December 30, 2025 • 33 mins
A single mom, $12 in the bank, and a calling that wouldn’t let go—Rebecca joins us to share how Jambos grew from a living-room operation into a 7,000-square-foot hub serving 15–20k kids in foster care every year. The spark was simple and specific: new pajamas for children entering care. The results have been anything but small, fueled by faith, relentless work, and a pivotal moment in Kenya where unexpected mentors stepped in to fund her salary so she could focus and build.
We dig into what early traction looks like when you have no overhead, no fear of hard work, and an idea people instantly understand. From a church lending space during the pandemic to thousands of volunteers and more than $400k raised annually, the story mixes gritty details with moments that remind us why comfort matters—a foster alumna recognizing Jambos at a sleepover, and the quiet power of meeting a basic need on a hard day. Rebecca also opens up about the pressure of providing for three daughters while running payroll and learning, slowly, to step out of survival mode.
Then we shift to the gap no one talks about enough: teens in foster care. About 30% of kids in care are over 13, but their sizes are the last to be donated. We walk through Jambos’ new teen-focused program, why neutral, comfortable options matter, and how monthly giving keeps inventory moving where it’s most needed. Finally, we share the next move—expansion into North Florida to serve 5,000 more children—alongside practical ways you can help: host a drive, shop the Amazon wish list, volunteer, or give monthly, because money moves pajamas and consistency powers impact.
If this story lit a fire, tap follow, share with a friend who cares about foster youth, and leave a review telling us which moment hit you hardest. Your support helps more kids sleep better—and helps us bring more of these conversations to the mic.
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SPEAKER_02 (00:00):
Hey guys, what's up?
I'm Greg.
I hope you guys are ready tounpack and get into some good
conversations.
SPEAKER_03 (00:07):
And I'm Jess, and this is our podcast on Baggage
Claim.
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What's up, Baggage Claim?
How's everybody doing out theretoday?
If it's your first time here,thank you for joining us.
If you're a regular, you knowthe drill, grab your favorite
drink, pull up to the table.
It's kind of a baggage claim isa place where we help create
some community and conversationaround relationships, life, and
just all those things inbetween.
(00:38):
And so we're jumping into parttwo of our episode with Rebecca.
So if you miss, if you're juststarting this and you miss part
one, hit pause, go back oneepisode, catch the first part.
You can know who Rebecca is andwhat who she is or what that
means.
No, if you're just listening topart two, you're gonna be like,
what?
This is weird.
(00:58):
Yeah.
So make sure to just hit pause,go back, catch that one.
SPEAKER_03 (01:01):
Uh it's only weird if you make it weird, but yes.
SPEAKER_02 (01:05):
So, and if for all of you who are on track and
you're like, Yeah, dude, justshut up and let's jump into it.
Let's do it.
SPEAKER_04 (01:12):
So good, shut up, let's jump into it.
SPEAKER_02 (01:14):
Thank you, Rebecca.
So we were we were we were justgot into Jambos and all of that
that is included into that.
Um and you did 55, you said whatwas 5,500 your first year.
SPEAKER_04 (01:29):
Yeah, so we served um okay, let me okay, catching
everybody else up.
Jambos, we provide new pajamasfor kids in foster care.
You're doing this on year one.
Maybe I've been I've been sayingthis story for eight years,
right?
Here we go.
So we provide new pajamas tokids in foster care, and in year
one, the goal was 843 kids, andwe ended up serving 5,500 kids.
SPEAKER_02 (01:48):
Your goal was 843.
SPEAKER_04 (01:49):
843.
Okay.
That was a lot of freaking kids.
Yeah, that's a lot of kids.
843 is a lot to go with.
Oh, if we do that, that'samazing.
And then uh pajamas were comingout of my ears, and I was like,
we gotta find a home for thesejammies.
So that was in year one.
SPEAKER_02 (02:04):
We served, I mean now were you just out of your
house?
Yeah, you're you're you said youwere with your mom.
SPEAKER_04 (02:09):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (02:10):
So you're just in her house.
SPEAKER_04 (02:11):
Yeah.
So I'm a single mom at thispoint.
I'm a single mom, still mysingle mom, but single mom,
living with my mom and dad.
Um, and my three babies.
SPEAKER_02 (02:20):
You had$12.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (02:22):
So I had$12 in my bank account, quit my job, came
home, told my parents I was quitmy job.
My dad looked at me like, ohdear God.
And my mom was like, Is that thebest idea?
And I was like, Do as I say,don't do as I do.
Right.
And so I was like, oh, we'llmake it work.
So then cue the panic.
Oh crap, I quit my job.
And I went and got fivepart-time jobs.
(02:42):
So I was like, for you.
How in the world?
Well, luckily I had my motherwho was so helpful with car
rider line and picking up kidsand that sort of thing.
I was working.
I was a single mom for two yearswith a job.
And that was a lot.
You know, I don't, I don't knowany different.
So when I hear other single momssay or former single moms say,
(03:04):
like, oh, I don't know how youdid it, I'm like, girl, you did
it too.
But like, no, I mean, I didn'trealize I was doing the living.
SPEAKER_03 (03:10):
I had my grandmother, she was my
right-hand man for a long, longtime.
SPEAKER_04 (03:15):
Um, but like still, I was selling home inspections,
which I knew nothing about.
You didn't even pronounce.
I can't even pronounce what'sthat radon?
What is that?
It's radon.
Yeah.
Don't even know what it is.
Oh, would you like to add radonto that?
I would say that.
I don't even know what thatmeans.
But yes, you're gonna need that.
If you make it sound dangerous,it doesn't matter.
(03:36):
And if you're just a little, youdon't even have to be pretty.
You just gotta be a little cute.
They'll do it.
And a little dramatic.
And a little bit like, oh mygosh, you totally need that.
Yeah, I'm signing myself up.
Anyway, I sold gym memberships,um, home inspections.
I wrote web content.
I babysat kids.
I worked in the Chick-fil-adrive-thru, 35 years old, making
milkshakes.
Baby, that peppermint milkshakehits.
(03:58):
And I make a good one.
I'm good at it.
Um, and what's really weird ispeople order that milkshake on
rainy cold days.
Like through the roof.
We through the roof sales.
SPEAKER_03 (04:07):
We were coming home not too long ago.
There's a Brewster's ice creamnear our home.
SPEAKER_02 (04:11):
Yes.
SPEAKER_03 (04:11):
And it was cold.
Cold.
SPEAKER_02 (04:13):
It was 47, 48 outside.
SPEAKER_03 (04:16):
It was like, it would no, it was literally 46 as
I looked on in the temperaturething on the car.
And there were people lined up.
People sitting under the shelterthing with coats on and people
just turning in, turning it in.
SPEAKER_04 (04:28):
We're like, I think it was rainy and cold.
SPEAKER_03 (04:31):
I would Miranda has her hand up.
SPEAKER_04 (04:34):
I would know they're coming for the milkshake.
Producer Michael Jr.
SPEAKER_03 (04:37):
It's a free scoop if you go on a rainy day.
SPEAKER_04 (04:40):
Is it really?
Okay.
What?
SPEAKER_02 (04:44):
Hold on, wait a minute.
SPEAKER_03 (04:45):
Is that meant?
I love it.
When I was in high school, Iused to go every time it rained.
Where?
Oh, what is this?
Okay.
SPEAKER_04 (04:51):
Brewster.
We should get them to sponsorthe podcast.
Yeah.
I didn't know that makes so muchsense now.
Well, I'm telling you, I don'tknow if it's like a comfort food
thing or whatever, not to get uponto tangent, but cold rainy
day, milkshake.
SPEAKER_00 (05:04):
That's your flight.
If you are listening to this andit's a rainy day, you should go
to Brewster's, get your freescoop, and then tell them that
they should sponsor the BaggageClaim podcast.
SPEAKER_02 (05:12):
If they don't know what it is, just look at that.
Yeah, just tell them.
We gotta get a website, though.
SPEAKER_04 (05:16):
Yeah, we gotta get a website and a sponsorship
package quick.
SPEAKER_03 (05:20):
We're working on everything.
SPEAKER_04 (05:21):
We meaning Greg and Miranda are working on
everything.
So, anyways, so yeah, I worked,I was working five part-time
jobs because I panicked.
I was like, oh crap.
And um, by the way, I don't knowwhat I'm doing.
Yeah, there's something fun toadd to the flavor.
SPEAKER_03 (05:36):
You know what's so fun is when God tells you to do
something, you're like, okay, sothen now what did we do about
that?
SPEAKER_04 (05:42):
That's where you were.
That was exactly where I was.
And I was terrified for twoyears to ask anybody for
donation money.
SPEAKER_02 (05:47):
Really?
That's a long time.
SPEAKER_04 (05:50):
Two years.
That's a long time.
So hold on.
SPEAKER_02 (05:51):
Your first year, if you did 55, how did you do that
without asking anyone for money?
I everybody just came to you?
SPEAKER_04 (05:57):
Well, the thing about it is is when it's running
in your house, you have nooverhead costs.
It's running in my house.
I'm collecting free pajamas.
Pajamas out my ears.
Yeah, out my ears.
And I was and I was deliveringall these pajamas.
So I was, I mean, outside ofjust needing like gas money to
like drive them to Macon, like Iwasn't really in that season
(06:18):
needing any expense.
I mean, I needed it.
I just didn't, I was able to doit without it.
Right.
SPEAKER_02 (06:23):
And so um well, because you're working five
part-time jobs, also correct.
SPEAKER_04 (06:26):
I was living the best life.
Um, anyway, let's talk about it.
Well thing about me, you ain'tgonna outwork me.
So I'm I got that dog in me,like I'm gonna work.
Right.
So that's fine.
But I was just like, okay, I I Iguess I'll just keep working all
these jobs so that I have incomebecause I have to feed my kids.
Yeah.
And so it was literally me justtrying to feed, put food on the
table and keep my rent paid.
