From Missions to Community: A Firefighter Wife's Perspective

Building Community and Impact: Kristi Hilmer's Journey with Mission of Hope

In this episode of 'Just a Girl and Her Firefighter,' host Kristi Hilmer returns after a brief hiatus, sharing stories from her transformative missions trip to the Dominican Republic. She reflects on her experiences serving Haitian refugees with Mission of Hope and discusses the importance of community, connection, and giving back. Joined by her friend Miranda Burcham, they recount their journey in network marketing, the impact of Vision 90, and the race to provide 11 million meals for Haitians in need. Together, they highlight the power of collective effort in making a difference and the personal growth that comes from serving others.

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

01:02 Recent Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic

01:54 Fire Wife Collective and Community Building

04:34 Introducing Miranda and Mission of Hope

06:16 Miranda's Journey with Mission of Hope

10:57 Race to 11 Million Meals

15:08 Experiencing the Impact of Aid in Haiti

16:17 The Importance of Helping Beyond Our Own Walls

17:02 Mission of Hope and Fire Families

17:28 Personal Stories and Lasting Impressions

18:40 The Power of Giving and Personal Growth

21:27 A Heartfelt Story of Loss and Hope

24:06 The Urgency of Aid and the Role of Mission of Hope

25:54 Encouraging Participation and Support

29:11 Conclusion and Call to Action

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Transcript

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Hello and welcome to just a girl and her firefighter. I'm Kristy Homer, your host. Grab your favorite drink, whether it's coffee, fizz, or maybe something else. And let's dive into the wild, wonderful world of first responder life. We are here to swap stories, share laughs, and tackle those. Did that. This really happen moments. Whether you're a seasoned pro or just figuring this all out, this is the place for you. So kick back, get comfy, and let's have some fun.

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Welcome back to just a girl and her firefighter. There has been a little bit of a pause. I recently got to go on a missions trip to the Dominican Republic where we went and served the Haitian refugees and the Dominicans through a company or organization, I guess is probably the better word, called Mission of Hope. And it was one of the most amazing things I have ever been a part of in my whole life. And a lot of things have changed. You know, looking at what are our priorities as a family? What are the things that we're chasing? What are our motives? Kind of what, what do we want to be doing with our life? What do we want our legacy to be? You know, different things. I got to take my oldest daughter, which you'll hear about a little bit in this podcast. and in that, some really cool things have come, you know, one of them is, is continuing in, my network marketing business and branding in that area. the second is really growing this Fire Wife collective and realizing the importance of community, the importance of human connection, the importance of being there for each other and just giving all of you, like, just giving all of us. The goal for me is not to arrive at death safely. Like the goal is not to be able to get home and watch Netflix at the end of the night and be like, okay, we've made it, we've made it through another day. I just wanna get there so I can just be in my pajamas on the couch. Like the goal is to give, to serve, to create community, to create connection and to bring what I've learned and the purpose back. And so that, that's why there's been a little pause. We have many amazing recorded episodes that are gonna be coming back. and we're gonna kick off, kick off with this one'cause I want to show you a little bit of kind of where my heart is and where. Kind of what's happened in the last couple months. And so the other exciting part of this is with the Fire Wife collective, what this has grown to is there is gonna be. An app for community. It also has some skill content of mindset, communication skills, hyper vigilance, reintegration. So you'll have access to all the video content, but it's also meant to be community to where we get to connect monthly virtually and in person. We get to talk to each other. Um, you know, recently in the Facebook community for the Fire Wife community. There was a, a woman that was struggling and there were like 35 comments that people just supporting and love and pouring into her, and that's what I want for this community. So taking that into the fire departments. So now we are working with fire departments. We are coming in, they get to use the app for all their communication. They get to have, you know, if they have special people with skills or therapists or things that they contract through, they get to put video content on this app. It's easy access, wonderful community. But the second part is creating the community and the culture within the families, kind of being that bridge between the firefighter, the department. And the families. So that one does not become the enemy because oftentimes the fire department can be the enemy, or then the firefighter's, the enemy, or then the family's the enemy. And really it's how come we can't all three work together very well and support all of the different things. So that's gonna be what the Fire Wife Collective focuses on, is bringing that community, bringing that connection, and working with people so that we can just be there for each other. Like I saw in the Dominican. And so that's what this episode is about. It's with my friend Miranda and she is gonna be sharing a little bit more about Mission of Hope.'cause it's how I heard about it and it's how I got to go and experience it. And I would love for us, if any of you are interested in going, come with me. I'll be going many different times and it will be a really exciting thing to go see and bring your kids and let them see and bring your husbands, they have medical, like we could do medical, we could do all the things. So. I look forward to seeing how this has impacted each of you, and I can't wait.

