There's something special about the TRM kitchen—it's where hearts connect, and change is embraced with open arms. In this episode, hear how Chef Sean Hall is passing the baton of Director Food Services to Chef Sally Herrera.
Through the bittersweet news of Chef Sean's departure, we revisit some of his time here, as well as look to the future with anticipation for where the Lord is directing his next steps! Through the change, we are also excited to see how the Lord has prepared Chef Sally as she steps into this role with a nurturing presence crucial for a team like ours. This episode is a testament to the personal growth and powerful stories of redemption that unfold within our walls, emphasizing the importance of second chances and the impact of sharing one's journey.
Our conversation takes us through the importance of embracing change, as seen in our kitchen and beyond. We explore how Jesus himself navigated change and how maintaining our mission to love unconditionally guides us through all seasons.
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There's something special about the TRM kitchen—it's where hearts connect, and change is embraced with open arms. In this episode, hear how Chef Sean Hall is passing the baton of Director Food Services to Chef Sally Herrera.
Through the bittersweet news of Chef Sean's departure, we revisit some of his time here, as well as look to the future with anticipation for where the Lord is directing his next steps! Through the change, we are also excited to see how the Lord has prepared Chef Sally as she steps into this role with a nurturing presence crucial for a team like ours. This episode is a testament to the personal growth and powerful stories of redemption that unfold within our walls, emphasizing the importance of second chances and the impact of sharing one's journey.
Our conversation takes us through the importance of embracing change, as seen in our kitchen and beyond. We explore how Jesus himself navigated change and how maintaining our mission to love unconditionally guides us through all seasons.
To learn more about TRM Ministries: Click Here!
To support TRM, Click Here!
Dear Heavenly Father, we thank you, lord, for this day. God, in all that you're doing and the incredible work that you're doing here at the mission, and through the wonderful people that you've brought, Lord, I pray your blessing over this conversation in this time and, lord, that it would encourage those who listen to it. God, we love and praise your name, amen. Hello everyone, this is Lamanda Broyles and you are joining our community, our mission, today, on this Wednesday, may 1st, episode 220. That's so exciting. It's.
Speaker 2:May Day. It's May Day, did you get any flowers?
Speaker 1:No, I didn't either. But I also didn't get any warnings like May Day, may Day either, oh, okay. Well, that's a good thing, but I'm bummed, that's usually my life, miriam.
Speaker 2:Oh, okay, well, that's a good thing, but I'm bummed. That's usually my life, miriam. That's usually my life. Yeah, good point.
Speaker 1:Good point, but you know, if I would have gotten flowers, it would have really blessed my day on this blessing day.
Speaker 2:Oh see, you know, josh, there are some times you just really need to be very careful what you put in front of her.
Speaker 1:Listen, I'm just saying. Actually I'm going to pass the buck a little bit. Isaiah helped put these together.
Speaker 2:And he doesn't even have a mic yet. I know, and he can't, so he can't defend himself.
Speaker 1:My cheesiness is kind of starting to rank up there with, like the dad jokes it's like LB's version, particularly when you're tired.
Speaker 2:That's yeah, and you may want to work on your game. That's correct.
Speaker 1:Got it, miriam. Thank you. It's a good thing Not everybody can see me right now. I did put some makeup on, but speaking of I don't know, it's also learn to ride a bike day.
Speaker 2:So I wouldn't recommend that. If you're tired, no, and have you? Have you ridden a bike lately? I know they say that you really can never forget. Yeah, I'm pretty confident you can.
Speaker 1:Yes, it was not fun. I did last week. Oh, did you? For about 10 seconds, it's. It's a weird feeling, yeah, and then my oldest said mama, please don't do that. Can I have my bike back?
Speaker 2:And so I was like, okay, I guess I'm done, I know, well, we just have to learn again. I think, lamonda, mine just hangs in my garage, my bike. You have a bike, I do.
Speaker 1:But I pull it down.
Speaker 2:I didn't know that. I pull it down and I go oh what if I fall over? I could break a hip.
Speaker 1:Please don't, please don't. I need you here. Trm Bike Club, that's right. Oh, there you go. We could.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, we could always put the training wheels back on.
