Hey, everybody, it's Bill Courtney with an army of normal folks. And we continue now with part two of our conversation with Steve tiber. Right after these brief messages from our general sponsors.

Hey, everybody, it's Bill Courtney with an army of normal folks. And we continue now with part two of our conversation with Steve tiber. Right after these brief messages from our general sponsors.

We drove back to Tuplo. We did all the registration to become a nonprofit, a religious organization, and in the spring of two thousand and six became legit. People could give money and get a donation. We're the first trip. I hope they didn't declare any of that, because that wasn't the plan. I told everyone, please, now remember we're not a nonprofit, so you know, don't declare this on.

We drove back to Tuplo. We did all the registration to become a nonprofit, a religious organization, and in the spring of two thousand and six became legit. People could give money and get a donation. We're the first trip. I hope they didn't declare any of that, because that wasn't the plan. I told everyone, please, now remember we're not a nonprofit, so you know, don't declare this on.

Your texcess yet. Now we are.

Your texcess yet. Now we are.

Now we are, and so the ministry was launched. You know, the number eight in the Bible means new beginnings. And for eight days we've now done twenty rebuilt trips all across the country, twenty times for eight days. The largest trip who ever took was to Harvey Houston. We brought in four thousand, six hundred ninety two people.

Now we are, and so the ministry was launched. You know, the number eight in the Bible means new beginnings. And for eight days we've now done twenty rebuilt trips all across the country, twenty times for eight days. The largest trip who ever took was to Harvey Houston. We brought in four thousand, six hundred ninety two people.

All right, stop, how do you find four thousand, six hundred and ninety two feet? How did they? Yeah, you're how did they hear?

All right, stop, how do you find four thousand, six hundred and ninety two feet? How did they? Yeah, you're how did they hear?

Well? We started to grow you know you're on Fox News, You're on CNN, the weather channel USATA. That is a big story. You know you're on American Family Radio every week. Oh yes, we are for the last six years. You know, we have a show on American Family Radio in the Crawford Broadcasting System some of their radio stations called Hope Rains every Saturday morning. So word starts skating out and trust is being built. And we were all voluntary organization up till five years ago. More on that in a minute. But we took four six hundred ninety two people to Houston. We fed them and lodge them in thirty two churches. Our feeding bill to feed those volunteers for eight days was one hundred and sixty one thousand dollars just to feed the volunteers.

Well? We started to grow you know you're on Fox News, You're on CNN, the weather channel USATA. That is a big story. You know you're on American Family Radio every week. Oh yes, we are for the last six years. You know, we have a show on American Family Radio in the Crawford Broadcasting System some of their radio stations called Hope Rains every Saturday morning. So word starts skating out and trust is being built. And we were all voluntary organization up till five years ago. More on that in a minute. But we took four six hundred ninety two people to Houston. We fed them and lodge them in thirty two churches. Our feeding bill to feed those volunteers for eight days was one hundred and sixty one thousand dollars just to feed the volunteers.

But check this out.

But check this out.

Our budget for that eight days was two point one million dollars. And we're in the middle the trip.

Our budget for that eight days was two point one million dollars. And we're in the middle the trip.

Okay, that two point one million, if it cost one hundred and sixty one thousand to feed them, is the rest of it material.

Okay, that two point one million, if it cost one hundred and sixty one thousand to feed them, is the rest of it material.

Main the materials, fuel, maybe some rentals T shirts for the volunteers.

Main the materials, fuel, maybe some rentals T shirts for the volunteers.

And even that number, that's probably low to a retail number because you're getting we're buying donations and you're getting stuff.

And even that number, that's probably low to a retail number because you're getting we're buying donations and you're getting stuff.

Call sure, well, we hear some of the things that we bought.

Call sure, well, we hear some of the things that we bought.

So if it's a two point one million impact, it's probably an eight million dollar impact.

So if it's a two point one million impact, it's probably an eight million dollar impact.

So we did fifteen point one million dollars of work, is what we completed. Those fifteen Yeah, yeah, in eight days, two hundred and thirty nine sets of kitchen cabinets were laid out, picked, shipped, purchased, and installed. Holy crazy, we did, like eighty roofs were done. I mean it was an eight days in eight days, and that's where you know, Fox News caught win and you know, of course Governor Abbott came down and and then this lady who's not a Christian.

So we did fifteen point one million dollars of work, is what we completed. Those fifteen Yeah, yeah, in eight days, two hundred and thirty nine sets of kitchen cabinets were laid out, picked, shipped, purchased, and installed. Holy crazy, we did, like eighty roofs were done. I mean it was an eight days in eight days, and that's where you know, Fox News caught win and you know, of course Governor Abbott came down and and then this lady who's not a Christian.

Did you have the two point one man?

Did you have the two point one man?

But we did not, so we'd raise one point three and it's like.

But we did not, so we'd raise one point three and it's like.

Date under the shore.

Date under the shore.

I know, but I have seen God show up, you know, for thirteen years this is twenty eighteen. We'd seen the ministry grow so much, so, I mean I didn't know how it was gonna look.

I know, but I have seen God show up, you know, for thirteen years this is twenty eighteen. We'd seen the ministry grow so much, so, I mean I didn't know how it was gonna look.

You literally hauled to Houston nine hundred thousand dollars short with forty six hundred people.

You literally hauled to Houston nine hundred thousand dollars short with forty six hundred people.

Eight hundred and twenty three thousand, A big sac bro. Yeah, but you know what this is Abraham and Isaac. You know, and maybe you're listening, you don't read the Bible. There's a parable that Abraham. Abraham goes up a mountain, he's got his son, and he's being told he's got a sacrifice his son, and yet God gave him an out. I didn't know how God was going to get us out of this. But I'm thinking, okay, this is this is not eighty thousand, this is not eight thousand. This is eight hundred and twenty some thousand dollars. And we're like on day number three. So people are bringing money from their churches and their businesses. And I knew that number would come down, you know, another fifty grand, but I didn't know where how that the money was coming. So I heard of I heard that someone said, Hey, this lady wants to meet She saw you on TV. She loves it. You're gonna lot done. She knows that you're faith based and she's cool with that. Nice lady, Jewish lady. She said she's gonna flying on her plane and she wants to meet you. Now I've met governors and senators, i met mayors, I've seen some serious security. I've never seen security like this. And it was Susan Dell of Dell Computers. Oh my gosh, she comes in. So there's like four cars show up, like you know, like decked, dark car, you know, dark tinted windows, you know, beautiful cars.

Eight hundred and twenty three thousand, A big sac bro. Yeah, but you know what this is Abraham and Isaac. You know, and maybe you're listening, you don't read the Bible. There's a parable that Abraham. Abraham goes up a mountain, he's got his son, and he's being told he's got a sacrifice his son, and yet God gave him an out. I didn't know how God was going to get us out of this. But I'm thinking, okay, this is this is not eighty thousand, this is not eight thousand. This is eight hundred and twenty some thousand dollars. And we're like on day number three. So people are bringing money from their churches and their businesses. And I knew that number would come down, you know, another fifty grand, but I didn't know where how that the money was coming. So I heard of I heard that someone said, Hey, this lady wants to meet She saw you on TV. She loves it. You're gonna lot done. She knows that you're faith based and she's cool with that. Nice lady, Jewish lady. She said she's gonna flying on her plane and she wants to meet you. Now I've met governors and senators, i met mayors, I've seen some serious security. I've never seen security like this. And it was Susan Dell of Dell Computers. Oh my gosh, she comes in. So there's like four cars show up, like you know, like decked, dark car, you know, dark tinted windows, you know, beautiful cars.

So i'mon, imagine the scene from Annie when Daddy wore.

So i'mon, imagine the scene from Annie when Daddy wore.

There, go there. So I'm running out to greet her. But that was like the Scout team because she came in the next week with the cars.

There, go there. So I'm running out to greet her. But that was like the Scout team because she came in the next week with the cars.