(06:47):
And so um, fast forward, um,it's kind of a long story, but I
ended up going to Kenya, Africaagain and yada yada.
I was on this trip, me and fivemen my dad's age.
I'm like, why in the world wouldanybody approve this?
This is so weird.
And so I'm like, okay, I'm gonnabrush up on my news and talk
about the stock market, liketeaching them how to use like
(07:07):
Snapchat filters, and I'm like,oh my god, it's just such a cute
thing.
And they were, I mean,respectfully, they were old,
like they could be my dad, youknow?
And so I'm like, oh, you guyswant to talk about NBC news?
Like, I don't know.
But those men taught me so much.
And so I like pitched the ideato them, told them about Jambos,
and I think that they like sawin me something that I maybe
(07:30):
didn't even see in myself.
Oh wow.
And one of the men on the, well,two of the men on that trip have
really been instrumental in thefinancial component of Jambos.
So I asked one of the men, Imean, it was three years later,
two years later, I was like, Iwant to start a monthly donor
program and I want to see ifpeople will donate$35 a month to
help me make this thing work.
(07:52):
And I was like, I you feel safe.
Can I ask you to like listen tomy pitch?
He's like, Yeah, my wife and Iwill listen.
I'm like, okay, so I met withthem at my church in like the
Sunday school room.
Yeah.
And I was like, Well, okay, hereit is.
And I was like, How did I do?
And they're like, You did great.
We love it.
And I was like, Okay, so it's$34.99 a month, and will you
(08:12):
guys do it?
And they're like, Well, let uspray about it.
And I'm like, Okay.
So they called me a week laterand said, Will you come to our
house?
We want to talk to you.
And I'm like, Yeah, sure.
They said, Um, God put it on ourhearts to pay your salary for
the next year.
SPEAKER_02 (08:24):
No way.
Oh my god.
SPEAKER_04 (08:25):
And they paid my salary, they were like, You've
got to quit all those jobsthough.
So quit all those jobs, andwe're gonna pay your salary for
a year.
Wow.
And they paid my salary for ayear, so and six months.
It was almost two years morethat they they went on to to pay
my full-time salary.
SPEAKER_02 (08:43):
So your job to your your trip to Kenya that you were
with a bunch of old men, you'relike, what am I even doing?
SPEAKER_04 (08:49):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (08:49):
It was actually ordained and set out.
SPEAKER_04 (08:51):
Correct.
And yeah, he he went before mefor sure on that.
Wow.
And so that family, Mr.
George and Miss Rhonda, they andmy parents, ironically, my
parents had moved to Omaha, andmy dad took a job, and so the
pandemic is happening, and I'mby myself, a single mom, running
my own business.
My kids are homeschooling withvirtual.
I have at that point literallynot I I Jambo's at that time had
(09:16):
only like$4,000 in the bank.
I had sold t-shirts.
unknown (09:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (09:20):
And then they came in and were like, we're gonna
pay your whole salary for andthey ended up doing it for two
years.
Wow.
Yeah, and then one of the othergentlemen that was on that trip,
he is annually at one of our topdonors every year.
And so fast forward all of that.
SPEAKER_02 (09:34):
Um that was kind of the that that I mean, there's
always those always those crux,those those points in the in
your journey where you're justlike, okay, I remember that.
That was a big heel.
That was a big challenge weovercome.
That feels like that was a bigcrux for you that just to say,
okay, I can I can quit the fivejobs, actually focus on this
company and this passion and andmove forward with it.
(09:57):
Um, I mean, that's huge.
SPEAKER_04 (09:58):
Yeah, and just months before that, I had
literally there were times, Imean, as a single parent, like
I'm providing everything for myI mean, right?
And so there were times where Iwas like, I don't know how I'm
gonna pay my light bill.
Like I don't know how I'm gonnaeat.
Like I was like at one pointlooking up, like, should I go to
the co-op?
Should I like ask my church forgift cards?
Like, what do I do?
(10:19):
How am I gonna feed these kids?
And like I have a great family.
If I called my dad, my mom, andsaid, I need help.
But like at some point, like I'ma grown-up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, like, and there aretimes even now where my parents
will step in and help.
Like, I'm not saying that it'slike I've got it all figured out
and ironed out, but it's like, Iwanted, I wanted to kind of
prove I could do this, you know?
SPEAKER_02 (10:37):
Someone to kind of prove to yourself too at the
same time.
SPEAKER_04 (10:40):
And I have three daughters watching their mom
like be obedient to what God'scalled her to, but also like
providing like that that's a lotof pressure.
Yeah, it is.
And I didn't, I didn't I neverlooked at it as like, oh my
gosh, I don't want to fail.
But I just didn't want my kidsto feel the burden of lack.
I didn't want them to feel likeyou know, we eat rice and
(11:03):
noodles every single night.
Like, yeah, but I mean therewere nights, right?
We've all been there.
We've been there.
But yeah, so um, so yeah, thatwas that was a turning point.
And then from there it was likewe moved out of my house.
It was I had I had Jambo's wasbeing operated in my home.
And I moved it into a a church,gave us a space during the
during the pandemic, and thatwas um awesome because I thought
(11:26):
we had arrived.
It's not in my house anymore.
You're like, I have a Sunday.
SPEAKER_02 (11:30):
I go to work.
unknown (11:32):
Right, right.
SPEAKER_04 (11:32):
I have an office.
Yeah, it's someone else's, but Iborrow it.
Right.
Um, and then um that reallycatapulted us.
Uh, people were starting to get,oh my gosh, you're you're really
a thing.
It's a thing.
It's a thing.
And um, I was able to make myfirst hire and that sort of
thing.
So now, fast forward to now, wehave a 7,000 square foot
warehouse in downtown Buford.
(11:54):
We see 2,500 volunteers a year.
Um, I'm raising over$400,000 ayear for kids in foster care.
We're serving anywhere from 15to 20,000 kids annually, but
we're in 18 countries, all thestates, and that's all favor.
Like God did all of that.
Right.
I literally like palms up.
(12:14):
I was like, I'll open the doorsevery day and then.
SPEAKER_03 (12:19):
You know what?
SPEAKER_04 (12:19):
Yeah, that's the thing.
Yeah, so we've served 115,000kids since we started.
SPEAKER_02 (12:24):
Since you started.
That's insane.
SPEAKER_04 (12:27):
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (12:28):
That's a crazy just from I have this idea.
Like you literally going andsaying, What do you guys need?
We need pajamas.
So well, I talked to a fosterfamily, um, Brandy and Mason.
Yeah.
Who were just like, Oh, we loveJambos.
SPEAKER_03 (12:43):
Mason was on our podcast on two years.
SPEAKER_02 (12:45):
Yeah, Mason was, and uh love him to death.
He and I are great friends, buthe was like, Yeah, we actually
got pajamas from foster care forthat too.
I'll tell you what.
SPEAKER_04 (13:01):
Yeah.
My daughter had a friend um overand she was a new friend.
My daughter had started a newschool or whatever.
And this girl came over and Ihad my jambos like t-shirts or
printed collateral, somethingwas in my living room.
And the girl that was stayingovernight said, How do you know
about that?
And and my daughter was like,No, what, jambos?
And she was like, Yeah, she'slike, How do you know about
(13:21):
jambos?
And my daughter's like, Oh,that's my mom's company.
She started it, blah, blah,blah.
She's like, Oh, when I was infoster care, I got pajamas from
Jambos.
And she's sitting in my livingroom.
Oh my god.
And I was like, Okay, well, I'mgonna go sob my eyes out.
Um literally, that's making mecry.
Yeah.
Wow.
But um what a cool so my and nowthey go to college together, and
(13:41):
it's just a sweet, sweet story.
SPEAKER_02 (13:43):
So did you have to feel you you gotta feel that
kind of like, okay.
I just said yes.
I just said yes, and look atlook what he's done with that.
SPEAKER_04 (13:52):
Yeah, I am just now learning how to embrace that.
Yeah.
I've been in survival mode forI've been a single mom for 11
years.
So I've been in survival, whichis not sexy, right?
I've been in survival for a longtime.
SPEAKER_02 (14:05):
Yeah.
Um, every running a business isnot easy.
I mean, anyone who's run abusiness knows there's so many
things you get up and you thinkabout, not just payroll.
I mean, payroll is like top ofthe list, but you're like,
there's a thousand things underthat that you're thinking about
too, just to just to progressand push things down the road.
And on top of that, you gotthese three girls who are
(14:26):
looking at you going, are wegonna are we gonna eat this
week?
Right.
Like uh the lights, hey, when Iturn the hot water on, there's
hot water.
There ain't no hot water.
Yeah, it's like it there'sthere's so much more outside of
that too.
So um outside of jambos, what'sthat?
I mean, how do you uh becausewhen you say those things, and I
know you're I know Rebecca, andI know you're just you're you're
(14:48):
like, I'm gonna work hard, I'mgonna make it.
But at the same time, there hasto be a point where you gotta
step back and go, Whoa, look atthis, because what you're doing
at the same time is buildingthat, but I mean you're you're
you're raising three littlegirls who see a powerful mom
who's taking some pretty bigsteps.
SPEAKER_04 (15:08):
Yeah, I hope that being a good mom has made me a
better entrepreneur.
Oh wow.
And I hope that being a goodentrepreneur has made me a
better mom.
SPEAKER_01 (15:16):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (15:17):
Um I think it does if you let it.
Yes.
If you if you take the time tostop and let it.
Yes, I think it does.
SPEAKER_04 (15:22):
My biggest fear is that my kids will only remember
me working.
Um but my hope is that they willremember that if I didn't follow
what God called me to, I wouldhave missed a lot.
SPEAKER_03 (15:34):
That's the more important thing.
It's not just you mom working.
You followed through with whatGod put in your heart.
Yeah, I mean, at 14 years old.
SPEAKER_02 (15:41):
Well, it's not working just for a paycheck.
