Run, walk, or crawl if you must.
Just do not stop.
There is a part of every Genesis that asks for endurance. Not the kind that feels strong and confident, but the kind that shows up anyway. The kind that keeps going through frustration, disappointment, and silence.
For Gabriel, this was the waiting season.
The search for community did not resolve quickly. There were moments of hope, followed by moments of absence. Times where he reached out and found himself still moving forward alone. It would have been easy to withdraw. To settle. To stop trying.
But he didn’t.
Instead, he shifted his approach. Rather than waiting to find what he was looking for, he chose to become it. The brother he had been searching for in others, he became for those around him.
And slowly, things began to change.
Not perfectly. Not instantly. But meaningfully.
Through consistency, through showing up, through offering himself again and again, he began to see fruit. What once felt empty started to take shape. Today, he stands within a strong and diverse community, continuing to pour into others who are seeking something deeper.
That outcome did not come without cost.
There were mistakes. There were setbacks. There were moments of doubt and loneliness that tested everything.
This is what it means to persist.
To fall short, learn, rise again, and continue forward.
Again & Again & Again represents this rhythm.
The discipline of not giving up. The quiet resilience required to keep moving when nothing feels certain. The decision to try again, even after disappointment.
Progress is not always visible.
But persistence always leaves a mark.