willing to share what the Lord has done in our life to any s every single person we've we meet. Yeah. And I just think that's like how like their hearts were and their posture like just their presence is every single person I encountered was so ready and so willing to share about how the Lord has moved in their life. Yeah. But yeah. I think that's Something really cool that we have is our our spiritual formation class. Yeah. It was so cool. So basically we have the spiritual formation class. I don't even know how to explain it. Like it's kinda like a chapel, but not really. Like we have this class, we have we're reading this book about spiritual disciplines and Dallas W Wheeler did the forward and I'm really excited about that. And side changent, side note. about spiritual dis different spiritual disciplines. and I think the root of it is to make sure that we still s like even though we're learning about the Lord, is to stay grounded in our own personal relationship with him. Because I think a lot of times people are like, like seminary school or higher education, learning about religion is where your faith goes to die. Yeah, it's like a thing. Seminary is where your faith goes to die. It's like a a joke, but sometimes it's not a joke because in all the intense scholarship you lose sight of who God is to you. Yeah and then not just what a book says. Yeah, and then you get so confused 'cause people start to learn like think on their own and like not what their church has said, not what their family has said. And like you're look you're hearing all these different perspectives and you're like, okay, like what am I gonna believe in? And what is God speaking to me? Yeah. Not my own thoughts about the Bible. A hundred percent. It causes a lot of people to like have like a shaky foundation almost. And I think this class is intended to group of people around you to share these struggles straight share what you're wrestling with and also make sure you're staying firm in your own personal relationship Lord and I think it's really cool and then we all got like assigned mentors my mentors were really cool it's like a 73 year old man who's like he found the Lord in Israel in the Navy when he was like during the war and like on a naval ship and I'm like wait this is so cool and then he was telling us about his life how he had cancer and he was in the cancer bed and he like wasn't accepting it and he's like I thought I was indispensable. and I thought I was indispensable and so I was still preaching indispensable. And he's like, I looked up and there's a like a writing on the wall that says like God is big enough. And so he started giving out bracelets to people that say God is big enough. And he says God is big enough ministries that is a non profit organization to just like encourage the different churches around the around the world, like God is big enough. And then he also like it does non-profit church coaching to help churches that are like struggling get back on their feet and bring con bring people in the congregation back. I thought that was so cool and I'm really excited to learn like like he has like many years of wisdom and I'm really excited to learn from him and learn his thoughts and then also like the people in my group there was just people from all different backgrounds. We have these two people in my group that went to the same school and didn't know each other. They didn't know until the until they were here. They went to the same school didn't know each other and they didn't know each other and Until they got to Truurit. And then they found out that they had like a s like a mutual friend and they were both at a wedding this summer with a mutual friend and they still didn't meet each other. Wow. Until they got here, I was like, wow, like that's the world. Like that's so cool. And now they're like really good friends. Wow. Like that's so cool. And there's a lady in my group that just got married, and then there's another guy in my group that he was born in South Africa. He lived in South Africa, he was an engineer in South Africa, and then his wife, her name's Rahab, And I was like, what her she felt like the Lord was calling her to get her M-dib and go to ministry. So she moved to Truitt and got her and was getting her Mdib a few years ago. And then he's like, I can't leave my wife but myself and he I had two kids and we were alone in South Africa. So he said so he they moved to Baylor and now he's getting his Mdib too because he's wait, like I just saw how the Lord changed her while she was getting her Mdiv at Truitt and he was like like I want I want that that like depth with the Lord too. Whoa. I'm like that's so cool. That is so cool. Yeah, it's just like so many different people from different walks of life, meeting each other at the same place at the same time. And I think that's so cool. And I think that's the Lord. So many like and that's what like the church is. Yeah. So many different people that like are all looking to the same thing. Yeah. That's the Lord. And yeah. I think also what's so cool about being in seminary that's different than like Coming straight out of undergrad is taught like keeping on the tangent of community and the power of God and speaking through different people in different walks of life. Is that seminary is intergenerational. Y'all, we've like, I'm 21. We've got people in our class who just got married in their 30s. I'm sitting next to someone who's in her 50s, the same age as my mom, in one of my classes. She's