You're meeting the advanced the advanced security guys. That's it. I didn't know.

You're meeting the advanced the advanced security guys. That's it. I didn't know.

I learned so much that was But but she came out. She was so sweet. She visited five families, all next to each other. She saw that all five families were having their flooring put in and brand new cabinet's installed. She met the volunteers. We had no staff at the time, I mean none, so she knew one hundred percent was going to families in need. And she just said, this is amazing, Steve. She said, this has got to cost a lot of money, so we'll cost about two point one million. She says, well, where are you at? And I'm like, thank you Lord, I'm glad you asked. I go, we're it like one point two three some somewhere around There were about eight hundred, one thousand dollars short. She's, well, like you're in the middle of the event. I go, I know, but I'm I know it's going to happen. It always does. I just I'm trusting and believing. You know, forty six hundred people would wouldn't come here just to have this ministry make national news because we can't pay her debts. And she wired us the money the next day.

I learned so much that was But but she came out. She was so sweet. She visited five families, all next to each other. She saw that all five families were having their flooring put in and brand new cabinet's installed. She met the volunteers. We had no staff at the time, I mean none, so she knew one hundred percent was going to families in need. And she just said, this is amazing, Steve. She said, this has got to cost a lot of money, so we'll cost about two point one million. She says, well, where are you at? And I'm like, thank you Lord, I'm glad you asked. I go, we're it like one point two three some somewhere around There were about eight hundred, one thousand dollars short. She's, well, like you're in the middle of the event. I go, I know, but I'm I know it's going to happen. It always does. I just I'm trusting and believing. You know, forty six hundred people would wouldn't come here just to have this ministry make national news because we can't pay her debts. And she wired us the money the next day.

The next day, one, the next day was that the number.

The next day, one, the next day was that the number.

It was her foundation said we want to be a part of this, and you know, to this day every year they support us because they know we get it done, that we're lean, we're not mean. Now a lot has changed in the last years from twenty eighteen, but she was just blown away that we could help that many people with no red tape.

It was her foundation said we want to be a part of this, and you know, to this day every year they support us because they know we get it done, that we're lean, we're not mean. Now a lot has changed in the last years from twenty eighteen, but she was just blown away that we could help that many people with no red tape.

Del'sa Texas company, so it is.

Del'sa Texas company, so it is.

Out of Boston. She fluid in from Austin. Yeah, and Governor Abbott came down again. You know, I love you. Google my name. I got my rooms around Democrats, I got my arms ron Republicans. If you want to join us in the fight to help people in the that have nowhere to turn. You know, the political shows for another day. But for me, if you want to come help, come.

Out of Boston. She fluid in from Austin. Yeah, and Governor Abbott came down again. You know, I love you. Google my name. I got my rooms around Democrats, I got my arms ron Republicans. If you want to join us in the fight to help people in the that have nowhere to turn. You know, the political shows for another day. But for me, if you want to come help, come.

Join something we talk about all the time. Here's a squirrel I'm chasing up a tree. The door is. I don't care how you worship. I don't care who you love, right, I don't care how you vote. I don't care what you look like. I don't care what you wear in your head, and I don't care what you wear on your feet. If you are going to take your time and resource and discipline and passion and employ it in a way to serve someone who is not as fortunate as you, I can celebrate you.

Join something we talk about all the time. Here's a squirrel I'm chasing up a tree. The door is. I don't care how you worship. I don't care who you love, right, I don't care how you vote. I don't care what you look like. I don't care what you wear in your head, and I don't care what you wear on your feet. If you are going to take your time and resource and discipline and passion and employ it in a way to serve someone who is not as fortunate as you, I can celebrate you.

Amen.

Amen.

Amen, period. And here's the thing. If I do the same thing, regardless of how different I am and these things that we keep dividing, these categories that we keep dividing ourselves into. If I'm doing the same thing and I'm in a different category than you, you can celebrate me. And guess what. If we can celebrate one another in our service for our communities, we can then create a foundation and a basis of respect in mutual assay. And that's when it all starts, and then we can have the conversations about the craft that matters without looking at one another as enemies or villains or any of that, just as people. And when you say, I don't care if you're a publican or a Democrat, you don't go in to Houston and go to a house with your four thy six hundred people. Two, how did you vote last year? Yes, that's the term is where? Or no, I'm not. But put these cabinets on the wall, and I guarantee you those people that are desperate and need the help, they aren't looking whether or not you have one party sticker or another on your bumper. It's amazing how all of the stuff that we fabricate to divide our humanity by when work like what you do happens, that stuff just doesn't matter anymore.

Amen, period. And here's the thing. If I do the same thing, regardless of how different I am and these things that we keep dividing, these categories that we keep dividing ourselves into. If I'm doing the same thing and I'm in a different category than you, you can celebrate me. And guess what. If we can celebrate one another in our service for our communities, we can then create a foundation and a basis of respect in mutual assay. And that's when it all starts, and then we can have the conversations about the craft that matters without looking at one another as enemies or villains or any of that, just as people. And when you say, I don't care if you're a publican or a Democrat, you don't go in to Houston and go to a house with your four thy six hundred people. Two, how did you vote last year? Yes, that's the term is where? Or no, I'm not. But put these cabinets on the wall, and I guarantee you those people that are desperate and need the help, they aren't looking whether or not you have one party sticker or another on your bumper. It's amazing how all of the stuff that we fabricate to divide our humanity by when work like what you do happens, that stuff just doesn't matter anymore.

You know. We've had now sixty thousand volunteers travel the country. Not every volunteer goes to church. Not every volunteer is a man or woman of faith. Everyone's invited to serve with a days of hope. We do a little small worship and devotion time in the morning. At night, it's optional. Most people tend to stay, some don't we're okay with that. We do have a rule that when you serve this, we don't talk politics, we don't wear a candidate's hat or sticker. We're there to bring hope to those who have nowhere to turn. You know, it's simple, you know, if you're man or women of faith, even if you're not well. I always fall back on this. I love him and I want to love others. I just want to love people. You know. It took me three planes to get down here, and I was texting my wife. I said, God must have a reason for me to do this. Buffalo Detroit to Atlanta. It's the Memphis thing today. And sure enough, a minut Atlanta. And you know, I was talking to a guy and he's going to a funeral, and man, I just wanted to encourage him and love on him. And just that's why I was delayed. That's the way I look at just love people and watch what happens. And we live in such a divided time. But when you bring a cup of cold water to someone who's thirsty, when you take a tree off someone's roof, when you make a plate of food and give something to hungry, a lot of door, a lot of walls are torn down, and I love what you said. It is about respect. So here we are. We I just got to throw this out. This is just this thing that was meant to be my dad and I. You know, to rebuild homes is one arm now of a four arm ministry. It is the one arm that has now helped over ten thousand families rebuilt their homes, like eighty five eighty eight million dollars of work, and this plan of let's go help somebody in Bay Saint Louis has now become a full fledged national ministry with a training center, a headquarters, seven million dollars of equipment, two hundred and seventy one volunteer leaders, a national radio show. Now we still have a small staff, but like right now, we're in Pennsylvania's you and I are doing this. We're in Pennsylvania helping out families with the floods from Hurricane Debbie. There's one hundred and twenty people there, not one staff person, all volunteers with over two million dollars of equipment, loving people doing their laundry, taking the trees off their house, gutting out their homes, setting up commercial unifiers and fans just looking back at the last nineteen years. I'm in awe what he's doing. And he's allowed me be a part of it, because I'm just one piece of it. But man, it's like a front row seat to watch it a move time and time again.

