Hey, everyone. Good evening. Good evening. I'm just going to kick us off tonight and
then Jackie's going to be joining us here in just a few moments. We're super excited
to have you joining us tonight. I'm Bethany Cooper. If you all don't know me, I'm one
of the team members in the community, and we're excited to feature several of our single
ladies in the community as well as several of our men. I want to also make sure that
you know this week, this weekend, we have Prophetic Ministry Night coming up on Sunday
evening at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. We'd love to have you all join us for that time of ministry.
We come together as a community, and we have our prayer team and prophetic ministers that
really lean into what is God saying to us for this community in this season. And so
we come and minister and really encourage our community on those evenings. And again,
that's this Sunday at 8 p.m. We hope that you will join us there. And then also, just
want to give you a heads up that we'll be doing Love Story on Thursday, the week after
that, that first week in April. We'll be putting the calendars out tomorrow, so you all will
see them. But they're already in your events calendar, just so you all know. But the actual
screenshot will be coming out tomorrow, so you can make your plans for April. And we're
so glad that all of you are here. So I'm super excited tonight to show a couple of
our ladies. I'm going to go ahead and kick off our ladies' section. And I'm not super
familiar with a couple of them. They've been in the community for a while, but some of
them came in, I believe, even before I was here. And so I need to find Natalie Benson.
Natalie, I'm going to come to you first if you're here. Let me just look in here. Sorry,
y'all. I have to find them. And then, okay. Is Natalie here? I don't know why I'm not
finding you. Let me just pin you now that you put your finger, your hand up. That helped
me so much. All right. So ladies, just as a reminder, before Natalie starts going, we're
going to keep them short, brief, and powerful. The ladies have two minutes to share. You
want to share your name, your age, where you're from, and then some kind of fun fact about
yourself. Something that you think anybody in the community, the ladies and the guys,
to help get to know you. And it's going to be a lot of fun. So Natalie, we would love
to hear from you. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Yeah. My name is Natalie Benson. I live in Austin, Texas. I am 50 years old and been
single five and a half years. Something, what was the last one?
Something interesting about yourself or even just like a fun fact, maybe you've gone and
done something or traveled somewhere and you just think that people would enjoy getting
to know that about you. Okay. Yeah. So I've been to England nine
times on missions trips. I work with several different organizations over there to help
bring young people back into the churches in England. And so I absolutely love that.
I'm passionate about it. And I also like the ocean and swimming in lakes.
So what was your favorite thing in England? Was it a food or was there a place there that
was your favorite? Honestly, it doesn't matter where I was.
It was the people. Whether I was in Wales or I did go up to Scotland as well. Just the
people and the experiences that they have been through is just absolutely incredible.
They're all such overcomers and the history between Scotland and Ireland and England and
the contention that went on there and the wars that went on there. And people still
carry some of that. And so to be able to bring freedom and encouragement to them, and also
to bridge the gap between the older generations that are in the churches there and the younger
generation who pretty much are not in the majority of the churches in England is really
amazing. That's so awesome, Natalie. And I can tell that you really love people and
love serving them. One last thing. What's something you love to do for fun? And then
we're going to just so Michelle Stahl can be ready. Michelle, if you can raise your
hand so I can spotlight you next, that would be amazing. So what's something fun that you
enjoy doing, Natalie? I really love here in Texas walking the trails and
like along the river, going in the river and tubing, driving down to the ocean in Houston
or even down further to South Padre Island. Those are things that I really enjoy doing.
That's so awesome. Natalie, thank you so much for sharing with us. It's been so good to get
to know you a little bit better tonight. All right. Do we have Michelle Stahl? Michelle, are you...
Here, if you are, can you raise your hand for us,
your digital hand?
And then also, Carol Lim, if you can go ahead and put yours
up, Abby Zoe, Swarma, I'm sorry, Swarna,
put yours up for me as well.
OK, awesome.
Michelle, we would love to hear from you.
Tell us your name, your age, where you're from,
something fun about yourself.
And then if that's a more serious thing,
what's something you do for fun?
OK, I'm Michelle Stahl.
I live in Atlanta, Georgia, or just north of Atlanta.
I'm 46.
And let's see, something fun, I do a lot of things for fun.
I spend a lot of time with friends.
I do like to ride bikes.
I like to travel.
And I guess spiritually, I have a heart for the nations.
I got to go to lunch with some South African friends today.
And on Friday, I'm throwing a dinner party
for some Iranian friends to kind of raise
awareness for their ministry.
So it should be a nice, good, fun time.
So I love doing that.
That's so good.
So what's one of the most adventurous things
you've ever done?
Gosh.
I went, I traveled to Honduras by myself.
That was the first time I've ever traveled by myself.
And I decided to do like other people have
shared to stay in a hostel.
So I paid $7 a night, stayed in a hostel,
and got to swim with the dolphins and go snorkeling.
I met people on the flight on the way down
that kind of embraced me and took me in.
So that was a lot of fun.
It was way out of my comfort zone at the time, so.
It sounds amazing.
Now, I don't know what it's like to live in a hostel,
but it sounds very adventurous.
And swimming with the dolphins and all of that
sounds amazing as well.
Thank you so much for sharing with us a little bit tonight.
We're so glad that you're here.
And you look amazing.
All of you are looking amazing tonight.
Swerna would love to have you share
a little bit about yourself for all of us tonight as well.
Just remember to unmute yourself.
Hello.
There you go.
Hi.
Hi, I'm Swerna.
And I live in New Jersey.
And I'm 56 years old.
And yeah, a fun fact about me is that I've
learned about five to six languages in my lifetime
because of where I've lived.
And I currently speak three languages.
And I could understand Spanish.
So languages are just a lot of fun for me.
That's so great.
So where somewhere, like, are you a big traveler?
Are you, you prefer to stay kind of closer to where you are?
What's something adventurous?
Or tell us a little bit more about yourself.
Yeah, for sure.
I love to travel.
I've lived, I lived in Europe when I was younger.
I'm originally from India.
So I lived in India.
Then we moved here.
Then we moved to Europe.
So traveling has been a big part of my life.
I've traveled to Africa.
I've been through India, through Europe, Central America,
all over the US.
I've been really blessed.
I've traveled quite a bit.
Yeah.
So good.
So did you share your age already for us?
Yes, I'm 56.
She's 56.
Look at her amazing 56.
I would have never guessed that in a million years.
Praise God.
Yeah, you look great.
So what is your favorite food?
Maybe somewhere, your favorite type of restaurant
or somewhere you love to go.
Yes, I actually love all kinds of ethnic foods.
But I love Mediterranean food, Indian food, Thai food.
Yeah, those are some of my favorites.
So very diverse.
I love it.
Yes, absolutely.
The more diverse, the better.
Awesome.
That's so awesome.
Hey, guys.
Hey, everybody.
Hi.
How are you?
I'm good.
How are you?
I'm good.
Hi, everybody.
Hi.
Now, I just saw Swarna in person.
And I can attest that that's not a filter.
She looks amazing.
She's at the Jersey Conference.
Raise your hand if you were at the Jersey Conference
or you watched it online.
I'm just now getting back, you guys, in town.
So that's why I have a hat on.
I haven't washed my hair in like three days.
And so God is good.
We made it back.
We are exhausted but full of all kinds
of supernatural stuff.
OK.
Let me see your hands.
Just a handful of you.
OK.
All right.
Awesome.
OK.
What other ladies do we have to spotlight tonight, Bethany?
Abby has her hand up.
So Abby still needs to go.
And then.
And I'm Carol limb. I don't know. I asked her if she could put her hand up, but I'm not sure if maybe she's not here yet. Oh, there she is. So Abby and Carol Carol, put your hand back up for us. Okay, there you go.
All right, I got it.
Awesome. Right.
Thank you so much, Bethany appreciate it. Bethany was covering for me until I got here and I am home. Now I just got home.
Just like 10 minutes ago. All right, so let's go ahead and spotlight. Abby, who has her hand up, you guys make sure that you have your cameras on Carol and Abby.
Hi, Abby.
Hello, Jackie. Hello, everyone.
