All right. Welcome to tonight's last year, single, single spotlight. We are going to
be doing this at least once a month and we're having fun doing it. And you guys don't forget,
it's not just about who's here. Lots of people are going to be rolling on. We're up to 70,
72. The numbers keep climbing, but it's also about who watches and replay.
All right. So to all you replay watchers, make sure that you don't sleep on these singles
that we're spotlighting tonight. If you want to meet them, we're going to tell you how
you just have to watch until the end. Okay. All right, guys, this is super fun. I just
was talking today in text message to one of my guys. He was one of the first guys in this
program when I first opened the doors for guys to come in and he is married. In fact,
let me just read this. Let me read what he said to me. He said in less than one year,
I went from single to married to father. I'm also going through ordination at the same
time, such a shift this last year has been incredible, right? Just one day he woke up
just a single Pringle ready to mingle. And then he went from single to married to baby
time in a year in one year. You're like, man, they didn't date for very long. No, they did
not, but they knew each other in community for a while. I never thought of her like that
before started to pray about it as the activation of this community and this anointing started
to get on him. That's what I like to say, started to say, Hmm, maybe there's something
there that wasn't there before, you know, beauty and the beast, and then prayed about
it and they got married very, very quickly. And now they had a baby already and they are
going into ministry together. Super exciting. Lots of doors opening, lots of doors. Y'all,
the super bowl is over. It's done. It's done. Um, so I just want to let you guys know that
I was counting the men. So I just want to just encourage all the guys here because the
ladies in my program, I show up in their group a lot and I post all kinds of success stories
of women in this program. And just so you know, ladies, some of those pictures are actually
of men in this program that have had success as well, and not with one of our ladies. Okay.
Just success because of the anointing and the grace on this program to help people step
into their married season. And I'm going to start posting in the men's group too. I asked
them, I said, Hey, would pictures of success stories in the men's group with that, would
that encourage you if I posted guys that have had success and they said yes. And so we have
all kinds of guys. And I was thinking about the guys that have had success in this program
and what they were like when they came in. I was thinking about Nathan who just invited me
to his wedding and how he's about five, four, and just really didn't think that he was ever
going to meet anybody. You know, you know, you ladies, okay. You are, you're height prejudiced.
And you know that you are, even those of you that are four 11, you're four foot 11. You're
not even five feet tall. You didn't even get past five feet tall. You are fun sized.
You are a little tiny woman. And you're like, give me a six foot or get out of here, girl.
But he was dealing with that. He was dealing with that. And he had never had a girlfriend.
No one had ever given him a chance. And he was such a great guy. Such an amazing guy. Still
a great guy. Cause he's still alive. And guess what? He came in here. He did his heart work.
A lot of times, you know, remember, I always say we're stuck on the inside and not the outside,
but a lot of times we are stuck in other people's perceptions of us. We have started believing what
other people think about us. Okay. Other, other people have broken ideas of what a man should be
like, what a woman should be like, look like, and we allow them to project those ideas onto us.
And then we adopt those ideas as our own. Don't we? And those become belief systems.
Those become all kinds of blockages. Can I tell you something? Nathan didn't go and get stretched.
He's not now currently six feet tall. He didn't go on the stretching back. He didn't put lifts
in his shoes so that he could be at least five, five and a half. He didn't do any of that.
He just showed up as his best self as who he is. And he is marrying a snack. She is adorable.
She's about two inches shorter than him. So probably about five, two, and she's the cutest
thing. And they're getting married and I got invited to their wedding. I can't attend you
guys. Please don't get offended. We're doing our supernatural Saturday this week on offense.
So please show up. That is going to be a game changer for so many of us. I'm going to include
myself because offense, it can creep in when you don't even realize it. And it can get you really
stuck. If you let that in, you can get really stuck. It's like,
Offense is a fence, right?
It's a barrier that keeps you out of the promises of God.
And so we'll be talking about that on Supernatural Saturday,
give you a little plug for that.
If you're new to phase three, welcome.
I'm glad that you're gonna be with us for this session.
I was thinking about Andrew.
Andrew's another success story of this program.
You guys, he is just, he's athletic,
lives in Southern California, tan, California boy,
just amazing in so many aspects.
And I would introduce him to people and he would come on
and he used to have lots of dating games and single meetups
when this program first started.
And he would meet people and then for some reason
it would never turn into anything more
than a first introduction.
Now, the thing that Andrew had
that may cause someone to shy away is he had a glass eye.
He had a disease when he was younger.
He had, I think cancer actually in his eye
when he was a kid and it caused him to lose his eyes.
So he had one regular eye and he had one glass eye.
And I'm gonna tell you, until he told me that,
I never noticed it.
I never noticed it at all.
I mean, it just, he looked just like,
like how many of you guys know who Lisa Bevere is?
How long did it take you to figure out she had a glass eye?
I mean, like forever, right?
You can't tell.
And so it wasn't a situation where it was like
something that was off-putting, it wasn't.
He's a handsome man, successful, athletic, spiritual,
all the things, but for whatever reason
that turned into a block.
And I don't know that if it was,
I don't know that it was a block with women.
I think it might've been a block in his own heart
where he just started believing
that that was something that was undesirable.
But let me tell you what,
he is engaged in getting married and she is beautiful,
beautiful on the inside and on the outside, gorgeous girl.
They're so happy.
You know, these are just some of the success stories.
You guys know that there are plenty of people
that have married from inside this community.
Okay, Diana and Ralph,
for those of you that remember Diana and Ralph,
Brett, gosh, her name just flew right out of my head
and I know her so well.
What?
No, no, no.
Yeah, Brett and Maria, Brett and Maria, David's saying,
I actually match made them.
They weren't quite in this community.
They were just like a matchmaking story.
I mean, Gabby or some of them that, what in the world?
Why can I not remember her name?
James and Leah are some people
that met within this community and got married.
You guys probably don't remember Gabe and Gloria,
but they met within this community.
Annette and Art met within this community and got married.
You guys help me.
Christensen, Brett, and what's her name?
I know her so well.
I can't believe I can't think of her name.
Is it Phyllis?
Phyllis?
Nope, just put it in the chat.
Nope, that's not the one.
Christy and Phillip, yes.
Sherry, thank you so much.
Sherry and Brett.
Elizabeth and Christian, they also were match made by me,
but Christian was part of this community.
Just all kinds.
Danny and Rory, another one.
They were kind of match made as well,
but they were both in this community.
Rory's another guy that was with us from the very beginning.
He came to me from a men's group that I had a speaking,
like a guest speaker kind of night at.
He came in and he just did so much hard work.
Gentlemen, I just want to encourage you.
Rory, when he first came in,
he had really bad taste in women for sure.
He was always picking women,
was dealing with some anxious attachment,
always picking women that were just prone to rejecting.
They were going to reject one way or another
because they were more avoidant than anything else.
All kinds of success.
I just say that at the beginning here
because I really want to encourage your heart.
If you've been feeling discouraged,
go ahead and put your hand up.
I want to see your hands.
If you've just been feeling discouraged,
not just about your love life, but just in general,
you just feel discouraged.
2025 has started out with a thud.
It started out with a thud, not with a bang.
You're just like, eh, I don't know.
Not feeling that great about 2025 so far.
I'm trying to figure out how this mouse works
because it's not working for some reason.
It's not allowing me to click on anything.
So we'll figure that out here in just a second.
Lots of hands.
So let's just pray a prayer of encouragement right now.
And for those of you that feel like you might be struggling
with some judgment, some criticism, some offense,
please make sure that you show up on Saturday
for Supernatural Saturday, or you watch the replay.
I'm going to go ahead and pray over you.
Father God, I just thank you for your sons and daughters.
I thank you that you have so many good things for us.
So many.
And if we've stopped believing that,
if we believe that all of our best days are behind us,
I pray that you would shift our focus,
not just to the future, but to the cross.
so that we could have abundant life.
John 10, 10 says that the thief comes to kill
and to steal and to destroy,
but Jesus has come that we might have life
and that we might have it to overflowing.
And so let us right now,
let us partner back with the idea of overflowing life,
life where we're not living on fumes,
life where we're not always waiting
for something good to happen,
but we're living in gratitude
and in the goodness that's right now, right here.
And as we focus on gratitude,
more and more things come to be thankful for
and to be grateful for.
And we just declare it and we thank you for it
in Jesus name, amen.
All right.
Okay, is my mouse fixed?
It is.
All right, you guys, we're gonna start off.
If you've never been to a single spotlight,
we have 10 ladies and about eight men
that are gonna be spotlighted tonight.
They're not all part of the program.
Some of them are private clients.
And so if you don't recognize them,
you're like, hey, I've never seen them before.
That's okay.
And if you wanna meet one of these people,
you're going to email us at admin at JackieDorman.com
and you're gonna put their name in the subject line, okay?
And if they have a common name like David, okay,
or Lisa, you know, something that
there's more than one person being spotlighted,
make sure that you put their city and their state, okay?
So you might say David, Sacramento, California,
because they're gonna introduce themselves.
You're gonna know where they're from.
Make sure you put that in the subject line
so that we can put your request for an introduction
in the right bucket, okay?
We wanna make sure that we can do that.
Now, that's all you have to do.
Once you reach out to us and say,
hey, I wanna meet so-and-so from tonight,
you gotta tell us in the subject line
who they are, where they're at.
But then what I want you to do
is I want you in the body of that email
to give us a few pictures of yourself in a short bio.
If you do not include that,
then we will put your request for an introduction
in the trash can, okay?
That's what will happen to it,
because we're not gonna go looking for you, okay?
We're not gonna go searching for your Facebook page.
We're not even gonna go over to Spirit Mate Match,
because a lot of you don't even have photos on there.
And so we want you to give us a bio and some pics.
Include your age.
Include your, you know, marital status.
If you have children, include their names in that.
We need to know all the information about you.
Obviously, include your city and state where you live.
Okay, and then tell us some fun things about yourself.
Tell us why you think you and that person
would be a great introduction.
That's important, okay?
All right, and then you don't have to do anything more.
Some people are like, well, am I gonna hear back?
No, not everyone's gonna hear back,
because you might not be a good match for that person.
You might not have the criteria
for that person's introduction.
You might not fit it,
meaning that they're not gonna relocate.
They have a shared parenting agreement.
You can't relocate either.
You have kids.
Maybe you're not in the right age bracket.
Maybe that person has never been married before,
and one of their non-negotiables from heaven
is that they just wanna be married
to someone who's never been married, too, all right?
Remember, we try to get rid of non-negotiables
that are not from heaven,
but I'm not going to pry a non-negotiable
from someone's dead, lifeless hands
if they wanna hold onto it, okay?
So no harm, no foul.
There's plenty of more fish in the sea,
and there's plenty more spotlights in last year's single,
and so please do not have FOMO if you do not hear back.
If you do hear back, you will hear back via email,
and we will set up a time,
we'll set up a way for you to be introduced
to that spotlight.
Sound good, everyone?