Speaker 1:Man. Well, speaking of training wheels, normally kids need training wheels, but kids and adults might need to know that it is also Mother Goose Day, so I thought this was pretty cute. We are swept back to memories of our childhood whenever we hear of Mother Goose Day on May 1st from Humpty Dumpty what happened to him? He fell off a wall. He did.
Speaker 2:And the three little pigs. Oh yeah, they got their houses blown down.
Speaker 1:Yes, and Pinocchio did what Lied Liar liar pants on fire. Fairy tales and nursery rhymes endlessly entertained us as kids, while providing us important life lessons.
Speaker 2:Yeah, don't lie. Don't lie, or your nose is going to grow, or don't sit on a wall. Or don't sit on a wall, apparently, because why did he fall off?
Speaker 1:And you better build your house on the cornerstone of God or it's going to fall apart. That's exactly right. You know, we get so much smarter from these, Miriam, you know. I just know everybody loves listening to that.
Speaker 1:I'm sure they do. But, in all seriousness, you know our community, our mission is all about highlighting really our community and what is being done, and so I'm excited to have both of our guests on who are TRM staff members. But God is doing incredible things through them and in them, um, and we've got a transition going on, so I'm excited about that Um, but you know we're also kind of transitioning into second quarter here at the mission, and so talk to us a little bit about needs have not stopped.
Speaker 2:No, they don't, they absolutely don't.
Speaker 1:Um, and our support of donors hasn't either. So can you just give some gratitude for that, and then we can kind of talk about needs that we still have, you know it's so true.
Speaker 2:We have so much support from the community, whether it's financially or with things or with time. People just really step forward to to help. But the needs are great, right, and financially we can always use support, even though we're just so blessed because things like estates, so somebody has passed away, but they thought way ahead to place TRM in their will, and then we get these kind of surprise blessings, you know, and very often they come exactly at the right moment, you know. So I would encourage people to think about, you know, considering TRM as they do their estate planning and plan for their wills. But whether it's that or whether it's the gifts that we get, that are $5 payments that come in a few times a month from someone, and you know and you can kind of tell by the way the money looks, that it's a precious gift. Right, it's a precious gift, not that the big gifts aren't, but sometimes you just get this really strong feeling that somebody is giving sacrificially. You know they're, they're taking their last dollars and saying, no, I want to help someone else.
Speaker 2:And there's really no other way that we could make it. We couldn't support the work that we do inside our shelters, at our DC, on the streets. We need everyone's support to be able to do that and we're so grateful because people are. They are kind to us and they continuously think of us and respond to what the Lord nudges them to do, and that's really really important.
Speaker 1:You know, I am just thinking there are always needs around the rescue mission and sometimes we don't even know what need is going to come our way Right, and then someone is trying to meet the need, and then there the need is our way, and then someone is trying to meet the need, and then there the need is. And so one of the hardest challenges I have, miriam, as I've kind of stepped into this role, is this dance that I have to do, that I get to do would probably be a better thing to say, but where I have to be financially wise for the ministry right and report to the board and make wise business decisions and those kinds of things, but that I can't ever merit that more than the Lord's provision, and that is so different than any other business model.
Speaker 1:It's so different than five-year planning and all of this. And so, yes, do I need to be a wise steward and do I need to be a strong leader for this organization? Yes, but none of it comes from me, none of it comes from our board, none of it's money that you're generating. It is truly the Lord working through his people, right, and that is beautiful, and it has shown me so much about who God is. I think I've learned I'm not joking in the last three years a better picture of who God is than what I have my, maybe my whole life, sure, sure, absolutely.
Speaker 2:And you're, you are dead on when you talk about this, almost a tug of war between what we think we need to be doing and what the Lord is already doing.
Speaker 2:Right, and, and so that struggle between what I can do and what the Lord will do faithfully is is, I think, a constant struggle for all of us, because we're motivated to do things we and we feel called to do to do, not just to sit and wait kind of thing. And so how do we? How do we go about doing that? You know, being faithful and wanting to do what we can to help the situation, while also then just fully depending on the Lord?
Speaker 1:Yes, and you know I was just thinking there are always needs and one of the things that I've really tried to focus on in the last year or so, as just my own personal growth as a leader, is to look at those needs and be excited and anticipate how God's going to meet it, rather than being overwhelmed by the needs.