No, no, no.
You're not working for the youknow, the seven-figure job or
whatever it is, the car is not agood thing.
SPEAKER_03 (15:47):
But not everybody is wired like you.
Like when I was a single mom, ifI was dependent on my own self
to just, I just have to figureout how to do it on my own, I
would have never made it.
Because that's not how I'mwired.
And that's not what God had forme.
SPEAKER_04 (16:01):
Yeah, I will sometimes, I've spent a lot of
my singleness wanting to getmarried, wanting to meet that
person, wanting to bump intolike, oh well, and like I'm just
so reminded.
Like, I saw this meme onPinterest or something, and it
was like, Sarah wanted a babyand God gave her a nation.
And that wrecks me.
(16:21):
Because for a very I mean, upuntil literally this year, I
have been wanting to date andhave a serious partner and
da-da-da.
And I just feel like God'sreally leveled me down to like
don't forget, like, I I probablywouldn't have been able to do
this if I were married, if I'mhonest.
I mean, it's not, it's anotherfull-time commitment being.
SPEAKER_02 (16:42):
It took us 13 years just before we started a
podcast.
SPEAKER_03 (16:45):
Just a podcast, not a well, even 13 years ago, we
didn't even mean to meet eachother.
SPEAKER_02 (16:50):
Right.
We were in the same kind ofboat.
Like, I wasn't looking to meeteach other.
No, absolutely not.
SPEAKER_04 (16:55):
And that's uh everyone always says, like,
Linia, stop looking, you'll findyou'll find.
I'm like, okay, but like Ireally have invested so much
time trying to get this done.
And I'm like, I'm pretty good atwhat I do.
SPEAKER_03 (17:06):
It wasn't even for us, it wasn't even like a stop
looking, like we hadn't lookedlike period.
And then we quote unquoteaccidentally found each other.
But I love that.
Um, you're giving me hope.
SPEAKER_02 (17:20):
There it is.
It really was like I and andthat's the thing when like we
talked about when I met Jess,she didn't need me.
We were just sharing the otherday.
I was like, that was the thing Iloved most about Jess.
She's like, I like I'm not sure.
I was like, I was like, awesome,I like that.
Like you don't need me foranything.
You have this figured out.
So back to you.
And so the complaint.
SPEAKER_03 (17:40):
But you've proven that you don't need someone.
I think that's a very, that's avery strong point, though.
Yeah, yeah, I think so too.
SPEAKER_04 (17:48):
Practically and tact, like when it comes to like
down to like brass tactic, sure.
I don't need you.
But the thing that I think is adesire is like, I want to come
home and go to bed and be like,babe, you ain't gonna believe
this.
Yeah.
Right.
Or oh my gosh, the X, Y, and Zis stressing me out, or I just
don't have that partner.
SPEAKER_02 (18:03):
Someone to share with.
SPEAKER_04 (18:04):
To share that with.
Yeah.
Um I get that.
So if I call you at likemidnight, neither one of you
answer.
SPEAKER_02 (18:10):
I'm usually up, Jess is in bed by 8 30.
SPEAKER_04 (18:12):
So you've been asleep for four hours at that
point.
I love that.
Yeah.
So anyway, sorry, I got off thephone.
SPEAKER_03 (18:19):
No, it's fine.
It's fine.
There's nothing wrong withwanting somebody to share that
with.
SPEAKER_04 (18:23):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (18:24):
But like I said, you've proven that you know what
God has called you to do.
You don't need somebody to likehold your hand or tell you,
yeah, other than obviously theLord.
But like that's a really that'sthat's a lot.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (18:38):
So what kept you just what kept you moving?
Like you're in the you're in thethick of it, it's hard.
You're you're mothering, you'retrying to you're trying to do
this business.
What what what was the drive?
What just keeps in the morningswhen you get up?
Like what just pushes.
SPEAKER_04 (18:52):
Well, you gotta be a little delusional to do this.
Like you gotta be a littleinsane to be an entrepreneur.
SPEAKER_03 (18:56):
Like I I don't care if what's you also have to be
insane a little bit to bemarried to one.
SPEAKER_02 (19:02):
You kind of gotta like to push the dice and do the
everything in the middle of thetable and roll the dice.
SPEAKER_04 (19:06):
Every now and then it is all chips in.
SPEAKER_02 (19:08):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (19:08):
Most of mine and Greg's marriage has been in
ministry, which is what we knowhe's you know, is the God that
God has called you to do that.
SPEAKER_02 (19:16):
I know he has.
I just don't know what thatlooks like.
SPEAKER_03 (19:18):
But on the side also, there's just been like
this whole like 50-50, like, oh,here's ministry, oh, turn the
page.
Also, he's an entrepreneur.
But that's both of those areterrifying.
Yes.
Because you don't understand orknow, or envision.
There's not like it's like blackand white.
Here's my salary, here's what wecan expect.
SPEAKER_04 (19:39):
Um, on the days that I don't know what the heck is
going on, I always think aboutNoah.
Because Noah's building a boatin the freaking desert, right?
No rain and no water.
Right.
And he's called to build thisboat.
What do you mean?
Right?
Like I'm you're crazy.
SPEAKER_02 (19:57):
And even off of something no one's ever seen.
SPEAKER_04 (19:59):
Correct.
And I'm and I'm I'm there.
And I actually had thisconversation with a gentleman
that is wanting to do somethings with YouTube.
And we were going, he was like,I don't know what it looks like
for what's next, but I'm like, Ioperate as though he's already
got it planned out.
And I feel like Well, because hedoes.
Well, right.
But like you have to believethat.
Right.
Right.
And it's like, I operate asthough it's already set out
(20:21):
before me.
And he'll pivot me.
And but I, and it's notperformance driven.
It's not like, oh God, look atme, what I'm doing.
But it's like, I think you areasking me to do this.
I'm gonna go ahead and get itdone.
I'm gonna my work ethic ispushing, and I'm and I'm I'm
trying to be obedient.
And and you want to do a goodjob to what he's called you to
(20:41):
do.
Right.
So I don't, and honest to God, Igotta keep lights on.
SPEAKER_01 (20:45):
Right.
SPEAKER_04 (20:45):
So there's a component, I don't have another
salary coming in my house.
SPEAKER_03 (20:48):
And also, there's no performance reviews as you go.
Like my job as a teacher, I getobservations.
There's lots of like statethings and all these things that
I can meet, and I haveone-on-one conversations with my
administration.
And like I do get told, like,you're doing a great job with
this, or you should improvehere, or whatever.
(21:08):
You don't have that.
SPEAKER_04 (21:10):
Correct.
And it people will say to me,um, well, you're lucky you work
for yourself.
You can work whenever you wantto.
SPEAKER_03 (21:16):
Oh my gosh.
I mean do work for that.
SPEAKER_04 (21:18):
Maybe that means I'm working right now.
SPEAKER_03 (21:19):
People have said that to Greg too, over the
years.
SPEAKER_04 (21:22):
Yeah.
It's like no honey.
Yeah.
And you have to, and you know,I'm an I used to play sports as
an athlete.
So like I think that that reallyhelps uh with where I am now.
Right.
Because you get up and you grindwhen you're tired.
Yeah.
You put one more lap in, you doone more rep.
You're tired.
SPEAKER_03 (21:38):
And same thing with how you were raised with your
family businesses and all thethings in the farm.
It's like, it doesn't, I don'tthey didn't care if you were
tired.
No, your grandfather didn'tcare.
No.
Five of course do more.
Right?
It's the same.
It's that just work.
It was just built into y'all.
But also that's how you two arejust wired.
I am not.
I know that.
(21:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (22:01):
Oh, sorry.
I just I just want to say as abecause I mean we've been
friends forever, just outsidelooking in, and we haven't been
personally involved in eachother's lives in the past.
SPEAKER_03 (22:13):
I've been busy and so have y'all.
Well, but it was so fun wheneverwe were talking about folks that
we will want to no matter whatinvite here, where you both were
like, Rebecca.
Yes, thank you guys.
That's so nice.
But even like just having youfor dinner, like this is what we
just have tonight and talkingand getting ready.
It was just like, it just feelslike we just be able to where we
just picked up where we leftoff.
SPEAKER_02 (22:34):
But I just want to say you're doing a you're you're
not doing a good job, you'redoing a new step job.
It really is.
And just to watch and just hearyour story.
I know because I know this whenyou live in that story, it kind
of seems underwhelmingsometimes.
You're just like, no, it's justwhat I do.
Right.
But no, it's a it's a phenomenalstory, and it's a really, really
cool picture.
SPEAKER_03 (22:55):
You're touching a lot of lives.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (22:57):
You are it's really cool to see.
SPEAKER_03 (22:59):
Including ours.
Thanks, guys.
SPEAKER_02 (23:01):
And so so what's next?
What's next for Jambos?
What's next for you?
SPEAKER_03 (23:05):
Like we're nearing into the the end of the calendar
year of 2025.
Like, what are some goals thatyou have?
SPEAKER_04 (23:14):
Um, so um I kind of like jokingly say like Jambos is
kind of like the Chick-fil-A ofnonprofits because we only do
one thing.
So Chick-fil-A, you're not gonnaorder like egg rolls and tacos.
Like they do chicken, right?
So we do pajamas, and my hope isthat we do pajamas the best.
And so um we are launching a newprogram that is specific to
(23:35):
teenagers in foster care.
So 30% of kids, approximately30% of kids in foster care are
over the age of 13.
Um, those are the first pajamasrequested by our DFACS partners
or CPS partners, but those arethe last ones received because
the cutie little baby ones,everybody wants to buy little
baby ones.
And the zippers and the unicornsand the feet and the ears, and
(23:55):
everybody wants to buy the babyones.
And so we really want to shine alight on the realities of kids
that are aging out of fostercare and then teenagers that are
journeying through care.
Um, oftentimes people who arefostering will age down.
