You're listening to The Hidden Lightness on America Out Loud Talk Radio.

I'm your host, Jimmy Hinton.

Today's story brings us to Florida, and it's a story about sheer grit and determination and faith and excellence and giving.

All of those things combined and so much more.

This story is absolutely fascinating and it captured my heart.

And especially as a pastor and somebody who works with the church that I'd say the majority of

my church members are living in poverty, we're living in a very poor county in Pennsylvania.

And it really affects you.

You know, seeing poverty and watching what it does to people and how that doesn't determine people's future is actually really inspiring, and it brings a lot of hope.

And I hope that this story today brings hope to people who maybe have that misconception

that once you're living in poverty, that's kind of the end of your story and that

you're going to be stuck there.

Because that's the American message, right? The wrong

message. It's the message that Congress wants you to hear. How many representatives talk about

poverty and how, oh, well, people are just, they're stuck in these endless cycles and the only

answer is government right bigger government we've got to raise the debt ceiling and we've

got to give more in terms of food stamps and housing assistance and on and on and on.

That list never stops.

And of course, very few of those tax dollars actually make it to actual people living in poverty.

There is still, I don't care what people say, still even after Doge had its way, you know,

quote unquote, with the budgetary items, there's still a lot of waste.

Unbelievable waste.

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