Speaker 1:So like yes, or worried about it. You know so right now, if you're listening to this and you are interested in donating or God has been nudging your heart, you know we have um dollars that can go straight to providing meals and the shelter services, um things that we do at the distribution center. I will tell you, we also have building maintenance right now that's needed. So we've got shelving that in order to maintain one of the largest other than probably Harvester's community pantries for our entire community, we've got to have the shelving units that can hold all of those non-perishable items and it's almost like we're running a small grocery store Out of that when you look at the hundreds and thousands of meals we give out every month just through that. So that is a need right now to upgrade some of that, and we've already had someone give a little bit towards that. We're thankful for that.
Speaker 1:We've got a pretty big renovation coming up phase two for the Hope Center. We've got a pretty big renovation coming up phase two for the hope center. Um, we were so blessed um by Troy and his amazing team uh, just their charity team there through federal home loan bank Um, and they've given us a grant and so we've done phase one, where we renovated the first floor of the hope center. Now it's on floor two, uh, but there's additional costs when we're looking at furniture, being trauma informed as much as possible the paint, the flooring, the decorations, so that it has a different experience for those who are seeking that. So that's a big need. You know, there's also just big stuff that we need to move towards, like step up bed systems so that we are getting rid of our old bunk beds and that kind of stuff.
Speaker 1:And so if you're hearing something or you feel God is nudging, you, feel free to reach out to myself, feel free to reach out to Miriam. These are all prayer needs that we have and we definitely want to steward any type of donations and resources and time and volunteering to the needs according to the time that God tells us to Right and doing it in the right season. So just a quick thank you to all of the donors, all of the volunteers who give, give your prayers, give your times, give your donations. I can tell you, all of it is being used for kingdom work and the work will never be finished, and so we are extremely grateful for all that. You do be finished, and so we are extremely grateful for all that you do. Speaking of kingdom work, I feel like you don't even need an introduction.
Speaker 4:You could just start talking and everybody's going to be like that's Chef Hall.
Speaker 1:Well, thank you. Yes, so we are excited to have Chef Hall on here and Chef Sally, and we're going to start with the spoiler alert. Yeah, what is it, chef? So chef is going to be transitioning to do further kingdom work, so we're going to unpack that in just a minute, and so this is our introduction as head chef and director of food services and hospitality for Sally. So she's already been working and serving the Lord in so many capacities, and so today we're just going to spend this time announcing chefs. It's not really a departure. I feel like you're just going to be a hop, skip and jump away, right.
Speaker 1:I'll be right here, that's exactly right, Do another step with us. But we do want to talk about that so that we can let people know what you're going to be doing and also so that we just show how much love we have for you and what you're going to continue to do. And then we'll talk about Sally for a little bit and then we'll talk about kind of just how this transition has unfolded. So just talk to us about what's next, Chef.
Speaker 4:Well, I want to. I want to back up just a little bit because, like a lot of things have come to my mind. I remember a couple about a month ago I messaged you when Holton said he was leaving, who had ran our DC and it was a very dear part of this ministry and I'm counseling you or, you know, trying to consult you, console you, and saying, hey, you know, it kind of took me off guard and things like that. So it wasn't something that was planned and just like it wasn't planned for Holden.
Speaker 4:You know, it's just how God puts us in position to continue his services and his and his desires for us. So being in position and being here at the mission has just been such a blessing. So I don't never just like we represent the kingdom in our actions and when people see us in the street and so we'd be careful how we act and where we associate and where we spend our time. So you know, I'm going to continue to be a liaison for Christ and as well for the ministry, and so I'm going to always wear a TRM badge or a place in this ministry. So, moving forward, I will always have some type of connection or relationship with the ministry and the people here and my family. You know this has been my family for the last three plus years or four years I don't know how long it's been, but it seemed like a year. But this has been my family, not only spiritually but physically, and especially with the people that I've had the time to work with in the kitchen and my staff and just growing and the mentorship not only from you but Miriam and brother Barry. And so this is, this is my family, this is my home and I'm venturing out.
Speaker 4:I'm going to do a couple different things. The first thing I'm doing is called Love Me Tenders. I'm taking an opportunity it's going to be chicken with a cause. We're going to be located in the West Ridge Mall, so we've been building and developing the space and it's looking magnificent. And you know I'm really sorry for the other vendors there, but we're going to try to support them as well.