They will want to serve kidsthat are smaller, that are
younger.
Um, I mean, we all have teenagekids here.
So we know what teenagers whohave not experienced trauma are
(24:17):
like, it's hard, you know.
And so we want to shine a lighton their experience and really
love on teens in foster care.
So we're launching that program.
Um, it's been an initiative.
I wanted to get a feel for howwe were gonna engage it in the
community, but now it's like,all right, this is a real
program.
So we're launching that program.
Um, and then um this is brandnew information.
(24:37):
I haven't even told anybody.
Oh, I'm excited! But back whenwe we ended up going viral on
TikTok a few years ago and weserved the entire nation, but we
had to bring everything backhome to just Georgia to be able
to uh build strongrelationships, get our roots
really deep with D facts andCPS.
So now we're gonna venture downinto the northern part of
Florida and take on newterritory.
(24:58):
Okay.
So we're hoping to serve 5,000kids in northern Florida
starting um in January.
So do you have partners builtin?
Like that's all part of the nextstep.
So we have a couple of um uhchurches that have donated
financially to us because theyknow about our nationwide
effort.
Um, and that was just reallytimely with like the
(25:18):
conversations we were having.
It was like, why is this randomchurch in Florida sending us a
check?
Like that was just like Godwinks, kind of like, hey, you
said Florida, I said Florida,let's move.
And so um, we know we can't goall the way to Miami just yet.
Right.
Um, but let's let's serve, youknow, on the cusp of Georgia,
Florida line right there in thehand handle.
And if I have to go to Destin tobuild a relationship, hey, I'm
(25:38):
Alyssa Yay! I mean bless yourheart.
Bless my heart.
Ministry is tough on the beach.
Okay, so hard.
But we're really excited aboutthat.
And then um, serving more kidsbetter is um the the theme for
2026.
SPEAKER_02 (25:52):
Nice.
SPEAKER_04 (25:53):
Yep.
So I love that.
SPEAKER_02 (25:55):
People listening, uh, who are out there who are
listening and they're like,okay, how do I get involved in
dembos?
What does that mean?
There may be somebody out therewho's listening who has a really
fat checkbook.
SPEAKER_01 (26:05):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (26:05):
Who's like, I want to write a checkbook.
Well, I love because I want tokeep our lights on.
SPEAKER_04 (26:12):
Please, yeah, please keep our lights on.
You know, this is gonna soundcliche and like I have all the
right answers, but I'm deadserious when I say this.
My heart for um people who wantto engage is that their heart
would tenderize towards kids infoster care.
So whether that be that you'rein prayer about it, you meditate
over it, you think about it, youtalk to friends about it, learn
about it, educate yourself aboutwhy you're passionate about what
(26:32):
we're doing.
Um, I never ever ask anyone todonate money that has not gotten
their heart tenderized towardit.
When your heart is ready, thenyou will you will move.
And so tenderize your hearttowards foster care, learn about
it.
Visit our website, follow us onsocial media, learn what we're
doing, and then I'm gonna do it.
I mean, for crying out loud,contact your local school just
(26:53):
to hear about how many childrenwe have.
Yep.
So there are 400,000 kids infoster care in our country.
Yeah, that's like four of theCowboys Stadium, Dallas Cowboys
Stadium.
That's insane.
That's nuts.
Yeah, it's so just learn, get,get familiarize yourself with
the need and then let us be apart of you making a difference.
Use us, like whether it bedonating pajamas on our Amazon
(27:14):
wish list from our website, ormaybe if you're in the area, you
can come volunteer, host adrive.
And then obviously the fundingis how we make all this happen.
So we have this little funsaying that's like money moves
pajamas.
And I started this company with$12.
So if you donate$10 a month,yeah, you're doing something.
Right.
We're not needing you to, I lovea fat checkbook.
Come on now.
SPEAKER_01 (27:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (27:35):
But like I also love to see people who give a darn.
Yeah.
And it's like, if you skip yourcoffee, skip your, you know,
fast food run this week and seekind of what happens in your
spirit and in your and yourheart toward giving back.
Yeah.
Um, so yeah, that's really thenow.
SPEAKER_02 (27:51):
Can they find out all that information on your
website?
SPEAKER_04 (27:54):
Yeah.
So jambo's donates.org is ourwebsite, and then Jambo's
Donates is our handle on all thesocial media platforms.
Is handle an old lady way ofsaying social?
Is handle old?
SPEAKER_02 (28:03):
It's kind of, I know what you're saying.
SPEAKER_04 (28:05):
Okay, but Jambo's donates and jambosdonates.org.
Um, and you can see all thethings you're doing.
You're not an old lady.
Gosh, I feel it.
You're not, it's not third hand.
I'm drinking bourbon.
I'm like, okay.
Someone put grandma to bed.
SPEAKER_03 (28:19):
I'm grandma.
I'm literally grandma.
And yeah, no, let's let's putgrandma to bed.
SPEAKER_02 (28:27):
So um, anything else to add?
Anything else you want toquestion for production?
SPEAKER_03 (28:32):
So, so, so, so thankful that this happened.
SPEAKER_04 (28:35):
I know.
I'm like, let's hang out again.
Make that potato soup.
Well, you're right.
SPEAKER_03 (28:39):
I'll make anything you want.
SPEAKER_00 (28:40):
Michael, did you have something you wanted to
ask?
Yeah, no, and I and I know youkind of briefly talked about
this before, but um what is itin your heart that fulfills you
in giving and reaching out toothers?
You know, and I'm I'm sittinghere putting myself in the shoes
of listeners, you know, maybesome people who who do acts of
service, who do volunteer, dothings like that, but also more
(29:02):
specifically those who don't.
You know, what what is thesignificant difference in uh in
actually giving up of yourselfin that way?
SPEAKER_04 (29:11):
Okay, so that's a really great question.
We actually had a um counselingoffice or therapy office come in
and their staff volunteered aslike a trial to see what it does
to your mental health when youare giving of your time and
volunteering.
And they're starting to likeimplement that into therapy
practices because there's acomponent of um I I don't know
(29:34):
if it's like a vulnerabilitything.
They didn't really like bringback the report, but they were
like, we know that there is somuch that happens to your brain
chemistry when you arevolunteering and giving of your
time.
So there's that.
Um, I say all that, but likebaby, I'm tired, like right.
Um, but I do this all day, everyday.
And honestly, it's never reallyabout that sounds so cliche, but
(29:57):
it's not really about me.
This doesn't feel like work tome.
This feels like fuel, like I'mmoving.
SPEAKER_03 (30:03):
And so because this is what God has called me.
SPEAKER_04 (30:05):
He's called me to it.
Yeah, and so there's noquestion.
I mean, there are days where Iput my feet on the ground like I
ain't got it today, Lord.
Like, what are we doing?
SPEAKER_03 (30:12):
Um, but it's um I feel the same way though,
mornings when I'm putting myshoes on to go teach the girls,
but I have no doubt in my mindthat I'm I'm doing what God has
called me to do.
And it's not just teach peoplehow to read, which is kind of I
feel like it's kind of a bigdeal.
It is a very big deal.
Literacy is a big deal.
(30:33):
But what what the the otherpieces of their little hearts
that I'm gonna get emotionaltalking about my babies, they're
the best.
But the other pieces of theirheart that I get to feel is I'm
called to do that.
And it's the same for you.
SPEAKER_04 (30:48):
Yeah, I think that I really even more than the
pajamas, even more than not evenmore, but as well as you know,
serving the kids we're serving,I get the opportunity to invite
people to do something for theircommunity, do something for kids
in their community, and it is umit's a really beautiful thing.
I get a front row seat of seeingpeople do good.
(31:11):
And yes, of course, the pajamasand bringing the comfort and
sharing the Jesus and doing thesure.
But also, like I give otherpeople an opportunity to serve,
use their gifting, volunteer,um, give back.
And that's really sweet to me.
I love that component.
SPEAKER_00 (31:28):
Well, it's inspiring.
SPEAKER_01 (31:29):
Yeah, it is.
SPEAKER_00 (31:30):
It is very much inspiring.
SPEAKER_03 (31:32):
Oh, yay.
I've just developed an idea thatI'm gonna chat with you about
after we're finished here.
I'm not gonna say it out loudwhile we're recording, but yeah.
Okay.
Yay.
SPEAKER_02 (31:42):
So if you're out there listening, you want to get
involved, um, you know where.
Jambos donate.org.org.
And so go check it out, figureout ways you can get involved.
Uh uh, yeah, I I think knowledgeis power.
So in the other sense, it's likewho knew there were 400,000 kids
(32:02):
in the system.
Uh it's it's just crazy.
So yeah, uh read up, get someknowledge, do what you can.
SPEAKER_04 (32:10):
Start where you are, yeah use what you have, do what
you can.
SPEAKER_02 (32:12):
Right, exactly.
SPEAKER_04 (32:13):
So did you coin that first?
No, I think that one of theformer presidents said that.
But um, if I say it three times,it's mine, and I think he's been
dead a while, so it's mine.
SPEAKER_01 (32:21):
Do it, do it, do it, do it.
SPEAKER_04 (32:24):
Sorry, Theodore Roosevelt.
There's the president, isn'tthat enough?
Give me something.
Rebecca, thank you.
This is so fun.
There's still soup left in yourkitchen because I'm taking it
home.
Unless Thomas ended up coming athome.
Yeah, all right.
(32:45):
Thank you guys.
This was so fun.
I'm so glad we got to reconnectwith the microphones.
That's funny.
SPEAKER_02 (32:49):
It's kind of fun.
It is fun.
So thank you guys for joining.
Um, make sure to like,subscribe, share, all those fun
things.
Uh, and we'll still be in touchabout our 50th episode, it's
coming up really, really quick.
Uh, somebody out there who hassomewhere in the Gainesville-ish
area, but we'll go south, uh,who's like, hey, you can borrow
(33:10):
our room and set up a podcast.