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Today. I'm so excited we get to do something very different that is not fire related at all, but you really can kind of tie it in because people in first responder worlds understand sacrifice, calling purpose, mission, all of that. And so today we get to have my friend Miranda on who is just a fierce, fierce human, and we are in the same network marketing company. And so I've known of her, but I got to recently meet her at a mission trip where we went to the Dominican Republic to serve the Haitian refugees with Mission of Hope. So I asked if she would just introduce herself, tell us about her story, but also just share what is now just such a big part of my life and my heart and my mission with everybody here. Yes, of course. I'm glad to be on Christie. Thank you. And um. So you wanted to tell me exactly what you want me to share Again, I was trying to figure out how to see you on the screen. You might wanna her text time, but we're getting it done. We are not. This is my computer didn't wanna turn on this morning, and then we are just, this is, you know, a thing. Just introduce yourself first. Okay? Who are you? All your families, all the things. Okay. Awesome. Well, I'm Miranda Hamm and I am a mama to five kids. I can't even call'em kids anymore though, because my oldest son is getting married in just a few weeks and I have one son getting married, and then I have a daughter that's 20 and then three more sons, 17 and twin boys that are 12. Been married to my college sweetheart for almost 24 years. Um, live in, I live in Oklahoma and I've been doing, um, network marketing for nearly. Over, oh, I guess 21 years. And, um, it's, that's exciting. A blessing. And I know today we're gonna be talking about Mission of Hope and mm-hmm. Some of the, we've done there since 2011, so it's been a blast and a blessing 14 years now. And so fun to have you there this summer too. It was amazing. Completely life changing. Like I just loved it. So how did you get started with Mission of Hope? Like tell us that story and I think you should also tell us the funny part of that story. Yeah. Well, I have always wanted to go on missions. I've always wanted to make a difference in the world, and I know you can do that right where you are because your mission. Field is right where your feet are planted. Right. But um, you can go on mission trips too, and those are really awesome. But I was a college basketball player at the University of Oklahoma and my coach emailed, um, all the alumni back in 2011 and said, Hey, we're gonna take the team, the current team there, the basketball players. Men and women and we want some alumni to come. And right away I was like, I'm in, I wanna go. And they're like, it's to Haiti. And so I was like, can I bring my 9-year-old son? And they were like, well, no one else is bringing their kids, but yeah, he's well behaved. You can bring him. And so I was like, he's great. First born, always well behaved. Mm-hmm. Um, and so I told my son and a couple of my friends, I was like, I'm going to Haiti. And I was like, it's pretty far. It's gonna be like a very long trip, but it's gonna be worth it. And my friend's like, well, it can't be that far. And I was like, well, Africa's very far. It's worth it. And my friend's like, Maria's not in Africa. And I'm like. Yes it is. And I think I would know. I'm going there and she literally has to pull out the, the map on her phone and she's like, Miranda, Katie in the, yeah, in the Caribbean. And so it was a shorter flight than I thought. In fact, I always say they're are neighbors. They're two hours from Florida. Um, yeah, there it's really not that far. Yeah. Yep. That's funny how I got started in 2011. I went with the team. We were there for a week. I did not like it. I didn't like the trip at all. I just thought, ugh, what am I ever gonna do to make a difference in Haiti? Like this is, it's mm-hmm. They call it, um, you know, a fifth World, um, not even a third world because it's not developing and it's the poorest country in the Western hemisphere, and I had never seen Wow. That in my life and I just thought, I'm never gonna come back. What can I do to make a difference here? I love the organization Mission of Hope, but I, and I was like, I'll start supporting them, but what are my boots on the ground gonna do? But little did I know that obviously all of us can do so much more than we think. So that's what Absolutely. Yeah. It's incredible. And Mission of Hope has been around for, what, 26 years? Yes. I think, and it started with Brad and Vanessa, and their story's pretty cool of how they even started. Like they literally went and then just decided to move there. And that takes a ton of guts, a ton of courage. It's very cool. They're definitely heroes of the faith. Um, mm-hmm. I've read my, I've homeschooled my kids on and off throughout my life, and we read these books called Christian Heroes then and Now. Mm. And they're so good. I mean, they're like about heroes of the faith, Elizabeth Elliot, Nate Saint, and uh, George Mueller. Just so many people that are incredible and I feel like Brian and Vanessa could be in that book someday. Kids, a hundred percent about their faith and what they did to help change the world and to change Haiti. So it's really awesome. Yeah, it's, it was incredible. And