So what we want to know is just a few details about you few bio details and then something fun about you a little fun fact.
Okay, sure. Um, so I'm 41 years old, and I'm never married. And I'm living in Columbus, Ohio now. And I'm doing campus ministry for international students. And also, I'm a counselor.
So some fun facts about me. I'm a very creative person. So I like to sing. I like to cook. Like if you give me materials, like if I go to your home, open your refrigerator, I probably can't make any food out of that, like the material.
Yeah.
And
You can just make something just get in there and make something. That's awesome. What's your go to favorite thing to make, like just for yourself.
Food for yourself. What's your go to
Always Chinese food, because I'm Chinese.
What kind of Chinese food to me.
I don't know what that means.
Yeah, it's more like sweet and sour ones, not the spicy one because I grew up eating those food. Yeah, like sweet and sour ribs.
My go to is chips with melted cheese in the microwave with sour cream and salsa.
Don't judge me, y'all. All right, so she can cook you guys. She can get in your fridge and make anything. What is how many countries have you been to
Oh, I've been to seven countries.
Seven. Awesome. Yeah. And what's your favorite thing about working with international students. Do you work on Ohio State campus with international students.
Yeah, I do. I work with them for this is my 11th year.
Yeah, it's been a while.
Are you working with Phil
Yeah.
Oh my gosh.
Phil introduced me to this program.
Oh my gosh, that's awesome. Yeah, Phil's a good friend of mine. That's great. I love that.
Great co-worker.
So for those of you that don't know Phil, Phil has run an international ministry on Ohio State campus for many, many years. They actually realized because Ohio State campus, Ohio State University, so many foreign students have come to Ohio State.
Foreign students come in and then they would just feel lost. It'd be their first time in America, their first time away from home.
Okay, so now they're, you know, they're in a country where they don't really speak the language that well, a lot of times, and they don't have any friends. They don't know anyone.
And so my good friend, Phil started ministry many years ago, him and his beautiful wife of helping them feel at home, like bringing them into their home for dinners and having meetups and parties for the international students.
And that is what Abby is involved with. And that is so amazing because that is a life. Not only is that a game changer for those international students to feel at home in America, but a lot of them meet Jesus because of that ministry.
Yeah, I really love that because, you know, meeting nations just here and then share the gospel with them, disciple them, send them back. And I got to, I like to visit them in their country too.
Oh, that's incredible.
And see how much impact they're making back home. It's really great. I actually just visit some of them in January.
I love that. So you're probably open to an international match. You don't probably really care what nationality God brings your spirit mate in the package of, do you?
Yeah, I'm open.
Yes. Awesome. All right. Well, you're beautiful inside and out. Thank you for joining us, Abby. We love what you're doing. And I know that there's people out there that want to know more about all these people that are being spotlighted, the ladies, and then the guys are coming next.
We want you to email us. We're going to keep reminding you of this at admin at JackieDorman.com. But only if you really truly think that you have
synergy with that spotlight, like it's a true possibility of a match. Okay. It's important. Sometimes we get people emailing that are 20 years older, you know, that don't live, you know, that the person says they're really interested in a local match. And, you know, you live long distance, but you're just like, you know, wanting to throw your hat in the ring anyway.
Guys, let's not do that because there's plenty of spotlights. We're going to be doing spotlights every month. And I'm going to start doing spotlights on my Instagram.
as well. And we started doing interviews with singles on my Instagram. And of course,
everyone in last year single will have first dibs at introductions, even if it's on social media.
Okay. It doesn't matter where it happens. If you are in my program, you will be on Jackie's list,
so to speak. And you will have first dibs on intros for people who you have compatibility
with. But so you don't have to put your hat in the ring if it's really not an ideal situation.
But if you also feel your heart burning within you, that you really just need to meet that
person, even though you don't really fit what they said they're looking for, but you really
feel your heart burning. That's the criteria. Then yeah, you can go ahead and send us an email too,
because God sometimes does crazy stuff. In fact, God a lot of times does crazy stuff because God's
a little crazy. All right. So thank you so much, Abby. We appreciate you. All right. Next and final
lady tonight, another lady that I have met in person many times, and actually I was going to
wear my hat tonight, Carol. I was going to wear my hat tonight, but I already had this hat on.
Carol works for NBC, 30 Rock. She works for NBC and she got me an SNL 50 hat. She brought it to
the conference because SNL turned 50. It was born in 1975. Saturday Night Live is what I'm talking
about. And I was born in 1975. So she got me an SNL because we both turned 50, me and Saturday
Night Live. So Carol, I'm going to wear my hat. I'm going to rock it. Thank you so much.
I should have worn mine tonight.
You should. We could have been twinning.
I know. It would have been great. All right. So tell the folks a little bit about yourself and
then something fun.
So my name is Carol. I'm from New York. I'm 56. A fun fact is I tried out for the U.S. Open
ball girl, but I didn't make it. It's not really fun. But so now I thought, well, I was competing
with much younger people. So, yeah, but it was, you know, it was interesting. So I wind up instead
of not being a ball girl, I wind up going playing tennis. I play pickleball. Sometimes I go on
vacations. Like my theme is tennis. I went to the French Open with my friends and we went to the
Open, the tournament. I've been to three of the four Grand Slams. So Australia, France and U.S.
So wow. I'm missing the one in London, the Wimbledon. Yeah, I haven't gone to that one yet,
but that's my bucket list.
All right. So who wants to go to Wimbledon with Carol? Because that is the next stop for this.
I know that because you work in the 30 Rock building and you work for NBC,
everyone wants to know, like, what's who's the most famous person you've ever met?
Absolutely. I see a lot of news people. It's hard to meet like the celebrities from SNL,
but I did see, was it Kenny G, the saxophone player? Getting in the elevator and, you know,
he has that curly hair. Yeah, he does. But I see a lot of news people because I guess they work
during the day. And when I, you know, sometimes you'll see some in the cafeteria because we share
the same cafeteria. Yeah, yeah. Have you ever seen Jimmy Fallon? Not yet. I'm hoping.
Run right into him. Run right into him. Yeah. Okay. All right. So tell us how old you are.
And obviously you live in New York city. What borough do you live in?
Well, I live in Staten Island, but I'm in the area all the time because I work in Midtown.
Right. You work in Midtown and how old are you? 56.
And have you ever been married? No. All right. And what are some besides tennis?
What else do you love? I love to travel too as well. I love to travel to like the famous
Rocky mountains. I like anything mountains, anything rocks. I've been to the Rocky mountains,
the Blue Ridge mountain. I think what was the other mountain? I can't think of the mountain.
Appalachian mountains? Not yet. That's my next one. But I love just the nature, right? And what
God created. Yeah. Just amazing. Yeah. So that's what I like to do. Just travel anywhere. Like,
all those landmarks. That's what I want to hit. I want to basically hit all of the USA right now.
All of the USA. How many States do you have left? I've been to a lot of States. I think I've been
to like 40 States at least. Yeah. Think about 40. So maybe I have like 10 left. So yeah. Yeah.
Like you same similar. I have some rando States that I don't know that I'm ever going to get to,
though. Like, you know, I mean, I'm not sure if I'm going to get to the Dakotas. I haven't been
to either Dakota. So yeah, I haven't been to Idaho. I'm not sure I have a lot to do there.
You know, I haven't been to any, you know, where I really want to go.
I, we should do a last trip single to the Northeast, like Vermont and up. So I'd love
to go to, I've never been to Massachusetts. I've never been to Maine. I'd love to go to Maine.
Maine is beautiful. I don't know how I've not been there. Like do a lighthouse tour or something.
I think that would be amazing. I mean, of course we'd go in the summer. Cause I don't like cold.
I haven't been to Alaska also the summer, summertime front.
in the cold States, but yeah, no, I'm with you.
All right.
So she wants to see all of the U S and that would be super
fun and awesome.
All right.
So Carol, thank you for joining us.
And I think that's it for all of our ladies, ladies.
Thank you so much for coming and being brave.
I know that it's a little bit hairy to get put on the spot,
right?
It is, but you know what?