We would love to uh set up andjust so we can have a live
audience.
SPEAKER_03 (33:15):
Literally, a live audience.
SPEAKER_02 (33:16):
Yeah, we want to have a live, and if we had to
put it.
SPEAKER_03 (33:18):
I'm gonna flip out somebody.
There's people, yeah, adults.
SPEAKER_02 (33:22):
So, but anyway, we'll more information coming
with that.
But uh, thank you guys forlistening and um hopefully catch
you skin.
Talk to you later.
SPEAKER_04 (33:32):
Go dogs.
Go dogs, peace outside January1st.
Let's go.
Peace out, girls guys.
Hey guys, what's up?
I'm Greg.
I hope you guys are ready tounpack and get into some good
conversations.
SPEAKER_03 (00:07):
And I'm Jess, and this is our podcast on Baggage
Claim.
Thank you for joining us.
SPEAKER_02 (00:17):
What's up, Baggage Claim?
How's everybody doing out theretoday?
If it's your first time here,thank you for joining us.
If you're a regular, you knowthe drill, grab your favorite
drink, pull up to the table.
It's kind of a baggage claim isa place where we help create
some community and conversationaround relationships, life, and
just all those things inbetween.
(00:38):
And so we're jumping into parttwo of our episode with Rebecca.
So if you miss, if you're juststarting this and you miss part
one, hit pause, go back oneepisode, catch the first part.
You can know who Rebecca is andwhat who she is or what that
means.
No, if you're just listening topart two, you're gonna be like,
what?
This is weird.
(00:58):
Yeah.
So make sure to just hit pause,go back, catch that one.
SPEAKER_03 (01:01):
Uh it's only weird if you make it weird, but yes.
SPEAKER_02 (01:05):
So, and if for all of you who are on track and
you're like, Yeah, dude, justshut up and let's jump into it.
Let's do it.
SPEAKER_04 (01:12):
So good, shut up, let's jump into it.
SPEAKER_02 (01:14):
Thank you, Rebecca.
So we were we were we were justgot into Jambos and all of that
that is included into that.
Um and you did 55, you said whatwas 5,500 your first year.
SPEAKER_04 (01:29):
Yeah, so we served um okay, let me okay, catching
everybody else up.
Jambos, we provide new pajamasfor kids in foster care.
You're doing this on year one.
Maybe I've been I've been sayingthis story for eight years,
right?
Here we go.
So we provide new pajamas tokids in foster care, and in year
one, the goal was 843 kids, andwe ended up serving 5,500 kids.
SPEAKER_02 (01:48):
Your goal was 843.
SPEAKER_04 (01:49):
843.
Okay.
That was a lot of freaking kids.
Yeah, that's a lot of kids.
843 is a lot to go with.
Oh, if we do that, that'samazing.
And then uh pajamas were comingout of my ears, and I was like,
we gotta find a home for thesejammies.
So that was in year one.
SPEAKER_02 (02:04):
We served, I mean now were you just out of your
house?
Yeah, you're you're you said youwere with your mom.
SPEAKER_04 (02:09):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (02:10):
So you're just in her house.
SPEAKER_04 (02:11):
Yeah.
So I'm a single mom at thispoint.
I'm a single mom, still mysingle mom, but single mom,
living with my mom and dad.
Um, and my three babies.
SPEAKER_02 (02:20):
You had$12.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (02:22):
So I had$12 in my bank account, quit my job, came
home, told my parents I was quitmy job.
My dad looked at me like, ohdear God.
And my mom was like, Is that thebest idea?
And I was like, Do as I say,don't do as I do.
Right.
And so I was like, oh, we'llmake it work.
So then cue the panic.
Oh crap, I quit my job.
And I went and got fivepart-time jobs.
(02:42):
So I was like, for you.
How in the world?
Well, luckily I had my motherwho was so helpful with car
rider line and picking up kidsand that sort of thing.
I was working.
I was a single mom for two yearswith a job.
And that was a lot.
You know, I don't, I don't knowany different.
So when I hear other single momssay or former single moms say,
(03:04):
like, oh, I don't know how youdid it, I'm like, girl, you did
it too.
But like, no, I mean, I didn'trealize I was doing the living.
SPEAKER_03 (03:10):
I had my grandmother, she was my
right-hand man for a long, longtime.
SPEAKER_04 (03:15):
Um, but like still, I was selling home inspections,
which I knew nothing about.
You didn't even pronounce.
I can't even pronounce what'sthat radon?
What is that?
It's radon.
Yeah.
Don't even know what it is.
Oh, would you like to add radonto that?
I would say that.
I don't even know what thatmeans.
But yes, you're gonna need that.
If you make it sound dangerous,it doesn't matter.
(03:36):
And if you're just a little, youdon't even have to be pretty.
You just gotta be a little cute.
They'll do it.
And a little dramatic.
And a little bit like, oh mygosh, you totally need that.
Yeah, I'm signing myself up.
Anyway, I sold gym memberships,um, home inspections.
I wrote web content.
I babysat kids.
I worked in the Chick-fil-adrive-thru, 35 years old, making
milkshakes.
Baby, that peppermint milkshakehits.
(03:58):
And I make a good one.
I'm good at it.
Um, and what's really weird ispeople order that milkshake on
rainy cold days.
Like through the roof.
We through the roof sales.
SPEAKER_03 (04:07):
We were coming home not too long ago.
There's a Brewster's ice creamnear our home.
SPEAKER_02 (04:11):
Yes.
SPEAKER_03 (04:11):
And it was cold.
Cold.
SPEAKER_02 (04:13):
It was 47, 48 outside.
SPEAKER_03 (04:16):
It was like, it would no, it was literally 46 as
I looked on in the temperaturething on the car.
And there were people lined up.
People sitting under the shelterthing with coats on and people
just turning in, turning it in.
SPEAKER_04 (04:28):
We're like, I think it was rainy and cold.
SPEAKER_03 (04:31):
I would Miranda has her hand up.
SPEAKER_04 (04:34):
I would know they're coming for the milkshake.
Producer Michael Jr.
SPEAKER_03 (04:37):
It's a free scoop if you go on a rainy day.
SPEAKER_04 (04:40):
Is it really?
Okay.
What?
SPEAKER_02 (04:44):
Hold on, wait a minute.
SPEAKER_03 (04:45):
Is that meant?
I love it.
When I was in high school, Iused to go every time it rained.
Where?
Oh, what is this?
Okay.
SPEAKER_04 (04:51):
Brewster.
We should get them to sponsorthe podcast.
Yeah.
I didn't know that makes so muchsense now.
Well, I'm telling you, I don'tknow if it's like a comfort food
thing or whatever, not to get uponto tangent, but cold rainy
day, milkshake.
SPEAKER_00 (05:04):
That's your flight.
If you are listening to this andit's a rainy day, you should go
to Brewster's, get your freescoop, and then tell them that
they should sponsor the BaggageClaim podcast.
SPEAKER_02 (05:12):
If they don't know what it is, just look at that.
Yeah, just tell them.
We gotta get a website, though.
SPEAKER_04 (05:16):
Yeah, we gotta get a website and a sponsorship
package quick.
SPEAKER_03 (05:20):
We're working on everything.
SPEAKER_04 (05:21):
We meaning Greg and Miranda are working on
everything.
So, anyways, so yeah, I worked,I was working five part-time
jobs because I panicked.
I was like, oh crap.
And um, by the way, I don't knowwhat I'm doing.
Yeah, there's something fun toadd to the flavor.
SPEAKER_03 (05:36):
You know what's so fun is when God tells you to do
something, you're like, okay, sothen now what did we do about
that?
SPEAKER_04 (05:42):
That's where you were.
That was exactly where I was.
And I was terrified for twoyears to ask anybody for
donation money.
SPEAKER_02 (05:47):
Really?
That's a long time.
SPEAKER_04 (05:50):
Two years.
That's a long time.
So hold on.
SPEAKER_02 (05:51):
Your first year, if you did 55, how did you do that
without asking anyone for money?
I everybody just came to you?
SPEAKER_04 (05:57):
Well, the thing about it is is when it's running
in your house, you have nooverhead costs.
It's running in my house.
I'm collecting free pajamas.
Pajamas out my ears.
Yeah, out my ears.
And I was and I was deliveringall these pajamas.
So I was, I mean, outside ofjust needing like gas money to
like drive them to Macon, like Iwasn't really in that season
(06:18):
needing any expense.
I mean, I needed it.
I just didn't, I was able to doit without it.
Right.
SPEAKER_02 (06:23):
And so um well, because you're working five
part-time jobs, also correct.
SPEAKER_04 (06:26):
I was living the best life.
Um, anyway, let's talk about it.
Well thing about me, you ain'tgonna outwork me.
So I'm I got that dog in me,like I'm gonna work.
Right.
So that's fine.
But I was just like, okay, I I Iguess I'll just keep working all
these jobs so that I have incomebecause I have to feed my kids.
Yeah.
And so it was literally me justtrying to feed, put food on the
table and keep my rent paid.
(06:47):
And so um, fast forward, um,it's kind of a long story, but I
ended up going to Kenya, Africaagain and yada yada.
I was on this trip, me and fivemen my dad's age.
I'm like, why in the world wouldanybody approve this?
This is so weird.
And so I'm like, okay, I'm gonnabrush up on my news and talk
about the stock market, liketeaching them how to use like
(07:07):
Snapchat filters, and I'm like,oh my god, it's just such a cute
thing.
And they were, I mean,respectfully, they were old,
like they could be my dad, youknow?
And so I'm like, oh, you guyswant to talk about NBC news?
Like, I don't know.
But those men taught me so much.
And so I like pitched the ideato them, told them about Jambos,
and I think that they like sawin me something that I maybe
(07:30):
didn't even see in myself.
Oh wow.
And one of the men on the, well,two of the men on that trip have
really been instrumental in thefinancial component of Jambos.