And you guys, when you get an introduction,
put your best foot forward.
Please remember your coaching in here.
Don't start out asking people who they voted for
if they're vaccinated and all kinds of crazy stuff.
Please do not embarrass me up in here, all right?
Mind your manners.
You know, you know,
you're supposed to keep it light and fun
when you first meet someone.
You're getting to know them.
You're not worried about any of that stuff.
All you're doing when you first meet someone
is getting to know them,
seeing if there's any conversational chemistry, okay,
that we don't wanna start right out of the gate
with things that could be offensive
and things that could cause tension in the conversation.
Let's just keep it light and fun, all right?
You'll have plenty of time to find out
everything about that person, their credit score,
all the stuff that you wanna know later, later, all right?
Remember your coaching.
Remember Dating 101.
All of you came through phase two,
especially for the private clients.
Remember your coaching.
All right, I'm ready to get started.
I'm ready.
Got, it's not a Rocky jersey, but it's a hoodie.
I'm feeling athletic tonight.
Let's go.
All right.
Is anyone in here from Greenwich Village?
Anyone from that area of New York?
Raise your hand if you are from that area.
I'm gonna put all the hands down
so I can see if someone raises their hand.
Raise your hand.
And if you are from this area originally, anybody, anybody, nobody.
Okay.
All right.
If you're in replay and you're from this area, send us an email.
Okay.
I have a word for you.
All right.
I have a word for you and I want to give it to you.
So send it, send us an email.
If you're watching and replay and you're from Greenwich village.
Originally you're born there.
You're from there.
All right.
You live there for years.
All right.
Let me, let me find out about that.
Okay.
Ladies first, gentlemen, you will go next.
So ladies, you have about 120 seconds.
This is what you're going to share.
You're going to share your name.
You're going to share your age.
You're going to share where you're from.
You can tell us what your hometown is.
You can also tell us where you currently live.
You're going to share whether or not you have children in the
home that you're still raising.
Okay.
And you're also going to share a fun fact about yourself.
Anything you want, just make it interesting and fun.
We all have fun things.
And so let's go with number one.
We're going to go with Rebecca.
And hi, Rebecca.
You look gorgeous.
Tell us about you.
Of course I have to be first.
Sorry.
It's okay.
Yes.
So I'm, I'm Rebecca Onigaruwa.
I am 35 years old and I live nearby Orlando, Florida.
Um, I have never been married, have no children.
And, um, a fascinating fact about myself is that, um, I do hold a, a, a master's
degree in biblical counseling, um, and yeah, an effort to encourage women in the
faith, I, I just created this service.
Um, it's called serenity and grace counseling, and it focuses on bringing
life transforming hope and peace, um, to women through, through Christ
centered biblical counseling.
So it's just wonderful, Rebecca.
And you're so peaceful.
I can feel the peace coming from you and you're so articulate and beautiful.
Can you just say one more time where you currently live?
I currently live in Orlando, Florida, Orlando.
All right.
Disney, you go to Disney?
Um, not, not that much.
Uh, yeah, just kind of randomly.
I I'll go maybe like once a year.
Okay.
Well, it'd be a fun date to go to Disney.
I think I love Disney.
Disney's my favorite.
Um, okay.
So that is Rebecca, you guys from Orlando, Florida.
So guys that are watching live or replay, if you want to know more
about Rebecca and you think that you would be a good, um, match for
Rebecca, then please email us input, Rebecca, Orlando, Orlando in the subject
line, Rebecca, thank you for being spotlighted.
Thank you.
Love it.
So you guys, we have some ladies here tonight.
All right.
Tamika.
Hi Tamika.
Hello.
Good evening.
You look so pretty.
That smile is a lot.
That's a gorgeous smile.
Tell us about yourself.
My name is Tamika Davis.
I'm 52 years young.
I currently live in Huntsville, Alabama.
I have an adult son, so there's no children in the home and I'm a military brat.
So I've moved around all over the world.
I don't have a place that I call home.
A fascinating fact about me is since 2017, I have traveled to the nearest
city for March Madness to attend the games live that's the NCAA men's
tournament games, all except for two years, 2020, when COVID happened and
2019, when my alma mater, Auburn university went to Kansas, I had to
go out there to see them play.
Wow.
I love it.
I love basketball.
I used to play basketball and went in school and I love that.
I love that.
You love that.
Um, now you said that you, you don't live anywhere.
No, I live in Huntsville, Alabama currently.
Oh, so growing up, you were just, we're all over the place growing up.
I was all over the place.
I'm a military brat.
So gotcha.
Awesome.
Okay.
All right.
You guys, Tamika, if you love basketball.
All right.
Um, and even if you don't Tamika, Alabama is what you want to put in
the subject line of that spotlight.
Tamika, thank you so much for joining us.
Appreciate you.
All right, you guys, these are good ones.
These ladies are ready to share.
Okay.
Next up is going to be, you guys have to turn your camera on.
If you have stars next to your name, but no camera on, I won't
be able to spotlight you.
So make sure you get that camera on.
Okay.
I do not see a camera on that one.
Interesting.
Bethany, we need to figure out why some people are able to be spotlighted,
like actual spotlight for everyone.
And some people can only be pinned.
I don't know if that's a setting that these people have on their zooms, but
this is kind of a new thing that didn't happen before.
So let's look into that for sure.
Um, okay.
I'm only going to be able to pin Julie won't let me spotlight her.
So Julie McAllister, uh, Oh, you don't have your camera on.
That's probably why.
Let's get your camera on, girl.
I'm going to remove the pin, give you a chance to get ready,
get your camera on.
I might have just answered my own question there, Bethany,
with the camera being off.
All right.
Next up is Elizabeth.
Is it Bok or Balt?
Like, is it Bok?
Is that how we say the last name?
Baltz.
OK, I was way off, and I usually am.
OK.
All right, Elizabeth, tell us about yourself.
Where are you from?
How old are you?
Kids.
And then also, a fun fact.
OK, I'm Elizabeth.
I am originally from California.
I lived in Georgia for about three years,
and I just moved back about a month ago, back to California.
I am in Concord, like, Bay Area-ish right now,
but in transition, so I'm not set on this as a home yet.
So I'm 49.
And let's see, what are the other things?
Oh, I've never been married.
I don't have any kids.
Fun fact, let's see, I finished Bible school out there
in Georgia, and then I had lived in Italy at one point,
so I could speak Italian.
I can only understand it now.
So I love to travel.
I love ministry.
Love to cook.
I don't know.
What else?
Yeah.
Those are great.
What's your favorite thing to cook?
I don't know.
Like, right tonight, I'm having people over after this,
and I did a big pot of chicken tortilla soup.
Ooh, I like a chicken tortilla soup.
All right, guys, there you go.
A way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
All right, we have Elizabeth B. She is in California.
All right, so go ahead and put that in the subject line
if you want to meet her, if you feel
like you would be a good match or a good introduction
is what we should say.
I don't want to put pressure on anyone to feel like matching.
It's just an introduction.
OK, if you'd be a good introduction,
make sure that you email us about Elizabeth.
Thank you, Elizabeth.
Thank you.
That red looks beautiful on you.
Thank you.
OK, let's go and see who else is ready for camera.
Ladies, if you have stars and you're getting spotlighted,
I need your cameras on.
Several of you are getting passed by
because you have no camera on.
All right, next up is Nicole.
Hi, Nicole.
Hi.
Hi, you look beautiful.
Tell us about you.
Thank you.
My name's Nicole.
I'm 49 years old, born and raised
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
I have two older children.
One still lives at home.
She's in college.
And I have one granddaughter.
Fun fact about me is I'm a good icebreaker.
I can basically go into a room and just
feel comfortable introducing and talking.
And I also love to cook, too.
What do you love to cook?
What's your go-to meal?
So I love family dinner.
So a big pot of gravy on Sunday is my favorite.
A big pot of what?
Gravy, pasta, red gravy.
Oh, pasta and gravy, y'all.
So you're Italian, right?
Yeah.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, you are, because you called it gravy.
All right, she called it gravy, y'all.
So I know she's Italian.
OK, so if you want to meet Nicole, PA, you can put Nicole.
You can put Go Eagles.
You can put whatever you want.
Go Birds.
And we will introduce you to Nicole.
Thank you, Nicole.
Thank you.
All right.
These are fun.
All right, let's see who we have next here.
Still waiting on people to put their cameras on.
All right.
Nora, Nora in the Bay Area.
I know where Nora is.
All right, Nora, you're up.
That pink looks great.
She got her colors done.
Ladies, colors.
All right, what do we got, Nora?
Hi, I'm Nora.
I just turned 36.
I have no kids.
I've never been married.
I'm in Walnut Creek, which is right next to Concord.
So we get to hang out, which is a suburb of San Francisco.
And I was thinking about a fun or just a fact about me.
I don't know if it's fun.
But I just recently joined a powerlifting gym.
And so now I'm getting really into weightlifting.
And that has really involved a whole overhaul of my lifestyle,
which I've been wanting.
But it's been awesome.
I'm waking up at 4.45 AM and running around and lifting
heavy things and drinking water a day.
It's been challenging.
But it's been really rewarding.
And I just got a personal record for squatting yesterday.
So, awesome.
Wow, that's so awesome.
So I love that you're like,
I've been running around picking up heavy things.
Love it, you guys.
She picks it up and she puts it down.
All right, guys, if you wanna meet Nora,
make sure that you put Nora,
we'll just put San Fran,
Nora San Fran in the subject line.
She is great.
I've met Nora in real life and she's wonderful.
And so if you wanna meet Nora, let us know.
All right, thank you, Nora.
Okay, let's see.
Guys, I didn't even know who the female spotlights were
because Bethany gathered them.
So this is a treat for me too.
All right, Val is up.
Hi Val, you're looking gorgeous.
Hello, thank you.
So I'm Val, I am 49.
I live in Redding, California.
I do have one kiddo at home who's 10 years old.
And a fun fact about me,
I'm a healthcare executive,
but I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania
and the farm has been in my family for over 200 years.
So I can homestead, shoot a gun and run a company.
So I have lots of fun stuff, so.
You guys, this is the woman that you want
next to you during the apocalypse.
And a partner for the apocalypse, here she is.
That's awesome.
Well, you don't look like you could do that stuff.
And so kudos to you.
I mean, the business one, yes, for sure.
But all the rest of them.
Can you make sourdough?
I can, I have one going right now.
Wow, awesome.
All right, you need to post in the chat about that.
There's been lots of failed sourdoughs
in our lives over here.
And so yes, we need to learn that skill.
All right, you guys, Val, Redding, California.
You can put Redding in that subject line.
She is ready to meet you.
Are you ready to meet her?
Let's see.
All right, thank you, Val.
Guys, look at all these gorgeous women.
What in the world?
Okay, we have our guys coming up soon.
I'm gonna try to figure out how to,
I think that this one, yes, Tatiana.
Am I saying that right, Tatiana?
Yes, Tatiana.