You know. We've had now sixty thousand volunteers travel the country. Not every volunteer goes to church. Not every volunteer is a man or woman of faith. Everyone's invited to serve with a days of hope. We do a little small worship and devotion time in the morning. At night, it's optional. Most people tend to stay, some don't we're okay with that. We do have a rule that when you serve this, we don't talk politics, we don't wear a candidate's hat or sticker. We're there to bring hope to those who have nowhere to turn. You know, it's simple, you know, if you're man or women of faith, even if you're not well. I always fall back on this. I love him and I want to love others. I just want to love people. You know. It took me three planes to get down here, and I was texting my wife. I said, God must have a reason for me to do this. Buffalo Detroit to Atlanta. It's the Memphis thing today. And sure enough, a minut Atlanta. And you know, I was talking to a guy and he's going to a funeral, and man, I just wanted to encourage him and love on him. And just that's why I was delayed. That's the way I look at just love people and watch what happens. And we live in such a divided time. But when you bring a cup of cold water to someone who's thirsty, when you take a tree off someone's roof, when you make a plate of food and give something to hungry, a lot of door, a lot of walls are torn down, and I love what you said. It is about respect. So here we are. We I just got to throw this out. This is just this thing that was meant to be my dad and I. You know, to rebuild homes is one arm now of a four arm ministry. It is the one arm that has now helped over ten thousand families rebuilt their homes, like eighty five eighty eight million dollars of work, and this plan of let's go help somebody in Bay Saint Louis has now become a full fledged national ministry with a training center, a headquarters, seven million dollars of equipment, two hundred and seventy one volunteer leaders, a national radio show. Now we still have a small staff, but like right now, we're in Pennsylvania's you and I are doing this. We're in Pennsylvania helping out families with the floods from Hurricane Debbie. There's one hundred and twenty people there, not one staff person, all volunteers with over two million dollars of equipment, loving people doing their laundry, taking the trees off their house, gutting out their homes, setting up commercial unifiers and fans just looking back at the last nineteen years. I'm in awe what he's doing. And he's allowed me be a part of it, because I'm just one piece of it. But man, it's like a front row seat to watch it a move time and time again.

We'll be right back. The numbers I have so far, not including Pennsylvania, I don't think it's ten thousand and three families served. Yeah, three hundred, Yeah, okay, ten thousand, three hundred family Sure, fourteen thousand, nine hundred and eighty meals served. That's a lot of moal. Yeah.

We'll be right back. The numbers I have so far, not including Pennsylvania, I don't think it's ten thousand and three families served. Yeah, three hundred, Yeah, okay, ten thousand, three hundred family Sure, fourteen thousand, nine hundred and eighty meals served. That's a lot of moal. Yeah.

We just started that last year. By the way, it's a brand new arm of the ministry, a mass feeding arm.

We just started that last year. By the way, it's a brand new arm of the ministry, a mass feeding arm.

Fifty five thousand, one twenty seven volunteers. Yeah, eighty three point eight million dollars of work. Because your dad calls you and says, hey, crap happened in your state and you need to do something about that. Yeah. That's yeah, that's profound because your dad a normal dude.

Fifty five thousand, one twenty seven volunteers. Yeah, eighty three point eight million dollars of work. Because your dad calls you and says, hey, crap happened in your state and you need to do something about that. Yeah. That's yeah, that's profound because your dad a normal dude.

Sure, Oh yeah, he likes to worry, he likes to use his hands.

Sure, Oh yeah, he likes to worry, he likes to use his hands.

A normal average Yeah, saw a need and one to fill it.

A normal average Yeah, saw a need and one to fill it.

You know, it's interesting my dad has never sat on the board of eight Days of vote. He's never been a leader, an event leader. He doesn't raise money, he doesn't do interviews. I mean he's been on TV, he's been interviewed here and there. He just wanted to use his hands because that's his gifts. He's good with his hands.

You know, it's interesting my dad has never sat on the board of eight Days of vote. He's never been a leader, an event leader. He doesn't raise money, he doesn't do interviews. I mean he's been on TV, he's been interviewed here and there. He just wanted to use his hands because that's his gifts. He's good with his hands.

I'm not so.

I'm not so.

I always tell people, can you make food? Can you do laundry? Can you hold a piece of drywall against the wall while the handy woman who knows how to screw it in the wall can put it in? Can you carry shingles up a ladder? Can you pick up people from the airport? Can you ship materials from the warehouse that we set up to these sites? There's something for everybody at eight Days of Hope, and that's everyone's invited. It's amazing. You know. We have two NY seventy one volunteer leaders. They represent thirteen denominations.

I always tell people, can you make food? Can you do laundry? Can you hold a piece of drywall against the wall while the handy woman who knows how to screw it in the wall can put it in? Can you carry shingles up a ladder? Can you pick up people from the airport? Can you ship materials from the warehouse that we set up to these sites? There's something for everybody at eight Days of Hope, and that's everyone's invited. It's amazing. You know. We have two NY seventy one volunteer leaders. They represent thirteen denominations.

In how many states they live in?

In how many states they live in?

Thirty six states?

Thirty six states?

That is phenomenon. You know. We always say around here on an army in one of folks that the magic happens when somebody has a passion and a discipline and it meets an opportunity.

That is phenomenon. You know. We always say around here on an army in one of folks that the magic happens when somebody has a passion and a discipline and it meets an opportunity.

Who I love that you got to text that to me. I love that because.

Who I love that you got to text that to me. I love that because.

That's the magic. And here's the thing. Your father had a discipline. Yeah, he worked with his hands. Absolutely, he was passionate about people, and he saw an opportunity and the beauty of an army of normal folks. The beauty of your story is that's all you need. And that little eaty bitty spark hitting the tender becomes ten three hundred family served, fourteen nine hundred and eighty meal served, fifty and twenty seven volunteers with however many leaders you said in thirty something stays eighty three point eight million dollars work and growing brow.

That's the magic. And here's the thing. Your father had a discipline. Yeah, he worked with his hands. Absolutely, he was passionate about people, and he saw an opportunity and the beauty of an army of normal folks. The beauty of your story is that's all you need. And that little eaty bitty spark hitting the tender becomes ten three hundred family served, fourteen nine hundred and eighty meal served, fifty and twenty seven volunteers with however many leaders you said in thirty something stays eighty three point eight million dollars work and growing brow.

Yeah, it is growing. We have four arms, so we have three arms to deal with disasters. Rapid response.

Yeah, it is growing. We have four arms, so we have three arms to deal with disasters. Rapid response.

That's what I wanted to get to. And this last one necked your last two children.

That's what I wanted to get to. And this last one necked your last two children.

I will, I will so thank you. So a rapid response. We go anywhere the next day, So Hurricane Ida, where in New Orleans? Like thirty six hours later?

I will, I will so thank you. So a rapid response. We go anywhere the next day, So Hurricane Ida, where in New Orleans? Like thirty six hours later?

Do you have anicipalities call you now? Oh? Yeah? Question got bad?

Do you have anicipalities call you now? Oh? Yeah? Question got bad?

Yes? Yes? What's crazy? Is it's funny ask that? Two weeks ago we were in Pennsylvania. We were debating do we go to Corning, New York, where they had flooding or this town outside of Wimspurt where the Little League Whiltzires was at a town called Westfield, and we were we were meeting with a pastor and the three hundred families in the town, all three hundred families, their homes flooded, every single one. And the guys, excuse me, my phone's ringing. And his sister was calling from Columbus, Mississippi, saying, Hey, there's an organization in Tupel called Eight Days of Oh, you need to call them any and he says, well, they're sitting right here in front of me. And so so a rapid response goes right away. So when there's a tornado, flooding, snowstorm, hurricane, we go within thirty six hours for the first responders leave. We tar proofs, do chainsaw work, take trees off people homes. We have four nifty lifts that can go fifty five feet in the air and take off big trees. We have fifteen bobcats that can do you know, commercial work. So rappid response goes right away. That's what's in Pennsylvania right now. We're just gutting out homes, getting all the moisture out of the house.

