WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:03.240 Good morning, good morning, good morning. Welcome, welcome, welcome. 2 00:00:03.279 --> 00:00:06.000 It's time now for our community connection right here on 3 00:00:06.080 --> 00:00:09.759 K one. The one you trust, not a stranger. Mikes 4 00:00:09.759 --> 00:00:12.000 Orenson's her with us and he is with the Amayah 5 00:00:12.039 --> 00:00:16.399 House Community Development and boy a little bit of a 6 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:20.760 name change. Their head looked twice. So what's going on, Mike. 7 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:24.039 Oh, good morning. Yeah, we're well. We continue to just 8 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:24.559 do what we do. 9 00:00:24.600 --> 00:00:28.000 We're helping people coming out of addiction, out of jail, 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:31.480 out of homelessness, and we're we get deeply involved kind 11 00:00:31.480 --> 00:00:33.600 of creating a holistic program for all the stuff people 12 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:36.600 need to transition into independent living. So that's kind of 13 00:00:36.640 --> 00:00:40.200 our daily work that's always going on. But this week 14 00:00:40.240 --> 00:00:43.719 we're gearing up because we have our our annual fundraiser 15 00:00:43.759 --> 00:00:45.920 where we do a big rummage sale and so this 16 00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:48.240 is this is our second year of doing the big 17 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:51.520 rummied sale outside the Old Emerald in Hotel. 18 00:00:51.520 --> 00:00:53.079 Okay, right here on seventy five. 19 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:55.520 Yeah, it's on seventy five, just north of Frank Phillips. 20 00:00:56.600 --> 00:00:59.560 So if you're right next to gansmol and all that 21 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:02.679 right over there, you'll see a big sign coming up. 22 00:01:02.679 --> 00:01:05.920 This weekend. We've been getting donations here. 23 00:01:06.040 --> 00:01:08.920 For the last few weeks, people have been bringing us 24 00:01:08.920 --> 00:01:11.439 a lot of stuff that they're ready to get rid of, 25 00:01:11.640 --> 00:01:15.040 and we get to stand out there and meet people 26 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:17.519 and sell it off, and this helps raise money for 27 00:01:17.599 --> 00:01:19.920 all the practical things we do with everybody every day. 28 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:22.560 You're going to do this both Friday and Saturday. 29 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:25.560 Yeah, Friday and Saturday, all day, will be out there 30 00:01:25.920 --> 00:01:26.840 setting up early. 31 00:01:27.920 --> 00:01:28.879 We say nine to five. 32 00:01:28.959 --> 00:01:30.959 We'll be out there getting it all set up, ready 33 00:01:30.959 --> 00:01:33.640 to go, and we'll be ready to sell at nine 34 00:01:33.680 --> 00:01:36.719 both days all day. We'll probably close down at five, 35 00:01:36.760 --> 00:01:39.280 but if people are still buying, we may stay still 36 00:01:39.319 --> 00:01:39.959 stay out there. 37 00:01:40.000 --> 00:01:42.400 And you got food vendors out there too, so. 38 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:43.799 We will have food on Saturday. 39 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:46.079 I think we're going to have some I think we're 40 00:01:46.079 --> 00:01:48.719 going to have some breakfast, some donuts and things in 41 00:01:48.760 --> 00:01:49.239 the morning. 42 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:50.000 On Friday. 43 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:53.200 Our guys going to be coming doing hamburgers and hot 44 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.319 dogs on Saturday lunchtime, so we'll be ready. 45 00:01:57.519 --> 00:01:59.840 We'll feed you to come out and buy. 46 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:03.480 Her and that all that kind of supports the proceeds 47 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:04.920 for what we need to do now. 48 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.319 And dian May, you're talking about people coming in off 49 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:15.000 addiction out of incarceration and this is not an easy job. 50 00:02:15.319 --> 00:02:18.960 This is this is not for the timid, and you're 51 00:02:19.000 --> 00:02:22.680 teaching them life skills. You guys actually did a little 52 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:27.159 did a little figuring here, how well is this working? 53 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:30.199 Yeah, we had to we're you know, with different things 54 00:02:30.199 --> 00:02:32.400 that we're applying for grants and different things that we're doing. 55 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:34.560 We've had to do some research to be able to 56 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:35.199 give numbers. 57 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:38.599 And so we went back and researched, and especially the 58 00:02:38.719 --> 00:02:41.599 last three plus years since we really kept numbers, since 59 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:44.319 we opened our Women at Children's House, we started getting 60 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:47.319 numbers and started tracking down where are all these people now? 61 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:49.240 How are they doing a lot of people that came 62 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:52.960 through our program, and we found that about seventy three 63 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:55.080 percent of the people who had come through our program 64 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.000 over those three years, whether they graduated or not, are 65 00:02:59.080 --> 00:03:02.639 living stable life. If they're now, they've not relapsed, so 66 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.680 they're still clean, they're not not gone back to jail, 67 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:10.919 they're living in safe housing, and they also are working. 