It's the love seat, not the hot seat.
And so now we have a bunch of guys that we want to spotlight
for you guys tonight.
We're going to try to be off by the hour.
Okay.
I know sometimes single spotlights runs over.
So get your questions ready for these guys.
Cause we're going to turn them and burn them tonight
for two reasons.
Number one, last time single spotlights went two hours.
And also I've been traveling all day.
So those are the two reasons.
And those are fun reasons.
I got to tell you guys something.
I, God is on the move.
This singles conference that we're at New York city,
New Jersey, that area, God is doing incredible things.
God has been speaking.
And I just really, I have a word for you guys.
So I was, I was seeing one of our success stories
that after I was done with the conference,
I got together with one of our success stories
from the New York city conferences for dinner.
So she came out, had dinner with us.
Her name is Megan and she's getting married in June.
And when we were having dinner,
somehow the conversation turned to jury duty.
Raise your hand if you've ever been called for jury duty.
Let's see those.
Let's see the avatar hands, avatar hands up, up, up, up.
Okay.
Quite a few of you.
All right.
So anyway, she was talking about,
I don't know how the subject came up.
My daughter and her husband were with us.
And somehow the three of them started talking
about jury duty.
And Megan started talking about some case
that she was on for jury duty.
And she's been called more than once.
And when she said that she'd been called more than once,
I said, I've never been called for jury duty.
I said, I've never been chosen for jury duty.
I've never been picked the lottery, whatever.
Not that I want to be, I wasn't saying,
oh, I want to be picked for jury duty.
But I was just saying out loud, oh, that's interesting.
You have had this happen to you more than once
and I've never had it happen at all, right?
You guys, I just got home.
That was two days ago.
What's in my mailbox, but a call to jury duty.
No, listen, it's really important
that you guys listen up to this
because I felt like the Lord said in my spirit
that people that have never been picked
are about to get picked.
Now we can all laugh at me actually making it onto a jury
because we know that once they question me,
there's no way they're going to choose me
and that's fine with me.
All right, because I'm going to tell the whole truth
and nothing but the truth.
So help me God.
And they're going to be like, oh, no, this one out.
So the bottom line is, is that I know this is not an accident.
Literally two days ago, I was saying I've never been picked.
And then two days later, here we are.
Woo-hoo, Hunger Games.
I'm not volunteering as tribute for this,
but I just want to let you guys know
that that is something that's shifting in the spirit.
So if you feel left out, if you feel left behind,
if you feel like you've never been chosen,
never been picked, okay?
If you feel like you're invisible,
if you feel like you don't exist,
your address is unlisted.
Remember back in the olden days?
Raise your hand if you remember when phone numbers
and addresses were in a big book called the phone book
and you could actually pay money to have yours unlisted
so that rando people couldn't just show up at your house
or find your phone number.
Okay, so we're all that many years old, aren't we?
Okay, so if you have felt like your address
or your phone number was unlisted, well, guess what?
You've just become published.
And so we released that in the spirit realm.
The fruition of that word, that is not a coincidence.
That is supernatural.
And God is talking to us and he is telling us,
hey, I know where you live.
I know who you are.
I know where you are.
I know what you need.
And I know how to get it to you.
I know how to get it to you in Jesus name.
All right, so we're gonna start spotlighting our guys.
If you don't recognize some of these guys from community,
it's because they're private clients.
I always tell you all, don't worry about the men.
I know where they live, literally, okay?
And so we are going to start tonight
just in my list and go down.
I know that one of these gentlemen
needs to get out of here quick
because he's got something else going on tonight.
And so we're gonna see if we can get him up first.
All right.
So get your questions ready, ladies.
All right, George, we need you, not your picture.
Hi.
All right, let me figure this out
because I'm not always tech-savvy here, so maybe-
Just trying to get there.
Oh, well, now you're a picture in a picture.
It's okay, it's good.
All right, so George, same thing as the ladies,
just a quick bio.
How are you?
Where do you live?
Have you ever been married?
Do you have any kids?
And a fun fact,
and then we'll let the ladies ask a couple questions.
Okay, things are going good.
I just got through some transitions recently,
but God's been faithful
and has put me in a good place now.
And I'm 50 years old
and just moved back to the Portland, Oregon area.
And I am a special education teacher.
Right now, currently we're working
in the Salem-Kaiser School District.
And I don't know what else you want me to expand on, Jackie,
but that's it.
What region do you live in?
Can you repeat that?
I'm in Portland, Oregon.
Okay, and how old are you?
50.
And how old are your kids?
16 and 14.
They live with,
but we have a good parenting plan for our distance.
We get along well.
Okay, so George lives in Portland, y'all.
He's 50 years young.
He works in education, all right?
And so what questions do you guys have for George?
George is part of last year's single.
I'm sure you guys have seen him around
at prayer calls and different things.
Someone's saying,
hey, I used to teach and live in Portland as well.
Portland's a cool city.
Guys, the city that David and I come from
is Columbus, Ohio.
And Columbus and Portland and Austin
are often called sister cities
because they have so many of the same elements.
They have colleges.
They have green belts.
They have really progressive, creative communities in them.
Willing to relocate, Rachel.
Well, he has children that are minors,
so he cannot relocate.
So his kids are 14 and 16, if you guys missed that.
And he has a shared planning plan,
so we're gonna keep him near his kids
because that's really important.
All right, someone wants to know
what was your favorite place to travel to?
I went on my first cruise this last summer to Alaska
for my 50th, Jackie.
Wow.
Turned 50 as well,
and so it's now that I have the taste of the travel bug,
I wanna go back to Alaska,
but I've been up to Canada.
I haven't really traveled internationally,
but I'd like to.
And with mostly having the summers off,
I'm able to do that.
I just haven't done it.
Okay, yeah, it sounds like you like the beautiful place.
Canada's beautiful, Alaska's beautiful.
Both places, in my opinion, are cold,
but also beautiful, which is good.
And so someone wants to know
what age do you teach right now?
High school, high school special education.
Special education, high school.
And someone else wants to know,
are you open to long distance
until there would be a connection?
I am, yes.
Okay, and then also, what do you do for fun?
I like to hike.
Here in the Pacific Northwest,
we are known for our hiking,
and so I like to get out,
I like to be on the river,
I like to be on the ocean.
And so those, you know,
in terms of just being physical and activities,
hiking has become really a hobby of mine,
and I like to fish.
Okay, what kind of fish?
Do you like fly fishing?
Yeah, I, no.
I tried fly fishing once,
and I never got, I never took to it.
Do you like a woman who likes fly fishing?
Yeah.
It's not a trick question.
Okay, have you ever been to Olympia National Park?
You know, it's, being from the Northwest,
you'd think I'd have gone up there,
and I have not,
but it's just a couple hours up the road from me.
But I know all about it,
I just haven't been there.
Okay, and last question,
are you open to someone who has children as well
that lives locally to you?
Absolutely.
Okay, awesome.
Well, George, thank you so much for joining us.
We appreciate you being spotlighted.
If you guys wanna know more about George,
you think that you have synergy,
that you would be compatible to George
or a possible connection,
introduction, then email us,
and just put George in the subject line of your email.
Now, ladies and gentlemen,
if you email in about a spotlight,
if you do not put the,
if you do not, first of all,
put the person's name in the subject line, all right?
Spotlight in their name.
Also, make sure that you send us your bio
and pictures in that email.
Any emails that come in to request information
about a spotlight that do not contain emails and bios,
we are just gonna put in the trash, okay?
And the reason why is because we do not have the manpower
to go and search you out and find you.
We need you to give us that information ahead of time.
All right?
So if you don't,
and you won't get a response necessarily,
let me remind you of that as well.
If you send in wanting information about a spotlight
and you'll get an initial response saying,
hey, we received-
your information and we'll let you know if there's a possible introduction.
We'll let you know if we can take this the next step to an introduction.
If we do not get back to you, don't keep emailing us about it.
All right.
We're trying to make an introduction.
If we can make one, we will make one.
All right.
Promise you, promise you.
We want to do that for you.
That's why we do this.
All right.
So if it's possible to do it, then we will do it.