I got to meet them while we were there. It was very, very cool. Very neat people. So you went in 2011, and then when was Vision 90? Was that the next time that you went back? No, um, so I went thousand 11, so I was never gonna go back. Six months later, I was back with a group of people. Three months later, I'm back again with another group of people. By that time I'd taken my son twice and my daughter, who was six at the time, once my husband, twice. Um, yeah. And so three times in one year, and that's when we really got the vision to start bringing families and people from our, you know, company and people that could do more with us to partner. And so Vision 90 wasn't for three years. Um, so I started okay, 11 2014, that that vision birthed to build homes there for people that had been living in tents since the earthquake in 2010. And we decided that we would build, um. 90 homes for 90 tenths that were represented there in one of the communities. And so we were able to buy land through Mission of Hope and build those homes in less than a year. Um, so that was. That I was brand new into the company at that point. And so that was the, like one of my first exposures. And it was really, really cool to see like, this is the heart, this is the service. And to have, I had such a small, small role in that one. So when then this trip launched and we were doing the race to 11 million meals, which I'll have you share about that too. It was like, I can go, like we can go now and I got to take my daughter, and it was just such a cool experience. So tell them about what race to 11 million meals is. And then we're probably gonna have another project. I don't know what our next project is. Who knows? And so between that time, we have had a lot Yes. Of projects of just a lot of child sponsorship. Kids in Haiti, there's no free school, right? And so if they go to school, they're very fortunate. Their parents have to pay. And it's a very big struggle. But there's no free school meals, there's no lunches. There's in fact not a lot of eating that's going on in Haiti is what I've learned over the years. But, so the, the schools that were sponsored with. Meals, like the kids were able to not fall asleep in class, pay attention. Mm-hmm. Um, retain information. And so we went on a mission for several years to help fund a lot of schools in Haiti. Um, I can't remember the statistic, but we have gone from very few schools being funded to a lot, being funded through like, not just our efforts, but many people's efforts. But that was a really fun child sponsorship thing we did. But we always say like, I don't wanna talk about what we did, like the good old days, what we used to do. And in the area, right. Business. Right. Fitness or parenting like, well I used to do this with my kids. Like, what are you doing now? And so same thing. We knew God would do a new thing. Um, he always is. And so last year, um, when we went to, I guess it was last, last June, so you came with us just recently. I was thinking you came in the summer, but you came just Yes. Recent trip, but last summer. We can't even go to Haiti. To Haiti anymore. Yeah. Had to move. They still do mission work there, but it's all through their local staff because, uh, north Americans can't even travel to Haiti right now because of the danger. And so we, we, we now do it in Dominican Republic, that's where we go and do our mission stuff. And so we, I was in Dominican Republic and we were getting updates on Haiti and basically how the gangs have taken over so much of the country. Even if people have money, which is rare anyway, they can't access food. And so they were talking about the number one need isn't child sponsorship anymore or feeding kids at lunch or building homes. They're literally in just, just rescue mode. Like, um mm-hmm. Let's, if we can keep people alive and so basic. Food. And so they are sharing about, um, meal packing that takes place. A lot of churches and organizations around the US they're so gracious. They pack meals, they're called manna packs, it's rice and beans and protein and oil. And then they're able to put it in packs and then people are easily able to cook it. And, um, fact, it's like one of the Haitians, my Haitian friends' favorite meals, which is crazy to think like this box right meal. They're like, oh, I love Mana Pax. But it's lifesaving for them and it's obviously, I think it's really good too. They like it. Mm-hmm. So I had, um, we had gotten word that they had 11 access. Mission of Hope had access to 11 million meals. People are starving in Haiti and in America in warehouses. There's 11 million meals already been packed, waiting to take to wherever to feed people. And so I was, why aren't we feeding those people? And they said, well, Miranda, it's, it's, it's very, very expensive that process to get it from the warehouse down to the ocean, across the ocean, distributed across to the people. Um, and so I was like, what's that look like? And they said, well, every pallet of food, we, every pallet has 273,000 meals. So we have 40 pallets we can send over there. 40 basically containers, I guess. Yeah. And each, there's$25,000. So doing the math, 25,000 times, 40 containers.