Well, folks, we heard from one of our newest residents, and here we're having someone, Connor Smith, also a sophomore and our Moms Weekend Commissioner, who is a member of our Welcome Week group here, helping people move in.

So how's it been going? It's been going great so far.

We're kind of just getting underway at the moment, but a lot of new faces, a lot of great people, a lot of future Steadsmen.

It's an exciting place to be.

Now, when you're unloading a car, what have you seen a lot of? What seems to be

the stuff du jour? So we've seen a lot of those plastic bags, the packing bags, the blue bags.

The blue bags.

Great essential for moving.

That was something that did affect you, and you've kinda held onto that just a little bit over the last couple years, correct?

Yeah.

I mean, being back in the building and interacting with all the fans again, and just being in that atmosphere really, really kinda hit me a little bit, and made me wanna come back, and obviously, uh, we...

I kinda talked with Sherwood a little bit about it, and it just, it, it was better for me in the long run to stay with my job rather than try to continue to play hockey as much as I, as much as I really wanted to, and really just missed being out there with everybody.

Mm-hmm.

So I didn't get the opportunity, and Port Hur- Port Huron is just, uh, a little too far of a drive for me coming from either my house or even work.

It is quite a ways away.

Um, with them having moved to Woodhaven, their new arena, uh, it's only 20 minutes from work.

What, what has been that wake up for you?

Yeah.

I mean, in that I, I, um, I preached my first sermon last week, so I got to, yeah, I, um, I got to, uh, there was a country radio seminar conference.

It's in Nashville.

The whole country industry comes around it for a week.

And, um, Um, and every year for the last 10 years, I've done this morning called believers and, and, um, they have someone in the industry just share a testimony or, or share a word.

And then they have, you know, worship and, uh, and it's just slowly grown throughout the years.

And I'm curious if you feel like that early intervention and getting therapeutic support and spiritual support for you helped you stay grounded in navigating this thing, or have you had long-term impact from it? Have you had any classic traumatic symptoms like flashbacks or nightmares or anything like that?

Thank you.

And, um, I'll tell you the story real quick.

I was 16.

I was at your show at Bridgestone.

Three hours, just you and a guitar, and, uh, I was sitting there the whole time with my arms crossed.

I was, like, in the back middle, like, kinda lower bowl.

I was sitting there with my arms crossed, and this drunk mom of three looks at me about two hours into the show.

Yeah, yeah.

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Yeah.

Yeah.

I kind of had the revelation of, like, when I wasn't fully following Jesus, because I've always been, you know, I would always say I'm a Christian.

I'm always, you know, I gave my life.

I got baptized in elementary school, like, was leading Bible studies in middle school.

Like, it was always a journey, but, but definitely was, like, not, not fully living as a disciple of Christ, um, for a majority of my life, uh, fully at least.

Wow.