My Journey Here

Hi Everyone! I am excited you have found us! We are so happy you are here.

I wanted to share my own testimony and journey so you have a better understanding of the purpose and vision of what we have created.

I found God back in 2023. To go back a little further, I have always struggled with shame, fear and guilt which are the big three that really impact our character the most and how we grow to make decisions. I was not making great ones, in fact I was down a bad path with myself, making decisions that were what I thought was best, yet turned out to hurt me more. Eventually those decisions made me question everything, especially why I still seemed to be struggling, why it felt like a continuous cycle down the pit, and why I just felt like I could never catch a break or keep my head above water. Can anyone else relate?

My job history also reflected my decisions and path. I was in the service and hospitality industry since I was 16. If anyone knows the industry, its hard on the mental and physical health with long hours of nonstop work, little sleep and definitely no good nutritional health. I ended up destroying my body in the process with fluctuating weight, sleep and an insane amount of caffeine as well as alcohol. I always wanted to be in medicine, so after graduating college, I got my EMT certification and planned on becoming a firefighter. I ended up working as a first responder in Phoenix, which is where I thought I was going to be forever. After a few years, the very little income was gravely impacting me, and I did not actually feel like I was helping people, rather catering to a broken system. I picked up a bartending job to help supplement, yet I was making more bartending a few days a week than I was at a full time job on an ambulance. I realized the strain it was having on my life all around, and left the field in 2023, when I went back to the service industry. Darkness really fell over me during this period.

Jumping back to my journey with God. I was surrounded by so much negative I wanted to find positive. I began on a spiritual journey- I dabbled in new age spirituality and also began reading my bible. Very double-minded, but I had yet to discover what was the truth, which is what I was seeking. I got far enough into new age that I was meditating frequently and having experiences with spirits. I realized none of them were good, so I slowly stopped and really turned to my bible. On Good Friday of 2023, I wanted to prepare for the Easter holiday and read Luke chapter 24, which is Jesus' crucifixion. As I was reading I became very overwhelmed with a spirit, I could feel it in my chest, so I closed my eyes and welcomed the spirit in. Once I closed my eyes, I saw Jesus standing in the corner of my room, dressed in a white robe with red sashed over Him, just smiling at me. That feeling in my chest burned even deeper with such love and peace and I was so overwhelmed by His presence I was sobbing. It was so beautiful. After that I continued with my bible and diving deeper to know God. I still was a little double minded with new age, and when the spirit convicted me, I got rid of everything (crystals, books, etc.). That summer I went through a very rough season, but God puts people in our lives in perfect timing and I was blessed with a few amazing people that helped me through. That fall, I had another experience with a spirit. It was early morning, so I was still sleeping, but I heard a voice whisper my name in my ear- almost like I could feel the breath on me. I reminded myself that if it brings peace, it is of God, and if it brings fear it is of the enemy. All of a sudden I was completely overwhelmed with fear, completely frozen. Then I suddenly saw an image of a demon, who was laughing at me. I said the Lord's prayer three times and it went away. I had never felt such fear in my life. Three days later, I was baptized at my church.

Since then, I was still really battling myself and overcoming sin. In the summer of 2024, I became the General Manager of a high-end restaurant in Scottsdale. It took a toll on my life daily; I was nonstop working and the demand of the job completely shot my health. In the spring of 2025, I began the Forty-Forty challenge with some family and committed to doing a prayer walk and reading my bible every day. It was on these walks that I really started hearing God and what He wanted me to do. I was stressed about where I was going to live and finding a roommate, and yet God told me I was going to live alone. I didn't believe Him, and He constantly told me to trust Him. After a few months I signed a lease to an apartment by myself. A few days later God said, okay, now quit your job. Man, did I battle with that one. But after a few more days I started to become convicted and realized what the job was really doing to me. I decided I was going to quit, but I wanted to make sure my team was in a decent place. I quit August 2nd, 2025, and that day God also convicted me to stop drinking. I have been sober ever since.

I then went on a camping trip where I really met God and had an incredible experience. I thought I was going to have a "break" for a few weeks before I got another job. God had other plans. Every interview I went to did not work out, and the end of the month was quickly approaching so panic started to set in, I had bills to pay God! He said I need you to trust Me, you are not getting another job. I said WHAT. HOW. WHY. WHAT?! It again took me a few days to comprehend, but, I was convicted. It was one of my hearts desires to own my own business, and I could not fathom working for someone else again and having insane hours. So I stopped looking and TRUSTED HIM. Believe it or not, my rent was covered for the month and the rest of my bills. He is really a last minute God!

I went through an intense healing process and came out the other side completely renewed through the Holy Spirit. I do not recognize the person I was at all, and I am more aligned with who I am becoming than ever before. This healing has been so beautiful, this journey with God has been a complete rollercoaster, yet I would not trade it for anything else in this world. My growth has been an incredible journey. My faith has grown to just be obedient to Him, and I have found my purpose through the grace of Christ.

In October of 2025, I sat with God one day to guide me to my purpose and really show me the vision of what He wanted me to build, and here we are. Building and expanding the Kingdom Community. Everything I do is for the glory of God, and we are here to share in that glory with one another: to love one another as He loves us. The goal is to help others as I have been helped with community in personal growth of all areas of life, in your purpose, and in your faith journey. God created us to be in community with one another and I can attest that doing the hard things together is so much easier than doing it alone.

I hope you made it this far, and I just want to say, I am here for you, God is with you, and you have a community around you that loves you whether you see it now or not. YOU ARE LOVED, YOU ARE HERE FOR A PURPOSE. Let's do this thing called life together, loves. <3