Yes? Yes? What's crazy? Is it's funny ask that? Two weeks ago we were in Pennsylvania. We were debating do we go to Corning, New York, where they had flooding or this town outside of Wimspurt where the Little League Whiltzires was at a town called Westfield, and we were we were meeting with a pastor and the three hundred families in the town, all three hundred families, their homes flooded, every single one. And the guys, excuse me, my phone's ringing. And his sister was calling from Columbus, Mississippi, saying, Hey, there's an organization in Tupel called Eight Days of Oh, you need to call them any and he says, well, they're sitting right here in front of me. And so so a rapid response goes right away. So when there's a tornado, flooding, snowstorm, hurricane, we go within thirty six hours for the first responders leave. We tar proofs, do chainsaw work, take trees off people homes. We have four nifty lifts that can go fifty five feet in the air and take off big trees. We have fifteen bobcats that can do you know, commercial work. So rappid response goes right away. That's what's in Pennsylvania right now. We're just gutting out homes, getting all the moisture out of the house.

You got a big warehouse. They are now to we do.

You got a big warehouse. They are now to we do.

We have a sixty thousand square foot warehouse in two Plow that was donated by a group of donors, all paid for. We have one hundred thousand square foot building in Buffalo, New York. And we also have a satellite and seed Rapids Iowa. So this year, yeah, so this year we were in northwest Iowa helping with flooding, while we're in Pennsylvania helping out with a disaster, while we're working on a safe house for women and children rescued from trafficking, which we'll talk it about in a minute. So you know, seven million dollars of equipment, pretty much volunteer led, very small staff, four arms, but those two arms so rapid response. And then we come a year later and rebuild homes in eight days. That's like the Harvey, the Houston story. I told you. Then two years ago we started a new arm after Laplace got hit by Hurricane idem No or Leans Hurricane now Orleans thirty miles west of La Place, Louisiana. They had no power for twenty seven days after Hurricane Item. No Orleans got it within like five to seven, so it was in a good question. It's always in August, September, October.

We have a sixty thousand square foot warehouse in two Plow that was donated by a group of donors, all paid for. We have one hundred thousand square foot building in Buffalo, New York. And we also have a satellite and seed Rapids Iowa. So this year, yeah, so this year we were in northwest Iowa helping with flooding, while we're in Pennsylvania helping out with a disaster, while we're working on a safe house for women and children rescued from trafficking, which we'll talk it about in a minute. So you know, seven million dollars of equipment, pretty much volunteer led, very small staff, four arms, but those two arms so rapid response. And then we come a year later and rebuild homes in eight days. That's like the Harvey, the Houston story. I told you. Then two years ago we started a new arm after Laplace got hit by Hurricane idem No or Leans Hurricane now Orleans thirty miles west of La Place, Louisiana. They had no power for twenty seven days after Hurricane Item. No Orleans got it within like five to seven, so it was in a good question. It's always in August, September, October.

Well, that's the thing. It's people need to run the humidity. I mean, people can die after the store, oh my god.

Well, that's the thing. It's people need to run the humidity. I mean, people can die after the store, oh my god.

And it happens all the time, especially the elderly. They can't get their insulin or can't get their medicine. So we were there. There was no food because all the stores there was no power. And so the pastor said, hey, you have a feeding unit, which we did. We had a feeding unit to feed our hundreds of volunteers. He goes, could you pivot, could you figure out a way to make maybe five hundred and six hundred meals and we could feed the community. I'm like yeah, So we just started simply, let's make five hundred meals of spaghetti, you know, put a couple of meatballs on there, a little salad, a piece of bread, piece of cake. And the cars lined up four miles. There was no place to go, no place to go, and they were all going to the local church. Everything we do is through a local church. So we stayed in the background, made the food and let New Wine Christian Fellowship hand out these meals to these families. And I saw car after car people being prayed for by somebody in their own community, not a guy from New York, and not not a ministry from Tuplum, Mississippi. But they saw the local church was taking care of them. And so I'm thinking to myself, why are we not feeding people? So I reached out to our donor base and said, hey, we want to develop a plan. We need to raise about one point one million dollars, but we want to make We want to launch a mass feeding arm that can make eight thousand meals every two hours, and we would make eight thousand meals a day for eight days. And God did it. We went out and we raised the one point one million. We bought all the equipment. It's been deployed only three times. You see the fourteen thousand meals. And whenever there's a major disaster where there's a power out it we're going to park beyond a church. We bring the food with us. The first three days, US Foods brings in attractor trailer food. We have one hundred and twenty cooks that have been trained out to handle food properly. They're all volunteers. We have one staff member that oversees it and we deploy and we can make eight thousand meals every single meal.

And it happens all the time, especially the elderly. They can't get their insulin or can't get their medicine. So we were there. There was no food because all the stores there was no power. And so the pastor said, hey, you have a feeding unit, which we did. We had a feeding unit to feed our hundreds of volunteers. He goes, could you pivot, could you figure out a way to make maybe five hundred and six hundred meals and we could feed the community. I'm like yeah, So we just started simply, let's make five hundred meals of spaghetti, you know, put a couple of meatballs on there, a little salad, a piece of bread, piece of cake. And the cars lined up four miles. There was no place to go, no place to go, and they were all going to the local church. Everything we do is through a local church. So we stayed in the background, made the food and let New Wine Christian Fellowship hand out these meals to these families. And I saw car after car people being prayed for by somebody in their own community, not a guy from New York, and not not a ministry from Tuplum, Mississippi. But they saw the local church was taking care of them. And so I'm thinking to myself, why are we not feeding people? So I reached out to our donor base and said, hey, we want to develop a plan. We need to raise about one point one million dollars, but we want to make We want to launch a mass feeding arm that can make eight thousand meals every two hours, and we would make eight thousand meals a day for eight days. And God did it. We went out and we raised the one point one million. We bought all the equipment. It's been deployed only three times. You see the fourteen thousand meals. And whenever there's a major disaster where there's a power out it we're going to park beyond a church. We bring the food with us. The first three days, US Foods brings in attractor trailer food. We have one hundred and twenty cooks that have been trained out to handle food properly. They're all volunteers. We have one staff member that oversees it and we deploy and we can make eight thousand meals every single meal.

What do you call that? So you got rapid response, the eight days of hope to fix houses, this.

What do you call that? So you got rapid response, the eight days of hope to fix houses, this.

Rapid response rebuilding. This is our mass feeding arm.

Rapid response rebuilding. This is our mass feeding arm.

Mass feeding.

Mass feeding.

Yes, so we have rapid response rebuilding. So we have some people who've heard about eight days ol for you know, ten years. They want to come help, but maybe they're sixty five and they like to work in the kitchen. Now they have a chance to serve and use their gifts. And that's what we're seeing. And so this mass feeding arm again, we bring three days of food with US frozen. We just we heat it up and start serving. The US Foods truck comes in, we start making the meals and we're there until we're not needed. And here's the other thing that's really unique. So I'm a business guy. I love business. I love ministry more. But when you have a national ministry, there's a lot of business. We're going with like twenty thousand meals. You know, even if you can get a meal's cost down to three four dollars a meal, I mean that means you're stepping out in faith that you can raise ninety thousand dollars to feed people in the town that the world is just learning about. But that's what we've been done for nineteen years. It's like Houston, right in the middle of eight Days of Hope fifteen, our fifteen three building trip being short, eight hundred thousand dollars, our meeting, our budget. Never been in that situation before, never have since then, and yet got showed.

Yes, so we have rapid response rebuilding. So we have some people who've heard about eight days ol for you know, ten years. They want to come help, but maybe they're sixty five and they like to work in the kitchen. Now they have a chance to serve and use their gifts. And that's what we're seeing. And so this mass feeding arm again, we bring three days of food with US frozen. We just we heat it up and start serving. The US Foods truck comes in, we start making the meals and we're there until we're not needed. And here's the other thing that's really unique. So I'm a business guy. I love business. I love ministry more. But when you have a national ministry, there's a lot of business. We're going with like twenty thousand meals. You know, even if you can get a meal's cost down to three four dollars a meal, I mean that means you're stepping out in faith that you can raise ninety thousand dollars to feed people in the town that the world is just learning about. But that's what we've been done for nineteen years. It's like Houston, right in the middle of eight Days of Hope fifteen, our fifteen three building trip being short, eight hundred thousand dollars, our meeting, our budget. Never been in that situation before, never have since then, and yet got showed.

