September 24, 2025 • 15 mins
Learn what happens when the people behind the camera recall their viewpoint of a life-changing journey. On this moving episode of Beyond the Plate, we turn the cameras around to meet Viviana Moreno and Jose Manuel, from the television program ‘Come Home with Jen Mallan’ (airing on Christian Television Network), whose mission was to document poverty in Honduras became a deeply personal journey of connection and personal transformation.
Honduras presents a stark reality—over two-thirds of the population lives in poverty, with millions surviving on less than $2 per day. For Jose, born in Colombia and raised in an orphanage before being adopted by an American family, the conditions triggered profound realizations: "That could have been me." His emotional journey culminates in gratitude to his adoptive mother for changing his life's trajectory.
Through their lenses, Viviana and Jose captured the full spectrum of human experience—from the heartbreak of the San Pedro Sula garbage dump where people spend decades foraging through trash, to the joy of children at FFTP’s Angels of Hope homes where sustainable initiatives like bakeries that double as vocational training centers.
This Hispanic Heritage Month, Food For The Poor celebrates the connections between cultures and how compassion transcends borders. You don't need a passport to make a difference—just a compassionate heart.
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
As soon as we got off the plane, my eyes had to be
open to everything that we saw,Even with my camera in hand.
The kids came running to me andI had all these kids hugging me
while I'm recording.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is an Angels of Hope home and this is one of
over 70 homes 8,000 kids acrossLatin America and the Caribbean
that help thousands of childrenescape poverty, abuse and
neglect.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I know what it's like to live in poverty.
I grew up in the mountains.
I lived in an orphanage in themountains of Colombia.
Let me be very clear.
That could have been me.
All it was was a yes from alady here in the States that
said yeah, I want to adopt this.
You know this kid.
I just was like thank you, mom.
Now I walked away from the triphaving a better sense of you
(00:45):
know, appreciation.
Just for simple life, forclothes on my back, for a roof
over my head.
I cried for the next two days.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
This is Food for the Poor, but we're not just food,
we go beyond the plate todiscuss a full range of
development programs, alldesigned to break the cycle of
poverty us a full range ofdevelopment programs, all
designed to break the cycle ofpoverty by empowering people
with the tools and training theyneed to transform their lives
for generations to come.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
These stories will inspire you and, best of all,
you can be part of the changethat takes place.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Join us as we go Beyond the Plate.
Okay, so I have to tell you I'mso excited about this episode
because it's probably one of thegreatest things that we get to
do here at Food for the Poor iswe get to embark on mission
trips, right, and these missiontrips are not alone, where we
just kind of like go down and we, you know, we see the needs and
(01:38):
we see the families, but we getto share those experiences.
And I recently embarked, thisyear, on a mission trip where
you have to imagine, danny,listen to this, put me there,
put me there Pastors, media andmovie personalities, oh, yes,
business investors, consultants,and like a host of food for the
poor staff, converging onHonduras.
(02:01):
Love it.
Yes, for a life-changingmission.
Now, quick fact for those of youthat are not familiar with
Honduras right, more than twothirds of the population living
in abject poverty in CentralAmerica and the Central American
country almost 4 million arestruggling to survive on less
than $2 per day, two US dollarsper day.
(02:22):
Imagine that.
Almost 20% of the childrenunder five these are small
babies.
I got a nephew under five.
You've got a little girl underfive Suffering the lasting
effects of malnutrition as aresult of this poverty that
we're talking about.
Children and families arestruggling in unimaginable ways
in Honduras and we'll talk aboutthat.
(02:43):
But this trip centered aroundthe host of Come Home with Jen
Mallon, pastor Jen Mallon, partof CTN Network, christian
Television Network, and theprogram I love because it
highlights families and pursuesGod's great commission to save
lives, both emotionally andspiritually.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
And what makes this story powerful.
In this episode as well, we'recelebrating Hispanic heritage,
right, so keep in mind nine outof the 15 countries that Food
for the Poor serves se hablaespanol.
You also know that this trip,the people behind the camera is
what I want to focus on.
The people behind the cameraare the ones who show us the
story.
Today, we're going to beturning those same cameras
around and we want to meet twounsung heroes from this mission
(03:28):
to Honduras Viviana Moreno andJose Manuel.
Welcome, jose and Vivi.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Hello, thank you for having us.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah, it's quite the honor and pleasure to be on the
plate this wasn't tourism right?