Speaker 4:We're trying to come up with concepts. You know, everywhere we go we're going to do what God commands us to do and we're going to try to help everybody and do not only for ourselves but for those that we come across the Chicken with a Cause. We're going to take up an organization every quarter and support them through ourselves. Every employee that works for Love Me Tenders will be a partial owner of the organization. I got a couple individuals that I'm hiring that are actual residents of the mission and giving them an opportunity to not only get on their feet but have some sustainability, have a opportunity not only to work but to be an owner and preferably be under some mentorship, to where they can really see themselves in the position of redemption, you know. So it's just been a blessing. It's been a blessing in the position of redemption you know.
Speaker 4:So it's just been a blessing.
Speaker 4:It's been a blessing I'm doing a firm, I'm doing a little consulting, I got a couple of projects that I'm working on for some people and these things have just like come to fruition and guys have just really been pressing me to to branch out and you know I never want to be a distraction for the ministry and what we do here and there's, you know, there's room for all of us and I've never felt more comfortable.
Speaker 4:This is actually really, to keep it a hundred. This is really the first job that I've ever had in all my life that I don't have to leave. I'm not forced to leave, I am desiring to leave, and it speaks volume of the ministry and what God has done in my life and the transformation change he's placed in me. And I truly believe that you have to have the desire, you have to be above reproach and the things that are foundational for this ministry to move forward and to be into these positions. So I believe that it's all God, his power, his glory, his doing, and so I'm ecstatic for what is going to continue in the ministry, to see what they're going to do in the future, in the kitchen and and with you know, constant changes, this place changes.
Speaker 4:It's like a Rubik's Cube. But it's all for making things fit. There's never a no here. You know it might not be the time, but they'll find a place. The boss lady always finds a place for ideas, growth, individuals. I've seen people move in positions vertically constantly throughout the entire ministry. It's been a blessing. I just love it and I love what's been going on here and I love what's coming.
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:What do you think is the hardest part about leaving?
Speaker 4:I mean, there's a couple.
Speaker 3:I'm not going to cry today. Our cry meetings.
Speaker 1:Our cry meetings.
Speaker 4:I am not going to cry today, but you know what? Yeah, maybe I wore a sleeve for you today.
Speaker 4:Because I love you, yeah, I love you too, but the I mean there's so much, there's so much to miss, you know. But I really think yeah, I guess I am going to cry, but I really think that the fellowship with the men that come to the kitchen, I think I'm going to miss that more than anything, because I seen God working, so many people that wanted to give up and allowing, you know, for us to cross paths and just opening doors and opportunities.
Speaker 4:So I don't never want to lose that relationship, but I feel that is the most aspect of what I'm going to miss and that was the uh. I think that that was one of the brightest spots, uh of me being here and just fellowshipping with uh individuals that have been hopeless, sure yeah.
Speaker 1:Sure, that's one of the things that I've loved to watch with you. You have taken the inward restoration and transformation that has happened inside of you and you have not just displayed that, but you have shared it and you have brought people on board to say, look, if I can go from this to this, have brought people on board to say, look, if I can go from this to this and if I am loved so deeply and tenderly by our Lord, so are you. You're not any different, and there are just so many people that I know have given the Lord a chance themselves, a second chance, because of your testimony, and I have loved seeing that, and I have also loved seeing you just be able to be proud of the man that you are.
Speaker 1:You know, and I've said this. It was probably a couple of years ago now, but you know, one of the things that I love is that my daughters love you, yeah, and they love riding with you they love being over in your kitchen and cooking with you. Yeah, and just the opportunities that you get on all different generations, you know, men, women, kids, all of that because you it's just almost like you've got a second chance to live and every day you live it the best that you can, you know, and I love that.
Speaker 4:I'm free.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 4:Yes, I'm free from the stronghold. Yes, I mean, I've seen God personally, so I can't help but share what he's done in my life, through my children's life and my children's children's life. He is just constantly moving. His words are true and everybody I see I can see. I start off with that. And so I was hopeless. I was in strongholds. I was on the pathway to hell and redeemed by Christ and him. Only I tried to fix myself. I tried to do this, I tried to do that. I stopped trying and let him do it.
Speaker 1:It's amazing how that works. Oh my God.
