This is Jenny Allen and you are listening to the Made for This podcast.

Hey guys you have such a treat today. Let me tell you what we are doing. So you're

going to get to hear from a new friend of mine, Jay. He is from Kenya and you're

going to hear a lot about a story, but let me tell you why we're having

him on today. First we're having him on because I think we need some perspective and

perspective comes best for me when I hear other people's stories when I realize

you know what I can do hard things because other

people do hard things every single day so I think this is going to be super

encouraging for you number two you're going to get to hear the story of

something we're really passionate about we'll tell you more about that at the end. So,

listen up, you will love Jay Story. Let's go. So it is an honor to have Jay on the on the show today and to get to discuss a little

bit about your life and your story. It's so powerful Jay. I can't wait to hear it from you

specifically. Let's start with where you were born and what the context of those early

years look like for you. I was born in a place called Matare. Matare is in

Nairobi, Kenya, in Africa. A square mile would live like a million people. Like literally

houses are, I don't want to stay on top of each other but they are like really next like tight tight spaces like I had a very big family it was an extended family but but that basically his home.

That's where I was born and brought up.

Most of the kids there, we didn't have role models growing up.

And reason being, we're in a community where you're born in poverty itself, like there's a cycle of poverty that you're already born into.

My family used to have, used to sell something in Kenya we call China.

It's more like liquor, but I was born in this family where that was like the family business.

That's what my mom was doing and it was an illegal thing, it was not allowed.

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