Hello, gorgeous, how are you?
Good, how are you?
Good.
I am located at the Jersey Shore.
That's what we call it in Jersey.
I'm out at the beach and I'm 27 location age.
Something fun about me, is that next?
I live about five minute drive to the beach
and I still take walks on the beach,
even in the freezing cold,
like it was eight degrees yesterday
and I was still on there.
And I'll claim that to my Slavic roots.
Okay, awesome.
All right, well, you know,
the stereotype for Jersey Shore is really tan people
and you're nice peaches and cream complexion.
So you don't have that dark self-tanner going on,
which is fun.
And you're 27, did you say never married, no kids?
Is that what you said?
That's correct, never married, no kids.
All right, so you guys,
if you want to meet Tatiana Jersey Shore,
put that in the subject line of your email.
Remember, she's only 27 years old,
never been married, no kids.
And so guys, I don't want you 50 year old
showing up in my email trying to talk to Tatiana, okay?
You guys know that my rule of thumb is matching seasons,
not necessarily age groups,
but I do like age groups to stay within a 10 year radius.
All right, so match seasons.
Okay, people who want to raise families and have babies,
those people should gravitate towards each other.
The people that are done with that part of their life,
they should gravitate towards each other.
People that want to travel and refire, not retire,
they should gravitate towards each other.
People that want to stay in one place and just relax
because they're refiring a different way,
they should gravitate towards each other.
Let's match seasons,
but let's try to keep it within a 10 year age span, all right?
Thank you so much for joining us, Tatiana,
and hopefully we'll give you some single spotlights.
We'll give you some intros.
All right, who is up next?
I'm going to try this one.
Yeah, it still won't let me spotlight you.
Sarah Beth, do you have your camera on?
Okay, I'm going to try to get my camera on.
She's from last month, she just forgot to remove the asterisk.
Oh, okay.
Yeah, and Simone and Debra,
they don't have their asterisks on.
Debra's trying, but she can't hear Simone.
Thank you for telling me about that.
Hi, Simone.
Hey, you look great.
Hey girl.
Hi, hello.
Happy to be here.
Yes.
Tell us all about you.
Yeah, so I'm Simone Jameson is my name.
I am 36.
I have never been married.
I don't have any kids.
And I'm currently in Greenville, South Carolina.
So the upstate, O.S.T.
North Carolina area. I grew up in Atlanta. I'm originally from New York City and a
fun fact about myself is I work for the news. I am a reporter and anchor for CBS
and I've lived in four different states in the past seven years. Wow. Four
different states in seven years. How come? Just moving around for my job. We work on
contracts and I've lived in the Midwest. I've lived in Ohio, Arkansas, South
Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina. Really all over. Okay, wow. That's awesome. Well
that's a great fun job. You love it? I love it. Yeah. I've been doing it seven years, more
than seven years. I've covered everything from wildfires to hot air balloon tours
to I've been in helicopters. I've covered two-headed rattlesnakes. So there's
really a whole lot. There's really not a whole lot that I haven't seen. That is amazing. All
right. Well, Simone's seen it all. So you're not going to surprise her with, you
know, your, your, uh, your hobby of doing something dangerous or crazy. Um, she's
been around, she's covered all the people that do that. So if you want someone
who's adventurous, who likes to travel and isn't afraid of change, Simone is your
girl. And so put Simone and Greenville in that subject line and we would love to
introduce you to her. Thank you for joining us, Simone. We appreciate it. Thank
you so much. All right. Okay. And then what Debra, did you say it was the last
one, Bethany? Uh, yes. Debra Byers. Debra Byers. I got you girl. All right, Debra.
You are our last spotlight for tonight. Hi Debra. I recognize you. Yes. Great.
Thank you so much. I'm Debra and I'm 58 years young. I also live in Austin, Texas.
And, um, let's see, um, I am divorced and I have one child in heaven. So, um, I do,
I was raised in Oregon, but I think a fun fact about me is that I do play the
violin and I play in two local orchestras in the area. So I'm really busy, but I
love to travel and I'm ready to relocate anywhere. God takes me. Okay. That's
awesome. Loves to travel, ready for change, ready for the adventure. If you
want to meet Debra, Debra, what was the city again? Austin. Oh, well, she's right
here in my backyard. Yes. All right. Debra in Austin. If you want to meet her,
make sure that you, um, email us and put Debra Austin in the chat. All right.
Thank you so much. Okay. I think that's all of our ladies spotlights. Remember,
guys, reach out if you think that you're going to be a good introduction and we
would love to help make that happen for you. All right. I'm getting the guys
together here. Just give me one second. One little minute. I just need to send
this. All right. Copy you guys. I forgot one of the guys. I forgot to send him
the link to get in. All right. There we go. And done. All right. Let's start out
with
a guy that has been around here for a while. He actually is back guys. Remember
if you email in about someone with a common name like Joshua, which I'm about
to highlight, um, make sure that you tell us where they're from because we're
going to have two different Josh's even tonight. And so we need to make sure
that you're putting in their city. So write it down. All right. First up is my
friend. Uh, we've met several times in person. He's helped David and I at some
conferences. Um, he has been, uh, he's an OG and Josh from Connecticut. You
are up now. Same deal. You guys are going to introduce yourself guys. Listen
up. You're going to tell us where you're from originally, where you're living
now. You're going to tell us some fun, a fun fact about yourself, but then
we're going to allow the ladies to ask you just a handful of questions. All
right. So Josh, hi. Hi. Why do I, why do I have to go first? You were just
right there on my screen. I don't know. Great. Great. Awesome. You know, this
whole time I'm trying to think like, what are my fun facts? So, Oh, well,
for you, if you don't know any, I know if I can't, you might have to jump in,
but, uh, that's good. Yeah. So, uh, yeah. Good to see you. I'm glad to be here.
So, um, yeah, so I am, I just turned 42. Uh, I am divorced, but it was very long
time ago. I got married extremely young, like very early twenties, got divorced
shortly thereafter. So it's been like 15 years almost. So it doesn't even feel
like it ever happened. Um, yeah, no kids. I live in Connecticut. Um, sitting
doesn't really matter cause Connecticut's so small. So I'm right between New York
city and Boston. Um, yeah. Fun fact. Um,
Um, well, in my early forties now and kind of rediscovering, uh, who I am, uh,
which may be a common theme, but the Lord is really, uh, bring me to discover new
things and actually go after things and learn stuff that I wasn't doing in my
thirties.
So I'm considering going back to school, possibly for an MBA.
Uh, I've taken up martial arts.
I'm going to resume ballroom dancing at some point in the very near future.
Uh, I love traveling history, archeology.
I want to go learn how to do bushcraft out in the woods and like do all that
crazy, like build your own shelter type stuff.
Uh, but I also like dressing up real well, going to the city and going to cool
events.
So like, I am, I'm all over the map.
I just want to do fun stuff and live my life.
So.
Love it.
And did you say anything about like teaching other men how to dress well?
Oh goodness.
Yeah.
So I still have to go do that thing.
Um, yeah, so, uh, yeah, so that's been something the Lord's had on me.
I've been trying to figure out how to, uh, maybe start some social media
content regarding that.
Um, I learned through ballroom dancing.
Um, I did that through a college program in grad school and that was my thirties.
And I kind of saw that these college kids, uh, didn't really understand how to
like put together like a suit and tie and like how to do things right.
So, uh, I kind of started mentoring there and since then have just kind of on the
side, uh, made a hobby out of, um, learning how to dress properly and not
expensively.
So yes, I do owe a mentorship to the guys and show them the ropes on that.
So coming soon.
Love it.
Love your background too.
That looks great.
Thank you.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
So you guys, um, that's a little bit about Josh.
We already have some questions coming in.
Is Josh settled or is he open to relocation?
Oh goodness.
Uh, not settled.
I'm actually about to be house hunting again for like the fourth year in a row,
but everyone who knows the market knows that's terrible.
I'm open to relocation for, yeah, if I'm going to get married, if like, if she's
the one, yeah, I will drop what I'm doing here and move like that's, that's more
important.
So I'm not, I'm not married to my location, but I'm here until, you know,
I'm directed otherwise.
Okay.
That's a good answer.
Open, willing wherever God takes you.
Um, you guys, uh, will move for love.
All right.
Lots of women just talking about dancing and they're so like a guy who knows how
to dance will never be lonely.
Ladies, you have any other questions for, for Josh besides just swooning
over the ballroom dancing comments?
What's your favorite?
What's my favorite with the dancing?
What's your favorite?
Oh goodness.
Um, well, I'm going to be getting into salsa and like Latin dance and all that.
I really want to do that.
But when I was doing ballroom, I competed, uh, international ballroom style.
So, uh, waltzes, Foxtrots, tangos, all that, but going for salsa and swing
probably, uh, yes.
West coast swing.
I've tried that and it's a lot of fun.
I didn't get good at it, but I want to.
Okay.
Awesome.
All right.
Do you want kids?
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
What if someone already has them?
That's okay.
It's, you know, there's depends on maybe how many age and all that, like
each thing is something to adjust to, but I'm open to it.
Yeah.
Open, open, open.
Josh is open.
Love it.
Um, this is just moving forward so fast.
Uh, let's see.
Um, what have you, someone wants to know what you've been up to since we saw you
last, because it's been a while since you've been in the community.
Like, what have you, what have you been doing as is basically what someone's
asking where you've been working and yeah, a lot of work, um, church
hunting, uh, had a situation with my church that kind of went south.
So I'm, uh, been looking for a new place and really just seeking
the Lord and kind of laying low.
So, yeah, that's hard.
That's hard because raise your hand if you're looking for a church right
now, if for whatever reason, and a lot of people lost their churches during
quarantine, their churches shut down, or they no longer felt like they could go
back there, they didn't feel led to continue there, lots of hands going up.
Um, what are you reading right now?
Currently, Josh, what are you reading?
Oh goodness.
Uh, I think I've got like two or three books going on.
Um, one of them is called, uh, no God, but one Allah or Jesus.
And it's written by, uh, this guy, Nabil Qureshi.
He is a Muslim turned Christian apologist.
Uh, wild, wild story.
Um, really good information.
I just got done reading, uh, the Sporn for Significance, which is by Bill Johnson.
That was a book that was given to me by somebody on a prophetic.
Uh, mission and it's paying dividends and, uh,
gosh, it's like two other books right now that I can't even think of, but yeah,
I read a few at a time.
Okay. Awesome. All right, Josh. Well, we're so glad to have you with us tonight.
You guys, if you want to know more about Josh, but Josh,
but CT Connecticut in the subject line of your email,
keep in mind some of the things that Josh shared about himself.
And if you think that you would be a good introduction for Josh,
we would love to hear from you, Josh.
I appreciate you joining us and we'll see you a little later.
Take care. Thanks.
Someone asked what, what denomination Josh is just non-denominational spirit,
filled non-denominational. All right.
Cause I know him so I can answer that question for him. Okay. Um,
all right, next up, who do I have on my list here?