Speaker 4:Oh, my God, I want to bust myself in the head because, I wasted so much time, but it was never wasted, because if I wouldn't went through what I went through, I wouldn't be able to see what I see in other people. Yes, and how I was in that state, yep, and didn't nobody see it in me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just told somebody over the weekend. I said I will never insult the Israelites because I've wondered and there's probably some times that God just wants to bring me to point A, to point B and probably in the same day, and it takes me weeks months years to get it, and so I'm like I'm not above them, but we're his children.
Speaker 1:He loves us and he's calling us out of that, and I just love how you have walked alongside so many people to help them as they are crawling out of whatever it is that the enemy has tried to use against them, and so yeah, and you know, the other thing, chef, is that you, you will give anybody a chance.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 2:You will give anybody a chance to try to do it different. The worse off, better yeah exactly it's, that's the yeah, that's exactly right, but it's, it's wonderful, kind of building on what LaManda was saying, it's you. You see opportunity in everyone, in everyone, even when some of us would just go.
Speaker 2:Seriously, chef, seriously You're going to go this direction again and your heart is always just like oh, come on, mary. Yeah, you know, I mean I can just and I will hear it, and it's just such a good reminder that there is. We don't really know what seeds we're planting. When we give somebody a second chance and you have just been such an incredible example to me in that way in this you don't know what it is that you're planting, and it may not be that they're going to be great in this job, right, but you're planting something and that's really important.
Speaker 4:Amen. Unfortunately not a lot of them last in the job, but it gives us an opportunity to build relationships Absolutely. And so the biggest thing I found here you know and I've never done a lot of things like, I've never had true, authentic friendships with people it was always based on what you could do for me or what I can do for you and, and so it's allowed me to have authentic relationships with individuals, and it's not based on needs or wants, because I don't have a lot to give, but, you know, we have a lot of opportunities.
Speaker 4:God has given us a cup of overflowing chances and and um breakthroughs and and encouragement, and so those things are free to give, and I think we should always, uh, give an abundance to those that may not have had the opportunity to be loved on.
Speaker 1:Sure, so you know it's bittersweet.
Speaker 4:Yeah.
Speaker 1:I feel like you know we've talked before I'm your biggest cheerleader, yeah, and then I'm also the one that thumps you on your head Right With love. But no, in all seriousness, chef, you know I'm anxious to see what happens and I know your heart and you, just you want to serve so much and I just keep thinking about you know, one of my last days at the school I was at before coming here, I was really struggling one day in my office and I was by myself and I was wrestling because I loved where I was. I love to be good public schools, I loved being a principal and I really didn't understand why God was calling me out of that when everything seemed to fit there. And very clearly, I feel like he revealed to me you're going to get to still do my work, but outside of walls, and that's all I can think about with you is just it's your time to continue loving people like you have.
Speaker 1:Continue with the ideas, continue serving him speaking the gospel. People like you have. Continue with the ideas. Continue serving him speaking the gospel, but in a bigger way. Um, and so I'm excited to see to see where that goes. Um, I'm also excited for the gal who's sitting next to you chef.
Speaker 1:Sally, I feel like we all need to give her a round of applause. Um so, with this transition, um, sally, just talk to us about what you're excited about walking into this new role and just kind of some hopes that you have for food service and your thoughts, your leadership, just anything that's kind of on your heart, and then we'll talk a little bit about how God has been working in your succession.
Speaker 3:All right. Well, let's see. Well, over the last few years under chef hall, I want to say, um, we have some really good times and we've had some hard times.
Speaker 1:Yes, but um we call those growing pains.
Speaker 3:But the experience that the kitchen staff had learned and pushing me to further than my potential and being able to do it in the kitchen at Terriam, so that's been really great. I think Chef has been an amazing leader and if anybody knows Chef Hall, I will not build his shoes Literally, but I will try with the Lord helping, but he's a phone call away If he's not camping under the bridge, like you said.
Speaker 1:I know that's right?
Speaker 3:No, I'm just kidding, but he is just a phone call away. Yes, I'm excited about that part, but nervous at the same time.
Speaker 4:Sure that makes sense the good thing is, you know you've been already feeling the shoes.
Speaker 2:Chef.
Speaker 4:From day one. We've been preparing for this. The last two, three years we have been in preparation with you running the kitchen, and you've done a great job. I wouldn't be able to do what I've done here at the mission at all if it were not for you. You know the Lord put you in place yeah, he did, and he strengthened you and made you divinely for what you have ahead of you, and you are a phenomenal person. I trust you. I have all confidence in you. I believe in you. I have all confidence in you. I believe in you. You are deserving and you are strong and you are wonderful.