$1 million. And so the um, my friend who's a CEO or COO of Mission of Hope said like, do you guys wanna do a container? And I'm like, well. Let's do all 40. I didn't know, I don't wanna just go. Well, we got 1 39 more to go. Yeah. So we took off the project, um, last July and we did accomplish that. They're still feeding the meals, um, they're still providing meal. Meals are still coming over. It's sustaining life. The stories coming out of what these meals have done have been incredible. Mm-hmm. But we did it in five months and in 26 days. So it was a really incredible venture. No, huge, huge donation. Maybe one or two, pretty big ones. But the rest were just literally. Friends and family and mostly the company, our company mm-hmm. Um, culture coming together to do it. So it was really incredible to watch. It was one of the coolest things I'd been a part of to see. And then even now having gone over there to see the difference, like we got to go to one of the schools that had a feeding program and they were literally there eating while we were visiting, and then they had extra, so the pastor was taking it to the community and to. Literally see what we raised money for and then to come back thinking like, how could we, like I could have done so much more. Like we could have raised, I could have been more urgent in this. And it's is so easy not to do'cause we don't see it. Um, and even, I think I heard them say when they were giving us a little history of Haiti, that there's like half of Haiti that's literally has zero food, like nothing. If I understood that correctly. Yeah, deforestation, and then now the gangs have come by and even murder. Mm-hmm. Fields burn, farmers hard work, um, just destroyed. It's just devastation and utter chaos in Haiti. And these people are so precious and don't deserve this. And it's just kids like our kids. It's moms like our mom, us. Mm-hmm. And it's easy when you're like, well, that's across the ocean, you know? That's a little mm-hmm. I got my own problems. But that's not what we're made to do. It's just to focus on our own self. I always say that like good families, they take care of each other inside their own full four walls, which is what we need to be doing. Mm-hmm. However, it's extraordinary families, which is what we all wanna be, is they look outside their four walls to a, to a world in need and they help them. And so that's what a lot of good families did this last, um, race for 11 million meals. It was incredible. And I think that that's,'cause one of the biggest things I get told about from fire families or first responder families is the challenges of it. And I think if we can then get out of the challenge of like, poor me, they're at work all the time. I'm doing solo parenting and we can focus just like you said on outside things or what's the mission, what are we working towards? Then it makes our current circumstances seem less. So I think all fire families. All fire families need to participate in Mission of Hope. Yes, everyone does. Yes, because this world is so much bigger than us, but we look at everything with a straw, like right, like it's just right here. Like what are we focusing on? Just ourselves. But when you like put that straw down and you go, oh my goodness, if I had to put all my problems in a pile, I would go back and get mine again. Yes. Compared to the world, and it's good for our kids to see, it's good for all of us. I've been to Haiti, I bet Haiti now, or Dominican Republic, I would say maybe 15 times, 20 times. And every time I go I'm like, I'm never gonna forget this. Like I am not going to forget this devastation. But what happens is I come back and I get in my life, and sometimes it takes months, but I'll get back in my own stuff and I hate that. Mm-hmm. That's why we have to go a lot. We have to go off. Yes. That's, I remember asking you in our little bunk room, I'm like, how do you not, how do you. Handle this, and then how do you go back and not let this feeling go away and you're like, I come back every three or four months. I'm like, okay, that's what we're gonna do. Yeah, yeah. Is come back and it was very cool to take my 14-year-old and to have her experience it and see something so different for her to realize life doesn't revolve around her. Like we all need that reminder. Um, but I think the biggest thing that impacted her was that her help made such a big difference with not a ton. It's like, oh, I can make a difference here and I don't need so much to be a certain age or to have this amount of money or of these different things. Like a little bit can go a long way and a lot of us working can go towards it, so, absolutely. Two things. You know, there's the quote that says, I'm one, but I'm only one. Yeah. I can't do everything, but I can do something and I'm not gonna refuse to do the something that I can do. And we need to remember. Mm-hmm. Because I think sometimes people go, I don't have a million dollars to give. Well, do you have, um, you know. 27 cents, I think. Like that's what the meal costs. One little meal, you know? Right. Can you save your dimes? Can you save your pennies? Can you not go out to eat one week a a month, um, or you know, one, one day a month and give that money. I mean, there's so many things we can do. And besides money, when you go, like your daughter saw mm-hmm. Changes you, like I always say, giving changes to situation. We send a check. When we get online and we donate to Mission, hope, or other organizations, it