Up number four.

Up number four.

Yeah. So my wife and I at the ripe age of fifty five and fifty four, which makes you crazy. It does make us crazy, you know. We you know, i'd been blessed, you know, I had a good corporate career, still working by the way and doing eight days as fully as a volunteer, leading both. And we decided we had a little room in this house, and we heard some sermons about taking care of the orphans, and I said, you know, Chermain, a lot of countries overseas when girls age out and orphanges, they age out at fourteen. I've heard they end up in trafficking. So I did some homework, did some due diligence. So long story short, we very quickly get focused on that we're going to adopt a girl ten years of age from Taiwan, so at fourteen, she'll be a safe place. Excuse me, didn't know she had a sister, so you don't adopt one and not adopt the other one. I mean they were biological sisters. And so ten years ago, my wife and I again, nine years ago, we flew to Taiwan, and I start learning a lot about trafficking. I thought, oh, this is the Third World issue. This is in Thailand, this is in India, this isn't you know, in South America somewhere, but it is.

Yeah. So my wife and I at the ripe age of fifty five and fifty four, which makes you crazy. It does make us crazy, you know. We you know, i'd been blessed, you know, I had a good corporate career, still working by the way and doing eight days as fully as a volunteer, leading both. And we decided we had a little room in this house, and we heard some sermons about taking care of the orphans, and I said, you know, Chermain, a lot of countries overseas when girls age out and orphanges, they age out at fourteen. I've heard they end up in trafficking. So I did some homework, did some due diligence. So long story short, we very quickly get focused on that we're going to adopt a girl ten years of age from Taiwan, so at fourteen, she'll be a safe place. Excuse me, didn't know she had a sister, so you don't adopt one and not adopt the other one. I mean they were biological sisters. And so ten years ago, my wife and I again, nine years ago, we flew to Taiwan, and I start learning a lot about trafficking. I thought, oh, this is the Third World issue. This is in Thailand, this is in India, this isn't you know, in South America somewhere, but it is.

All those splices. But I'm going to tell you from the interviews I've done on this show, it is rampant in the United State.

All those splices. But I'm going to tell you from the interviews I've done on this show, it is rampant in the United State.

And that's exactly where I'm going. So now I'm learning, Okay, happens in Vegas, happens in New Orleans, happens in New York City, happens in every Pennsylvania. It happens in Southaven, Mississippi. It happens in Wichita, Kansas. It happens in Des Moines, Iowa. And when I start learning about it and learning more about it, and then finding out there's thirteen thousand animal shelters in America, it's not a bad thing. Like everyone loves their pets, thirteen thousand animal shelters. There's six hundred rooms that a woman or child can go, shut the door in a safe environment. And note that nobody's going to turn that door knob. Only six hundred places, and some of them are just meant to house somebody for a day or two, so very quickly.

And that's exactly where I'm going. So now I'm learning, Okay, happens in Vegas, happens in New Orleans, happens in New York City, happens in every Pennsylvania. It happens in Southaven, Mississippi. It happens in Wichita, Kansas. It happens in Des Moines, Iowa. And when I start learning about it and learning more about it, and then finding out there's thirteen thousand animal shelters in America, it's not a bad thing. Like everyone loves their pets, thirteen thousand animal shelters. There's six hundred rooms that a woman or child can go, shut the door in a safe environment. And note that nobody's going to turn that door knob. Only six hundred places, and some of them are just meant to house somebody for a day or two, so very quickly.

Just we take better care of our pets than our children.

Just we take better care of our pets than our children.

And that was my point. Nothing. I've had a pet for thirty some years because I want to be married and I want my kids to love me, because I'm not a pet guy. But I've had a bet for thirty three years or thirty five years. When you say the six hundred that's in the whole country, like I wants experiences in Chicago.

And that was my point. Nothing. I've had a pet for thirty some years because I want to be married and I want my kids to love me, because I'm not a pet guy. But I've had a bet for thirty three years or thirty five years. When you say the six hundred that's in the whole country, like I wants experiences in Chicago.

I was talking to these prostitutes and there was nowhere to get them in Chicago.

I was talking to these prostitutes and there was nowhere to get them in Chicago.

So you have Chicago, right, So you have six hundred beds across America. And so we start doing our due diligence. And so remember at that time we had fifty thousand volunteers. Half of our volunteers are skilled contractors, handy men, handy women. Maybe somebody who's never been a contractor, but they know new flooring. They want to paint, they get set a toilet, and I thought, wait a minute. We go somewhere once or twice a year for eight days and build things. Other times we're just tarp and roofs. All these building people that want to build something like my dad. Maybe they're looking for another way to use their gifts. And so I did the research. I presented to the board and said, hey, I think God's calling us to build safe places for women and children rescue from trafficking. And so our first one was in two thousand and eighteen or nineteen. It was Elijah Rising in Houston. We helped Micah and the team there take two ranches and totally gutted them and renovate them so they can house eight adult women, including one home that was handicapped accessible, And so we did that for them at no charge. Then we went to the refuge in Austin, Texas. Then we went to a place in Tennessee. Then my friend Frank Reich and Linda, he was coaching the colts. They got it, showed them that they were supposed to come alongside children rescued from trafficking, not knowing that we were watching a new arm. So we renovated a seventeen thousand square building for them in Indiapolis. It sits there today. It's called Not Today Knot Not Today dot org. So we renovated that. We worked with Tim Tebow in.

So you have Chicago, right, So you have six hundred beds across America. And so we start doing our due diligence. And so remember at that time we had fifty thousand volunteers. Half of our volunteers are skilled contractors, handy men, handy women. Maybe somebody who's never been a contractor, but they know new flooring. They want to paint, they get set a toilet, and I thought, wait a minute. We go somewhere once or twice a year for eight days and build things. Other times we're just tarp and roofs. All these building people that want to build something like my dad. Maybe they're looking for another way to use their gifts. And so I did the research. I presented to the board and said, hey, I think God's calling us to build safe places for women and children rescue from trafficking. And so our first one was in two thousand and eighteen or nineteen. It was Elijah Rising in Houston. We helped Micah and the team there take two ranches and totally gutted them and renovate them so they can house eight adult women, including one home that was handicapped accessible, And so we did that for them at no charge. Then we went to the refuge in Austin, Texas. Then we went to a place in Tennessee. Then my friend Frank Reich and Linda, he was coaching the colts. They got it, showed them that they were supposed to come alongside children rescued from trafficking, not knowing that we were watching a new arm. So we renovated a seventeen thousand square building for them in Indiapolis. It sits there today. It's called Not Today Knot Not Today dot org. So we renovated that. We worked with Tim Tebow in.

Tennessee seventeen thousand. How many people could.

Tennessee seventeen thousand. How many people could.

Then seventeen thousand square feet, So that was a place. So that wasn't a place they would live. They would get counseling. So some of the places we've built people live, some are counseling. So we worked with Tim Tebow in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We did three in Memphis, and we've done so.

Then seventeen thousand square feet, So that was a place. So that wasn't a place they would live. They would get counseling. So some of the places we've built people live, some are counseling. So we worked with Tim Tebow in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We did three in Memphis, and we've done so.

We've done what Tebow doing in chattanoog.

We've done what Tebow doing in chattanoog.

So Tim has a ministry he supports called Her Song, and Her Song offers a safe place for women, and so does counseling aftercare, helps them, teaches them, you know, financial responsibility, helps them get their identification back, get the counsel and they need. We renovated their facility for free as well.

So Tim has a ministry he supports called Her Song, and Her Song offers a safe place for women, and so does counseling aftercare, helps them, teaches them, you know, financial responsibility, helps them get their identification back, get the counsel and they need. We renovated their facility for free as well.