Speaker 4 (03:42):
What was going on in your mind and your hearts as you
were getting ready to embark onthis major journey and this
trip, to see what you were goingto see?
Speaker 1 (03:49):
As soon as we got off the plane, just my eyes had to
be open to everything that wesaw.
I was just record, record,record.
That was all that was goingthrough my head the whole time.
Just catch everything andanything that we saw, just so we
could tell the story later.
Wow.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
We enjoy what we do, and it was one of the probably I
mean I could speak for both ofus.
It's probably the highlight andhonor of our lifetime to
capture moments like what we didin.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Honduras.
What was the very first thingthat, as you're filming, as
you're capturing, as you'reviewing and you're getting ready
to do what you're doing behindthe camera that it just
literally arrested your heart,vivian.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, the first thing that comes to my mind is at the
Sparrow School.
I had my camera ready to rolland Pastor Jen was so concerned
that I wasn't going to get tolike love on the kids or like
give hugs because I wasrecording.
But as soon as we stepped ontoproperty, even with my camera in
hand, the kids came running tome and I had all these kids
hugging me while I'm recordingand I'm just like, oh my gosh,
(04:51):
you know, these kids are just soloving.
They don't care what's in myhand or that I'm trying to film,
they're just they're loving onme and I'm like, no, we're here
to love on you and they'reloving on us do you guys
remember el hogar emmanuelmanuel?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Does that still ring a bell?
Does it still ring a bell inyour heart?
Okay, this is an Angels of Hopehome and this is where children
are raised with a better lifethan the one that they've had in
abject poverty.
And a quick fact I want toshare with you guys the
attendance rate there is at a90%, and why?
Because kids are safe, they'refed and loved, and this is one
(05:24):
of over 70 homes, 8,000 kidsacross Latin America and the
Caribbean that helped thousandsof children escape poverty,
abuse and neglect.
And you saw these kids who haveescaped life and poverty, uh
proverse conditions, and now arethriving, they're smiling,
enjoying their childhood.
But one specific moment youguys mentioned to us before,
which was the coffee shop in thebakery.
(05:44):
So tell us about that coffeeshop, Tell us about that bakery
that doubled as a learningcenter.
And I want to go to you,viviana, first.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yeah, I just I love to bake, so that was kind of
cool going into that.
Knowing that these kids have aplace that they can learn how to
bake and make a living forthemselves is huge.
That was one of the things Iloved about Food for the Poor,
the sustainability aspect.
Like no matter where we went,there was something that the
(06:14):
kids or the adults couldtangibly learn and take with
them as they grow up to make aliving for themselves.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Now, jose, you remember when we were there and
we went into the communitycenter in the back and there was
that impromptu like when Dannysaid grateful.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
That fits a good hundred people in that thing.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Exactly.
And so, Danny, you used theword grateful.
You remember when they put onthis impromptu worship session
just to praise and worship, justto welcome us.
We walk into this concert forus if you will.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Yeah, for me it was really, really special, because
for me and Vivi we love worship,by the way, we bask in that
worship so that would justbrought a lot of joy to our
heart, that worship, so thatwould just brought a lot of joy
to our heart.
And so, yeah, and I think whatmade it more special was that
was their thank you, you know,and they didn't have anything
(07:18):
that they could, you know,tangibly give, but they gave
their worship and I think thatthat goes sometimes, you know,
your worship goesunderappreciated.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Jose, I want to bring this back to you because this
is where your story, kind of therubber meets the road with your
personal story.
We talked about earlier in theepisode that you're from Bogota,
Colombia, but by way of adifferent way you got to Tampa,
Florida, West Central Florida,right.
So kind of talk about what wasgoing through your heart and
your mind as you're meetingthese families and you have this
(07:48):
kind of this epiphany momentbased on your personal story.
Why don't you tell us yourpersonal story?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
My birth mom gave me up for adoption at just a year
and a half old.
My mom was hooked to drugs andso she had to make the
heartbreaking decision that shethat I later that I later
appreciated that she knew shecouldn't take care of me because
she had her own personal issues.
(08:17):
I grew up in an orphanage.
Seeing what I saw in Honduras,that was really like flashbacks,
because I know what it's liketo live in poverty.
I grew up in the mountains.
I lived in an orphanage in themountains of Colombia.
So seeing all this in Honduras,I'm like wow, this was once me.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
As we went on on this trip and we saw what was
effectively the hope that couldbe across Honduras, in these
various communities, we saw thepotential for every family,
every child.