Now funny story about our next bachelor, but first of all,
any of the guys that are going to be spotlighted tonight,
do any of you guys need to leave, go ahead and raise your hand.
So I'll get to you now.
Any of you guys have something that you need to get to, um,
raise your little avatar hand so I can see it.
Otherwise if you can just hang tight with us, I'll just go in order here.
Nobody. Okay. All right. Funny story about the next,
this is someone that I forgot to give the link to,
and I'm so glad he made it here,
but I want to tell a funny little story about David. This is David from Texas.
Hey, David, it's so good to see you again. How are you?
You're going to have to unmute yourself. Um, if you're muted,
cause I didn't hear you. Hey, Hey,
I'm doing well. Yes. You looks like you're in space,
which is good. That's fitting. Are you working for Elon?
What are you doing? What's going on? Okay. You guys,
I have a funny story about David and I think I told him this. So,
but I didn't tell him I was going to share this story.
So I was praying last year, actually,
it was a 23 that this happened the end of 23.
And I was praying and the Lord spoke to me cause I was praying about guys is
praying about matches for the ladies in our program.
And God told me that he was going to bring his Davids from the field.
Okay. You guys know the story of King David, you know,
when he was a shepherd boy, you know,
when he was out in the fields tending his father's flocks and you know,
when the, the prophet came to anoint a King from Jesse's family,
David wasn't in the lineup because he was about his father's business, right?
In the field, in the pastures.
And then it was only when the father called him in that he came.
And so God highlighted that story to me. And he said,
I'm bringing my Davids in from the field, men that are after my own heart,
men that have been about my business.
And now I'm calling them in to let them know it's time for them to take their
partners. It's time for them to find their wives. You guys, the very next day,
this guy whose name happens to be David dropped in my DMS told me that he'd
heard about me from a mutual friend and that he was ready to find his wife.
Talk about a confirmation of the word that God gave me.
And his name is David to boot. And so I just wanted to tell that story.
So David, tell us where you're from, where you're living now.
We see it there, Tyler, Texas, but tell us a fun fact about yourself.
And then we'll let the ladies ask you a couple of questions.
Sure. Um, so let's see, I grew up in Bethesda, Maryland.
So it's a suburb of Washington, DC. Um,
spend a few years in Madison, Wisconsin. Um,
I was working with a group called youth with a mission, um, why wham?
So I spent a few years serving with why wham up in Madison, Wisconsin.
It's actually what brought me to Tyler, Texas. Um,
I was thinking to myself in high school,
what's the chances I'll ever live in Texas probably low.
So I won't take Spanish should have taken Spanish.
No, I took French in high school. That was a mistake.
Yeah. I all, I also took French. So yes.
So, but, um, yep.
So I've been in Tyler, Texas, uh, since 2004. Um,
uh, I was married. Um, uh, I am now divorced. Um,
I do have two kids. Um, so my daughter, Ava is 16.
My son, um, Peter is 13.
So I'm on good terms with my ex-wife actually bought a house.
That's about three blocks away from hers. So, um, so we,
we co-parent together, um, and the kids, so there's officially, uh, you know,
I guess, supposedly a custody arrangement,
but the kids come over pretty much every day.
Ava actually eventually moved into my house.
So she's actually right over there now, um,
even though officially the kids live with their mom, but, um,
Ava liked her dad. So, um, she thought her dad was nice guy.
So she moved over here. So, um, but I guess, uh,
a fun fact with me over the last few years, um,
I've joined a few online communities. Um,
I suppose this counts as an online.
one community too. And those have really helped me to process a number of things, ranging
from wounding from my childhood, which started with one called prophetic heart healing, PHH.
So some of the inner heart healing sessions from that were incredibly restorative in rebuilding
my sense of identity. From that, one of the co-founders, Turok, introduced me to a friend
and mentor of his named Dub Alexander, and I ended up in a program of his called School
of Kingdom. So I spent two years in a program called School of Kingdom, which is almost
like an online Bible school. So that led me on a great deal of deconstruction of a lot
of unhealthy religious ideas that I had, and really rebuilt my theology and understanding
of God around the intimate experiences that I had been having with him in some of the
PHH sessions that I'd been having. Wonderful. So Dave is having some growth spurt spiritually.
That's amazing. I know all the people he's talking about. They're all friends of mine.
They're all incredible people, which I feel like one of them, Elise is probably who told
you about me in the first place or someone within her program. And so we've actually
had her as a guest mentor in here many times since the beginning of our program. And you
guys, David loves Jesus and he's growing and he has a high spiritual IQ, which is what
all of you ladies are always asking for. So that's fun. And he has a good relationship
with his children. But there's a former wife that he does get along with, but she lives
three blocks away. So if you're a jealous person, if you're a territorial person, this
is not the right match for you. If you're not someone who can get along just as well
with his former wife who lives three blocks away, and this is not the right match for
you. All right. But David we'd like to ask you some questions, ladies. I know you have
questions for David, so let's go with your questions. People are like getting along with
the X is always a huge positive. It is true. We're a blended family as all of you know,
and we get along really well with the formers, the formers in our relationships as well.
It takes work though. It does take work. Um, what questions do you guys have? Age people
are like, you forgot to tell us your age, David. Oh, I almost forgot. Um, I am 50. Um,
so that, uh, I just turned 50. It's the greatest, right? Yeah. It's my gosh. You do not look
50 at all, Jackie. You don't look 50. What's your favorite potato? French fries? Baked?
My goodness. I'm going to sound like a hobbit. Um, they're so good when they're mashed. They're
good when they're, or either that or a Forrest Gump truck. First or second breakfast. No,
I'm just kidding. Which potato do you like? Um, they're good when they're diced. They're
good when they're, um, Oh my goodness. Uh, potatoes are, you know, they're amazing and
almost that you can almost can't go wrong with the potato. It's true. You can't. I like that
answer with a potato. You just can't go wrong. Even sweet potatoes. I like sweet potatoes. Um,
potatoes are life. People are saying, they're saying that we both look young. Do you want,
do you want more children? Your daughter's 10, right? The youngest is 10. Um, my daughter's 16,
Peter's 13. I hadn't thought about that a whole lot. Um, I I'd probably be open to it. Um, you
know, cause for a while I'd been thinking about, you know, thinking that I'm, that I was finished,
but it would probably depend a lot on who I, who I marry. So, so it's one of those things that I'm
not necessarily really stuck on. So I'd say open. You're open. What about, um, mine and yours?
What about blending family with someone who has children in Texas? Cause obviously you guys, he
is, he is part of a shared parenting agreement, so to speak. It's loose, but it's there. Um,
he is in Tyler. You are in Tyler, correct? Yes. Okay. Yep. Yep. And definitely open to
more kids if she has some of her own. Yeah. All right, guys, you're going to be the right
match for David. If you're really open to what God is doing, cause you can tell he follows after
the spirit and what God is asking and showing him to do. Um, you're also going to be a good
match for David. If you are, if you're desiring to grow, you see the, the, the thesis of David's
talk tonight was all about that. He has been following after the Holy spirit to new places
of promotion and growth and new ideas. And so if you're closed minded, if you have like an us for
a no more denominational Christian mindset, you're probably not going to be the right
match for David. And if you're not someone who's been working on your own heart, all of you should.
be doing that since you're in here
and heart work is our first phase.
So someone open-minded,
someone who wants to grow spiritually and personally,
someone who's open to loving children
that are already here in the family and loving their mom
and being able to continue to build a bridge there
between David and his former wife,
being part of that parenting team,
all of those things, you would make a great partner
for David and you're just willing to do
and go wherever God is sending you, all right?
So great, David, I'm so glad that you made it over here.
I'm sorry that I didn't give you the link sooner,
but you guys, he's also really ready to go,
spontaneous and ready to just jump in
even if it's not ideal circumstances.
So I appreciate that.
Thanks for joining us.
Thanks, Shay.
All right, you're gonna put David Tyler, Texas
in the subject line of that email, all right?
So good to see you guys again.
You guys, we have one, two, three, four Davids
on the call tonight.
Remember that word's not just about a man named David,
but that word is still good.
And I will tell you that one of those Davids is taken
because he's my David, hands off.
There's three Davids, three Davids up for grabs.
All right, let's go to another, I think it's interesting.
We have another, it's not letting me type anything.
Any idea why that is, IT department?
I'm gonna go to another Joshua,
and this one is in Redding, California.
Hi, Josh.
Hey, Jackie.
Hey, everyone.
I like your mustache.
Yep, this comes out about once a year
and you caught me in my mustache phase.
I like it, it's not creepy.
It's not like man with a white van down by the river.
It's not, yeah, it's good, it's like the 70s show.
Like, I like it, it's good.
All right, tell us about you.
Age, where are you from, where are you at now?
And some fun facts.
Yep, yep, so I am 38.
I grew up in Pennsylvania.
I spent actually five years in Albania
as a missionary kid during that time.
And now I've been in Redding, California for eight years.
I call Redding home.
And I am working as a project manager here in town
and studying towards a degree in psychology.
I wanna be a counselor long-term,
so that fills a lot of my time right now.
And I'm never married, no kids.
I wanna be married, I wanna have kids.
And fun fact, I spent 11 years in YWAM,
leading YWAM schools.
I've been to 31 countries with YWAM.
Wow, 31 countries, that's a lot.
What kind of counseling you wanna do?
Like when you get like,
who do you really have a heart to help with that degree?
It's a good question.
I'm kind of moving in that direction
without a lot of super clear focus yet.
My goal right now is to pursue
the marriage and family therapy license.
So yeah, I wanna work with couples and individuals
probably in a private practice setting.
Okay, I love that, that's so good.
Families need it so desperately.
Lots of families hurting, in pain,
need that type of resolution, reconciliation,
need those mediator voices, so good.
All right, what's the craziest and most unique thing
that you have eaten on all of your travels?
I love those questions.
Oh dear.
Nora, great question.
You said, oh dear, I'm scared now.
It's gonna be brains of something.
I don't think I've eaten brains.
I think chicken foot, like chicken claw,
Phoenix claw in Hong Kong, that's pretty gross.
I've eaten that.
It's a claw?
Yeah, like the actual foot of the chicken
and you peel the skin off of it with your teeth
and you don't eat the bone, you spit out the bone.
It's a whole thing.
Let me guess, it tastes like chicken.
No, it's very unremarkable.
So yeah, I guess in that regard, it is like chicken.
Someone just said it's so good.
It must be an acquired taste.
Yeah, I don't think so.
Okay, all right, that's the weirdest thing
that he's eaten, you guys.
What else?
What else do we have?
Who else?
Favorite thing to do outside?
We have a lake called Whiskeytown Lake
near Reading, about 20 minutes outside of Reading,
and that is hands down my favorite place to be,
even in the wintertime, getting in the cold water
and in the summer, absolutely.
I just, I love being outside in nature by the lake.
Do you guys do the polar plunge there?
I've been to that lake.
Oh yeah.