All right.
Next up in the guys, Peter, Peter Hahn.
Welcome.
Hi, Peter.
Hi, sorry.
Let me try to, all right.
Are you in Austin right now?
I am actually.
Awesome.
Okay.
So Peter, same, same song and dance.
We're going to ask you a few bio questions.
You know, how old are you?
Where are you from?
Tell us a little bit about your background and a fun fact.
Sure.
Uh, my name is Peter.
I split time between Austin and LA, although I spent half
of my time on the plane, honestly.
I am a startup executive and also an angel investor, really focusing
more on the investments, both domestic and international.
Uh, I am 48 years old, never been married.
Uh, fun fact, geez.
I have lived in 20 plus cities.
I guess that's a fun fact.
Yeah, it does.
It doesn't sound that fun, but what's your favorite city that you lived in?
It's not my favorite, but it's home.
I lived in New York for about 12 years.
So if you live in one city for that long, it essentially becomes home.
It's the longest I've ever lived in one place.
Did you live in Manhattan?
I did.
There was a season where I tried to live in Brooklyn.
Wasn't that fun?
Okay.
Yeah.
I love hipsters.
So I love New York.
I love it.
We just spent most of our time, um, in lower Manhattan.
So places I haven't been before in Soho and in the village in Greenwich.
And I loved it.
It was so fun.
So New York, the New York life.
Okay.
So what else do you do for fun?
People are asking.
Oh, let's see.
I'm a big hiker when I am in Austin, uh, or in California.
I love to ski.
Uh, I read a lot.
I am a, well, I am a writer and a musician in my spare time.
All right.
Creative writer or creative or nonfiction.
Okay.
And because you said you're a reader now, people want to
know what's your favorite book.
I mean, aside from the Bible,
well, geez, there's so many, uh, invisible man, Ralph Ellison is a good one.
Uh, I used to read great Gatsby every year.
Uh, anything by Vladimir Novikov, I would say.
And what really pisses me off is English is a second language and he writes in
English better than I could ever write.
That's awesome.
Okay.
So you guys, if you knew any of those authors, then you could possibly be a
match for Peter, um, because I have read some of those books, but a lot of people
don't like to read anymore is what I've been told.
People are like, Jackie, put your books on audible.
Why we don't like to read.
Um, so Peter likes to read.
Um, so someone's asking something fun.
Let's see.
What's the worst foe hipster thing you've ever noticed.
I wouldn't say it's anything in particular.
The worst thing about the foe hipsters are that they're not actually
creatives, they're imitating the creative.
So what usually happens in neighborhoods is that the artists move in first, they
make it cool and then the bankers, and I am an ex investment banker, so I can say
this, uh, move in and try to adopt the mannerisms and the styles of the artists.
So then the neighborhood goes downhill.
That's kind of been the problem.
Cause I still have a place in Venice beach and that's essentially what's
been happening there as well.
Yeah.
You know, I heard when I was in New York that, you know, some of the places where
creatives were gathering, like Soho house and stuff, that, that is not a thing anymore.
That the creative
I mean, that's a longer discussion, but Soho house, once they decide to go
public, it makes no sense because the whole model is around exclusivity and
around the arts, but once you're a public company, you actually, in order to grow,
you need to have more members.
So you actually reduce the exclusivity and the desire that people really wanted
to be there initially to actually show up.
So creative, creative communities are dying.
And so we need to forge some new ones.
How about Austin?
I know that you've come here for that reason.
And so have I.
So Peter has a desire to stoke the fires of entrepreneurialism here in
Austin and creative community.
And so do we, and that's part of the reason why Peter and I know each other.
And so Peter, are you, um, are you open to long distance
dating until there's connection?
Yes, but fully Trent to be fully transparent.
I'm terrible at distance.
I'm much better.
Uh, if you're in person, my whole day is spent.
And as soon as I get out of this, I got to hop on another one.
work Zoom call because I got to call Asia.
So my whole day is spent on Zooms and phone conversations.
And honestly, the last thing I want to do at 8 p.m.
9 p.m. is hop on another one.
So.
Oh, that's completely fair.
You guys, these are the questions.
This is the transparency that is necessary.
We have to be honest about our capacity.
So right now Peter's in a season
where he's just coming to Austin
and he wants to meet someone local.
So he splits his time between LA and Austin,
mostly Austin right now.
And so if you know anyone in the greater Austin area.
Sorry guys, we have.
Make sure you keep your phone muted y'all.
Okay, so if you know anyone in the greater Austin area,
that would include San Antonio,
anything within just a few hours drive of here,
even if it's not you.
And this goes for all of our spotlights.
You guys, what you help make happen for others,
God makes happen for you.
And so if you want to play matchmaker
and you want to help us play matchmaker,
you want to help God play matchmaker,
then you can also send in inquiry
and give someone else's information,
obviously with their permission.
And we would love for you to do that.
All right, any other questions for Peter
before we let Peter go?
And some of these guys.
I do spend a lot of time in New York as well.
So I am open to that.
New York as well.
New York, LA and Austin.
Okay, so if you are local to any of those places
or you know someone that should meet Peter
in any of those places, please send us a message.
Let me see.
Looking, looking, looking, looking.
Okay, and also some of these guys like Peter and Wes,
who I'm going to interview next.
So get ready, Wes.
I'm going to be actually doing some IG interviews
with them as well on my Insta stories.
All right, so you'll get to hear more from them then.
All right, Peter, thanks for coming.
It was a pleasure.
Hop off and we'll see you soon.
Thanks so much.
Take care.
All right.
I don't know if George is still here,
but George, if you're still here,
you can also put in the chat
because no one asked you kind of what you're looking for.
I know you said you're open to long distance,
but you might give a little bit more information
of what kind of connection are you looking for?
And we'll make sure that we're asking that, right?
So you guys, and opposites, complimentary opposites
attract and they're good together.
I love, if I'm matchmaking, that's the kind of match I like.
And so let's take Peter, for instance.
You know, Peter is, you know, can be a fun guy.
He's, you know, all business sometimes
when I've talked to him before,
and maybe you're getting that vibe from him right now
because that's what he does.
You know, he's got a big job.
He's got, you know, something that he's doing
that requires there to be an element of sophistication.
But you know what's gonna be a really good match for Peter
is someone who helps him let his hair down.
So if you're fun, you know,
then you're gonna bring out the fun side of Peter, right?
He doesn't necessarily need a boss, babe.
He's already a boss.
Not that he wouldn't like a strong, powerful woman,
but you gotta, you know, have personalities
that go together, that bring out the best in each other
and allow each other to really decompress
from whatever it is that we're doing with our lives, right?
Like David, my husband, very funny.
I'm funny.
You know, we have a lot of fun, a lot of fun,
but we know how to do things
that each other don't know how to do.
I do things that he can't do.
He does things that I can't do.
We do things together that we can't do apart.
These are the kinds of matches
that you're looking for, all right?
And so also as well, I would call Peter a sapiosexual,
which means he's gonna need someone
who can intellectually hang with him.
Someone fun, you know, someone lighthearted,
someone feminine,
but also someone who can hang with him, right?
He's very intelligent.
It's obviously well-read, well-traveled.
And so someone who can hang with him
and have conversations that are stimulating.
So if you are also a sapiosexual, don't be ashamed of that.
That means you need intellectual connection, y'all.
That's not a new sexual orientation.
It means that you need intellectual connection, okay?
Ah, I saw this really funny live
where they were like having a prayer meeting live
and they were like,
okay, we're gonna have some corporate prayer now.
And someone messaged in the chat and said,
I can't have corporate prayer.
I don't own a business.
And they're like, no, that's not what that word means.
Let's just all laugh together at that.
Okay, so we're gonna spotlight Wes.
Hi, Wes.
And we're having the Austin guys party tonight
because Wes is also here in Austin.
That's right.
Austin, Texas, born and raised.
Well, I should say I was raised out in the Hill Country.
Yes, he said, fun fact, age 46, just turned 46.
And fun fact was last year I went to the Olympics in Paris.
So that was awesome.
Wow.