Now we went into communitiesand we saw the needs.
And then the San Pedro Sulagarbage dump and the landfill
(08:59):
and the garbage dump Um, youknow, quick fact, the garbage
dump has only recently beganbanning children from going
there to work and picking andseparating trash as a daily
occurrence.
And there was one man that wasthat was there that our team met
.
This man had been working atthis garbage dump for 30 years,
(09:24):
30 years of his life, and Idon't think he was much older
than that.
I mean 30 years of his lifespent on the garbage dump,
foraging through piles of trashwhat other people have thrown
away so that he can then take toa recycler and provide for his
family.
Vivian Jose, what were yourimpressions, seeing this for the
very first time in thesecommunities?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Yeah, I mean, for me, knowing that kids had worked
there was huge, because I have,I think we both have a heart for
children, but knowing that kidsworked there was huge and that
there's other dump sites thatkids are still working at, I
think this is the only one thatwe know that kids were banned
from so and just seeing likethey're just you know the people
(10:06):
are there with sandals, walkingin the trash, working in shorts
, like this is their life.
That was like that was reallyeye-opening and sad to see.
Like you know, the whole thingis trying to bring dignity to
them.
While we're having to work inhere for a living, you know
they're eating the food thatthey're finding in the trash
(10:29):
because they don't have food tobring for lunch or for dinner.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
However long they're going to be there, and knowing
that they had nothing andthey're just trying to work
through this trash is like itwas really rough I remember at
the end, when we were leavingand some of us with that woman
stood there and just wanted togive her a hug, just to embrace
her, as a moment of connectionfor not just her but for us as
(10:57):
well, to bring some dignity backto this woman's life, if, but
for a moment, and she rebuffedus, I remember she just said no,
no, because she was so worriedof offending based on what Jose
just talked about.
That's right, and we hugged her.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
We're the hands and feet of Jesus.
We got to go and help, we gotto go and see, we got to go and
hold.
You know, give hugs and, justyou know, be a comfort source
for people that this is theireveryday life 365 days of the
year.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah, and I hope this is okay.
I wanted to share a scriptureMatthew 25, 40.
It says truly, I tell, whateveryou did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters ofmine, you did for me.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
You didn't pick that scripture just accidentally.
By the way, it just happens tobe the very foundation of which
food for the poor was builtMatthew, chapter 25, verse 40.
So this is powerful.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And if I got the feeling of this is what I can do
for Honduras, and Jose put usthere as well, vivi put us there
and I imagine that night aswell, everyone around that table
was saying this is what I cando for Honduras, and if that is
what you're asking yourselfright now, we'll go to
foodforthepoororg slash together.
We're highlighting HispanicHeritage Month here at Food for
(12:13):
the Poor and on Beyond the Plate, and part of that Hispanic
heritage is tying back to yourroots, tying back to your
culture, and how can you giveand help sustain that culture
for these folks that right nowdon't know where their next meal
is coming from or are on theirway or coming back from a
garbage dump, because that's theonly way to live?
Well, you can change thatoutcome for them.
Again, foodforthepoororg slashtogether.
(12:34):
Or en español foodforthepoororgslash juntos slash together.
Or en español foodfortheportorgslash juntos.
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Speaker 2 (13:43):
I know we can already tell this whole trip was
emotional.
That's an understatement, Iknow, but I heard that from you
and it didn't really all hituntil you were on the way home
that you had a moment with yourmom.
Can you, can you take a stare?
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Honduras.
Man, that week, those five daysthat I just was, I was like,
wow, this could have been me.
But no, it wasn't, you know, no, it isn't, and it's because of
my.
My mom adopted me.
I remember looking at her and Isaid thank you.
(14:22):
It was really, really emotionaland I, I cried for the like the
next two days and I have abetter and a bigger appreciation
for life itself.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Viviana Moreno, Jose Manuel Hall, thank you for
joining us on Beyond the Plateand for those of you that want
to help, and help now, as Josesaid, join us by going to
foodforthepoororg slash together.
That's foodforthepoororg slashtogether.
(14:53):
And you can give.
You can be a part of thislife-changing journey and you
can give.
You can be a part of thislife-changing journey Through
Food for the Poor.
This Hispanic Heritage Month isgoing to be truly
transformative for a family whenyou make the difference and not
just come and see, but come seeand do something about it.