You do?
Oh yeah, yeah.
It doesn't get super cold.
It gets down to like 50, 52, so it's not crazy cold.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
So you see that Josh has dedicated a lot of his life to serving the Lord.
I got a word years ago that, um, God was bringing partners for people who had
sacrificed so much for missions.
And I believe that Josh fits that so many of you that are on here fit that when
other people were running off and getting married young and having families, you
were after the call of the Lord going in training and going to different countries
and serving.
And so I believe that you'll be first in line for this marriage wave
that's coming right now in 25.
And so Josh fits that for sure.
Um, other people saying that they have been, um, Oh, because you're from PA,
people want to ask you Eagles or Rams.
I don't know why.
What's the Rams mean?
Rams are not PA, but definitely an Eagles fan.
My whole life, super excited about this last Superbowl.
Oh, maybe because where you live now, Los Angeles Rams.
Yeah.
Oh yes.
That would make sense.
No, I am not a Rams fan.
Okay.
Not a Rams Eagles all the way y'all any plans to travel
anywhere soon?
Actually, no, I've, I've been turning down travel plans.
Um, just cause I'm, I'm kind of, yeah, just really tied
down with school and stuff.
Um, my brother is in Taiwan with his family.
I'll probably go there next to visit my brother and nieces and
nephews at some point.
Okay.
Taiwan is he missionary?
Okay.
The runs in the family, it runs deep.
It runs in the family.
I know this guy in real life.
He's an awesome guy.
Wonderful, a wonderful heart, funny, fun.
And so if you want to know more about Josh Redding, you're going
to put that in the subject line.
Wants to have a family.
Hasn't done any of that yet.
Married family.
It's his time.
And so if you think that you're the one for Josh, you want an
introduction, please let us know.
Josh, thanks so much for being here.
I appreciate it.
Thank you, Jackie.
Okay.
You guys were having fun.
You guys, we're going to start going a little faster.
Get your questions ready for these guys, please.
And be ready to go.
Important.
All right.
I'm going to go to a Texas guy up in Dallas, Andrew, you're up.
Hi, Andrew.
It's good to see you.
Hey, good to see you.
Yeah.
All right.
So you know, the drill, just your age, you know, your marital status.
Uh, if there's any kids in the mix and then some fun facts.
Sure.
Thanks.
So I'm 34 living in the Dallas Fort worth area.
Uh, grew up in Muskoota, Illinois, lived in Wyoming for about 11 years.
And then moved down here to Dallas two years ago.
I am divorced about four years now, but no kids.
And then, uh, fun facts.
Uh, I've fought wildfires.
I've trained Mustangs and I've published nine books.
Wow.
What are the books about all kinds of different things?
Yeah.
Um, there's three children's stories based off of some of those horses I trained.
I've got four historical fictions and then one, uh, devotional
for wildland firefighters.
Oh my gosh.
I think I know a match for you.
I think I, I think I might know a match for you.
Okay.
Um, ladies, that doesn't mean don't write in.
I'm just saying there's something coming to the matchmaker to her, to her, to
her heart, to her head, but it doesn't mean it's going to stick.
Don't worry about it.
Um, firefighting.
What, what, what's that all about?
Where did you fight those fires at?
Yeah.
So it started out.
I was in a lookout tower in Wyoming, living that life for a
summer, a transition to an engine.
Um, it's all been wildland fire and then, uh, ended up doing incident
command logistics for major national wildfires, um, which is now
transitioning into a disaster response nonprofit that's being started.
Wow.
That's amazing.
That is amazing.
All right, you guys, uh, this is Andrew.
What are your questions for him?
So interesting.
Live such an interesting life.
Um, what did you learn from your divorce, Andrew?
That's a question for me.
That's what I always ask divorce people.
What did you learn?
Yeah, I prioritized my wife over my relationship with God.
And she drew that attention until I couldn't give it enough.
Or if I would have focused on my relationship with Christ, um, the
outflow would have been at least a better relationship.
Gotcha.
Got you guys, uh, anxious, anxious, and, uh, anxious and secure
attachers usually do find each other.
Right.
So we need to be careful.
Once again, what he's basically saying is, is that we need to know
that we can never be anyone's source.
God alone is the source.
We're just a resource.
And so it's important to remember that in relationship, actually, I was
going to make it a, not a tick talk, but on Instagram about this today,
that, you know, the reason why there's not the one, write this down.
It's a little nugget for you guys.
And I will put it on my social media.
I was thinking about this and I wanted to share with you guys because
there's not the one, all right, just like the perfect person for you.
The, the twin, the spirit twin, you know, where they're just exactly like
what you're looking for and all of them.
There's not the one, the destiny, there's not that, but also you're
not supposed to try to put all of your needs in other.
humans on one person, they're not going to be your end all be all, you still need other people in
your life, right? You still need community. You still need friendships. You still need,
you can't expect one person to fulfill all of your needs socially, emotionally, mentally,
spiritually. Now, the only thing that you are going to have to work on fulfilling each other
in is in the area of sexuality. Okay. They are going to be your only in the sex department,
but that's going to be a work in progress. All those other areas, there are other people going
to be involved in your life. And of course, God is source, but he's the head of the human resource
department and he will send human resources to help fill those buckets, right? Really important.
All right. As a firefighter, can you cook? They want to know. I can do a few meals. Yeah. You
want to tell us what those are? My best one, I actually cooked a brisket in the ground while I
was out at a wildfire, but I can do some grilling, like doing breakfast and burgers, but
pretty simple. Guys, we have some great guys tonight. He cooked meat in the ground. Okay.
Fought fires. He's written books for kids and trained horses and all kinds of amazing things.
Loves Jesus. We will, we'll put those up names of books and stuff. We'll get those up for you guys.
If you guys want links to that stuff. Yes. Very impressive. All right. Let's see.
First get in the ground. Mike drop. All right. What else? What other questions you guys have
for you live in the Metroplex? You live in Dallas or Fort Worth? I I'm in between both of them
South about 20 minutes. I forgot to mention that I'm also a graduate of school kingdom.
Oh, awesome. Yeah. Cause he's up there, right? He's up. He's an Amarillo. I've known him for
going on 10 years now. Yeah, that makes sense. So once again, ladies, you're not going to be
the right match for Andrew. If you want him to be your all in all, because you need Jesus to
also, you're not going to be the right match. If you're not wanting to grow,
if you're not wanting to grow personally and spiritually, if you've just kind of feel like
you already are to the, to the highest Mark that you're going to get to that is not going to be
right. Do you want, do you want children, Andrew? You said you don't, I do want children and I'm
fine with other children in the mix, but one of my own, at least the ideal, of course, ideal.
And can you remind everyone how old you are again? 34, 34 on the younger side is 34. It's ready.
It's ready to, to meet his spirit mate. He's in Dallas. And, um, did you tell us what you're
doing right now? Like for a living besides fighting fires is you, are you like a professional
firefighter right now? No, not currently. I am working on getting back into wildland fire, but,
um, current political state has stuff in flux. Um, so I'm cleaning pools to pay bills right now.
And then, uh, starting that nonprofit and our first meeting is next week.
Awesome. So in ministry and also an entrepreneur in nonprofit work, you guys,
that's going to be another necessity for this match is that you're going to be flexible and
open-minded and, and willing to do what God is leading you to do together. You guys remember God
frequently does not give assignments until we're partnered.
Like, uh, like bigger assignments. Cause it's not a one-person job. It's a two-person job.
And a lot of times we don't see those assignments coming until we're partnered.
And it's really important when you partner that you're just really open to whatever God unlocks
and unseals after partnership. It's really important for that to happen. All right. I love
that. All right, Andrew, thanks so much. You guys are gonna put Andrew Dallas in the subject line.
If you think that you're a great introduction guys, or if you know anyone that would be a great
introduction, even if they're not in this community, I believe what we help make happen for
others. God makes happen for us. And so if you know someone that you think would be a great
introduction for any of these guys or girls, please email us about your friend as well.
That is how a lot of matches have happened in this community. All right. I'm going to start
trying to move a little bit faster here. My computer won't let me bring people's names up.
So I got to scroll. All right. Next. Another one of my favorites, another mission. You guys,
we hit the missionary jackpot tonight. All right. Next up is Greg with two Gs. Check it. Hey, friend.
Hi. So good to see you. Yeah, you too. Good to be here. Now there's so many, just like,
just like a lot of the guys that have gone already. There's so many interesting things
to tell about you. So let's just keep it to three or four interesting fun facts. Tell them your name,
your age, where you used to live, where you live now, and then some of those fun things about you.
Sure. Yeah. So my name is Greg Montella. I live in Athens, Ohio. I am a very youthful 47 years old.
Never married. No kids. Would love to have both. I hit the mission field right out of Bible school
actually, David.
I went to the same church for a while.
You're David.
Yes, I know.
Yeah, small world.
And I thought I was,
so I started a humanitarian organization
that was based in Eastern Europe
and I thought I would be wrapping it up
and just as I was wrapping it up to retire,
the full-scale invasion of Ukraine happened by Russia
and I was there, I was there.
So I would say I got stuck, but I wasn't stuck.
It was like everything in my life that never ever made sense
including never marrying or having kids,
it all made sense suddenly
and our teams were able to do amazing things.
I'm still heavily involved there.
We take care of a village of about 2000 grandmothers
that are cut off from the rest of the world.
We're the only organization that's crazy enough
to go in there and feed them.
So we partner with Samaritan's Purse on that.
But I am based here in the United States
for fun and for a little extra money.
I don't take a salary from the nonprofit or the ministry.
I speak almost every Sunday in churches
and I love it talking about Jesus and how good God is.
But for fun and for money across the street,
I am opening a coffee shop and a bakery.
So that's in the works.
I love seeing impossible things happen
and dead things come to life.
So I've purchased most of the buildings on this street.
It's just a defunct,
like old traditional American Main Street.
So with these hands and a few friends of mine,
we're just bringing them back to life.
So that's what's keeping me busy here stateside
and overseeing our work overseas.
I love it so much.
I love the work that they've done overseas.
You guys, it's incredible when you see it,
when you read about it.
I've donated to it.
It's really amazing.
A lot of people help the usual suspects,
let's just say that,
people that are in need that a lot of people help.
And Greg, their organization,
they're helping truly the widow and the orphan
in ways that I have never thought of before.
And so such a God thing and I love it so much.
Yes, very youthful.
All of us, you guys, all of us Gen Xers, we look good.
We're aging like fine wine, don't you know?
Okay, beautiful eyes.
Lots of people saying good things about your looks there.
So that's fun.
Do you guys have any questions?
Are you just flattering now?
What are we doing?
Any more questions?
Entrepreneur opening that bakery and coffee shop.
I love that idea.
Athens, that's College Town.
Yeah, it is.
That's right.
Yeah, owning those buildings on that street,
that's gonna be huge.
It's gonna be great.
I love that.
All right, so no plans on going back
to live overseas right now, right?
No plans, I'm open to it for sure.