Yeah, that was crowded.
Yeah.
You know, it was.
But it's funny because with all the Olympic events going on,
if you wanted to sneak away and go to a museum or something,
they were pretty empty.
Oh, that's really cool.
Yeah, I did it a few times.
And if you were off the beaten path a little bit,
you walked right into a restaurant with no reservations.
And so, yeah.
But yeah.
I see your wine bottles and your fiddle fig right there.
Your plant's doing pretty good.
Yeah, well, I've got two of these.
So I had to split them last year because it was just
getting out of control.
And I've got so many plants that they keep breeding.
I keep giving them away, and they keep getting bigger.
So I guess that's the whole point.
But yeah, I've got an aloe plant that I've got probably
12 aloe plants all over the state of Texas now.
Just giving them to people.
And so I'm not a father besides the aloe plants that I have.
He has no children except for plant children.
He has plant children, ladies.
OK, so did you tell them how old you are and where you live?
I know you live in Austin.
46, Austin.
Yeah, Austin, Texas, born and raised.
What do you do for a living?
So I work for an investment company.
I do sales, mutual fund sales, work on a sales desk.
So it's good.
He works in finance, y'all, OK?
The meme, finance.
OK, so he works in finance.
All right.
Do you want children, Wes?
Yes.
And by the way, I think all, I mean,
George already has children.
So he said he's open to someone who already has children.
I know that Peter wants children.
Wes wants children.
So I'm going to answer those questions
since I know these guys.
All right.
And then what do you think would make, OK, first of all,
fun fact, and then we'll ask one more,
we'll ask a couple more questions.
The fun fact, I said Paris Olympics.
Oh, that's right.
Yeah.
Sorry, guys, I've been traveling all day.
I'm a little off my game today.
OK, so what do you think that you need in a connection, OK?
You've been thinking about this for a while.
What do you think that you need?
What is a non-negotiable from heaven for Wes?
What do you got to have in relationship?
I think part of it has to, I mean,
has to be somebody that's pretty active because I'm always,
normally I'm always moving and running around and doing,
I did a high rocks competition, which fitness competition
last fall.
So I like to do stuff like that.
It doesn't have to be necessarily a crazy workout,
but I like to hit a lot of the trailheads in Austin
and go out to different coffee shops
that we got in different places around.
There's lots of places to hang out here.
It's a pretty great town for that.
It really is.
Do you have a dog?
I do not.
I do like dogs.
I'm allergic to some of them, but the other half
I'm not allergic to.
What kind of dogs are you allergic to?
The ones that have all like furry,
the furry ones that shed.
So kind of like your golden doodles
I'm good with because they don't shed.
So like, yeah.
So like more hyper allergenic kind of dogs.
That's right.
All right.
Are you allergic to cats?
We have a lot of allergies.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
We have a lot of allergies here in Austin.
So yeah.
Yeah, it's true.
All right, you guys.
You heard it.
He's allergic to cats.
So make sure that you write that down.
Someone wants to know if you dance.
What kind of dance are we talking about here?
They didn't say what kind of dance.
Do you like any kind of dancing?
I don't do like country dancing.
I do like to do like club dancing.
But I live in Chicago.
I used to go to clubs anyway, a long time ago.
But yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And you guys, I will tell you, Ida West,
we live in the same city.
And he's really up for a lot of stuff.
He likes to go.
He's social.
He likes to gather with other people.
I would say he's the kind of guy who's
willing to meet new people, try new things, go new places.
And so I think that that's important.
Simone wants to know if you've ever been married.
No.
Never been married?
You know what?
I think it's fun for us to tell them this.
West used to be a pastor.
So he's in finance now.
Retired pastor.
Maybe just give a little soundbite about that.
Because these women are like, oh, a pastor.
OK.
Yeah, I went to seminary about, it's hard to believe now,
but it's probably 18 years ago now.
And so yeah, I was a minister for about five years.
I started a youth group in Chicago.
And then I also worked in Houston.
So kind of polar opposites there, I realized.
But I had a good, strong connection.
So yeah, it was a.
Uh, it was a, it was a really good experience.
Um, I still, in some ways I still kind of consider myself a pastor, especially
when, you know, um, I still, I still get a lot of questions.
I still get people always like ask me questions about things.
And I don't know, it's, uh, it's a gift that doesn't go away.
You're just using it in the marketplace, right?
That's right.
So that's what he's doing.
He's using his pastoring gift in the marketplace.
He used to do it traditionally in the church, using it in the church.
And I was using it in the micro the marketplace.
Um, someone wants to know if you are open to long distance.
Uh, yes, yes.
Um, but I would say is like, I'm pretty limited on capacity for, uh, for travel.
I don't have like work from home or work from anywhere flexibility.
So it gets a little bit complicated, but usually within the state
of Texas, it's pretty good.
So, yeah.
Yeah.
And you have been really good about that.
So, um, as far as meeting up with people and reaching out and staying
connected, that's great.
And I drive to Dallas a lot for work.
So like, I'm, I'm in Dallas a lot.
So my family's there too.
So, okay.
Ladies, his, his family's in Dallas.
He has family in Dallas and he drives there a lot.
Um, he also has entertained connections in Houston.
And so it's important that if you know anyone, and we all know a lot of girls
in Dallas, if you know anyone that you want to introduce to Wes or you want to
be introduced to Wes, then not only do you put Wes Austin in the subject line
of your email, but you have to give us your bio and pics.
So do not forget to do that.
And Wes, you're going to see him on my IG.
Cause we're going to do some more fun stuff there with him.
And then until then, Wes, thanks for joining us tonight.
Yeah.
Thank you, Jackie.
Thank you.
All right.
Next up, we are going to go with.
Um, I have no idea how to spell this or if he's even here, Raphael, are you here?
Yes.
All right.
What's your zoom name?
So I can find it here.
Oh, I found it.
Duh.
Raphael.
You're like, it's my name.
That's my pretty sure it's my name.
Yeah.
Hi.
Hey, how are you?
I'm doing good.
I'm doing really good.
All right.
So tell the ladies some things about yourself.
Okay.
Um, so I live in Northern California right now.
I was born in the Dominican Republic, grew up in South Jersey, came out
writing, why I should do BSSM like 12 years ago.
Uh, I was a youth pastor for six years.
That was really cool.
So I know the retired ministry thing for ministry for like 50 years.
Now they're retired too.
Yeah.
Oh, your parents, your parents were like in ministry for like 50 years.
Yeah.
My, my father was, my father started becoming like a senior pastor of a
church when he was like 19 and he's in his seventies now, so they were doing,
they were pastoring for like ever.
So funny.
You're like, I went out to BSSM 12 years ago for school.
I'm still there.
That's has happened.
They like, grab ahold of you.
They don't let you go.
I'm like, I'm still there.
I'm still there.
They don't let you go.
Reading is a really good place to live, man.
Everything is like five minutes away.
It's addictive.
It's so true.
It's like a little town of Mayberry.
Everything's just right there.
But if you can live anywhere, you'd like to live in Florida.
Yeah.
We're Orlando.
Yeah.
Specifically Orlando, but you do not just come a single solo.
You come, um, as a family set, like my husband.
So tell them, tell them about your child.
So I, I have a three, three and a half year old son.
His name is Asher.
He is, he's freaking perfect.
I don't know.
I don't know how to explain it.
He's just happy all the time and he's huge and he's all smiles and he's the best.
He is the best.
And you also have a really cool, like transformation story.
I think that, you know, I think that having someone in your life, who's
really committed to health and wellness is going to be a non-negotiable for you.
Yeah.
I, so I used to weigh over 300 pounds.
I used to be 316 pounds and then I lost like 125 pounds and then COVID happened.
It happened.
So I kind of changed the way I was working out.
So I put a little bit of weight on, but like gym time is, is big time.
Gym time is important.
Yeah.
And you look great.
And I'm so proud of what you've accomplished.
That's so amazing.
And there's so many people out here that are trying to do that very thing.
And so get their, get their bodies together, their minds,
their spirits, their bodies.