changes that organization. But when you go, it changes you. Mm-hmm. A hundred percent you get changed. Everything begins to change. So it's so important not just to give the check. That's important too. We need that, that, but going it, it can, can sustain and change and create why's for your life and for your business that have eyes. And when your why begins to get eyes, things can change in your life. And purpose begins to form and then. Hope begins to sprout, and nothing ever was, uh, accomplished ever without hope. And so that's what Mission Hope does for me. It gives me hope of that I can, that I can make a difference in this world. Absolutely, and it's very true. It's one of the things that I came back and it was like, now I know why I exist. It's like, this is to help these people, but it's to bring human connection. I was so impressed with how connected they were. Like they were in these dire circumstances and they would just share everything they had. You'd bring it, they'd come in, you'd sit on a chair. They were like cleaning everything. Offering coffee if they had it. And then just that true, authentic connection. There was no pretending, no mask, no faking it. And that's what I wanted to come back and bring is like, let's talk about the real stuff. And that's the whole point of this podcast in general was to talk about real stuff with fire families, but it's like, let's talk about real things with real people always and the connection that we can have. And then coming back and like, well, now we have to make a lot of money. Right. Right. So keep going back things and um, people say like, well, money's not everything. And you're right, money is not everything. However, if you don't think it's important that you probably haven't given enough of it away. Mm-hmm. Because when you start giving money away and you see what money can do to change families forever, you're like, okay. Mm-hmm. Money to make more money. I think I need to. Step up my game. I think I'm gonna stop being maybe so, um, apathetic in my life and that's what it's done for me. Every time I come back, I wanna grow my business more because I know that grows my influence more and it grows my reach more. And that gets me excited. Absolutely. A hundred percent. Very cool. Yeah. There was this one story that I'll share this. Her name was Molin and she's my favorite little lady. She's in my screensaver on my phone. My husband came back and he was like. I've been replaced. I'm like, yes, you've been replaced. I need to see her face every day. I see you already. Um, but she lived in this place called, they call it like Trash River, I think, right? Mm-hmm. Because it's so low that the rainy season comes and floods and it goes to like their roofs, I think is what the pastor was saying. And it's like sewer water, and it's not even just clean water. And so we went and we visited her and we were talking and she said. I just asked, you know, just basic questions and it comes to find out that she had lost both of her twin baby girls and one of them, they were a year old, one passed away in October and one passed away in November, and it was from preventable things. And so I had many thoughts, like one, just the devastation as a mom. Like I can't even imagine what that would be like. And the second thought I had is if we had brought water sooner, would that have changed? Like, would that have changed something that they could still be alive? And it's something I will never, ever forget. And I just held her and she's just crying and I'm crying. And then her friend was there who, she had literally had bullets in her legs still from running from the gangs in Haiti. And she was asked the interpreter, she said, why are they crying? Like, I don't understand. And the interpreter just shared and she said they can feel your pain. And it was to see kind of that that was not normal for them. Um, kind of maybe empathy'cause they can't have it like they have to survive and they're all in these terrible, terrible circumstances. And it was just a moment I'll never forget. And then the second part of it, and then we prayed with her. And then my background's nursing, so I just asked her physical questions. I'm like, how's your body? And she was describing panic attacks and anxiety and nightmares and heart racing. And so we got to talk about, you know, different scriptures that helped with peace and different things like that. And the one thing she wanted, and I don't remember how we got to this conversation, but the one thing she wanted was a Bible in Creole, which was their native language. And so I had just mentioned to one of the Mission of Hope people. Kiki the next day and I just said, Hey, can we like, can I leave money for a Bible? Like, can we do that? And he went, I think he drove like an hour away, I'm sure, somewhere on the little moped, and he found a Creole Bible and brought it back so that I could give it to her the next day. And so it just showed me the level of care that Mission of Hope has, but also the urgency. Like why do we have to wait? In my mind I was like, well, we can wait. They can get it next week. And it was just a very cool life lesson in that regard too. So we got to give it to her the next day and that's what's my screensaver. And she was just so overjoyed and like her smile was so different and she described it