amazing. And then I have a sweet, wonderful old lady who's in her 70s who started this program years ago. Life happened, and now she's back to finish. Because she feels like the Lord is calling her back into scholarship. Like, that's beautiful. And so there's people sitting around the room discussing the Bible with wisdom long like they've been here way longer than I have. But then I also bring perspective that they don't understand about our generation and things we're walking through as 20-year-olds. So it's so cool sitting around the room watching people pursue this degree or whatever program they're in, at whatever age they're in, at whatever season of life that they're in. It's so cool. Like it feels like being in, like, like Scarlett said, like church, or like being in a Sunday school room. And like there's people different ages sitting around, and my friends around me aren't just people who look like me, think like me, go to the same hangouts as me, you know, and run in the same circles. Like these people have different stories than me. And because of their different stories, I get to learn more about how other people experience. God. I love that I'm probably the youngest person at school, and I love that one of my best friends is like a 56-year-old woman and we get to study the scriptures together. Like that is so cool. I think w the coolest thing was like learning from like the vulnerability of others from all different places. I think that's something so cool about truth. There's truly people from all different places. People from South Dakota. There's a pipeline. There's a pipeline from South Dakota. But like South Dakota, Kenya, Peru, Australia, like India. India. There's just so many people. And I was just reminded of this verse 'cause I hear their stories and then we find similarities in our stories. And like different parts of the world, but but the Lord has taught us similar things through different struggles too. But the outcome is similar. And I'm reminded of this verse in 1 Peter 5. It says stand firm and stand firm against him and be strong in your faith. Remember that your family of believers all over the world is going through the same kind of suffering you are. And I feel like that was the scripture like shown. Like, no, this is true. Wow, there was people all over the world that were going through the same thing that I was, and then we get to come together be wait, no, like. like you're not alone in this. Like I've also been through this and like the Lord has also seen me at like through this as well. And like, wait, that's so cool. Yeah. Like there's no There's no experience that like someone else hasn't lived as well. Right. And I think like we were talking about like isolation the other day, like the enemy wants to prey on isolation. Like he wants to make you feel like no you're alone in this and no one else el no one else understands you. Right. And don't tell anyone because no one else will understand. Right. Like no, like that's not true. Absolutely not true. Like people want to walk in life with you. Yeah. Like this is a community that wants to walk with like with us, which is so cool. Yeah. Walk in vulnerability, walk in like you're not alone, there's n like there's not isolation. Like like I s we had a I had a girl tell that other day like the school that we go to is like known to be very like like would it be isolated yeah like isolated yeah baylor baylor baylors are very isolated and I was like wait like like no like that's not gonna happen yeah like no like like if there's anything that we could do to like show that there's people like there's people around you there's people that feel there's people that love you there's people that care for you like I don't want a single girl to feel alone by Baylor. Or boy or any boy or anyone No person, yeah. No person to feel alone at Baylor in. Because Baylor is a big school and like you walk past so many people, like y'all just walking from building to building, you'll like look at twenty different people's face. But like nobody knows each other. Yeah. But like to cultivate a community where like everyone feels like you can like you can always approach us. Yeah. Like actually we make jokes about being approachable. But like honestly like yeah, like I I hope to be approachable. I hope that anyone feels as if they could come to me and ask us a question about the Lord. Yeah. And we can share in community with them and like give like have them see a glimpse of his love for them. And so I just I see that I see this verse. I see our first week and I see community and I see Baylor having community and I see Waco having community. And that's so cool. Especially being so real. if you listen to our first podcast. Yeah, like literally the trajectory of just the past like three weeks here. We hated Waco and we were like, this is so lonely and this sucks. Like to be so frank, like we were like, it sucks. Like But then like today I was hanging out with the girl from our last podcast, Ava. And I looked at her and I was like, wait, like I think Waco's starting to suck me in. Like it's happening. We we went and we got smoothie bowls and walked around downtown Waco and I was like, I have so much joy for this place. And I used to walk around downtown Waco and be like, Ew. Like, but now I'm like, we'd have so much joy and I'm having so much fun here. and I think it's all about just like perspective like the Lord has changed my perspective of like instead of comparison like looking for him