And so you guys, if you think that you're going to be an introduction
for Raphael, you're going to have to be someone who wants to better
yourself, wants to continue to grow spiritually, mentally.
emotionally and physically.
All right, tell us a fun fact.
Ooh, fun fact.
I, so when I was doing second year,
I did like the ministry trip to China.
And that was a big, that was a big culture shock
because China is not designed for 300 pound men.
It's not.
And like everywhere I went,
everybody was staring at me.
They were like, it was cool, but it was, it was a lot.
But I've been to China, I've been to Tibet,
I've been to Honduras, obviously Dominican Republic,
been to Canada.
So yeah, so that's, that was really fun.
So true story, David and I have a ministry friend
who also went to China to teach English
as a second language.
He's really there to do work with the underground church,
but teach English as a second language.
And he, I think he probably weighed over 300 pounds
and you guys, people used to stop him on the street
to take pictures with him.
He became a celebrity in China
and they actually gave him his own talk show
just because he was a large man.
So this is something that really happened to our friend
and continues to happen to him to this day.
I mean, that is what his life looks like now.
And so I think that that's,
so I understand exactly what you're saying
when you say that,
cause I know people that have experienced that.
All right, so someone wants to know,
can you date long distance until there's a connection?
When do you think that you might move to Florida?
Sure, so to a certain degree, yes,
because I actually do have quite a bit of time equity
kind of during the daytime hours.
It's hard for me to build connection electronically
just because I'm much more of a, like I'm Latino.
So for me, I'm very physical touch.
I'm very interactive.
I'm affectionate.
I'm like engaged.
Like it's a little bit tough to do that
where I can't smell your breath.
I can't, you know what I mean?
No, it's hard.
It's hard for everybody.
That being said, I do feel like for the right person,
if we're talking, you know, lifelong connection,
man, whatever you gotta do to find a person
that got high for you, yo, pay the price, make it happen.
But that would be tough.
That'd be really tough.
Yeah, it is tough.
But you guys, if God's in it, then, you know,
you can be in it as well, in it to win it for sure.
But you don't know until you know.
He said he's open to it.
It's not his preference.
It's nobody's preference, but he's open to it.
All right.
So right now he's in Redding, California,
and he also would like to in the future move to Orlando.
For those of you that are asking about custody,
he has shared parenting
and he has an amicable relationship
with his son's mother.
So that is a healthy relationship.
And so that's good.
Someone's saying all kinds of funny things here.
Okay.
Do you want more kids?
Yes.
I, if I could have at least one more,
that'll be really cool.
I'm not against 12 more, but like one more would be,
I feel like I'd be really happy with that.
And can you remind the ladies how old you are?
Because people are asking again.
I'm 37.
37.
Just turned 37, February 11th.
Just turned 37.
Now, sometimes shared parenting,
custody arrangements can get complicated,
but would you be open to someone
who has children already as well?
Yeah, I would be open to that.
I feel like fair is fair.
Like I have one.
You could have one.
They could be best friends.
All right, you guys.
All right, you guys, this is Rafael.
He also is going to be with me on IG soon,
and I'm going to be spotlighting him more.
Remember you're on Jackie's list.
So don't have FOMO like,
oh no, the public's going to get him.
No, but if you know someone who should get him,
someone who should know him, meet him,
if it's you, go ahead and send us a email
with Rafael in the subject line
and your pictures, your bio,
and also your friend's pictures and bio
if it's your friend.
All right, Rafael, thanks for joining us.
I appreciate you.
Yeah, absolutely.
All right, next up, ladies.
I told you I'm going to bring the heat.
I told you I'm going to bring the guys.
And we are all these, for all of you,
they're like, there's no single man out there.
There's no marriage-minded men.
Hello?
Yes, there is.
All right, David.
Spotlight.
All right, David.
This is one of our last year single guys.
You should recognize him from prayer,
from all community like tonight.
So David, go ahead and give us your bio information
and a fun fact.
A U.S. Army veteran, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Single, never been married.
Want children, trying to think of a fun fact.
Oh, 40 years old.
40 years old.
And you live in Vegas, but you're about to move.
Yes, I'm about to move.
Moved to Iowa to attend chiropractic school.
OK, what city in Iowa?
Davenport, Iowa.
It's Quad Cities, but they're all relatively close together.
Going to school to be a chiropractor,
so free adjustments for life, OK.
Oh, yeah, for everyone.
For everyone in the community, that's good.
OK, so yeah, what's a fun fact?
I mean, first of all, thank you for your service.
Thank you for your support.
I'm all closed.
Were you taking classes anywhere overseas?
I was overseas for a bit, came back stateside,
worked as a federal investigator,
mostly spent time as an MP, and then
got medically retired out.
All right, OK, so yeah, in chiropractic.
And that's probably some of your love for chiropracting,
because sounds like you had an injury of some sort.
Absolutely.
Yeah, OK, and you've rehabilitated yourself?
Yeah, I wasn't 316, but I used to be 250 pounds,
dropped 100 pounds, and then spent the last two years
bulking and cutting, and now I'm in a good place.
Lovely, and so it's safe to say that a complimentary match
to you or a non-negotiable for you
would also be someone who really wants
to live a healthy lifestyle and does live a healthy lifestyle.
Absolutely, someone that takes care of the temple
that houses the Holy Spirit.
All right, cool.
All right, do you have a fun fact?
You up for two truths and a lie?
Sure, yeah.
Let's see, I have an ugly Christmas sweater
for every single day in December.
I have climbed the easy side and the hard side
of the Great Wall of China, and I
have shown up to teach a kindergarten class on National
T-Rex Day wearing an 8-foot tall inflatable T-Rex costume.
Oh my gosh, you guys, which one do you think is the lie?
Men, you're not allowed to answer.
Put it out.
You already know.
Guys, don't answer.
Put it out.
Men within the heart work group are not allowed to answer.
They already know probably which one's.
A lot of people think, some people think it's the sweater,
and some people think it's the wall.
And then just a couple, a handful of people
think it's the, no, the wall.
A lot of people think it's the wall.
What is it?
It's the T-Rex, because there is no National T-Rex Day.
There's a National Dinosaur Day that does not
fall during the school year.
I showed up as a teddy bear on National Teddy Bear Day.
Oh my gosh, you've been thinking about this.
OK.
Oh yeah, just a little planning.
Is the true story just different costume and different day?
Wow, OK.
Wait, you have, wait, you have 30 ugly sweaters?
31.
31 ugly sweaters?
Absolutely.
You guys, he has 31 ugly Christmas sweaters.
OK, can we answer?
I used to use them when I was a school teacher.
Oh, that's why.
OK, what grade did you teach?
So the first year I taught primary star,
it was kindergarten, first grade, second grade
for special education.
And then this past year, I taught kindergarten
for about two months.
Oh my gosh.
I know someone that you should meet.
I didn't know this about you.
Oh, sorry.
OK.
I'm sure David was spilling the beans on me.
No, he wasn't.
This is important information because I know someone
that you might really click with.
OK, so ladies, you better snatch him up
while you can before I get my hands on him
because I know someone that he should meet that checks
all of his boxes, including a lot of synergy in the things
that he just told us.
OK, so fun, you guys.
This buff dude that used to serve in the military
has a soft spot for children.
It's kindergarten.
Come on.
First grade, this crazy stuff.
OK, love that.
What people want to know, are you open to long distance?
You're going to be in Iowa.
Pretty much going to be long distance.
I was told the first few months, don't try to go anywhere
when I was in school.
So yeah, it's going to be long distance for a few months.
And how long does the school last?
How long?
School lasts three and a half years.
The first two years is actually in school at Davenport.
And then the last year and a half
is doing shadow work behind an actual chiropractor.
So depending on where I can find an internship,
I go to a place around the country
and just stay there for the last year and a half,
from what I understand from how the school works.
OK, cool.
And wow, yeah, that's.
Ideally, I would love to move back to the Southwest
because, well, you know, it's warm.
Yeah, yeah.
I grew up in the Midwest.
I don't want to stay there.
I'm willing to suffer.
Where'd you grow up again?
I grew up in Skokie, Illinois on the north side of Chicago.