So what do you call this fourth arm?

So what do you call this fourth arm?

The Traffics Safehouse Ministry. So we've done now thirteen thirteen projects. But the project we just finished just opened six weeks ago. We built a campus, a campus in Millersburg, Ohio. That's the city they tell the world, So I'm not sharing a secret. We built three cottages. Each cottage can house eight girls. We built an administration building, a medical wing, We built a school that's accredited, a chapel, and we cleared and did all the infrastructure on thirty acres of donated land. It's four and a half million dollars. We built it for free, and we built it in sixteen weeks. Holy sixteen weeks. It's the largest facility in the world for girls who've been rescued from trafficking between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. We just finished it. We just cut the ribbon in June. And as of this moment, while you're are speaking, three young ladies are there getting the emotional, physical, spiritual hope they need. They're going to school, they're getting the medical care, they're getting the counseling. Their family is getting free counseling, and all this at no charge. And so just to be a small part of the healing process. I don't know about you, the thought of a child being trafficked. I'm telling you to us. You don't have to be a woman or man of faith.

The Traffics Safehouse Ministry. So we've done now thirteen thirteen projects. But the project we just finished just opened six weeks ago. We built a campus, a campus in Millersburg, Ohio. That's the city they tell the world, So I'm not sharing a secret. We built three cottages. Each cottage can house eight girls. We built an administration building, a medical wing, We built a school that's accredited, a chapel, and we cleared and did all the infrastructure on thirty acres of donated land. It's four and a half million dollars. We built it for free, and we built it in sixteen weeks. Holy sixteen weeks. It's the largest facility in the world for girls who've been rescued from trafficking between the ages of fourteen and eighteen. We just finished it. We just cut the ribbon in June. And as of this moment, while you're are speaking, three young ladies are there getting the emotional, physical, spiritual hope they need. They're going to school, they're getting the medical care, they're getting the counseling. Their family is getting free counseling, and all this at no charge. And so just to be a small part of the healing process. I don't know about you, the thought of a child being trafficked. I'm telling you to us. You don't have to be a woman or man of faith.

You don't have to be you just have to be human.

You don't have to be you just have to be human.

I meet people on the plane they say, oh, I see that logan on your shirt. What do you do? And when I get to that, they're like, that is disgusting. The average age of a child trafficked in America is twelve and a half. Seventeen percent of kids trafficked are trafficked by a family member. Eighty one percent of kids trafficked in America. Is not what I thought. Oh, illegal immigrants, they're American citizens. It's happening everywhere. It's happening in the malls these it's because of these phones and pornography we can with you these smartphones. You know, a young lady, you know, maybe her parents split up, one parent at home. She's unhappy. She befriends boy from the next town over. But it's not really a boy, it's a grown man. He grooms her, he buys her nice things. They finally meet, you know, she's the one guy that she can trust. He tricks her. I mean, it's not like the movie Taken, but there's a lot of grooming and there's a lot of games being played. There's black meiling going on. Foster kids do run away a lot of foster kids on up in this as well.

I meet people on the plane they say, oh, I see that logan on your shirt. What do you do? And when I get to that, they're like, that is disgusting. The average age of a child trafficked in America is twelve and a half. Seventeen percent of kids trafficked are trafficked by a family member. Eighty one percent of kids trafficked in America. Is not what I thought. Oh, illegal immigrants, they're American citizens. It's happening everywhere. It's happening in the malls these it's because of these phones and pornography we can with you these smartphones. You know, a young lady, you know, maybe her parents split up, one parent at home. She's unhappy. She befriends boy from the next town over. But it's not really a boy, it's a grown man. He grooms her, he buys her nice things. They finally meet, you know, she's the one guy that she can trust. He tricks her. I mean, it's not like the movie Taken, but there's a lot of grooming and there's a lot of games being played. There's black meiling going on. Foster kids do run away a lot of foster kids on up in this as well.

We have had a guest, a previous guest who that is exactly her story. Oh yeah, she had a bad situation. She was looking to get out. She found a guy online, she was going to go do a job and she ended up a sex slave. Yeah, and she finally got out after the cops came twice and ignored her because the guy just said, oh, she's just a drug addict. Don't pay any attention to her. You know what she does now? Very interesting thing is she runs in on profit because these guys that traffic these girls often brand them. Yes, they tattooed them, Yeah, with their initials and stuff. We know about it. She helps girls that have gotten out of traffick and get their tattoos removed so they do have to look in the mirror and be remember minded of their trauma.

We have had a guest, a previous guest who that is exactly her story. Oh yeah, she had a bad situation. She was looking to get out. She found a guy online, she was going to go do a job and she ended up a sex slave. Yeah, and she finally got out after the cops came twice and ignored her because the guy just said, oh, she's just a drug addict. Don't pay any attention to her. You know what she does now? Very interesting thing is she runs in on profit because these guys that traffic these girls often brand them. Yes, they tattooed them, Yeah, with their initials and stuff. We know about it. She helps girls that have gotten out of traffick and get their tattoos removed so they do have to look in the mirror and be remember minded of their trauma.

Yes, so please have your producer send of her information. So we we we don't publicize us a lot we do the same thing.

Yes, so please have your producer send of her information. So we we we don't publicize us a lot we do the same thing.

So we have a gentleman we really need to talk to. She is phenomenal and she is doing it on her own. Okay, was cool. She's got a network of like six she's got six network of sixty tattooers that donate their time formally trafficked women remove the fiscal reminder of their trauma. You know, so you should team up.

So we have a gentleman we really need to talk to. She is phenomenal and she is doing it on her own. Okay, was cool. She's got a network of like six she's got six network of sixty tattooers that donate their time formally trafficked women remove the fiscal reminder of their trauma. You know, so you should team up.

Yeah, we have. We have thirteen partners and we have one organization of Chicago. It's called Ink one eighty, and we fly him around to our partners and he'll go in once a quarter and remove tattoos or do cover ups. And you know, you don't want a young lady who's been rescued, who's gotten her ID back. You know, she's off of the drugs that the trafficker got are hooked on. She's turning her life around. She's you know, she can, she can put her resume together. She's ready to take a step forward. And then she looks in the mirror and she sees a number on her neck or she's a symbol you know, on her upper arm orun on the upper part of her chest. And so you know, to me, that's part of the healing process. And so we've yeah, we've been doing that pretty much in Stay one two. But I'm so Alex what she called thankful to hear about her.

Yeah, we have. We have thirteen partners and we have one organization of Chicago. It's called Ink one eighty, and we fly him around to our partners and he'll go in once a quarter and remove tattoos or do cover ups. And you know, you don't want a young lady who's been rescued, who's gotten her ID back. You know, she's off of the drugs that the trafficker got are hooked on. She's turning her life around. She's you know, she can, she can put her resume together. She's ready to take a step forward. And then she looks in the mirror and she sees a number on her neck or she's a symbol you know, on her upper arm orun on the upper part of her chest. And so you know, to me, that's part of the healing process. And so we've yeah, we've been doing that pretty much in Stay one two. But I'm so Alex what she called thankful to hear about her.

Do you remember love It Atlanta Redemption A Yeah, that's right.

Do you remember love It Atlanta Redemption A Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, you need to give me her contact information, love to talk to her.

Yeah, you need to give me her contact information, love to talk to her.

You would not believe how many times over the course of the fifteen months that we have had this show that we have connected different people. I love it from different things. That's common interest that end up doing work together and love it. I really do you reach Yeah, yeah, so because she's phenomenal. Didn't expect to go there, and you said it. The thing about her is she does this work, but she was that girl. The very story you told was her story. She sat right here and told me the story, and I teared up. I couldn't believe that people could just be used that way.

You would not believe how many times over the course of the fifteen months that we have had this show that we have connected different people. I love it from different things. That's common interest that end up doing work together and love it. I really do you reach Yeah, yeah, so because she's phenomenal. Didn't expect to go there, and you said it. The thing about her is she does this work, but she was that girl. The very story you told was her story. She sat right here and told me the story, and I teared up. I couldn't believe that people could just be used that way.