And you don't need a passport,you just need a compassionate
(15:15):
heart, like our guests today.
Thanks for listening.
We hope you felt the connection.
One plate, one story, one actof love can change everything.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Discover more stories and join our community at
foodfortheportorg slash podcastand follow us at
beyondtheplatepodcast.
Together, we can make adifference.
This is Beyond the Plate.
As soon as we got off the plane, my eyes had to be
open to everything that we saw,Even with my camera in hand.
The kids came running to me andI had all these kids hugging me
while I'm recording.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
This is an Angels of Hope home and this is one of
over 70 homes 8,000 kids acrossLatin America and the Caribbean
that help thousands of childrenescape poverty, abuse and
neglect.
Speaker 3 (00:23):
I know what it's like to live in poverty.
I grew up in the mountains.
I lived in an orphanage in themountains of Colombia.
Let me be very clear.
That could have been me.
All it was was a yes from alady here in the States that
said yeah, I want to adopt this.
You know this kid.
I just was like thank you, mom.
Now I walked away from the triphaving a better sense of you
(00:45):
know, appreciation.
Just for simple life, forclothes on my back, for a roof
over my head.
I cried for the next two days.
Speaker 4 (00:56):
This is Food for the Poor, but we're not just food,
we go beyond the plate todiscuss a full range of
development programs, alldesigned to break the cycle of
poverty us a full range ofdevelopment programs, all
designed to break the cycle ofpoverty by empowering people
with the tools and training theyneed to transform their lives
for generations to come.
Speaker 2 (01:10):
These stories will inspire you and, best of all,
you can be part of the changethat takes place.
Speaker 4 (01:14):
Join us as we go Beyond the Plate.
Okay, so I have to tell you I'mso excited about this episode
because it's probably one of thegreatest things that we get to
do here at Food for the Poor iswe get to embark on mission
trips, right, and these missiontrips are not alone, where we
just kind of like go down and we, you know, we see the needs and
(01:38):
we see the families, but we getto share those experiences.
And I recently embarked, thisyear, on a mission trip where
you have to imagine, danny,listen to this, put me there,
put me there Pastors, media andmovie personalities, oh, yes,
business investors, consultants,and like a host of food for the
poor staff, converging onHonduras.
(02:01):
Love it.
Yes, for a life-changingmission.
Now, quick fact for those of youthat are not familiar with
Honduras right, more than twothirds of the population living
in abject poverty in CentralAmerica and the Central American
country almost 4 million arestruggling to survive on less
than $2 per day, two US dollarsper day.
(02:22):
Imagine that.
Almost 20% of the childrenunder five these are small
babies.
I got a nephew under five.
You've got a little girl underfive Suffering the lasting
effects of malnutrition as aresult of this poverty that
we're talking about.
Children and families arestruggling in unimaginable ways
in Honduras and we'll talk aboutthat.
(02:43):
But this trip centered aroundthe host of Come Home with Jen
Mallon, pastor Jen Mallon, partof CTN Network, christian
Television Network, and theprogram I love because it
highlights families and pursuesGod's great commission to save
lives, both emotionally andspiritually.
Speaker 2 (03:05):
And what makes this story powerful.
In this episode as well, we'recelebrating Hispanic heritage,
right, so keep in mind nine outof the 15 countries that Food
for the Poor serves se hablaespanol.
You also know that this trip,the people behind the camera is
what I want to focus on.
The people behind the cameraare the ones who show us the
story.
Today, we're going to beturning those same cameras
around and we want to meet twounsung heroes from this mission
(03:28):
to Honduras Viviana Moreno andJose Manuel.
Welcome, jose and Vivi.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
Hello, thank you for having us.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah, it's quite the honor and pleasure to be on the
plate this wasn't tourism right?
Speaker 4 (03:42):
What was going on in your mind and your hearts as you
were getting ready to embark onthis major journey and this
trip, to see what you were goingto see?
Speaker 1 (03:49):
As soon as we got off the plane, just my eyes had to
be open to everything that wesaw.
I was just record, record,record.
That was all that was goingthrough my head the whole time.
Just catch everything andanything that we saw, just so we
could tell the story later.
Wow.
Speaker 3 (04:06):
We enjoy what we do, and it was one of the probably I
mean I could speak for both ofus.
It's probably the highlight andhonor of our lifetime to
capture moments like what we didin.
Speaker 4 (04:16):
Honduras.