Lived in Peoria, Illinois for 10 years.
And yeah.
Yeah, joined the army, moved out.
Three guys tonight with Chicago ties.
Okay, Illinois, yes.
I hear what you're saying.
Southwest from Midwest, for sure.
No winter, it's all good.
Do you want kids?
Absolutely.
Like Raphael said, well, I won't give a number,
but I'll say however many God decides
to bless my family with.
Okay, and then also, are you open
to someone who already has children?
So yes, the only caveat is that I have
perception issues with boundaries,
so it would just require grace on someone else's end
and just patience with me.
Okay, awesome, good to know.
I'm the type of guy that will totally play tag
in a department store with some random kid.
Okay, so you guys, fun guy, likes kids,
good, but also-
Oh, Cubs.
Yeah.
I saw you, Chad, yeah.
Oh, what?
No, you can be a Sox fan, you're good.
No, it's all good.
You guys, this is a fashion statement.
I'm not a Yankees fan.
I've never been to a baseball game ever,
a pro baseball game.
Well, I've been to an Indians game.
I've Guardians, whatever they're called.
Okay, all right, so thank you so much, David.
David is in our community.
He also will be spotlighted more on IG as well.
I want to get to the rest of these guys
because I know they've been waiting
and I promised you guys
that we were not going to be here all night tonight.
And so let's do it
because we could just get talking and talking.
All right, Rene, hello.
Introduce yourself to the ladies.
Hello, y'all, how's it going?
Another Austin guy for you tonight.
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
Where are you from?
How old are you?
Where are you up to in life right now?
So I am here in Austin, 52 years old.
Definitely looking to see about starting a family.
I'm like in medical sales,
but also have like rental properties,
got the transition going into private equity.
So with that, it gives me like the opportunity
to be able to eventually be able to have like
that flexibility to be able to work remotely
by others like running business stuff.
So that's in the transition happening right now.
I guess like with travel,
I definitely like international travel, domestic.
I grew up by the beach in South Texas,
so South Padre Island, which is the best Texas beach.
So yeah, I always like grew up around water.
So like being out here in the lakes in Austin,
just definitely like being outdoors
and just trying different restaurants,
being spoiled in South Texas where I'm from originally
with like authentic Mexican food.
But I mean, there's definitely good places out here,
but been around like a lot of different places in Texas.
I've visited with friends in like Dallas, Houston area,
but also have former roommates,
which were recently, since we were talking about Florida,
I was actually out there quite a bit last year,
like at the beaches since I,
with my, I guess the current job that I'm at,
the corporate is out there in Southern Florida.
So I was able to go there a few times
to go and visit friends at the same time.
So I'm not sure of anything else to say right now.
So you guys, if you didn't catch it right now,
he is working at a couple different things.
He also is an entrepreneur.
He has rental properties.
So he's in real estate.
He's working towards being completely remote,
being able to just own his own business
and do his own thing.
But I know him in person.
Stacey's vouching for him in the comments.
You know, we-
Hey Stacey.
He goes to Bethel Austin and you know, we know each other.
We're in community together and he is an awesome guy.
Loves the Lord, is tall ladies.
This is a tall one right here and never been married, right?
Have you ever been married?
No, I haven't been yet.
52 years old, but wants to be married, marriage-minded,
ladies, and really wants to have a family.
Wants a family.
Are you open to someone who already has kids?
Yes, I'm definitely open.
Yeah.
All right, what about long distance?
Yeah.
Definitely like with travel, I'm definitely open to that.
Yeah.
He travels, you know,
he's been traveling around a little bit
and so he is open.
He's open to that.
Give us something that, you know,
tell us about what you think you need in a connection
based on, you know, you've been, you know,
you have been around last year single for a minute.
I know you've been thinking about it and, you know,
meeting people and stuff.
And so when we meet people, ladies, gentlemen,
this is why it's important for you to go
on those low stakes dates,
because the more you get to know other people,
the more you're going to get to know yourself
and the more you're going to really start to figure out
what you need in a long-term connection.
And so what have you figured out that you need
in a long-term connection?
Well, like with, not only like with chemistry compatibility,
to something like with,
to a point like with being like healthy, active,
I'm definitely like that.
I always feel like that from playing
a lot of different sports.
Yeah.
But for like longevity,
just something to be able to have that similarity
to be able to enjoy.
joy each other's time and company.
Yeah.
So someone who's committed to health.
What's that?
Someone who's committed to health.
Yeah.
What kind of personality type do you think you click with?
It's like a combination, like whether like,
I don't know if you want to say like the Myers-Briggs,
like, I mean, a combination of let's say
of introvert, extrovert, definitely.
It's like sometimes very low key in that sense
and in certain aspects,
but then when it's like more business or work stuff,
they'll definitely like kick in a little bit more
of that extrovert.
Yeah, yeah.
It's a combination.
So, I mean, if it's something where just having that,
that, I don't know if you want to say like sassiness
or whatnot, or just like, just having that good balance
of having fun at the same time,
you know how to have that good time.
Hey, there's like things to talk about as well.
It's just having that, I don't know,
it's just that natural thing to be able to know how to,
I guess, be able to gel with each other
and just having that, I guess, commonalities.
Okay, because I know him, you guys, I'm going to tell you,
he is very friendly.
Like he said, he's kind of an ambivert.
He's an introverted extra.
He's an extroverted introvert.
So when he's around people, really friendly,
all the things, but he's gonna,
a woman who is fun, a little sassy,
she's going to bring him out of his, you know,
bring him out into that fun side of him real quick, right?
That's what's going to happen.
He likes to laugh.
He likes to smile, as you can see.
Guys, he throws parties at his house for singles.
He cares about singles in the community.
He does.
We have, you know, collaborated with last year
with Single City Austin with a Christmas party
that he has every year.
And, or is it Halloween?
Christmas?
Christmas.
No Halloween.
Is it Christmas?
No Halloween.
Some people do, whatever, we're not going to get into that.
Okay, so adoption or birth kids only.
He wants to have, he wants to have kids if he can.
He wants to, he wants to father some children if he can.
Are you open to adopting as well?
That's like a possibility, like to talk with that.
I mean, definitely something to consider, absolutely.
Absolutely.
52, Rachel, for those of you that are asking the age.
All right, well, thank you for joining us tonight.
And you guys will see more of him
because I'm going to be spotlighting him
over on Instagram as well.
So we appreciate it.
Thank you for joining us.
Thank you.
All right, and we just have a couple more.
You guys, this is like the Austin show tonight.
This is the Austin show.
All right, let's see.
I'm going to go ahead and do a quick Q&A
because I have so many guys on here from Austin.
Okay, let me make sure.
I think I only have, Chad, are you here?
Chad?
Chad, Chad, Chad.
All right, I might have,
was supposed to do Chad at the beginning
because I know that he had some ministry thing going on.
And we will get him next time.
He's phenomenal too.
He goes to Bethel Austin here.
He's incredible and available.
And you guys will meet him soon.
I will also be spotlighting him
over on my Instagram as well.
I'm going to be spotlighting all these guys on my Instagram
and I'm spotlighting you ladies.
I don't know if you've noticed,
some of you don't notice when I spotlight you,
but I do spotlight those of you
that have given me permission in phase three
to spotlight you.
There is a post,
it's tagged to the featured section of the Facebook
and it asks if you can be spotlighted.
It has a little permission blurb
that you have to repost in the comments.
And so go find that
and make sure that you give me new pictures.
Otherwise, I'm just going to take whatever picture
I think is cute from your Facebook.
That's what I'm going to do.
I'm just going to go to your Facebook page
and I'm going to take whatever picture I like.
And so if you like something,
then make sure you post it in the comments of that as well.
And I just remembered,
we have another one of our own here.
One of my favorites here, Clayton.
Hey, hi, I almost missed you, but here we are.
How's it going?
All right, you guys, this is Clayton.
He has been hanging out with me for a while now.
He is a tried and true member of Last Year Single.
And some of you may have seen him or not seen him
because he was gone for a little while and now he's back.
So Clayton, give us a little bio of yourself.
Where are you from?