68 00:03:11.199 --> 00:03:15.479 So those those are kind of our four categories that 69 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:18.680 we measured. And so to have a seventy some percent 70 00:03:19.039 --> 00:03:22.120 success rate when you're talking about dealing with people coming 71 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.120 out of addiction is astounding to us. 72 00:03:24.159 --> 00:03:25.800 I was, I was amazed by that number. 73 00:03:26.039 --> 00:03:28.319 You should be, because that's off the charte. 74 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:31.280 Yeah, on average, somebody who goes to rehab, they'll say 75 00:03:31.439 --> 00:03:33.560 they go to rehab seven times on average before they 76 00:03:33.639 --> 00:03:37.560 stay clean. So it's tricky work. But I found like 77 00:03:37.680 --> 00:03:39.639 what we're doing, we're not the rehab per se. What 78 00:03:39.680 --> 00:03:42.199 we're catching people coming out on the other side of that. 79 00:03:42.240 --> 00:03:43.639 They've usually gone to rehab. 80 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:45.560 First, helping them transition. 81 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:46.960 But we're helping them with all the other stuff. 82 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.199 That's because they come out of rehab, you know someone's 83 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:52.520 done it, even when they had a really great experience 84 00:03:52.560 --> 00:03:53.680 in me have they come out with a lot of 85 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:56.360 tools for their addiction, but they still don't have a 86 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:58.400 driver's license. They don't have a job, or a place 87 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.319 to stay or any of these other things, right, so 88 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:03.360 they don't in addition to mental health and recovery things 89 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:04.759 that they have to work on, they may have a 90 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:06.840 lot of trauma or different things they need to deal with. 91 00:04:07.159 --> 00:04:10.000 That's part of my job because I'm the licensed counselor, 92 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:12.360 so I help with some of the deeper mental health 93 00:04:12.360 --> 00:04:15.560 issues that people work on. But there's all kinds of 94 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.000 stuff that people need help with there, and if you 95 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:20.680 can help them stabilize the rest of their life, that 96 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:24.519 makes it much easier on them to maintain their sobriety 97 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:26.920 and to maintain these because now they've got a job, 98 00:04:26.920 --> 00:04:29.639 they got something to live for. When they're desperate and 99 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:31.399 they don't have a place to go, a place to stay, 100 00:04:31.439 --> 00:04:34.439 they don't have a job any money, they're going to 101 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:36.279 go back to the people that they know, right, Like, 102 00:04:36.319 --> 00:04:39.439 they're going to go back to the easy, easy path 103 00:04:39.519 --> 00:04:41.040 is to go back to somebody who will give you 104 00:04:41.040 --> 00:04:41.759 a place to stay. 105 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:43.160 But that person's probably not good. 106 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:47.480 So we found the amazing success, right, We've seen from 107 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:49.439 people who who will. 108 00:04:49.319 --> 00:04:50.959 Get in and do the work of the program. 109 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:53.399 You know, you have to want to do some work 110 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:56.319 because they're in classes and groups, they're working for us, 111 00:04:56.319 --> 00:04:58.600 they're doing all kinds of stuff. So it's like if 112 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:01.720 they're willing to say yes, I just show me what 113 00:05:01.800 --> 00:05:05.160 to do, help me out. Those people, we've seen them 114 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:08.759 do amazing things. We shared a and we shared a story. 115 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.920 People find our facebook page. I shared a or on 116 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.600 our website. They we shared a testimonial just a couple 117 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:17.720 of weeks ago from one of our ladies' this just 118 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:21.279 graduated our program. That just I mean, it makes me 119 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:22.839 cry every time I watch it. 120 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:24.759 She blows my mind. 121 00:05:24.839 --> 00:05:29.319 Melissa, her story is outstanding because she was homeless on 122 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.319 the street in addiction, and she talked about just reaching 123 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.360 a point where she was she was offered a place 124 00:05:35.399 --> 00:05:36.839 to stay because she didn't have anywhere else to go. 125 00:05:36.879 --> 00:05:38.600 She was down in Tulsa and she said, this friend 126 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:40.120 offered her a place to stay, and she realized it 127 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.600 was this lady's tint under a bridge, and she was 128 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.279 like she kind of at that moment, it was nice 129 00:05:46.360 --> 00:05:48.560 this person offered her a place to go, but she said, 130 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:51.839 God has more for me than this, right and that 131 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.360 was part of her decision to go to rehab and 132 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:56.639 to see her now. She just moved into one of 133 00:05:56.680 --> 00:05:59.319 the cottages on Sixth Street. She just graduated our program. 