You know, Drugs you sell and they're used and you have to go make more or get more to sell them again. A person you can sell time into over and over and again. This is the fastest growing crime in the world five years ago.

You know, Drugs you sell and they're used and you have to go make more or get more to sell them again. A person you can sell time into over and over and again. This is the fastest growing crime in the world five years ago.

Trafficking is it is.

Trafficking is it is.

Yeah, it's fast. It's a second behind drugs. It was one hundred and fifty billion dollar year industry. Four years ago. The latest numbers came out, it's grown to two hundred and twenty two billion, and so it's a worldwide issue. It's happening everywhere. If you're listening to this today and you think you live in the suburb, I live in a suburb of the city of Buffalo. A lot of ex Buffalo Bills live there. It's a little nicer community. Trafficking happens everywhere. I don't care where you live. And so we have a brochure on our website at eight Days of Hope dot com. You can download it's digitals. Yeah, you no problem. It's eight Days of Hope dot com. And you just like who we are and you go to the safe House Ministry digitally. We have a brochure that you can share with others, but we'll even mal you free copies if you want to give it to your family members. But every grandparent and parent needs to look at this brochure because it will even tell you some of the apps that traffickers are using that your kids might have on your phone. There's an app that looks like a calculator. It's a way to share private videos with people. There's so much going on through these smartphones, you know. And I love what you said before we got in the air. Maybe said it very in the beginning. You know, I want to be I want to be a great parent. I want to be a friend, but I need to be a parent more than I'm a friend of my kids. And I've always told my kids. Even now, I've got a freshman in college, I pay for her phone. She's nineteen, very responsible, great kid. But there's times that we'll sit down and we'll just talk about what's on our phone and how she's using it. And we live in a different world than maybe when you and I grew up, and we have to protect our kids.

Yeah, it's fast. It's a second behind drugs. It was one hundred and fifty billion dollar year industry. Four years ago. The latest numbers came out, it's grown to two hundred and twenty two billion, and so it's a worldwide issue. It's happening everywhere. If you're listening to this today and you think you live in the suburb, I live in a suburb of the city of Buffalo. A lot of ex Buffalo Bills live there. It's a little nicer community. Trafficking happens everywhere. I don't care where you live. And so we have a brochure on our website at eight Days of Hope dot com. You can download it's digitals. Yeah, you no problem. It's eight Days of Hope dot com. And you just like who we are and you go to the safe House Ministry digitally. We have a brochure that you can share with others, but we'll even mal you free copies if you want to give it to your family members. But every grandparent and parent needs to look at this brochure because it will even tell you some of the apps that traffickers are using that your kids might have on your phone. There's an app that looks like a calculator. It's a way to share private videos with people. There's so much going on through these smartphones, you know. And I love what you said before we got in the air. Maybe said it very in the beginning. You know, I want to be I want to be a great parent. I want to be a friend, but I need to be a parent more than I'm a friend of my kids. And I've always told my kids. Even now, I've got a freshman in college, I pay for her phone. She's nineteen, very responsible, great kid. But there's times that we'll sit down and we'll just talk about what's on our phone and how she's using it. And we live in a different world than maybe when you and I grew up, and we have to protect our kids.

Let me tell you something we talked earlier about how you and I grew up. We would go out and play kickball. When the sun started coming down. The mothers would stand on the porch scream your name, You run home for dinner? Right?

Let me tell you something we talked earlier about how you and I grew up. We would go out and play kickball. When the sun started coming down. The mothers would stand on the porch scream your name, You run home for dinner? Right?

Sure?

Sure?

What would your mother have done if while your kids were out playing hide and go seek in the front lawns and those moms would always walk by the door of the window and just peek out they kept watch. Sure, what if a guy pulled up amongst you kids in a white van and got out of the van and walked over and tried to coerce one of those children in the van? Would she sit in the house and watch TV?

What would your mother have done if while your kids were out playing hide and go seek in the front lawns and those moms would always walk by the door of the window and just peek out they kept watch. Sure, what if a guy pulled up amongst you kids in a white van and got out of the van and walked over and tried to coerce one of those children in the van? Would she sit in the house and watch TV?

Well, first of all, if there's any baseball bats laying around, maybe in somebody's hands. Secondly, the neighborhood, you took care of each other and you were aware of each other. We live in a different world.

Well, first of all, if there's any baseball bats laying around, maybe in somebody's hands. Secondly, the neighborhood, you took care of each other and you were aware of each other. We live in a different world.

Well that's exactly what any mother would have done. But here's the thing that's happening every day virtually now, and we sit on the couch and ignore it. It's a good point. By not looking at what's going on in your kid's phone, by not looking what's going on on those game consoles, yeah, absolutely, By not looking at anything that some creep can contact your kid, you are virtually and in effect doing what a nineteen seventies an eighty mother would have done. If if a creep rolled up in a white rape van, right and you saw kids walk up to it, would you have gotten off the couch and done something? Just sit there and like that? Yeah?

Well that's exactly what any mother would have done. But here's the thing that's happening every day virtually now, and we sit on the couch and ignore it. It's a good point. By not looking at what's going on in your kid's phone, by not looking what's going on on those game consoles, yeah, absolutely, By not looking at anything that some creep can contact your kid, you are virtually and in effect doing what a nineteen seventies an eighty mother would have done. If if a creep rolled up in a white rape van, right and you saw kids walk up to it, would you have gotten off the couch and done something? Just sit there and like that? Yeah?

Right.

Right.

We are doing that today by not minding our children's stuff.

We are doing that today by not minding our children's stuff.

That's our responsibility. I mean you you know, before we start recording, you know, we were talking about raising our kids and you said, you know, I'm not here to be their friend. I mean you're not. You're the parent, be the parent. I get it. You're not, and I could always be welcomed with open arms. But that's okay. Sometimes parentsing's tough. But their minds haven't fully developed, and they think one way and they think, you know, and that's what's the problem is that's why these crimes are out of control. The pornography is going through the roof. It's a valuable everywhere and these kids they stumble on it, they hit a link thinking it's one thing and it's not, and it just sucks them right in and it starts to develop their minds.

That's our responsibility. I mean you you know, before we start recording, you know, we were talking about raising our kids and you said, you know, I'm not here to be their friend. I mean you're not. You're the parent, be the parent. I get it. You're not, and I could always be welcomed with open arms. But that's okay. Sometimes parentsing's tough. But their minds haven't fully developed, and they think one way and they think, you know, and that's what's the problem is that's why these crimes are out of control. The pornography is going through the roof. It's a valuable everywhere and these kids they stumble on it, they hit a link thinking it's one thing and it's not, and it just sucks them right in and it starts to develop their minds.

It doesn't make the kid bad because I'm telling you, I'm thinking back when I was thirteen years old. If a nicked picture rolled across in front of me, I'm googling at it. Well, I'm a thirteen fourteen year old boy, of course.

It doesn't make the kid bad because I'm telling you, I'm thinking back when I was thirteen years old. If a nicked picture rolled across in front of me, I'm googling at it. Well, I'm a thirteen fourteen year old boy, of course.

And probably showing it to the other boys in the neighborhood too. They've just done to covered something kids.

And probably showing it to the other boys in the neighborhood too. They've just done to covered something kids.

So what we have to do is not expect our kids to run from something that they're not going to run from. We have to protect them from it ourselves. And that is where you end up with a need for a place called safe house ministries because people get baled up in it, you know.

So what we have to do is not expect our kids to run from something that they're not going to run from. We have to protect them from it ourselves. And that is where you end up with a need for a place called safe house ministries because people get baled up in it, you know.