So I asked one of the men, Imean, it was three years later,
two years later, I was like, Iwant to start a monthly donor
program and I want to see ifpeople will donate$35 a month to
help me make this thing work.
(07:52):
And I was like, I you feel safe.
Can I ask you to like listen tomy pitch?
He's like, Yeah, my wife and Iwill listen.
I'm like, okay, so I met withthem at my church in like the
Sunday school room.
Yeah.
And I was like, Well, okay, hereit is.
And I was like, How did I do?
And they're like, You did great.
We love it.
And I was like, Okay, so it's$34.99 a month, and will you
(08:12):
guys do it?
And they're like, Well, let uspray about it.
And I'm like, Okay.
So they called me a week laterand said, Will you come to our
house?
We want to talk to you.
And I'm like, Yeah, sure.
They said, Um, God put it on ourhearts to pay your salary for
the next year.
SPEAKER_02 (08:24):
No way.
Oh my god.
SPEAKER_04 (08:25):
And they paid my salary, they were like, You've
got to quit all those jobsthough.
So quit all those jobs, andwe're gonna pay your salary for
a year.
Wow.
And they paid my salary for ayear, so and six months.
It was almost two years morethat they they went on to to pay
my full-time salary.
SPEAKER_02 (08:43):
So your job to your your trip to Kenya that you were
with a bunch of old men, you'relike, what am I even doing?
SPEAKER_04 (08:49):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (08:49):
It was actually ordained and set out.
SPEAKER_04 (08:51):
Correct.
And yeah, he he went before mefor sure on that.
Wow.
And so that family, Mr.
George and Miss Rhonda, they andmy parents, ironically, my
parents had moved to Omaha, andmy dad took a job, and so the
pandemic is happening, and I'mby myself, a single mom, running
my own business.
My kids are homeschooling withvirtual.
I have at that point literallynot I I Jambo's at that time had
(09:16):
only like$4,000 in the bank.
I had sold t-shirts.
unknown (09:20):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (09:20):
And then they came in and were like, we're gonna
pay your whole salary for andthey ended up doing it for two
years.
Wow.
Yeah, and then one of the othergentlemen that was on that trip,
he is annually at one of our topdonors every year.
And so fast forward all of that.
SPEAKER_02 (09:34):
Um that was kind of the that that I mean, there's
always those always those crux,those those points in the in
your journey where you're justlike, okay, I remember that.
That was a big heel.
That was a big challenge weovercome.
That feels like that was a bigcrux for you that just to say,
okay, I can I can quit the fivejobs, actually focus on this
company and this passion and andmove forward with it.
(09:57):
Um, I mean, that's huge.
SPEAKER_04 (09:58):
Yeah, and just months before that, I had
literally there were times, Imean, as a single parent, like
I'm providing everything for myI mean, right?
And so there were times where Iwas like, I don't know how I'm
gonna pay my light bill.
Like I don't know how I'm gonnaeat.
Like I was like at one pointlooking up, like, should I go to
the co-op?
Should I like ask my church forgift cards?
Like, what do I do?
(10:19):
How am I gonna feed these kids?
And like I have a great family.
If I called my dad, my mom, andsaid, I need help.
But like at some point, like I'ma grown-up.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
You know, like, and there aretimes even now where my parents
will step in and help.
Like, I'm not saying that it'slike I've got it all figured out
and ironed out, but it's like, Iwanted, I wanted to kind of
prove I could do this, you know?
SPEAKER_02 (10:37):
Someone to kind of prove to yourself too at the
same time.
SPEAKER_04 (10:40):
And I have three daughters watching their mom
like be obedient to what God'scalled her to, but also like
providing like that that's a lotof pressure.
Yeah, it is.
And I didn't, I didn't I neverlooked at it as like, oh my
gosh, I don't want to fail.
But I just didn't want my kidsto feel the burden of lack.
I didn't want them to feel likeyou know, we eat rice and
(11:03):
noodles every single night.
Like, yeah, but I mean therewere nights, right?
We've all been there.
We've been there.
But yeah, so um, so yeah, thatwas that was a turning point.
And then from there it was likewe moved out of my house.
It was I had I had Jambo's wasbeing operated in my home.
And I moved it into a a church,gave us a space during the
during the pandemic, and thatwas um awesome because I thought
(11:26):
we had arrived.
It's not in my house anymore.
You're like, I have a Sunday.
SPEAKER_02 (11:30):
I go to work.
unknown (11:32):
Right, right.
SPEAKER_04 (11:32):
I have an office.
Yeah, it's someone else's, but Iborrow it.
Right.
Um, and then um that reallycatapulted us.
Uh, people were starting to get,oh my gosh, you're you're really
a thing.
It's a thing.
It's a thing.
And um, I was able to make myfirst hire and that sort of
thing.
So now, fast forward to now, wehave a 7,000 square foot
warehouse in downtown Buford.
(11:54):
We see 2,500 volunteers a year.
Um, I'm raising over$400,000 ayear for kids in foster care.
We're serving anywhere from 15to 20,000 kids annually, but
we're in 18 countries, all thestates, and that's all favor.
Like God did all of that.
Right.
I literally like palms up.
(12:14):
I was like, I'll open the doorsevery day and then.
SPEAKER_03 (12:19):
You know what?
SPEAKER_04 (12:19):
Yeah, that's the thing.
Yeah, so we've served 115,000kids since we started.
SPEAKER_02 (12:24):
Since you started.
That's insane.
SPEAKER_04 (12:27):
I know.
SPEAKER_02 (12:28):
That's a crazy just from I have this idea.
Like you literally going andsaying, What do you guys need?
We need pajamas.
So well, I talked to a fosterfamily, um, Brandy and Mason.
Yeah.
Who were just like, Oh, we loveJambos.
SPEAKER_03 (12:43):
Mason was on our podcast on two years.
SPEAKER_02 (12:45):
Yeah, Mason was, and uh love him to death.
He and I are great friends, buthe was like, Yeah, we actually
got pajamas from foster care forthat too.
I'll tell you what.
SPEAKER_04 (13:01):
Yeah.
My daughter had a friend um overand she was a new friend.
My daughter had started a newschool or whatever.
And this girl came over and Ihad my jambos like t-shirts or
printed collateral, somethingwas in my living room.
And the girl that was stayingovernight said, How do you know
about that?
And and my daughter was like,No, what, jambos?
And she was like, Yeah, she'slike, How do you know about
(13:21):
jambos?
And my daughter's like, Oh,that's my mom's company.
She started it, blah, blah,blah.
She's like, Oh, when I was infoster care, I got pajamas from
Jambos.
And she's sitting in my livingroom.
Oh my god.
And I was like, Okay, well, I'mgonna go sob my eyes out.
Um literally, that's making mecry.
Yeah.
Wow.
But um what a cool so my and nowthey go to college together, and
(13:41):
it's just a sweet, sweet story.
SPEAKER_02 (13:43):
So did you have to feel you you gotta feel that
kind of like, okay.
I just said yes.
I just said yes, and look atlook what he's done with that.
SPEAKER_04 (13:52):
Yeah, I am just now learning how to embrace that.
Yeah.
I've been in survival mode forI've been a single mom for 11
years.
So I've been in survival, whichis not sexy, right?
I've been in survival for a longtime.
SPEAKER_02 (14:05):
Yeah.
Um, every running a business isnot easy.
I mean, anyone who's run abusiness knows there's so many
things you get up and you thinkabout, not just payroll.
I mean, payroll is like top ofthe list, but you're like,
there's a thousand things underthat that you're thinking about
too, just to just to progressand push things down the road.
And on top of that, you gotthese three girls who are
(14:26):
looking at you going, are wegonna are we gonna eat this
week?
Right.
Like uh the lights, hey, when Iturn the hot water on, there's
hot water.
There ain't no hot water.
Yeah, it's like it there'sthere's so much more outside of
that too.
So um outside of jambos, what'sthat?
I mean, how do you uh becausewhen you say those things, and I
know you're I know Rebecca, andI know you're just you're you're
(14:48):
like, I'm gonna work hard, I'mgonna make it.
But at the same time, there hasto be a point where you gotta
step back and go, Whoa, look atthis, because what you're doing
at the same time is buildingthat, but I mean you're you're
you're raising three littlegirls who see a powerful mom
who's taking some pretty bigsteps.
SPEAKER_04 (15:08):
Yeah, I hope that being a good mom has made me a
better entrepreneur.
Oh wow.
And I hope that being a goodentrepreneur has made me a
better mom.
SPEAKER_01 (15:16):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (15:17):
Um I think it does if you let it.
Yes.
If you if you take the time tostop and let it.
Yes, I think it does.
SPEAKER_04 (15:22):
My biggest fear is that my kids will only remember
me working.
Um but my hope is that they willremember that if I didn't follow
what God called me to, I wouldhave missed a lot.
SPEAKER_03 (15:34):
That's the more important thing.
It's not just you mom working.
You followed through with whatGod put in your heart.
Yeah, I mean, at 14 years old.
SPEAKER_02 (15:41):
Well, it's not working just for a paycheck.
No, no, no.
You're not working for the youknow, the seven-figure job or
whatever it is, the car is not agood thing.
SPEAKER_03 (15:47):
But not everybody is wired like you.
Like when I was a single mom, ifI was dependent on my own self
to just, I just have to figureout how to do it on my own, I
would have never made it.
Because that's not how I'mwired.
And that's not what God had forme.
SPEAKER_04 (16:01):
Yeah, I will sometimes, I've spent a lot of
my singleness wanting to getmarried, wanting to meet that
person, wanting to bump intolike, oh well, and like I'm just
so reminded.
Like, I saw this meme onPinterest or something, and it
was like, Sarah wanted a babyand God gave her a nation.
And that wrecks me.
(16:21):
Because for a very I mean, upuntil literally this year, I
have been wanting to date andhave a serious partner and
da-da-da.