What was the very first thingthat, as you're filming, as
you're capturing, as you'reviewing and you're getting ready
to do what you're doing behindthe camera that it just
literally arrested your heart,vivian.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Yeah, the first thing that comes to my mind is at the
Sparrow School.
I had my camera ready to rolland Pastor Jen was so concerned
that I wasn't going to get tolike love on the kids or like
give hugs because I wasrecording.
But as soon as we stepped ontoproperty, even with my camera in
hand, the kids came running tome and I had all these kids
hugging me while I'm recordingand I'm just like, oh my gosh,
(04:51):
you know, these kids are just soloving.
They don't care what's in myhand or that I'm trying to film,
they're just they're loving onme and I'm like, no, we're here
to love on you and they'reloving on us do you guys
remember el hogar emmanuelmanuel?
Speaker 2 (05:03):
Does that still ring a bell?
Does it still ring a bell inyour heart?
Okay, this is an Angels of Hopehome and this is where children
are raised with a better lifethan the one that they've had in
abject poverty.
And a quick fact I want toshare with you guys the
attendance rate there is at a90%, and why?
Because kids are safe, they'refed and loved, and this is one
(05:24):
of over 70 homes, 8,000 kidsacross Latin America and the
Caribbean that helped thousandsof children escape poverty,
abuse and neglect.
And you saw these kids who haveescaped life and poverty, uh
proverse conditions, and now arethriving, they're smiling,
enjoying their childhood.
But one specific moment youguys mentioned to us before,
which was the coffee shop in thebakery.
(05:44):
So tell us about that coffeeshop, Tell us about that bakery
that doubled as a learningcenter.
And I want to go to you,viviana, first.
Speaker 1 (05:53):
Yeah, I just I love to bake, so that was kind of
cool going into that.
Knowing that these kids have aplace that they can learn how to
bake and make a living forthemselves is huge.
That was one of the things Iloved about Food for the Poor,
the sustainability aspect.
Like no matter where we went,there was something that the
(06:14):
kids or the adults couldtangibly learn and take with
them as they grow up to make aliving for themselves.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Now, jose, you remember when we were there and
we went into the communitycenter in the back and there was
that impromptu like when Dannysaid grateful.
Speaker 2 (06:26):
That fits a good hundred people in that thing.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
Exactly.
And so, Danny, you used theword grateful.
You remember when they put onthis impromptu worship session
just to praise and worship, justto welcome us.
We walk into this concert forus if you will.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Yeah, for me it was really, really special, because
for me and Vivi we love worship,by the way, we bask in that
worship so that would justbrought a lot of joy to our
heart, that worship, so thatwould just brought a lot of joy
to our heart.
And so, yeah, and I think whatmade it more special was that
was their thank you, you know,and they didn't have anything
(07:18):
that they could, you know,tangibly give, but they gave
their worship and I think thatthat goes sometimes, you know,
your worship goesunderappreciated.
Speaker 4 (07:25):
Jose, I want to bring this back to you because this
is where your story, kind of therubber meets the road with your
personal story.
We talked about earlier in theepisode that you're from Bogota,
Colombia, but by way of adifferent way you got to Tampa,
Florida, West Central Florida,right.
So kind of talk about what wasgoing through your heart and
your mind as you're meetingthese families and you have this
(07:48):
kind of this epiphany momentbased on your personal story.
Why don't you tell us yourpersonal story?
Speaker 3 (07:55):
My birth mom gave me up for adoption at just a year
and a half old.
My mom was hooked to drugs andso she had to make the
heartbreaking decision that shethat I later that I later
appreciated that she knew shecouldn't take care of me because
she had her own personal issues.
(08:17):
I grew up in an orphanage.
Seeing what I saw in Honduras,that was really like flashbacks,
because I know what it's liketo live in poverty.
I grew up in the mountains.
I lived in an orphanage in themountains of Colombia.
So seeing all this in Honduras,I'm like wow, this was once me.
Speaker 4 (08:35):
As we went on on this trip and we saw what was
effectively the hope that couldbe across Honduras, in these
various communities, we saw thepotential for every family,
every child.
Now we went into communitiesand we saw the needs.
And then the San Pedro Sulagarbage dump and the landfill
(08:59):
and the garbage dump Um, youknow, quick fact, the garbage
dump has only recently beganbanning children from going
there to work and picking andseparating trash as a daily
occurrence.