Speaker 4:Chef, I love you so much and I appreciate you, and you have a big road ahead of you. But it's God's road. It ain't my shoes. I have nothing to do with it. You know we've instructed the staff they better not ever say this is how chef did it, because this is your kitchen, and then God's going to put whoever's in charge after you's kitchen, because it's God's kitchen, this is God's house and we work for the Lord and we serve him and him alone. And so you've already done awesome.
Speaker 4:You've already you know it's just a title, but you've already had the position and the authority and that's how we've trained and that's how we've related and that's how we've worked, and the whole kitchen staff has done a phenomenal job. There is not one individual in that kitchen that does not deserve to be there. And you have a phenomenal foundation that you built because you have the relationships with those employees, the staff that we have here. They've always had to go to you, to come to me. You know, and, and now it's official.
Speaker 3:There we go. Well, thank you. I might have not seen it so beautiful as you did.
Speaker 1:Sally, you know, I think there's just so many things that we could say about you and what we appreciate about you, but, man, just as I boil all of them down, I think all of it could just be encompassed by just saying you are genuine, period. So, whether we're talking, your work ethic, your teamwork, your, um, nervousness, your self doubt, like all of it is just genuine and I love that because I know the Lord loves that, like he, he wants us to be that before him. And so, um, I just appreciate your heart, I appreciate your excitement, I appreciate your honesty when you're like I have no clue, I don't know, um, I've said that more in the past two years taking on this position, um, and so we're, we're excited for you, we're proud of you. Um, we see God using you, we've seen that he's going to continue to use that.
Speaker 1:And you know one of the things that Barry said to me in one of our first meetings. I don't even remember what had happened, but I remember looking at him with tears in my eyes and I said I cannot be you, I can't. And he looked at me and, without skipping a beat, he said you're right, you can't. Nor is God asking you to God is not calling you to be Barry 2.0 for TRM. God is moving Barry out so that LaManda can come in and be who LaManda is in Christ and lead TRM. And I would say the same thing with you there is no expectations that you are chef 2.0. There's a reason God is removing him and letting him go on his journey and there's a reason you're moving up to this.
Speaker 1:And so now it's time for whatever God has in store for you, and he's going to bless chef's path and he's going to bless your path, and we're excited. We're excited to see that. So you both have kind of just had this camaraderie the good times, the bad times we can joke about that, because it's true, right when you're working so closely with someone, there are beautiful moments. When you're working closely with someone, they see you frustrated, they see you cry, they see you fail, they see you and your successes Like that's just how it is. And so just talk a little bit about chef. What you have appreciated in chef Sally, as you've seen her kind of learn and grow and do, what do you appreciate about her?
Speaker 4:well, I mean, uh, her, her desire. She see that that's the key. You got a desire to do this. You gotta, you gotta love cooking, to cook as much food as we have to cook and do all the things that people think you know. She understands me. Sally understands me to an extent that I haven't been understood in a while. As far as food goes, you know. So, uh, people think the food just kind of magically appears, kind of you know, from the perception. That's how we think people think you know, and so we understand that there's so many aspects and moving parts of what we do and for her to be able to understand and grasp that has been the biggest component of our relationship, because we know that we have to be here at a certain time. We got this coming in, we got those to deal with, we got somebody crying somebody. You know there's so many aspects of our job. Like Sally is the kitchen's HR or psychiatrist.
Speaker 4:You know she wears all these hats, bodyguard Right, and where I come in and I come, I'm in mode. I'm in mode a lot of times Now. I can love on you, but when it's time to work, I'm like, hey, get this done, blah, blah, blah, blah and keep it moving. But Sally's like, oh, chef, leave him alone, he's having a bad day and his dog got a broken foot, you know. And I'm like, ah, so we've been able to work out, but that part of her, that caring part of her, that mother-naturing part of her, and her being able to walk in authority and being able to know people, has been the biggest component.
Speaker 4:And it makes everything better, her relationship skills and her desire. I mean y'all going to have to. You think you have to rave me in, but she likes to help people a lot too.
Speaker 1:That might be shut 2.0. That might be the one thing that is right, she likes to help people a lot. You know, and another person that loved to help people was Mike Schinkel.