instead of looking for comparison of the way things were where we moved from. and also back to the point of talking about different people's stories and sharing in the suffering. I had a professor back at Pepperdine, Dr. Zola. We love Dr. Zola and he's literally hands down the reason we're at Trua and this is awesome. But He used to say when we talked about sharing experiences and we told stories, as we listen. Take note if you're listening through a window or a mirror. And what he meant by that is when you listen to someone's story, you can either see like you're looking through a window and you're observing their story and it's different from yours, or you can look through their story in the lens of a mirror as a reflection where you do see parts of your story. And the importance of balancing both of those. Like acknowledging like that is their story, I'm looking through a window, and that's like that's theirs. But then also the importance of okay, looking in a mirror, how are we similar? similar, but balancing the both of those of like that's their individual story. And I don't have to find a, look here, I this is how we're this, you know, like, but then honoring when you do see something in in a mirror, call that out. And when you see something in a window, also call that out and name that of like, well, that's a part of your story that I got to witness or see or listen to that I don't have and that's powerful. And then when you see something in a mirror, you get to go, wait, that resonates with me. I share a piece of that story. And both of those impact the kingdom community. So beautifully. And I have to remind myself when we live in such a s like self-centered world where I want to find the me too and jump in the conversation with how I have that same exact how does this relate to me how can I bring something to the table right now and it's like sometimes listening to how they're different than you is exactly what you need to bring to the table. Like honoring their differences and looking through a window and not bringing yourself to the conversation is also super powerful and needed. And sometimes I am so guilty of forgetting that. And I'm hearing someone's story and I'm like, that's kind of how like I did And it's like, wait, Campbell, just be quiet and let them speak and honor their like their wisdom in that moment of sharing what they learned and like not bringing up yourself in that situation. So Also learning that and all the vulnerability of these conversations. Just like listening and taking in, like that's who so and so is. That's her story. That's his story. And thanking God for that and them and not having to put myself into their story. But then later, after reflecting on that and being grateful, okay, like how can I connect with this person? How can I build a friendship? And so sometimes that looks like saying things that are similar, and sometimes that looks like just honoring how they're different from you. Yeah. I think it's so cool. I think the Lord has continued to reveal to us a lot of things over the week, over the past few weeks. and it just goes back to like seek him he's there. Seek him he's here. Like he's always there, he's always been there, he's always been he was there with us in Waco a few weeks ago when we filmed another podcast. and I just like am really excited to see what he continues to show to us over the next year a few years of us being in seminary. and for us to look back at like this podcast or like this first week and be like, wow, like little did we know and I think I could do that with Pepperdine and like look back at my freshman be like, Wow, little did I know And like having to stick through Pepperdine at first not liking it and just knowing like well like I'm already seeing the fruit of like like patience. Yeah. Like not to be so expectant of things to like just fall into my hands like right away. and I think it's teaching like me patience and that but also like getting a glimpse of like the community that's already available here. And I just feel like so blessed for that already. Yeah. Yeah. And I'm excited. It's fully sucked in. Yeah. I don't know about fully. I don't know about fully. But like a like a like the pressure. One foot in the pool. Is that like a di like a a toe in the pool? Yeah, that's that's good. That's the right that's the right phrase. I don't really know if I have anything else to say. No, no, I don't think we have to. Yeah, this is like we y'all deserve a shorter episode after we literally gave an hour and a half episode. If anyone actually made it to the end of that, you're a real one. See, it's a lot. And so that's okay. But well anyways, y'all, we just we love that you listen. We love that you Like let us process to you guys and that we invite the Lord into this process. and we just hope that something we said resonates with you now or later, like maybe you can call back on this podcast and be like, I remember when Scarlet and Cable were talking about how God showed up in this way and that's tangible for you. Or if this was just like a peace and like, whoa, a breath of fresh air that these girls are honest. Like if that's if none of this resonated but you listen to girls talk about honestly what they're learning and things. Convicted of and how God's shaping them. Like that is our hope and that is our joy. and so we just are so thankful for all the people on the other side of this mic and all the people who are listening. And we love you guys. That's it. XOXO. Be so real. Bye.