I mean, that's the dream of every missionary at heart
is to at least be able to do that.
But I have a nest here, building a nest.
This is 130 year old Victorian home that was falling apart
and we're getting it fixed up.
So I'm stuck here for a little bit.
My father passed away about a year and a half into the war.
And so I'm taking care of my mom and my grandmother
who both widowed within the same year.
So I'm taking care of them too.
Yeah, that's amazing.
So for those of you that are talking about relocation,
not right now, right now his assignment is where he is.
And so he's gonna be there for a while.
What about your kids?
You want children, correct?
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
All right, people wanna know if you have any pets?
I don't, I'm open to it.
But I don't have any pets right now.
I was traveling too much to even have a house plant.
That's changed a little bit.
Yes, what about your,
people wanna know what your favorite coffee drink is.
You're open to coffee shop.
They wanna know what your go-to for coffee is.
Yeah, I don't think there's really a name for it.
I like a Ristretto, which is a pressed espresso
that has a little less caffeine, more fruity flavor
with a drop of chocolate in it and some whole milk,
just a little bit shot of flavorful caffeine.
Gets me going.
I've never heard of that before.
That sounds great.
That sounds awesome.
Any plants?
These questions are too much.
Any plans or plants?
Do you have any plants?
Plants, I have, yeah, I actually,
I have a poinsettia that I haven't taken outside.
I don't know what you're supposed to do with that.
So I'm just holding onto it,
keeping it alive as long as it'll-
I didn't know that they, I think that's amazing.
I thought that they just died at Christmas time.
Mine all do, mine die right after the day of Christmas.
They're all dead, so.
Yeah, it's holding on.
I don't know what the deal is, so I might transplant it.
You resurrected it, that's what happened.
That's right, someone resurrected it.
So you guys, Greg with two Gs in Ohio.
Ohio. That is my husband's hometown, kind of my hometown. I don't want to claim it,
but I will anyway. Um, so if you want to hear more about Greg in Athens, Ohio, please email
us. Remember, um, guys got to make sure you're listening to what these men are saying about
themselves. Once again, you know, this guy is on assignment right now with family and
taking care of business. He's an entrepreneur, but also he is a, a ministry minded, missionary
minded man. And so at any moment, God could pull his draft card and he could be gone.
So we just don't know. And so you have to be an open-minded person who is ready to do
whatever it is that God would call him to do. And so if you think that you'd be a good
intro for him, please let us know. Greg, thank you so much. It's always good to see you bake
your cookies. Oh, you will. Did you make that? I did actually. Oh yeah. You and David Norman,
he can bake some cookies. Hey, that's great. We've got to have a cookie night sometime.
For sure. And what is that? Is that milk? Is it lactose milk? What kind of milk is that?
This is a homemade almond milk. So I, I take the nuts myself and I have a machine. I get
my own almond milk. You have the almond cow? I do. I do. Yes. That's great. Isn't it? And
guess who makes the almond milk in our family? You, David, David. All right, David, man,
we're buds. Yep. You guys brothers from another mother. Okay. You guys, Greg, if you want
to know more about him, email us, I'm just trying to figure out how to unspotlight you.
There you go. All right, Greg, thank you so much for joining us. You guys, I'm having
way too, I'm having way too much fun. All right. I convinced this great next guy to
come and join us. Hold on a second here. Um, you guys, it's not letting me search and
the it department doesn't know how to fix it, which is David who's sitting right here
and like, he doesn't know how to fix it and neither do I. All right, let's see. I am looking
for Matt. I don't know if he's here or not. If this isn't him, that's okay. It is. Hey,
all right. Didn't put the city and state in the description. That's fine. You guys, this
is Matthew. Um, and you are from where we want to know your name and your age and where
you're from originally, where you live now. And some fun, just a fun fact about you. Okay.
So my name is Matthew. Um, I am from Jennison, Michigan, uh, which is a suburb of Grand Rapids.
Um, as far as like the marital status stuff, I was married for 26 years. I've been divorced
for three. Um, I have a 21 year old son. That's amazing. Uh, he's does still live with me,
but he is, uh, gainfully employed. So not a sponging off dad with that. But, um, I guess
my for fun facts or my passions have to do with music. Um, I went to school for music.
It's hard to make a living at music. So I have a day job, uh, where I do purchasing
for a music retail company, but, um, I do, uh, lead worship some I've been on worship
teams since I was 12. And I'm not sure if I said this in the beginning, but I'm 54.
Um, and, uh, I like to write too. I know there was somebody that wrote nine books. I've only
written one, but I did write one and it's for new believers. And, um, I have a passion
for the gospel and, um, the whole discipleship thing, um, and trying to help people out in
that regard. I love that. So your book is for new believers, like a book that helps
people be discipled. Yeah. The title of the book is called, it's more than just a prayer.
Um, I grew up in the evangelical world, um, at least from 14 on. Um, and there's a lot
of stuff in church where I call it the, who wants to go to heaven, raise your hand prayer.
And, um, even though I'm all about, um, evangelical, evangelical community and, and, um, call
to action, um, there's a lot of, uh, lack of followup in the circles I've been in at
least. And, um, I, I took some Bible classes, but the book started before the Bible classes,
but it's, some of it came down to my, my son felt called to ministry a few years back and
he grew up in church and I asked him just to define what Christianity was or what his
faith was. And he, he really couldn't verbalize it. And I almost took that on as a challenge
with myself and thought, well, I'm not going door to door, knocking on doors, evangelizing
either.
Or could I even say what my faith was?
And the result of it ended up being a book.
I love that.
That's so great.
And you're right.
So many people, they have that point of contact
with the gospel, but then they're never really discipled
and it's such a need.
People are wanting to know, do you play an instrument?
If so, what?
Do you sing?
Yeah, so my origin or starting was on piano.
When I was young, my mom taught me how to play piano.
I got involved with drums in a school band program.
My passion has been mainly drums since then.
So from age 12 on, that's what I went to college
for was percussion and drums.
I love to sing.
I love to write music.
So I find myself more sitting at my piano singing and writing
and recording now than playing my drums, though I still do.
Sometimes I actually lead worship from drums.
Oh, that's awesome.
Let's see.
Phil Collins.
Who else?
I'm trying to think.
There's not a lot.
It's actually kind of an inconvenient instrument
to lead from, but it's easier to find piano players
than drummers, so it's kind of a default.
Oh, gosh.
That's so true.
My husband's a music guy.
You guys would get along so well.
I just saw the Eagles in concert.
Don Henley led some songs from the drums.
And even at 80 years old, dude's still rocking it,
and it was really cool.
So your passion is music, ladies.
So his passion is music.
You don't have to be musical.
You're not looking for a musical woman,
but you're probably looking for someone who enjoys music, right?
Yeah, I think for the most part, I definitely
feel a calling on my life that's ministry-related,
and music has definitely been a part of that in my life.
And I have some friends that are very encouraging.
I would never expect somebody to say they like my music
if they don't like it, but you would
hope that your spouse would like what you're doing
and be supportive of it.
But I've gotten into some teaching,
and just like with writing the book and all that,
that's something I see down the road more ministry than even,
I guess, what I've done in the past.
I've done a lot on worship teams,
but I think God has bigger plans for me.
Absolutely, and I think that's a two-person plan.
And so we're excited to hopefully introduce you
to some great candidates for that open spot on the worship
team.
Let's see where Grand Rapids.
You're close to Grand Rapids.
Is that where you're close to?
People are asking that.
Yeah, correct.
And then also, are you open to someone who has children?
I know that you would like to date locally, right?
You would like to meet someone who
is somewhere in your vicinity.
Yeah, I've tried the long-distance thing.
It's very difficult. I don't see moving in the near future.
So I would like to find somebody that's
within at least a two-hour radius at the most.
Can you re-ask the question?
I'm sorry.
Open to someone who's still raising kids?
I know your son's growing up.
Yeah, as far as kids go, I guess it
would depend on if she was the one.
I try to be open-minded.
Even at 54, I've had friends that have started.
I call them grandpa dads.
They've had kids in their 50s.
And if it was the right one, I can't
say that I've seen any visions of that, that I have more kids.
When I was younger, I wanted more kids.
But that's a long story.
So I have one, and one that I love with all my heart.
And he's a great kid.
And I mean, he's an adult.
But so I think if it was, I want to be very open-minded,
as far as if somebody wants to start from scratch
or already has kids.
And so I don't know if I said this or not.
But I have been divorced for three years.
I've been 54.
I was married when I was 24.
And so I'm used to being in a relationship.
But I've learned how to be single.
And there's value in that, learning and growing.
And there's things that I've done in these last three years
that I've probably
I would not have done had I stayed married, so.
Yeah, no, it's great.
And I can tell by what you're saying
that you didn't choose to be unmarried
and it's not something you necessarily wanted.
Obviously, no one says,
when I grow up, I wanna be divorced.
But a lot of us are, including myself.
And so I'm glad that sounds like you have grown
and learned some things through the ending
of that 26 year marriage.
That's a long time.
And that you're gonna make a great partner
for this next go round.
And so we're so happy to have you with us.
If you wanna meet Matthew in Michigan,
you're gonna put Matthew Michigan
in the subject line of your email.
All right, let's try to keep it, ladies,
within a little driving distance there.
So if you're in the Great Lakes area,
if you're anywhere within a decent drive,
then let's see about that first and foremost.
But if you're just like,
man, I just know I'm supposed to meet him.
Yes, I'm long distance.
Email us anyway, we'll see what's up.
All right, Matthew, thank you so much.
Appreciate you being here.
Hope to see more of you.
Okay, and I just have a couple more guys
and then we forgot a lady.
We gotta get her in there.
So we're gonna go ahead and try to fast track
the rest of this tonight, you guys.
I'd love us to be done here in the next 10-ish minutes.
So get your questions ready.
All right, guys, we're gonna keep you to name,
where you're from, where you live now,
and a fun fact, and then we'll let the ladies ask.
This is Brian, part of the Last Year Single community.
He's in Dallas.
Are you in Dallas or Fort Worth?
I'm just north of Dallas, like Frisco area.
Oh, Frisco, awesome.
Frisco area, yep.
Okay, so go ahead, tell us how old you are
and where you're from originally and fun fact.
Yeah, so I'm 36.
I was born in Buffalo, New York, go Bills.
And I was raised in Wisconsin.
That's where I grew up, central Wisconsin area.
And then I've been in Dallas area for 10 years,
came down here, got my undergrad,
and then I did my master's degree.
And then now I own a couple businesses.
I'm an insurance broker.
I own Brian Almond Insurance,
and I've been doing that now for four years.
We've been growing like crazy.
I work super remotely.
I just, anywhere I have a laptop, I work.
So I travel a ton, absolutely a ton.
So I did, I backpacked through Europe a few months ago.
I'm going to South America in a few weeks.
And then Philippines, I think this summer,
somewhere, Philippines probably.
So anywhere I have a laptop, I can work.
And so it's a lot of fun.
