This didn't start with a system, it started with a shift in my own life. I grew up not fully understanding how much God loves me, and it showed in my interactions with people. I would be called nice and loyal, but beneath the surface I was very selfish; quick to judge, prone to gossip, and susceptible to bitterness. In the fall of 2020, God began to speak to my heart about becoming more compassionate in my dealings with people. I was working in HR at the time, and if someone missed work, my first thought was that they were simply being lazy. But over the next two and a half years, God shifted my perspective. I began to see people through His eyes; and as I helped others strive toward greater purposes, I found myself excited to be part of their transformative journey. I was becoming more kind, not just nice.

In February of 2023, God called me to move to Tampa, Florida and attend Charis Bible College. I delayed both. I was comfortable in Ohio, close to family, and growing in the Word on my own terms. I told myself I was too old for Bible college. But eventually I enrolled at Charis in the fall of 2023, and made the move to Tampa that following spring in April of 2024. I arrived without a job, but I had become a licensed real estate agent in Florida and trusted that God would work things out. Almost immediately after arriving, God made it clear; the real estate was for later. I needed to get a job. Amazingly, I landed a position that paid more than what I had earned in Ohio, and I still held the real estate license. Things were going well.

During my time there, I fully surrendered. I allowed God to remove everything in my life that didn't glorify Him and invited Him to become first; truly first; in every area. It was in that place of surrender that He began to deposit the vision for what you see here. These steps, this framework, this mission; they were purposed in my heart so that others wouldn't have to walk the same painful road to find their way back to Him.