134 00:05:59.480 --> 00:06:02.680 She works for us leading other people, and I'm like you, you 135 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:05.439 wouldn't recognize the person she is now from where she 136 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.959 came from. So to hear people that have been through 137 00:06:08.240 --> 00:06:12.879 just horrible abuse backgrounds and all kinds of terrible stories 138 00:06:12.920 --> 00:06:16.439 that to see them thriving in life, Man, it'll blow 139 00:06:16.480 --> 00:06:18.240 your mind what these people do folks. 140 00:06:18.240 --> 00:06:21.279 You can help by by helping a d and by 141 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:24.959 community development to do right by people by doing right 142 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:27.879 by them. You come to the big sale coming up 143 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:30.800 out there at the Old Emerald Inn and that will 144 00:06:30.839 --> 00:06:34.399 be on Friday and Saturday right there at the Old 145 00:06:34.439 --> 00:06:38.560 Emerald Inn Hotel on seventy five just Dorthan Frank Phillips Boulevard. 146 00:06:40.680 --> 00:06:43.000 Bring your dollars, bring your sins, but also bring your 147 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:44.040 heart and your compassion. 148 00:06:44.279 --> 00:06:45.879 Absolutely come talk to us. 149 00:06:45.879 --> 00:06:49.720 And we got a lot of I mean, we've got furniture, electronics, 150 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:52.800 we've got you know, exercise equipment, all kinds of stuff 151 00:06:52.800 --> 00:06:54.439 that people have donated. There's a lot of big stuff 152 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.040 out there, and some of it's really nice. I'm like, 153 00:06:57.079 --> 00:06:58.839 people brought some pretty new stuff. 154 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:00.639 So you'll get a good deal. And there's a lot 155 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:02.600 of good stuff going to be out there, so it'll 156 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:03.000 be fun. 157 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:04.959 But come talk to us too. We would love to 158 00:07:04.959 --> 00:07:07.240 get to know people who are interested. 159 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.480 In supporting or being a part of what we're doing. Uh. 160 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:14.480 This is we like, you know, informing people or telling stories, 161 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:15.120 introducing them. 162 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.680 All our people are going to be out there working. 163 00:07:17.120 --> 00:07:19.519 We'll have all our our participants are going to be 164 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.759 out there, you know, contributing and helping us restock stuff 165 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:25.000 and doing all that, so they'll be out there too. 166 00:07:25.120 --> 00:07:28.160 We love telling stories and teaching people about what we do, 167 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:29.839 so we would love to have some visitors. 168 00:07:30.000 --> 00:07:31.279 Well, that's going to be great. 169 00:07:31.319 --> 00:07:34.279 They can see the success written on the faces of 170 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:38.199 the people who will be there, and that that's very telling. 171 00:07:38.800 --> 00:07:42.079 And you know that you're investing not only in a 172 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:45.920 human being, which you are, you're investing in a lot 173 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.439 of human beings, but you're also investing in our community. 174 00:07:49.519 --> 00:07:52.720 Shortly before the program, Mike and I were talking about 175 00:07:52.959 --> 00:07:56.959 different things related to Nea Maya, and you were telling 176 00:07:57.000 --> 00:08:00.759 me the cost of incarceration. I had no idea it 177 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:01.680 was that expensive. 178 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:04.800 Yeah, it costs the city over twenty thousand dollars a 179 00:08:04.920 --> 00:08:08.160 year to hold somebody in jail, and there's lots of 180 00:08:08.160 --> 00:08:13.000 other emergency services costs things like that. The estimate is 181 00:08:13.000 --> 00:08:16.319 that for one person who's who's caught up in addiction 182 00:08:16.439 --> 00:08:19.800 and some of these things, it would cost fifty to 183 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.439 one hundred thousand dollars a year for the city per person. 