And I just feel like God'sreally leveled me down to like
don't forget, like, I I probablywouldn't have been able to do
this if I were married, if I'mhonest.
I mean, it's not, it's anotherfull-time commitment being.
SPEAKER_02 (16:42):
It took us 13 years just before we started a
podcast.
SPEAKER_03 (16:45):
Just a podcast, not a well, even 13 years ago, we
didn't even mean to meet eachother.
SPEAKER_02 (16:50):
Right.
We were in the same kind ofboat.
Like, I wasn't looking to meeteach other.
No, absolutely not.
SPEAKER_04 (16:55):
And that's uh everyone always says, like,
Linia, stop looking, you'll findyou'll find.
I'm like, okay, but like Ireally have invested so much
time trying to get this done.
And I'm like, I'm pretty good atwhat I do.
SPEAKER_03 (17:06):
It wasn't even for us, it wasn't even like a stop
looking, like we hadn't lookedlike period.
And then we quote unquoteaccidentally found each other.
But I love that.
Um, you're giving me hope.
SPEAKER_02 (17:20):
There it is.
It really was like I and andthat's the thing when like we
talked about when I met Jess,she didn't need me.
We were just sharing the otherday.
I was like, that was the thing Iloved most about Jess.
She's like, I like I'm not sure.
I was like, I was like, awesome,I like that.
Like you don't need me foranything.
You have this figured out.
So back to you.
And so the complaint.
SPEAKER_03 (17:40):
But you've proven that you don't need someone.
I think that's a very, that's avery strong point, though.
Yeah, yeah, I think so too.
SPEAKER_04 (17:48):
Practically and tact, like when it comes to like
down to like brass tactic, sure.
I don't need you.
But the thing that I think is adesire is like, I want to come
home and go to bed and be like,babe, you ain't gonna believe
this.
Yeah.
Right.
Or oh my gosh, the X, Y, and Zis stressing me out, or I just
don't have that partner.
SPEAKER_02 (18:03):
Someone to share with.
SPEAKER_04 (18:04):
To share that with.
Yeah.
Um I get that.
So if I call you at likemidnight, neither one of you
answer.
SPEAKER_02 (18:10):
I'm usually up, Jess is in bed by 8 30.
SPEAKER_04 (18:12):
So you've been asleep for four hours at that
point.
I love that.
Yeah.
So anyway, sorry, I got off thephone.
SPEAKER_03 (18:19):
No, it's fine.
It's fine.
There's nothing wrong withwanting somebody to share that
with.
SPEAKER_04 (18:23):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (18:24):
But like I said, you've proven that you know what
God has called you to do.
You don't need somebody to likehold your hand or tell you,
yeah, other than obviously theLord.
But like that's a really that'sthat's a lot.
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (18:38):
So what kept you just what kept you moving?
Like you're in the you're in thethick of it, it's hard.
You're you're mothering, you'retrying to you're trying to do
this business.
What what what was the drive?
What just keeps in the morningswhen you get up?
Like what just pushes.
SPEAKER_04 (18:52):
Well, you gotta be a little delusional to do this.
Like you gotta be a littleinsane to be an entrepreneur.
SPEAKER_03 (18:56):
Like I I don't care if what's you also have to be
insane a little bit to bemarried to one.
SPEAKER_02 (19:02):
You kind of gotta like to push the dice and do the
everything in the middle of thetable and roll the dice.
SPEAKER_04 (19:06):
Every now and then it is all chips in.
SPEAKER_02 (19:08):
Yeah, yeah.
SPEAKER_03 (19:08):
Most of mine and Greg's marriage has been in
ministry, which is what we knowhe's you know, is the God that
God has called you to do that.
SPEAKER_02 (19:16):
I know he has.
I just don't know what thatlooks like.
SPEAKER_03 (19:18):
But on the side also, there's just been like
this whole like 50-50, like, oh,here's ministry, oh, turn the
page.
Also, he's an entrepreneur.
But that's both of those areterrifying.
Yes.
Because you don't understand orknow, or envision.
There's not like it's like blackand white.
Here's my salary, here's what wecan expect.
SPEAKER_04 (19:39):
Um, on the days that I don't know what the heck is
going on, I always think aboutNoah.
Because Noah's building a boatin the freaking desert, right?
No rain and no water.
Right.
And he's called to build thisboat.
What do you mean?
Right?
Like I'm you're crazy.
SPEAKER_02 (19:57):
And even off of something no one's ever seen.
SPEAKER_04 (19:59):
Correct.
And I'm and I'm I'm there.
And I actually had thisconversation with a gentleman
that is wanting to do somethings with YouTube.
And we were going, he was like,I don't know what it looks like
for what's next, but I'm like, Ioperate as though he's already
got it planned out.
And I feel like Well, because hedoes.
Well, right.
But like you have to believethat.
Right.
Right.
And it's like, I operate asthough it's already set out
(20:21):
before me.
And he'll pivot me.
And but I, and it's notperformance driven.
It's not like, oh God, look atme, what I'm doing.
But it's like, I think you areasking me to do this.
I'm gonna go ahead and get itdone.
I'm gonna my work ethic ispushing, and I'm and I'm I'm
trying to be obedient.
And and you want to do a goodjob to what he's called you to
(20:41):
do.
Right.
So I don't, and honest to God, Igotta keep lights on.
SPEAKER_01 (20:45):
Right.
SPEAKER_04 (20:45):
So there's a component, I don't have another
salary coming in my house.
SPEAKER_03 (20:48):
And also, there's no performance reviews as you go.
Like my job as a teacher, I getobservations.
There's lots of like statethings and all these things that
I can meet, and I haveone-on-one conversations with my
administration.
And like I do get told, like,you're doing a great job with
this, or you should improvehere, or whatever.
(21:08):
You don't have that.
SPEAKER_04 (21:10):
Correct.
And it people will say to me,um, well, you're lucky you work
for yourself.
You can work whenever you wantto.
SPEAKER_03 (21:16):
Oh my gosh.
I mean do work for that.
SPEAKER_04 (21:18):
Maybe that means I'm working right now.
SPEAKER_03 (21:19):
People have said that to Greg too, over the
years.
SPEAKER_04 (21:22):
Yeah.
It's like no honey.
Yeah.
And you have to, and you know,I'm an I used to play sports as
an athlete.
So like I think that that reallyhelps uh with where I am now.
Right.
Because you get up and you grindwhen you're tired.
Yeah.
You put one more lap in, you doone more rep.
You're tired.
SPEAKER_03 (21:38):
And same thing with how you were raised with your
family businesses and all thethings in the farm.
It's like, it doesn't, I don'tthey didn't care if you were
tired.
No, your grandfather didn'tcare.
No.
Five of course do more.
Right?
It's the same.
It's that just work.
It was just built into y'all.
But also that's how you two arejust wired.
I am not.
I know that.
(21:59):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_02 (22:01):
Oh, sorry.
I just I just want to say as abecause I mean we've been
friends forever, just outsidelooking in, and we haven't been
personally involved in eachother's lives in the past.
SPEAKER_03 (22:13):
I've been busy and so have y'all.
Well, but it was so fun wheneverwe were talking about folks that
we will want to no matter whatinvite here, where you both were
like, Rebecca.
Yes, thank you guys.
That's so nice.
But even like just having youfor dinner, like this is what we
just have tonight and talkingand getting ready.
It was just like, it just feelslike we just be able to where we
just picked up where we leftoff.
SPEAKER_02 (22:34):
But I just want to say you're doing a you're you're
not doing a good job, you'redoing a new step job.
It really is.
And just to watch and just hearyour story.
I know because I know this whenyou live in that story, it kind
of seems underwhelmingsometimes.
You're just like, no, it's justwhat I do.
Right.
But no, it's a it's a phenomenalstory, and it's a really, really
cool picture.
SPEAKER_03 (22:55):
You're touching a lot of lives.
Thank you.
SPEAKER_02 (22:57):
You are it's really cool to see.
SPEAKER_03 (22:59):
Including ours.
Thanks, guys.
SPEAKER_02 (23:01):
And so so what's next?
What's next for Jambos?
What's next for you?
SPEAKER_03 (23:05):
Like we're nearing into the the end of the calendar
year of 2025.
Like, what are some goals thatyou have?
SPEAKER_04 (23:14):
Um, so um I kind of like jokingly say like Jambos is
kind of like the Chick-fil-A ofnonprofits because we only do
one thing.
So Chick-fil-A, you're not gonnaorder like egg rolls and tacos.
Like they do chicken, right?
So we do pajamas, and my hope isthat we do pajamas the best.
And so um we are launching a newprogram that is specific to
(23:35):
teenagers in foster care.
So 30% of kids, approximately30% of kids in foster care are
over the age of 13.
Um, those are the first pajamasrequested by our DFACS partners
or CPS partners, but those arethe last ones received because
the cutie little baby ones,everybody wants to buy little
baby ones.
And the zippers and the unicornsand the feet and the ears, and
(23:55):
everybody wants to buy the babyones.
And so we really want to shine alight on the realities of kids
that are aging out of fostercare and then teenagers that are
journeying through care.
Um, oftentimes people who arefostering will age down.
They will want to serve kidsthat are smaller, that are
younger.
Um, I mean, we all have teenagekids here.
So we know what teenagers whohave not experienced trauma are
(24:17):
like, it's hard, you know.
And so we want to shine a lighton their experience and really
love on teens in foster care.
So we're launching that program.
Um, it's been an initiative.
I wanted to get a feel for howwe were gonna engage it in the
community, but now it's like,all right, this is a real
program.
So we're launching that program.
Um, and then um this is brandnew information.
(24:37):
I haven't even told anybody.
Oh, I'm excited! But back whenwe we ended up going viral on
TikTok a few years ago and weserved the entire nation, but we
had to bring everything backhome to just Georgia to be able
to uh build strongrelationships, get our roots
really deep with D facts andCPS.
