Yes, you mentioned your upbringing a little bit. And I know that some of our listeners, they

come on this podcast and they kind of look at the family Elisha came from or the family I came

from and kind of looks like just the picture perfect family. So of course we'll like raise

the picture perfect family. Kind of like this expectation, right? And how would you encourage

our listeners on the podcast that didn't come from a background they want to replicate exactly.

When I was six, so I had three older siblings. When I was six, my biological father decided

that he had enough of the blessing of children in marriage and left for a life of adultery.

I haven't seen him since. And so if I had to sum up, like the reason for like the success

that I've seen and the

blessings that the Lord has led us in, intentionally seeking out relationships with my brothers,

all the guys that I've been tight with for almost 20 years, you know, we're still, you know,

best friends. They're similar-minded guys all pursuing the Lord together and all pursuing similar

visions, right? We all want families. We all want to, you know, honor the Lord. and all pursuing similar visions, right? We all want families.

We all want to, you know, honor the Lord. And so having those influences, especially early on,

just really, really set the foundation for where we're at now. So, Mr. Derek Fashon,

welcome to the podcast. Before I let you introduce yourself, I want to do a quick introduction. You're married

to your beautiful wife, Lindsay. You two have seven children now. Is that correct? Yep. Good.

Seven children. You and I have worked together numerous times in our life, the same place of employment.

You're recently out of law enforcement,

now working in construction. You live here in North Idaho, and you're raising an amazing family.

That is something that I've admired about you since the time you and Lindsay got married

as your guys is a wholehearted pursuit of a healthy marriage and now, you know, raising beautiful

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