I've done thirteen. We've got number fourteen on the docket for next month in Texas. We're looking at a campus right now in upstate New York to maybe offer a care to women who've graduated programs. They've gone through the healing, their life is moving forward, but they don't even any cash, you don't have a car, and we want to give them a chance to maybe relaunch their journey. So you know, I still think there's a lot more coming around the corner. I love where the ministry's at today. I'm blown away that God allows me to be a part of it. I always introduce myself as one of two hundred and seventy one leaders because I'm so thankful that so many people are passionate about serving those in need. And it's contagious. I'm telling you, if you ever come on one of our trips, it's free. We provide the food and lodging. We'll pick up at the airport. We have all the tools. You don't have to have any skill sets on rapid response events. You do need to be sixteen and older, but everything else any age, and we have kids and families. Come, but you're gonna leave exhausted, but your heart's gonna be full, and you will never forget those families you met. I mean never, They'll be lifelong friends. Because if a stranger shows up your door and says, I'm here to help you fix your house and leaves eight days later, and you look around and get brand new cabinets, a brand new roof, it has been painted. And those guys were from Oklahoma, Mississippi, New York. Those guys from New Jersey. I couldn't understand them, but they were nice too. And everyone gets change in that process.

I've done thirteen. We've got number fourteen on the docket for next month in Texas. We're looking at a campus right now in upstate New York to maybe offer a care to women who've graduated programs. They've gone through the healing, their life is moving forward, but they don't even any cash, you don't have a car, and we want to give them a chance to maybe relaunch their journey. So you know, I still think there's a lot more coming around the corner. I love where the ministry's at today. I'm blown away that God allows me to be a part of it. I always introduce myself as one of two hundred and seventy one leaders because I'm so thankful that so many people are passionate about serving those in need. And it's contagious. I'm telling you, if you ever come on one of our trips, it's free. We provide the food and lodging. We'll pick up at the airport. We have all the tools. You don't have to have any skill sets on rapid response events. You do need to be sixteen and older, but everything else any age, and we have kids and families. Come, but you're gonna leave exhausted, but your heart's gonna be full, and you will never forget those families you met. I mean never, They'll be lifelong friends. Because if a stranger shows up your door and says, I'm here to help you fix your house and leaves eight days later, and you look around and get brand new cabinets, a brand new roof, it has been painted. And those guys were from Oklahoma, Mississippi, New York. Those guys from New Jersey. I couldn't understand them, but they were nice too. And everyone gets change in that process.

And I guarantee you nobody cares how anybody votes. That's come on, you know, I am breaks all that down. We'll be right back. So I've said it twice, I'll say it with ten thousand and three and Family Serve fourteen nine hundred eighty meals served, fifty one twenty some volunteers, and eight three twenty eight million dollars work and growing.

And I guarantee you nobody cares how anybody votes. That's come on, you know, I am breaks all that down. We'll be right back. So I've said it twice, I'll say it with ten thousand and three and Family Serve fourteen nine hundred eighty meals served, fifty one twenty some volunteers, and eight three twenty eight million dollars work and growing.

You have to have.

You have to have.

I don't think there's such a thing as a favorite with the scope of work you've done, but you have to. I want our I want our listeners to hear just a story, Oh my gosh, you know, just one that's gonna let him really understand the depth on a personal level.

I don't think there's such a thing as a favorite with the scope of work you've done, but you have to. I want our I want our listeners to hear just a story, Oh my gosh, you know, just one that's gonna let him really understand the depth on a personal level.

Let me do two real quick ones because I know, you know, I want to be a sense of a time. We were, We were, We were Base Saint Louis, Mississippi. Miss anime.

Let me do two real quick ones because I know, you know, I want to be a sense of a time. We were, We were, We were Base Saint Louis, Mississippi. Miss anime.

Anime, anime anime from Bay Saint Louis.

Anime, anime anime from Bay Saint Louis.

Oh yeah, eighty four years young and her sister the Katrina. The water came in so fast. She lived in a ranch, and her son came across the street, took a knife and start cutting through the drywall to try to get his mom and his aunt up in the rafters.

Oh yeah, eighty four years young and her sister the Katrina. The water came in so fast. She lived in a ranch, and her son came across the street, took a knife and start cutting through the drywall to try to get his mom and his aunt up in the rafters.

Oh gosh, and there was using a knife to cut the drywall. So he just lift her up so they could just get above the water.

Oh gosh, and there was using a knife to cut the drywall. So he just lift her up so they could just get above the water.

Yes, hoping that it was high enough. He couldn't get to his aunt. He got his mom up in the rafters, he stayed in the rafters. Eight feet of water came in a couple hours, eight feet of water went out. He lost his aunt, she lost her sister. They lived together. She had no insurance, didn't have any flood insurance. Eighty four a widow, one son lived across the street. His house of course totally destroyed as well. And then strangers showed up and a bunch of college girls from Michigan came down and.

Yes, hoping that it was high enough. He couldn't get to his aunt. He got his mom up in the rafters, he stayed in the rafters. Eight feet of water came in a couple hours, eight feet of water went out. He lost his aunt, she lost her sister. They lived together. She had no insurance, didn't have any flood insurance. Eighty four a widow, one son lived across the street. His house of course totally destroyed as well. And then strangers showed up and a bunch of college girls from Michigan came down and.

They had a college girls from Michigan, so they were part.

They had a college girls from Michigan, so they were part.

Of the six hundred and eighty four. They were going to go skiing in Colorado for the winter trip, but they said this year, let's do something for somebody else.

Of the six hundred and eighty four. They were going to go skiing in Colorado for the winter trip, but they said this year, let's do something for somebody else.

Are you kidding?

Are you kidding?

Oh?

Oh?

No, college kids.

No, college kids.

Yeah, So they came down. They said, Steve, we're not very good. We think we can paint, but we're not very good. We don't know why we're here. By the eighth day, Miss Anime had a brand new house. And to this day now Miss Anime's been gone now for a couple of years, but to this day, those college girls will send me a thank you note for allowing them to be on a trip that has changed your life forever. Some of them are married, they have kids. Some of them have traveled with us with their family since then. Their life was changed because they met Miss Anime and Miss Anime eighty four young. She just fell in love with these strangers. They became part of her family. I think a couple years later, a couple of them came down on spring break and you know, they hung out for a day with her and just it was really neat on how strangers came together to do something just so much bigger that what one person can do. So miss Anime and this other story is our trafficking air. And I'll be careful here. But I met a lady and she said, thank you, thank you for building this a facility. She was, I have somewhere I can live now. And when you work on these things, we are taught as men. We don't talk to the women. We don't like not look at you know. Look, we are very respectful. If they come and talk to you, you can have a conversation. But right right, and there's always leadership there for both organizations. But she said, mister Steves, she said, you just gave me a brand new bedroom. I have my own bathroom, I have a kitchen. I love to make food. And she says, you don't know this, but literally, for three years I was chained to a bed and every night the door knob would turn multiple times, and I knew what was happening was about to happen, and I couldn't do anything. And she said, you know, I would take myself out of my body, and she said, I often wondered what it would be like to be in a bedroom and be able to shut the door and sleep through the night. And I'd hear that door turn and she's with tears, and I'm a tears She says, I don't know you, you're just meeting me. I might never see you again, but just know that you and your organization just change the rest of my life and my kids' lives and their kids lives. Because what you just did is you showed me that you can trust people, and there are good people in the world, and that not every man is looking for something from every female. And it made trafficking real to me because she showed me your wrist. She had a scar from where she was hand coming. And we're talking in America. This happens in America. And so maybe you're listening today, man, come join us. Maybe you're an electrician, you're a plumber. Maybe you're a handy woman. You're really good with your hands right. Maybe you've never been a contractor, but you're not how a new flooring, or maybe know a little bit about plumbing, or maybe you could change out a fan and change out some outlets. Man, go to the website eight Days of Hope dot com submit your email address. Come join us and use your gifts and see what happens. You're gonna meet people like some of these people I described. You'll never forget that. My kids have met people they'll never forget. And we're a better family.