And there was one man that wasthat was there that our team met
.
This man had been working atthis garbage dump for 30 years,
(09:24):
30 years of his life, and Idon't think he was much older
than that.
I mean 30 years of his lifespent on the garbage dump,
foraging through piles of trashwhat other people have thrown
away so that he can then take toa recycler and provide for his
family.
Vivian Jose, what were yourimpressions, seeing this for the
very first time in thesecommunities?
Speaker 1 (09:43):
Yeah, I mean, for me, knowing that kids had worked
there was huge, because I have,I think we both have a heart for
children, but knowing that kidsworked there was huge and that
there's other dump sites thatkids are still working at, I
think this is the only one thatwe know that kids were banned
from so and just seeing likethey're just you know the people
(10:06):
are there with sandals, walkingin the trash, working in shorts
, like this is their life.
That was like that was reallyeye-opening and sad to see.
Like you know, the whole thingis trying to bring dignity to
them.
While we're having to work inhere for a living, you know
they're eating the food thatthey're finding in the trash
(10:29):
because they don't have food tobring for lunch or for dinner.
Speaker 4 (10:32):
However long they're going to be there, and knowing
that they had nothing andthey're just trying to work
through this trash is like itwas really rough I remember at
the end, when we were leavingand some of us with that woman
stood there and just wanted togive her a hug, just to embrace
her, as a moment of connectionfor not just her but for us as
(10:57):
well, to bring some dignity backto this woman's life, if, but
for a moment, and she rebuffedus, I remember she just said no,
no, because she was so worriedof offending based on what Jose
just talked about.
That's right, and we hugged her.
Speaker 3 (11:13):
We're the hands and feet of Jesus.
We got to go and help, we gotto go and see, we got to go and
hold.
You know, give hugs and, justyou know, be a comfort source
for people that this is theireveryday life 365 days of the
year.
Speaker 1 (11:31):
Yeah, and I hope this is okay.
I wanted to share a scriptureMatthew 25, 40.
It says truly, I tell, whateveryou did for one of the least of
these brothers and sisters ofmine, you did for me.
Speaker 4 (11:45):
You didn't pick that scripture just accidentally.
By the way, it just happens tobe the very foundation of which
food for the poor was builtMatthew, chapter 25, verse 40.
So this is powerful.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
And if I got the feeling of this is what I can do
for Honduras, and Jose put usthere as well, vivi put us there
and I imagine that night aswell, everyone around that table
was saying this is what I cando for Honduras, and if that is
what you're asking yourselfright now, we'll go to
foodforthepoororg slash together.
We're highlighting HispanicHeritage Month here at Food for
(12:13):
the Poor and on Beyond the Plate, and part of that Hispanic
heritage is tying back to yourroots, tying back to your
culture, and how can you giveand help sustain that culture
for these folks that right nowdon't know where their next meal
is coming from or are on theirway or coming back from a
garbage dump, because that's theonly way to live?
Well, you can change thatoutcome for them.
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(12:34):
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Speaker 2 (13:43):
I know we can already tell this whole trip was
emotional.
That's an understatement, Iknow, but I heard that from you
and it didn't really all hituntil you were on the way home
that you had a moment with yourmom.
Can you, can you take a stare?
Speaker 3 (13:59):
Honduras.
Man, that week, those five daysthat I just was, I was like,
wow, this could have been me.
But no, it wasn't, you know, no, it isn't, and it's because of
my.
My mom adopted me.
I remember looking at her and Isaid thank you.
(14:22):
It was really, really emotionaland I, I cried for the like the
next two days and I have abetter and a bigger appreciation
for life itself.
Speaker 4 (14:33):
Viviana Moreno, Jose Manuel Hall, thank you for
joining us on Beyond the Plateand for those of you that want
to help, and help now, as Josesaid, join us by going to
foodforthepoororg slash together.
That's foodforthepoororg slashtogether.
(14:53):
And you can give.
You can be a part of thislife-changing journey and you
can give.
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Food for the Poor.
This Hispanic Heritage Month isgoing to be truly
transformative for a family whenyou make the difference and not
just come and see, but come seeand do something about it.
And you don't need a passport,you just need a compassionate
(15:15):
heart, like our guests today.
Thanks for listening.
We hope you felt the connection.
One plate, one story, one actof love can change everything.
Speaker 2 (15:29):
Discover more stories and join our community at
foodfortheportorg slash podcastand follow us at
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