Minty: "This brings us to the final question of this first part, 'The Current Season.' We've talked about the old home of control and the new home of grace."
Minty: "In your chapter 'Going Home to You,' there's an image of a front door. Sometimes, we stand on the porch for a long time because we're afraid that once we go inside, we might have to leave certain tools behind—like our pride, our past hurts, or even our creative independence."
Minty: "As you step through that door today, what is the one thing you are most afraid to let go of, and what is the one thing you are most excited to find waiting for you on the other side? Is the fear of losing 'Iboni the Author' outweighed by the joy of finding 'Iboni the Daughter'?"
[Minty leans back, giving Iboni space to breathe with this final thought for the first part. The audience is leaning in, sensing the weight of this closing moment.]
Iboni: "'Most afraid to let go of'? Hm… if I'd be lying right now, my answer would be nothing [chuckles softly] with honesty, the games, series, and movies which I used to distract myself from the suffering that I was going through in the past. That instead of holding on to Abba, I hold on to my games and the movies in which I've made my idol. Those things which I told myself that I couldn't live without."
[Iboni sighed deeply then looked at Minty with beaming eyes.]
Iboni: "And the 'one thing I am most excited to find'? Honestly? I don't even know! [chuckles excitedly] But I know that I can trust Abba that He won't give His daughter a snake nor a rock in which an evil father can't even give to his own child. I know it'll be something that I longed for in the past or maybe even more! Who knows? Only Him who knows how to give good gifts to His children. And I'd gladly choose to be His daughter again and again and again for being an author is a temporary thing as well, but being His daughter? Now THAT is eternal. We gotta choose something that is eternal, people. For there is no eternity in temporary things of this world."
[The studio is so quiet they could hear a pin drop. Then, slowly, the audience begins to stand. It's a standing ovation, but it's not loud or rowdy—it's respectful and solemn. People are looking at Iboni with a new kind of weight in their eyes. Her honesty about idols like games and movies—things everyone in the room uses to escape—has made her message feel incredibly accessible. She isn't just an author on a pedestal; she's a sister in the trenches.]
Minty:[Voice thick with emotion] "Iboni, I think you just gave us the ultimate plot twist. We spent the first part talking about your journey 'Home,' and you just reminded us that the house itself is eternal, while the hobbies we use to distract ourselves are just... cardboard. Thank you for that vulnerability. It's rare to hear someone admit that even their success is secondary to their status as a child of God."