How old are you?
Have you ever been married?
And what are you up to?
Well, since everybody's from Austin,
I'm actually from Amarillo, Texas,
where the wind and the dust live.
I come from a cattle ranching background right now,
but I work as a,
what's known as an instrument electrical tech,
which is basically an electrician
and an electrical engineer all in one.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
But you're a pilot.
Yeah, so that's the fun thing about me
is that I'm learning how to be a flight instructor.
I'm a flight instructor right now.
Wow.
Okay.
Now my, my daughter's husband, Trevor, his sister is also at the point in her, you know,
her journey towards being a commercial pilot as she's a flight instructor as well, Karen
Austin.
So she's learning how to, you know, she's already passed her flight school.
Now she's instructing others to get her hours in to be a commercial pilot.
That's what you're doing.
Yes.
Yep.
That's what it is.
And, and we want you to, because we don't want anyone flying us in commercial airlines
that don't have the hours and the experience.
Okay.
So tell us a fun fact about yourself.
Well, you know what, you know, what's fun.
What have you done?
That's fun.
Recently?
Uh, most fun thing recently, um, right now, um, well I'm an avid weightlifter used to
be a CrossFit coach.
So I'm prepping for the thousand pound, uh, weight club.
Whoa.
Yeah.
So I'm going to try to get over a thousand pounds, um, with three lifts.
So, uh, not only that, but I love to, um, I love to golf as well.
Um, love to hike.
Um, anybody who wants to go shooting guns with me is more than welcome to
take you and remind the ladies how old you are.
Cause they're asking.
Oh, I'm 31 years old.
He's 31 years old, but he's a mature 31.
And so he's not opposed to a lady who's a little older than him.
Just so y'all know.
Okay.
Um, he likes his ladies a little bit more on the mature side.
And so don't worry about that, but you gotta be fun.
All right.
You gotta be feminine.
I've known Clayton for a long time.
He definitely wants a family.
Uh, he's open to you.
If you have children, you just have to do your heartwork.
All right.
This is this, this guy right here, he's been raised, right?
He's a country gentleman.
And so he wants someone who wants to be, you know, treated like that.
You know, they want, they want the chivalry cause he can bring it.
Okay.
And he, he can also take you to the gun range.
And then some of the guys are asking if you can go on a mandate with them to the gun range
as well.
So he is open to distance cause he's a pilot.
He can just jump on his plane and fly on over to you guys.
I'm sorry.
I'm answering for him, but I know him.
So, um, let's see, uh, with all the dating that we've done, okay.
With you in this community and the people that you've met, what is a non-negotiable
for you now?
What have you found out?
Um, I guess obviously somebody who is a very kind and understanding, you know, honestly
just somebody who I can partner with on the assignment to be a companion with, um, as
you may, as some of you, y'all may know, like I'm a very driven man, somebody who is
able to support that, but at the same time, like I want to have, you know, compassion
for somebody I want to feel, I want to serve somebody as much as they want to serve me
as well, because, you know, I want to be treated nice.
I want to be very treated kind and I will love to reciprocate those feelings back as
well.
Yes.
Clayton does not love public speaking.
He might be a little nervous right now, but I'll tell you right now, this guy is salt
of the earth.
He's a salt of the earth guy.
All right.
And he is looking for someone to partner with someone who wants to be loved into love someone
who wants to raise a family together and, you know, do amazing things and grow.
He's very committed to growth.
I've seen Clayton grow so much spiritually since he's been here, always loved the Lord,
but just going after more and more and more and more all the time, physically, mentally,
spiritually, emotionally.
And so you need to be someone who's committed to growth as well.
All right.
Does he have an older uncle?
I don't think you do.
No, not a single one.
All right.
Gentlemen and ladies, would you relocate?
Is Texas home or would you relocate?
Well, you know, I can say that the panhandle to me is home, but, you know, I'm definitely
open to relocate.
And I should mention, like, you know, I have, I'm kind of split because I feel like next
year will be like a move for me in case if things don't change and I'm looking either
at the Dallas Fort Worth area or also over at Redding, California.
Oh, really?
Okay.
That's news for me.
Okay.
That's good news to know.
All right.
So ladies, if you know anyone in Redding that should meet Clayton, if you're in that area,
if you're in the Dallas area and also if you're in the Amarillo area, really anywhere
because he really can fly.
He's not, he is not shy of long distance.
He's done it before.
He'll do it again.
So this is someone who is, is okay with that.
All right.
So as long as, you know, you're really, you know, serious, serious about, you know, about
trying to see whether or not there's something to grow and to build together.
Yeah.
There's a lot of young women in Redding.
That's for sure.
All right, you guys.
So this is Clayton.
He's 31 years old, but he's a mature 31 and he is looking for someone who's ready to settle
down, have a family, build a life together, grow together and kick butt and take names
later together.
All right, Clayton.
All right.
Thank you, Clayton.
You guys, I'm going to be spotlighting all of these guys more and more and more over
on my Instagram.
I'll be doing live interviews with them.
I'll be posting pictures of them.
If you know anyone who should meet them or you think you should meet them, please make
sure that you send us that email, put their name in the subject line, and then put your
bio and your pictures in the body of that email gentlemen, as well, if there's any ladies
that you want to meet, even someone that we're not spotlighting, someone that you've just
seen here in the zoom room, someone that you want to get to know better, make sure that
you send us an email and say, Hey, all I know is that, you know, their, their, uh, name
on the zoom window was Carissa.
That's all I know.
I don't know anything else about them, but we'll find them for you.
We'll go find them.
Right?
All you have to do is make sure you send us your bio and your, and your pictures so that
we don't have to hunt you down as well.
Right?
You guys, this has been our installment of single spotlights for March.
And I think that we had some really incredible people tonight spotlighted, and we're going
to continue to do that over social media.
There's going to be a lot of fun things happening in social media, including an Instagram account
for single cities.
So you heard it here.
We're working on it.
I used to have an Instagram account.
It was a private account called single nation.
And I spotlighted singles.
Does anyone remember when I did that?
Raise your hand.
If you remember that some of you were spotlighted there.
And a lot of people that were spotlighted, there are married now.
Okay.
They got married as a result of those spotlights and the different things that God was doing
in a, you know, in conjunction with those spotlights.
And so what we're going to do with that account is we're going to repurpose it for our single
cities.
We're growing more and more single cities.
We're going to start ramping up our Indiana single city.
We're going to start ramping up some of the ones that are already ramping up.
They're going to ramp up even more.
That includes Orlando.
That includes Dallas.
That includes Austin.
That includes New York City.
That includes LA.
That includes Reading.
That includes a few new ones that are forming.
There's one that some of them kind of a little failure to launch, but we're going to ramp
them up like Atlanta and Nashville.
Those are going to ramp up more.
So are the Pacific Northwest ones, but we're going to, what we're going to do is we're
going to take that Instagram account and we're going to let you guys go over there.
It's going to stay private.
So we're not going to let all of the crazy spam and bots in, but we're going to list
the events of those single cities and the highlights.
Each single city will have a highlight reel on that account.
And then what are we going to do?
We're going to, we're going to spotlight singles from those regions on that account.
Okay.
So that'll be fun.
And we're also going to spotlight events that are coming up and happening in your region
or something.
Maybe you're going to want to travel to that.
We're doing as a single nation as last year, single, maybe a trip, a conference, something
that we're participating in lots of in-person opportunities in 2025.
You guys excited about that?
I know that I am.
I hope you are too.
All right.
I'm going to see you on supernatural Saturday, faith Friday, prayer, faith Friday, you guys
are our own Cheryl Guillaume.
Her father passed away.
It just happened not yesterday, but the day before.
And so, and then of course you guys know Bethany Cooper's father passed away as well.
So both of our, two of our main team members lost their fathers here in the last couple
of weeks.
So please keep them in prayer, keep their families in prayer.
And then also we will have all our regular prayer times and supernatural Saturday and
this Sunday night is our all community prophetic night.
So prophetic ministry this Sunday night that happens at 8 PM Eastern on the all community
link.
All right.
We'll see you soon.