feels like a weapon because I think maybe their original. Religion is voodoo that it just feels like such a, uh, protection. Mm-hmm. Um, but yeah, and that's one story of so many that people had that was there. And yeah, I can't wait to go back. I tell people, I'm like, a piece of my soul was left there. Yes. Yes. Um, you know, the Bible, um, is a sword, right? It's yes. Mm-hmm. I mean, and so it is, it is a weapon. And I just think like the Bible to us, like we have'em around every room, probably. Mm-hmm. Or doesn't happen shelf, but there it's like, oh, I want this Bible. Um, and so just every little thing you take for granted, being able to turn on clean water, being able to go to the bathroom inside your house, or even outside of your house. Mm-hmm. Um, a lot of times there's no bathroom outside either they have to just create one or, um, having a refrigerator, having something in your refrigerator, letting your kids being able to go to school, finding a job, um, not having to run because you're afraid somebody's gonna take you back to Haiti because you know you're not supposed to be there or whatever. I mean, just every little thing, like we have so much freedom here, but we let every little thing just hold us back or mm-hmm. Get overwhelmed. And I get it. I'm not trying to, um. Down, just downplay anybody's issues. However, when you see other people, it helps make your problems a lot smaller and you're like, I think I'll be okay. You know? I think I'll be, yeah. I can figure this out. Yeah. It's not life and death at this moment. Yeah, absolutely. Well, there's gonna be many more trips so we can advertise that. Like Come, come with us. Yes. My family this summer is going to Dominican Republic. Yes, that's right. He's getting married, but my other four children, my husband and I, and my two dogs, we are heading out the end of May. We'll be back in August. We are going to be serving as the intern parents coordinators, um, to, there's gonna be lot, many interns there from that spend their summers, they're in college or outside of high school and go out with the teams and help and minister. And so we will help get to disciple them and also we'll go out, we'll be with teams. We're excited to play a small role of, um, with Mission Hope this summer. So it's exciting and I'm grateful that our. My business has allowed us to be able to pack up and go like this. Absolutely not again. Um, we did that um, a few years ago in Haiti with Mission of Hope, and so we're excited to go back and hopefully I'll see a lot of you guys, um, come visit us and be there. Yeah, that's the plan. I think end of June is the plan when we're gonna go. So be. Very exciting. I'm good. Gotta go see my people. Yes, absolutely. Well, thank you. So I'll put all the, oh, and then also if they want, if somebody wants to donate Yeah. Or get involved and they can't go on the trip, what's the best way? I mean, definitely mission of Hope haiti.com. Okay. MOOH, Haiti, HAIT i.com. Um, and then also follow on Instagram, um, hope Go. Mission of Hope. Mission of Hope Caribbean, they're known by a lot of different, they have a little, several different Instagrams, but I think just following, being in the know, um, becoming a partner, um, giving a one time donation, all of that, their reach is. So big. They do so much in Haiti. They're actually one of very few organizations even still working in Haiti because of the daycare. Mm-hmm. Um, and so it's, it's exciting to get to partner with this amazing organization. Absolutely. Yeah, for sure. I told'em they can't get rid of me. Yeah, that's great. Oh, like you're stuck now. Uh, very cool. Okay, well I'll put all of that in here too so that people have access to that. But thank you for sharing a little bit more about Mission of Hope, who they are, what we all did, all of that different things. And hopefully we get lots of people go, yes, absolutely. Whether you wanna do. Construction projects or you wanna do, be a part of a medical team if you love evangelism, if you love just loving it on kids, being, playing with kids, um, ministering to moms. I mean, there's so many different roles. People always go like, what do you exactly do there? Well, it depends on what you wanna do, but mm-hmm. Oftentimes it's not like the US where people have to be announced and three days in advance notice to come to somebody's house. You just walk door to door. If they have a door, their door's open. Yeah. Sitting outside. And you just start conversations. You have interpreters and you get to know people you love on people and they love back on you. Mm-hmm. Which is amazing when they have nothing and they're trying to pull up their bucket and turn it over so you can sit down and they're making sure you're not too overheated. I mean, just, it's, it's incredible and they, they really show us how to treat people, so it's a great Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. Okay. Was there anything else that we missed? Um, I don't think so. You covered it. Great. I don't think so's cool to have you as part of, um, advocacy for, um, mission of Hope and for Haiti and for Dominican Republic. And I'm excited to see the, your reach and the people that will be affected, um, because of, because of your voice, Kristy. Well, thank you. Yeah. That's the goal.

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