And yeah, I do that.
Other fun facts, I do open mic standup.
So I try to be funny when I can't be, you know?
So do open mics, do that.
I'm the fun uncle.
I got five nieces and nephews,
and I'm the uncle that flies in and hangs out,
spoils them, and then leaves.
And it's a good time.
That's probably my favorite title.
And then I've heard a lot today about like Dub
and Kingdom and all that.
So I'm kind of, I'm in that same stream.
I haven't been in the school,
but Damon Thompson's my pastor,
if that makes any sense to anybody.
So, but yeah, no, I'm glad to be here.
This is a lot of fun.
And so, yeah, those are, that's my fun facts.
Can you do an impression?
Someone says they think you can do an impression of us.
So this is probably the most embarrassing impression
I can do.
I don't even know if I want to do it,
but I used to do, do you know Jennifer Coolidge?
Yeah, I love Jennifer Coolidge.
Oh, it makes me want a hot dog real bad.
It's like the 4th of July.
It's the worst impression of all time.
But it's so good.
So, but anyways, yeah, no, I do that.
But yeah, just here in Dallas, I will say this.
I am obviously with my job, I'm open to long distance.
There is, I have some opportunities in Nashville.
So in the fall, there is a 50, 50,
probably more than 50% chance
I'll be relocating to Nashville.
Really?
Yes.
This is new, I didn't know this.
Yeah, this is new.
Yeah, so it's, but again, I'm always on a plane.
I'm always going somewhere,
rather it be a football game or, you know,
a different country, I'm always trying to like,
I live, you get one shot.
You get one shot at life.
Not when you get married, do you want children?
Do you want to put down roots?
You're just going to stick your baby in a travel bag and go.
Yes to both.
I would love to have roots, but I also want to travel.
I would love to have all the kids.
Yeah, I want to be a dad.
That's probably the, like my biggest desire in life
is to be a dad.
So that's where my head's at right now.
And being an uncle is fun, right?
Like, but I think it's like another level of just love
that you can give to a kid that's yours.
Yeah, I love it.
All right, well, I think that Brian
shared a lot of great stuff about himself.
A lot of you are just saying pretty blue eyes
and just swooning over here.
So if you want to meet Brian, you're going to put Brian,
and you're going to put him in the chat.
Dallas in the, in the subject line of that email.
Don't forget ladies, for those of you that are asking, what do we put in the
email, you put the name of the guy, you put the, you put the city that they live
in, and then you put in the body of the email, your information, as much as you
want to share and as much as you can.
Cause that helps us in some pictures of yourself.
Okay.
And not just a little three by three photo of the middle of your face.
All right.
Your whole head, no sunglasses, your whole body.
Give us something to work with.
All right, Brian, Brian's part of the last year, single community.
We're glad to have him here tonight on spotlight.
Uh, thank you for joining us and hopefully we'll be able to make some
intros for you.
Absolutely.
Woo.
All right.
I love that setup, that podcasting setup.
That is awesome.
All right.
We just have a couple more ladies.
We gotta, gotta get, gotta get all the guys.
We had a lot tonight.
I'm going to, I promise to bring you the most amazing men and women every month.
And you promise to help spread the word and get more people in here on single
spotlight and, or send us your single friends information.
If you think that, you know, someone who's not part of this
community, that's a good match.
Please help match make for each other.
Okay.
All right, Scott, another member of last year, single community.
So good to see you, Scott.
Last time I saw a picture of you, you were on your motorcycle.
So we want to know your, you know, where you're from, where you
live and some fun facts about you.
Thank you, Jackie.
Now my screen looks fuzzy.
I don't know why it is, but I apologize.
No, it looks good.
You're good.
Okay, good.
It must be my end.
So, so you're Scott Pirelli.
I'm 55 plus I'm busting Jackie's chops here.
I'm 64 years old, 64 years young.
I'm Casanova, New York, New York.
I live in New York.
I grew up in Westchester, was born in Yonkers, grew up in Westchester
and then moved up North to Syracuse.
I'm in the Syracuse region.
Most of you must know SU, right?
For basketball.
Two small dogs.
One's Louie.
I call him screwy Louie, seven pounds.
They're both rescues.
Louie's a silky terrier, the cutest thing in the world.
Everybody loves Louie.
And then Missy, she's a little dachshund mix.
So I'm divorced seven years.
Dad, but my daughter's 24 in the workforce.
She's out of college.
She's doing her thing, man.
She's, she's, I don't even see her anymore.
So, um, but, uh, so that's, that's, to me, it's a, it's a star in my crown.
I have a kid that grew up and did things that I didn't do.
Um, although I did go to college later on, but anyway, so that, um,
fun fact about me, I'm a motorcycle chaplain.
I usually wear a t-shirt.
I wanted to dress up tonight, wear a shirt.
Motorcycle chaplain.
I love it.
Motorcycle chaplain.
I actually found out I'm the only chaplain in the U S voted in, uh,
Hells Angels voted me in 10 years ago to be their chaplain.
I have, I have 10 clubs in a four hour radius.
So I have 250 to 300 men that I'm the chaplain for.
Um, and over the last 12 years, 10 years, really, but about
12 years I've been doing it.
Um, I do the weddings.
I don't try to do about 10 weddings a year.
I don't charge any money to them because they're my brothers in Christ.
My brothers in the biker community.
I don't take money for that at all.
Of course, but, um, funerals I'll do some, uh, and I do a lot of things, prison
visits, prison, I talked to a guy last night, uh, Paulie he's doing 20 years.
I married him and his wife nine years ago before he went in.
So we talk every month.
Um, so anyway, I do a lot of different ministry.
I also do hospital ministry, home ministry.
The guys call me.
If someone goes down on a motorcycle, they call me right up.
They call me Rev by the way.
They nicknamed me Rev.
Oh, 12, 15 years ago.
Hey Rev, wanted to let you know so-and-so went down.
He's at the hospital.
I'm also a chaplain for the hospitals.
I'm a university hospital chaplain.
So I get to go in COVID.
I went in, not a problem.
Went in, prayed over people, had a blast.
Um, so, you know, my heartbeat is for right now, the motorcycle community.
I have a church.
My pastor was here this week visiting me cause I was in a accident and I busted
my femur and I'm recuperating.
But, um, he said, he said to me, you know, Rev, you got a church.
And the reason why I said it was cause while he was here, one of my clubs
sent over the prospect street soldiers.
They send them over every week to make sure I'm okay with his wife.
They bring me a meal.
Not that I need it, but it's just the outpouring of Christ in
these people without Christ.
It's weird.
It's God's DNA is in them.
Oh yeah.
They just don't have Christ yet.
I love this so much.
So yeah, listen, and I, I got to say, I don't know.
I want to go into that.
I probably won't go into that, but I have a background of 40
years in the motorcycle community.
I rode with Hells Angels for 15 months.
I've done a lot of things in my life that were not good, but over the last
30, 35 years, since I've been saved, my heartbeat has been.
for saving the laws, breaking the chains.
These bikers in this community are so powerful of love.
They want brotherhood, they want love.
They want love.
They want to get away from the brokenness,
the oppression, the poverty.
And so I bring that to them.
And every time I go somewhere nowadays,
I'm saying this to the women,
if anybody would be interested in me
and interested in this ministry.
When I show up, now this weekend,
we have a big Hells Angels event.
It's called the St. Valentine's Day Massacre event.
I go every year.
These guys will line up to see me over the Hells Angels.
That's unusual.
But they, and the Hells Angels expect it, they know it,
because it's disrespectful if I wasn't me.
But these guys line up and literally want to say,
hey Rev, they give a hug.
I hug everybody.
I want to show them the love of Christ
and let them feel the spirit of God.
So anyway, that's, and I just started,
I got it ordained as Axe Biker Church,
actively committed to serve.
So the guys are excited about it.
I haven't done anything with it yet other than the paperwork,
but that's my heartbeat.
I don't know if I'm talking too much.
That's incredible.
Axe, you know, the book of Axe, friends,
the birth of the church, Axe, and it's, what is it?
Actively committed to serve.
You guys, we have a great lineup of men tonight.
So many of them just completely sold out
for the cause of Christ.
How incredible.
So for all of you ladies, they're like,
oh, there's no men out here that love Jesus.
Well, guess what?
That lie got busted tonight.
So if you want to meet Scott, he is in New York.
He's in Casanova, New York.
Casanova.
Yes, if you want to meet him,
then you're going to write into us.
You're going to put Scott in NY in the subject line.
We would love to introduce Scott to someone who can go
where he's going and do what he's doing.
Sounds like a fun life.
All right.
Thank you so much, Scott.
We appreciate you.
Thank you.
Thank you, Jackie.
And thank you.
God bless you all.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
All right.
So fun.
All right.
I think that we have maybe one more spotlight for the guys.
If you're a guy that I asked to come here tonight
to be spotlighted, like I asked you to come
to be spotlighted, raise your hand.
Okay.
Because I need to make sure that I spotlight you,
but I definitely.
Who said that?
Jackie is Josiah.
Oh, Josiah.
Thank you.
I have you on my list.
I promise.
But I just have a little bit of ADHD.
Not too bad.
We're working on it.
All right.
So let me get you spotlighted.
Josiah is a private client.
He's from East Tennessee
and we're going to find out all about him in just a second.
Soon after.
Second.
As soon as it lets me highlight him.
There he is.
All right.
It's from the Knoxville area.
Hi, Josiah.
Hey, Jackie.
Thanks for having me on.
Yeah, it's great to meet you.
So Josiah Gloffenheim from Knoxville, Tennessee,
home of the University of Tennessee.
I come from a large family.
I'm number two in the order of five.
I'm a baseball guy.
I went to college at Winthrop University
in Rock Hill, South Carolina.
And Jackie, I actually, my freshman year,
we came over to Austin, Texas on a spring break
and we played at University of Texas
and we lost in an extra inning game
with a walk-off home run in 10 innings.
Oh no.
But that was like my earliest memory of Austin, Texas.
It was great.
Just as a freshman college.
Getting weirder by the day.
Yeah.
I went on, I did my MBA,
Masters of Business at the University of Tennessee
in Knoxville and stayed in town.
I'm in the commercial real estate business.
So we do a lot of retail real estate.
We build and develop shopping centers.
We work with a lot of different companies
on their growth and expansion in the state of Tennessee.
So interesting fact, Whataburger,
a strong Texas brand out of San Antonio
is now expanding in the state of Tennessee.
And we have the opportunity to help them grow 90 locations
and their area development agreement in East Tennessee.
Oh, wow.
So we're actively helping Whataburger
and their growth footprint at Tennessee.
A lot of people like Whataburger.
My father-in-law loves Whataburger.
I am an In-N-Out fan myself, but it's-
They're coming.
Hey, they've just started some deals in Nashville.
They're coming towards Knoxville.
So it's just a matter of time.
Yeah, I love that.
So ladies want to know, have you ever been married?
Do you have any kids?