Speaker 3:And you know.
Speaker 1:Mike Schinkel was our director of food service, I believe, for 19 years 18, 19, 20 years and then passed away during COVID, and so there's just been this rooted love and then before that, you know just people that are churches that come in to serve and businesses that come in to serve. I mean there's just so much heart that goes into our kitchen and so, sally, I'm excited for you. You know what is just knowing the foundation. I mean the Rescue Mission has been here 71 years. But then just a little bit of what we've talked about, just the heart of Mike Shingle and how he he never missed an opportunity to share Christ and he always was okay if that was also used through food, right. And so thinking about that, and then chef's desire to just display his redemption and the cry out that chef's heart has really has to say that redemption I've had, it's yours too, like his blood was shed for you. And so just thinking about that love, what are some hopes that you have for the kitchen and for food service?
Speaker 3:Well, I know the Lord has plans and I have no vision of it yet, but we're going to continue working strong with the transition and still loving the guests that come in and doing what we've been doing. Continue training the individuals. I think that's very important. Yes, continue training the individuals. I think that's very important. Yes, not only coming into the kitchen and helping with food prep, but learning why we do what we do, why there's POSs, why is there FIFO, why is there cross-contamination rules and giving them encouragement to go out back into the workforce. Right, there's a lot of work out there. There is, and I honestly think the Lord will plug them in where, where he needs them.
Speaker 1:Yeah, you know it's, it's just amazing. When I see this stuff happening in the kitchen, just the heart change. But the skill sets, I mean, they go hand in hand and it's just beautiful. And then you see people equipped and you know, even if it's they're equipped for a season and they fall again, it's okay, the Lord's with us when we fall, he's with us when we're on the mountaintops. But our food services is definitely special, in a way of second chances, redemption, skill building, it's all of it. So, yeah, well, I am am, I'm pumped. I'm pumped for both of you. Sally, I'm looking forward to um working with you more. You know, um, I think that you'll be easier to corral than chef um no um, that's a for sure, that's a for sure.
Speaker 4:That's a for sure.
Speaker 1:Yeah, but, chef, it has also just been fun. I I appreciate every decision we made together. I appreciate every argument we had. I appreciate every sorry we both said. I appreciate every sermon we've shared.
Speaker 2:Just.
Speaker 1:I don't know, just the friendship, and I'm looking forward to to that, because God has just really used you and he's wanting to even use you more and I see that and I want to bless that. Not that you need my blessing, but I mean I'm just proud of you and I want that for you.
Speaker 2:Well, there's one request, though. Okay, it's just two words. I'm just going to say two words, and you just will take it from there.
Speaker 4:OK.
Speaker 2:OK, oxtail.
Speaker 4:Oxtail. Oh yeah, we got some of them coming down the line to the expectation.
Speaker 2:I don't care about what the rest of the people get.
Speaker 1:I just want you to be focused on that's what.
Speaker 4:Miriam's deal.
Speaker 2:I got you, I got you, so that doesn't go away, because you leave here.
Speaker 4:Yeah, like I'm going to be right around there.
Speaker 2:But again, what are the two words?
Speaker 3:Oxtail, there you go.
Speaker 1:Oh man, well, we love Chef, we love Sally, we love our team here at the Topeka Rescue Mission, and we love change, you know, and sometimes that doesn't mean that we understand it, sometimes it doesn't mean that it's easy, sometimes it's not beautiful, but it is necessary, and we see just the change that happened in Jesus's life, from him being born and chosen and a boy and what he was learning, and then three years of ministry and then dying on the cross as our savior. And so I'm sure change was hard for him too, but he was focused on what the father had sent him to do. And so right now, uh, we never like to see people go. We are always excited to let people promote and to do, but one thing that we remain firm in is that our focus is not on any of us, it's not on me, it's not on deputies, it's not on directors.
Speaker 1:It is on the mission that God has called us to do, and he's called us to love him, and he's called us to love people, and he didn't define who people were, because it was already defined, and those people are everyone, just like you and me, and so we appreciate you listening today on our community, our mission, if you liked what you heard and want to hear more, feel free to subscribe. You can share and like us on our community, on our mission. You can also see previous podcasts on our website and learn more about us on trmonlineorg. Trmonlineorg. Remember, even if you're going through change or transition, trust the Lord, because he went through it too. Thank you.