Workshop Family Support – HVAC Workshop Mar–Apr 2026

Sanford, Florida | March–April 2026

And we do talk a little bit about family, obviously, and relationships. About several hours ago, I got a text from Marcus. He came to the program, what, three years ago? He still keeps in contact, lets me know what he’s doing and how he’s doing.

A couple days ago—well, last week—we had Aries come in and Orlando come in telling about their experiences. So, that’s the beauty of it. When you leave, we still get the residuals of you. In a good way. So, that’s always a positive. That’s something that I always encourage for us to do.

We will be seeing each other again in a couple—well, not next week, but the week after—for OSHA 10 training, and hopefully I won’t have to worry about you doing the EPA again. We’ll find out very soon.

We will be doing another certification after you’ve been in the business for a few months on low GWP refrigerant, flammable refrigerant, that I would encourage y’all, after you feel uncomfortable. It’s much like the EPA 608 that you just went through. You’ll see some of the similar questions, but it will help you.

I want to see you advance and progress. That’s what I want.

So typically around this time, we have two things that we’re going to do. One is we are, in a little while, going to have a nice feast. But I always ask if there’s anybody in here who has not spoken—say, Melody’s mother—or anybody who would like to come up and just say a couple of words.

Anybody? Come on up.

Sanford, Florida | March–April 2026

So, I’m Kevin’s wife. I’ve heard a lot about all of you guys.

I am proud of you guys for doing this opportunity for Kevin. Sorry. Get it together.

But honestly, Kev, I am super proud of you. Like he said, his opportunity to do this was really great. I know you took your time. You were like, “You know what, babe? I think I found something.” I’m like, “Oh, what is it?” Because I support you in everything that you want to do.

He did semi-pro, then he settled down, but he went through different obstacles, and then finally he was like, “This is what I want to do.” And I’m like, “Okay, go for it.”

He did his interviews. He did everything he needed to do to get to this, and I’m just proud of you. And I’m always going to forever support you.

We are so proud. I don’t even know what to say because I’m emotional.

But I’ve heard so much about y’all. It’s funny because you know the name to the face.

But yeah, guys, I thank you guys so much for being there for him. The group chats, the flashcards at night, testing him—I love it. I love school. So yeah, I’m happy. I’m sorry.

Sanford, Florida | March–April 2026

Mrs. Smith, and I’m the apple pie lady. No, I’m just kidding.

I just want to say that I am so grateful that Melody completed this program, and I’ve seen her grow so much as a person in her confidence. She’s less anxious, and she just feels better about herself.

I encourage her in anything she does, and she really wanted to do this, so I was so happy for her. I’m not pushy, but I’m supportive.

On her own, she looked into this program, and she really wanted to do it. I said, “Well, you know, we live in Port Orange over there, so don’t you want to do something closer?”

And she’s like, “You know what I’ve heard about this program is that it’s hands-on, and there’s a lot of support from teachers, and they’re small classes, and I think that would be best for me.”

And I think she made the correct choice.

I feel like I know so many of you guys just by the happy stories that she’s told me.

And it’s all been good. I just want to thank everybody here, and I’m so proud of you, Melody.

Sanford, Florida | March–April 2026

I do know all of y’all through our stories and love you for it.

I just want to say I’m so extremely proud of you. It has been a privilege to be able to be your cheerleader outside of you being there for me while I was in school, and I’m just really proud of you, and you’re going to do great things. You already have done great things.

I appreciate y’all for being so supportive of him, especially some of y’all. I know you’re going to be locked in for life now, and I really love that for him.

I appreciate the program for allowing him to grow and have to learn a little bit more patience, which I like that because everybody’s very different, and it’s been good for him.

It’s been amazing seeing you grow in these short six weeks and be able to learn something completely different than what you’ve been doing.

But I love you, proud of you, and do great things. Thank you.