No, I've never been married, don't have kids.
I'd love to have kids.
Another interesting fact,
I don't know if there are any Morgan Wallen fans
in the audience tonight.
I'm a fan.
So I coached Morgan Wallen, he was a big baseball guy.
And as a high schooler, he was excellent.
He's from Knoxville, went to the same high school
that I went to at Gibbs.
And I coached him when he was 17 years old.
Wow.
And he was our shortstop.
He was blessed with a wonderful arm
and was one of our best relief pitchers.
Crazy.
But I did not even know that Morgan was involved
with music or even could play the guitar or sing.
And then like 10 years later or five years later,
I see Morgan all over the radio and I'm like, Morgan?
No way, Morgan.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, they change them when they put them
on the stage, but that's him, all right.
Well, that's so fun.
Yeah, he's got that bad boy,
he's got the little bad boy thing going on.
And-
Yeah, he does.
He was a country boy, but he certainly had the it factor
even as a 17 year old.
Yeah, oh, that's fun, the it factor.
That's a real thing.
People wanna know how old you are.
You guys, he coached Morgan Wallen.
How old are you?
Yeah, so I'm 42.
I just turned 42 two days after Christmas.
Nora's saying your face lights up
when you talk about baseball.
So what's your favorite baseball tradition or snap?
So the last probably five or 10 years during October,
I don't watch a lot of big league baseball
during the regular season,
but during the post season in October,
I've got a business relationship
that they have this wonderful pavilion,
outdoor pavilion on the lake.
And we'll host like four or five events
like these MLB watch parties.
And it's awesome just to gather people.
We'll have 30, 40 people.
We'll provide dinner.
There are two TVs on either end of this pavilion
with fireplaces.
And it's just kind of like crisp October days
in East Tennessee.
Chilly baseball fires.
It's been a ton of fun.
That's good.
That's a very Americana like that right there.
I love that.
People are saying you have a baby face.
You're like, I thought you were in your 20s.
Okay, this is Josiah's first spotlight with us.
I keep threatening to have him and I finally got him here.
And so Josiah is interested in meeting someone
who is interested in kind of a traditional life,
out there in Tennessee.
He is a very financially secure man doing great things
and wants to meet a woman who wants to raise a family,
wants to partner together, raise a family.
I know a lot of you ladies, that has been your dream
all of your life to be a wife, to be a mom,
to be able to grow community with your husband
and work together to raise up some world changing kids.
And so, yeah.
Yeah, your accent kind of sounds,
it sounds a little bit like someone famous
that I can't think of, like say on the top of my brain,
like the tip of my tongue, but I can't think of it.
But yeah, we love that accent.
It's so different.
It's got a little Tennessee, maybe not Texas,
but it's got a little, I guess, Tennessee.
It does.
But you know, my family comes from like Murfreesboro
and Nashville and stuff.
And your accent is different than theirs.
So it's interesting how all the different accents
in Tennessee, their accent is a lot more like,
I don't know, like a rolling kind of sound.
So yes, they love the accent.
The ladies love the accent.
So ladies, if you want to meet Josiah,
do you have any questions for Josiah before?
I know that, I know we had a lot of spotlights tonight.
Any questions, you're gonna want to email into us,
Josiah, Tennessee.
We want to, you know, if you think that you're gonna be
a good introduction for Josiah,
they want you just to say the word, darling.
Hey, darling.
There you go.
Women are weird, okay?
This is what we do.
Okay.
Yeah, there's some great chatter on here tonight, for sure.
Yeah, it's great, great.
Okay, I'm scrolling through trying to find out.
Yeah, just like Jackie said too, you know,
I grew up in a conservative home.
I'm very well-established here in Tennessee.
Part of my business is very relationship oriented business.
So, I mean, I would relocate,
but I think that's a very small probability
just because where God has me and some of my roots.
And, you know, I would love a traditional family,
even a stay-at-home mom or somebody that could use her gifts
kind of around, centered around raising a family.
Yeah, no, absolutely.
And you're close to your family.
Is your family all there still?
I've got four of the five siblings still in East Tennessee,
one down in Fort Walton, Florida,
that recently just moved to Danbury, Connecticut.
So, that's a big change for us Southern folks.
Yeah, that is a big change, for sure.
Yeah.
All right, well, a lot of ladies are just saying that,
you know, that you look.
Great.
And you're amazing.
And so I know that we'll have some ladies writing in.
And remember, you guys, if you have a friend that you're like,
wow, she really needs to meet Josiah,
or she really needs to meet Matthew, or Greg, or Brian,
or Andrew, or any of the men that we spotlighted tonight,
and vice versa, if you've seen a woman that got spotlighted
that you think needs to meet a guy that you know,
please write in to us.
Because community-based matchmaking is what we do here.
Thank you so much, Josiah, for joining us.
I appreciate you.
And we'll see you soon.
Going to see him soon.
And I think that I think I might have one more, even.
You guys, I invited.
I didn't expect everyone to say yes.
Usually, I over-invite, because it's like, you know,
who's going to come?
Who can come?
And then, for whatever reason, everybody is here, OK?
And so let me get to, I saw him.
I talked him into coming tonight.
I'm looking for him.
There he is.
All right.
I want you guys to meet my friend, Kareem.
Hey, Kareem.
Hey.
Hey, Jackie.
Hi.
How's it going?
Yeah, we were just together in Vegas.
Kareem is involved in a lot of different things
that I'm involved with, with business and kingdom business.
And he is amazing.
And we love Kareem.
And so Kareem, you're just going to tell us how old you are,
where you're from, where you live now,
and something, you know, fun fact about yourself.
Yeah, so I'm 28 years old.
I am originally from Belize, born and raised in Belize,
Central America, missionary kid.
And I now live in Dallas, Texas, in the uptown area,
kind of like around Highland Park.
And fun fact, I just recently got a Husky, so.
Is he there?
Yeah, he's right here.
He's right there.
Oh, sweetheart.
He's so sweet.
What's his name?
His name is Kevin.
The original, that was the original name when I got him.
So I kind of stuck with it.
Oh, wow, I love that.
His name is Kevin, you guys.
Name is Kevin.
I love it.
Kevin the Husky, that's right.
You know, Kareem is on the younger side of the kind
of guys that we spotlight.
But there's been some ladies in their middle to late 20s
here tonight.
And you know, even the ladies that
are the ripe old age of 30 want you to meet Kareem.
Kareem, you're pretty gifted.
You're really good at tech.
You're really good at business stuff.
How'd you get into that?
Yeah, I mean, it started in 2020 when COVID hit.
I wanted to find something online.
I found Pedro, Pedro Deo.
And I joined his course and started
to self-teach myself all the things, automations, email,
like all the back end stuff for events and challenges
and stuff like that.
So it's kind of that's where it started.
And then I just went into helping clients.
Eventually, I guess Pedro caught his eye on me
and eventually hired me.
So I'm now working for him full time.
And I'm actually working for him as a contractor.
So I'm actually self-employed.
And I have other clients that I'm working with as well.
Yeah, including Jackie.
So yeah, so that's kind of where it's at.
Yeah, I know it is.
And he's awesome.
And ladies, he's tall.
I just happen to know that.
I'm just going to throw that in there.
He's taller than me.
I'm 5'10".
You guys know I'm a tall one.
I'm a sturdy girl.
Has a dog, has a Husky, is ready to get into the dating role,
dip his foot in the dating pool, just meet some people.
We have a lot of ladies that are up in Dallas.
So if you're a lady that wants to meet Kareem,
if you are someone who knows someone in that area,
let's keep it as local as possible.
You guys, for all of these, yes, long distance is great.
And we'll do it.
Most of us will do it.
We want to try to keep it as local as possible so they
can get to know each other.
I'm looking at the chat right now.
We want to do that if we can.
So if you know someone local in Dallas, in Frisco, in Austin,
anywhere in Texas that's within just a few hour drive,
we would love, first and foremost,
to hear about those people.
But once again, if you feel a burning desire to meet Kareem,
even though you're long distance,
we will entertain that.
So make sure that you message us.
I'm looking for any questions.
They're like, a bit young for me.
Yes, yes, yes, for sure.
People are saying, you need to meet so-and-so.
OK, I will definitely.
I know who you're talking about.
So I'm going to make a checkmark in my mind for that.
You're a missionary kid.
You grew up in Belize.
How old were you when you moved to the States?
And do you have a heart for missions at all?
OK, so I was 20, 23, I think.
It was about four years ago.
So it's 24.
Yeah, 24.
What am I thinking?
So yeah, I moved here.
I'm actually the only, I'm the youngest of four siblings,
and I'm the only one actually,
I don't actually have any family in Texas.
They're either in Pennsylvania, Guatemala, or Belize.
And do I have a heart for the missions?
I would say I have a heart to serve
Christian or kingdom businesses
that are trying to reach the areas that they're serving in.
So that's kind of my area, my field of favor, so to speak.
So in a sense, that is, I guess,
I don't know if it's the mission specifically,
but I have a heart for the broken,
the people that other people are trying to reach.
So I love supporting those people.
I love that.
So yeah.
Like helping people reach the people
that they're trying to reach.
It's so good.
Yes.
Do you speak another language?
I can talk Creole, Jamaican kind of accent.
I could do that.
I know a little bit of Spanish,
but yeah, that's kind of where I'm at.
Not me trying to figure out when people speak in Belize,
because I don't know.
It's Creole.
If you heard a Jamaican talk,
it's kind of like in the similar range.
Okay.
I love it.
I love a Creole accent, says Nina.
All right.
I love it.
Okay, you guys.
Yes.
Kingdom-minded men, all of them.
So if you want to meet Kareem, all right,
we want you to email us.
It's in Dallas.
So you're going to put Kareem,
then you're going to put Dallas in that subject line.
Don't forget to give us the information about yourself
because it's K-A-R-E-E-M,
in case you didn't know how to spell that.
And we would love to introduce you to Kareem Kareem.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for inviting me.
I talked you into it, but I appreciate it.
You guys, there's so many great and amazing men out there.
You know, they,
they're sometimes reluctant to go into dating apps
or things like this, spotlights, because, you know,
I think a lot of times, you know, guys just think, oh,
you know, I'll just meet her somewhere.
It'll be organic.
But you know,
we're living in a time when things are not that organic
anymore, right?
Community-based matchmaking is dying.
And that's why we want to bring it back
through groups like this.
And that cannot happen without you.
Don't just put it on Jackie.
It has to happen because you're helping it happen as well.
And so please email us about any of the spotlights.
We did have a lady that got left out.
She's going to be next time.
She volunteered as tribute to go next time.
And so thank you guys so much for being here.
Hopefully you've been looking at the other people
in the windows and getting down their names
and writing them down.
If you saw someone here tonight that wasn't spotlighted,
but you want to get to know them,
put their name and their city in the subject line
of an email and send us information on yourself.
And we'll see if we can make an intro for you.
All right.
Until next time we have love seats next week.
I'll see you soon.
Bye everyone.