So now we're gonna venture downinto the northern part of
Florida and take on newterritory.
(24:58):
Okay.
So we're hoping to serve 5,000kids in northern Florida
starting um in January.
So do you have partners builtin?
Like that's all part of the nextstep.
So we have a couple of um uhchurches that have donated
financially to us because theyknow about our nationwide
effort.
Um, and that was just reallytimely with like the
(25:18):
conversations we were having.
It was like, why is this randomchurch in Florida sending us a
check?
Like that was just like Godwinks, kind of like, hey, you
said Florida, I said Florida,let's move.
And so um, we know we can't goall the way to Miami just yet.
Right.
Um, but let's let's serve, youknow, on the cusp of Georgia,
Florida line right there in thehand handle.
And if I have to go to Destin tobuild a relationship, hey, I'm
(25:38):
Alyssa Yay! I mean bless yourheart.
Bless my heart.
Ministry is tough on the beach.
Okay, so hard.
But we're really excited aboutthat.
And then um, serving more kidsbetter is um the the theme for
2026.
SPEAKER_02 (25:52):
Nice.
SPEAKER_04 (25:53):
Yep.
So I love that.
SPEAKER_02 (25:55):
People listening, uh, who are out there who are
listening and they're like,okay, how do I get involved in
dembos?
What does that mean?
There may be somebody out therewho's listening who has a really
fat checkbook.
SPEAKER_01 (26:05):
Yes.
SPEAKER_02 (26:05):
Who's like, I want to write a checkbook.
Well, I love because I want tokeep our lights on.
SPEAKER_04 (26:12):
Please, yeah, please keep our lights on.
You know, this is gonna soundcliche and like I have all the
right answers, but I'm deadserious when I say this.
My heart for um people who wantto engage is that their heart
would tenderize towards kids infoster care.
So whether that be that you'rein prayer about it, you meditate
over it, you think about it, youtalk to friends about it, learn
about it, educate yourself aboutwhy you're passionate about what
(26:32):
we're doing.
Um, I never ever ask anyone todonate money that has not gotten
their heart tenderized towardit.
When your heart is ready, thenyou will you will move.
And so tenderize your hearttowards foster care, learn about
it.
Visit our website, follow us onsocial media, learn what we're
doing, and then I'm gonna do it.
I mean, for crying out loud,contact your local school just
(26:53):
to hear about how many childrenwe have.
Yep.
So there are 400,000 kids infoster care in our country.
Yeah, that's like four of theCowboys Stadium, Dallas Cowboys
Stadium.
That's insane.
That's nuts.
Yeah, it's so just learn, get,get familiarize yourself with
the need and then let us be apart of you making a difference.
Use us, like whether it bedonating pajamas on our Amazon
(27:14):
wish list from our website, ormaybe if you're in the area, you
can come volunteer, host adrive.
And then obviously the fundingis how we make all this happen.
So we have this little funsaying that's like money moves
pajamas.
And I started this company with$12.
So if you donate$10 a month,yeah, you're doing something.
Right.
We're not needing you to, I lovea fat checkbook.
Come on now.
SPEAKER_01 (27:34):
Yeah.
SPEAKER_04 (27:35):
But like I also love to see people who give a darn.
Yeah.
And it's like, if you skip yourcoffee, skip your, you know,
fast food run this week and seekind of what happens in your
spirit and in your and yourheart toward giving back.
Yeah.
Um, so yeah, that's really thenow.
SPEAKER_02 (27:51):
Can they find out all that information on your
website?
SPEAKER_04 (27:54):
Yeah.
So jambo's donates.org is ourwebsite, and then Jambo's
Donates is our handle on all thesocial media platforms.
Is handle an old lady way ofsaying social?
Is handle old?
SPEAKER_02 (28:03):
It's kind of, I know what you're saying.
SPEAKER_04 (28:05):
Okay, but Jambo's donates and jambosdonates.org.
Um, and you can see all thethings you're doing.
You're not an old lady.
Gosh, I feel it.
You're not, it's not third hand.
I'm drinking bourbon.
I'm like, okay.
Someone put grandma to bed.
SPEAKER_03 (28:19):
I'm grandma.
I'm literally grandma.
And yeah, no, let's let's putgrandma to bed.
SPEAKER_02 (28:27):
So um, anything else to add?
Anything else you want toquestion for production?
SPEAKER_03 (28:32):
So, so, so, so thankful that this happened.
SPEAKER_04 (28:35):
I know.
I'm like, let's hang out again.
Make that potato soup.
Well, you're right.
SPEAKER_03 (28:39):
I'll make anything you want.
SPEAKER_00 (28:40):
Michael, did you have something you wanted to
ask?
Yeah, no, and I and I know youkind of briefly talked about
this before, but um what is itin your heart that fulfills you
in giving and reaching out toothers?
You know, and I'm I'm sittinghere putting myself in the shoes
of listeners, you know, maybesome people who who do acts of
service, who do volunteer, dothings like that, but also more
(29:02):
specifically those who don't.
You know, what what is thesignificant difference in uh in
actually giving up of yourselfin that way?
SPEAKER_04 (29:11):
Okay, so that's a really great question.
We actually had a um counselingoffice or therapy office come in
and their staff volunteered aslike a trial to see what it does
to your mental health when youare giving of your time and
volunteering.
And they're starting to likeimplement that into therapy
practices because there's acomponent of um I I don't know
(29:34):
if it's like a vulnerabilitything.
They didn't really like bringback the report, but they were
like, we know that there is somuch that happens to your brain
chemistry when you arevolunteering and giving of your
time.
So there's that.
Um, I say all that, but likebaby, I'm tired, like right.
Um, but I do this all day, everyday.
And honestly, it's never reallyabout that sounds so cliche, but
(29:57):
it's not really about me.
This doesn't feel like work tome.
This feels like fuel, like I'mmoving.
SPEAKER_03 (30:03):
And so because this is what God has called me.
SPEAKER_04 (30:05):
He's called me to it.
Yeah, and so there's noquestion.
I mean, there are days where Iput my feet on the ground like I
ain't got it today, Lord.
Like, what are we doing?
SPEAKER_03 (30:12):
Um, but it's um I feel the same way though,
mornings when I'm putting myshoes on to go teach the girls,
but I have no doubt in my mindthat I'm I'm doing what God has
called me to do.
And it's not just teach peoplehow to read, which is kind of I
feel like it's kind of a bigdeal.
It is a very big deal.
Literacy is a big deal.
(30:33):
But what what the the otherpieces of their little hearts
that I'm gonna get emotionaltalking about my babies, they're
the best.
But the other pieces of theirheart that I get to feel is I'm
called to do that.
And it's the same for you.
SPEAKER_04 (30:48):
Yeah, I think that I really even more than the
pajamas, even more than not evenmore, but as well as you know,
serving the kids we're serving,I get the opportunity to invite
people to do something for theircommunity, do something for kids
in their community, and it is umit's a really beautiful thing.
I get a front row seat of seeingpeople do good.
(31:11):
And yes, of course, the pajamasand bringing the comfort and
sharing the Jesus and doing thesure.
But also, like I give otherpeople an opportunity to serve,
use their gifting, volunteer,um, give back.
And that's really sweet to me.
I love that component.
SPEAKER_00 (31:28):
Well, it's inspiring.
SPEAKER_01 (31:29):
Yeah, it is.
SPEAKER_00 (31:30):
It is very much inspiring.
SPEAKER_03 (31:32):
Oh, yay.
I've just developed an idea thatI'm gonna chat with you about
after we're finished here.
I'm not gonna say it out loudwhile we're recording, but yeah.
Okay.
Yay.
SPEAKER_02 (31:42):
So if you're out there listening, you want to get
involved, um, you know where.
Jambos donate.org.org.
And so go check it out, figureout ways you can get involved.
Uh uh, yeah, I I think knowledgeis power.
So in the other sense, it's likewho knew there were 400,000 kids
(32:02):
in the system.
Uh it's it's just crazy.
So yeah, uh read up, get someknowledge, do what you can.
SPEAKER_04 (32:10):
Start where you are, yeah use what you have, do what
you can.
SPEAKER_02 (32:12):
Right, exactly.
SPEAKER_04 (32:13):
So did you coin that first?
No, I think that one of theformer presidents said that.
But um, if I say it three times,it's mine, and I think he's been
dead a while, so it's mine.
SPEAKER_01 (32:21):
Do it, do it, do it, do it.
SPEAKER_04 (32:24):
Sorry, Theodore Roosevelt.
There's the president, isn'tthat enough?
Give me something.
Rebecca, thank you.
This is so fun.
There's still soup left in yourkitchen because I'm taking it
home.
Unless Thomas ended up coming athome.
Yeah, all right.
(32:45):
Thank you guys.
This was so fun.
I'm so glad we got to reconnectwith the microphones.
That's funny.
SPEAKER_02 (32:49):
It's kind of fun.
It is fun.
So thank you guys for joining.
Um, make sure to like,subscribe, share, all those fun
things.
Uh, and we'll still be in touchabout our 50th episode, it's
coming up really, really quick.
Uh, somebody out there who hassomewhere in the Gainesville-ish
area, but we'll go south, uh,who's like, hey, you can borrow
(33:10):
our room and set up a podcast.
We would love to uh set up andjust so we can have a live
audience.
SPEAKER_03 (33:15):
Literally, a live audience.
SPEAKER_02 (33:16):
Yeah, we want to have a live, and if we had to
put it.
SPEAKER_03 (33:18):
I'm gonna flip out somebody.
There's people, yeah, adults.
SPEAKER_02 (33:22):
So, but anyway, we'll more information coming
with that.
But uh, thank you guys forlistening and um hopefully catch
you skin.
Talk to you later.
SPEAKER_04 (33:32):
Go dogs.
Go dogs, peace outside January1st.
Let's go.
Peace out, girls guys.
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