184 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.360 It's a lot of money we spend on someone who's 185 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:29.399 stuck in those things. And so when we help one 186 00:08:29.439 --> 00:08:32.360 person come out of that, it's saving money too, even 187 00:08:32.399 --> 00:08:34.759 if you're even if you're you know, we do it 188 00:08:34.799 --> 00:08:36.879 for the people, but when you look at that, you're like, wow, 189 00:08:36.879 --> 00:08:37.799 it's saving a lot of. 190 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:38.759 Tax dollars as well. 191 00:08:38.799 --> 00:08:42.200 When we get somebody who's no longer using up emergency services, 192 00:08:42.240 --> 00:08:45.519 not going in now the er or they're not going 193 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.159 to jail. And then there's all kinds of administrative costs 194 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.039 to that too. When you're paying the DA, you're paying 195 00:08:50.080 --> 00:08:52.919 all these different things for court costs and judges and 196 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.399 all that. For people going through this stuff, there's a 197 00:08:55.440 --> 00:08:59.600 lot of costs to the city and to go, yeah, 198 00:08:59.600 --> 00:09:01.759 when you you lift one person out of there, like, 199 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:04.440 it's saving us a lot of money, it's much cheaper 200 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:07.799 for somebody who's now contributing Now they're working, they're paying taxes, and. 201 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:08.720 They're paying rent. 202 00:09:08.759 --> 00:09:11.399 Then they're you know, they're contributing something to the community 203 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:11.840 now too. 204 00:09:11.879 --> 00:09:13.600 In addition to just the I. 205 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:16.440 Mean, you can't not be mood like you watch some 206 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:18.480 of these stories, like you can't nott be mood by. 207 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.600 The people side of it. But it's also a practical, 208 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:21.440 real good too. 209 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.240 And let's face it, these folks if they've gone through 210 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.559 the rehab, they don't want to go into incarceration. 211 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.519 They've been some of them have been there already. 212 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:35.080 Yes, although hate we've got nice facilities, nobody really wants 213 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.720 to Nobody really wants to be there. 214 00:09:38.679 --> 00:09:39.519 They don't know. 215 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.360 And that's why we've got some really good prayerms like 216 00:09:41.399 --> 00:09:43.360 we work closely with, like Mental Health Court and Drug 217 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.159 Court that can divert people. 218 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:46.279 So they don't have to go to jail. 219 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:49.000 And that's when we can take those people and we can, 220 00:09:49.039 --> 00:09:50.840 but we can help them actually succeed in it because 221 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:53.799 a lot of times people struggle when they don't have transportation, 222 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:55.480 they don't have a job to pay for things like 223 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:57.679 drug tests, and then they struggle to complete it and 224 00:09:57.759 --> 00:09:59.440 they don't show up and then they fail and then 225 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.360 they go back to jail. And so when we can 226 00:10:02.399 --> 00:10:04.320 make sure they get there, we can make sure they're 227 00:10:04.360 --> 00:10:06.559 fulfilling all the things they're supposed to do. You know, 228 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:08.720 we're drug testing them as well and doing all that 229 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:11.039 that Now they actually have a structure to help them 230 00:10:11.080 --> 00:10:13.320 complete it and they're succeeding and they're all of a 231 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:17.600 sudden graduating from those programs and so it takes some 232 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.360 it takes someone on one work and some group work 233 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:23.759 with them. Oftentimes people are coming and they're just they're 234 00:10:23.759 --> 00:10:25.679 broken by a lot of the things that they've been 235 00:10:25.679 --> 00:10:27.759 through and they need somebody to give them some structure 236 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:30.759 and direction, and so that's that's what we come in. 237 00:10:30.799 --> 00:10:32.720 It's just it's a lot of we're going to walk 238 00:10:32.759 --> 00:10:34.840 through this with you. And when they get overwhelmed by it, 239 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:38.120 and I'm like, they're telling me, you know, I can't 240 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:38.919 get funding for this. 241 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:40.919 I don't have my driver's license. They're telling me I 242 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:41.639 can't get it back. 243 00:10:41.679 --> 00:10:43.879 And we have people in our office that are you know, 244 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:46.039 they'll they'll talk to Shelley and shell I say, I 245 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:46.679 know how that works. 246 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:47.000 You know. 247 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:48.919 We'll call this person in that person and you just 248 00:10:48.960 --> 00:10:50.679 have to fill this out and we'll go do it. 249 00:10:50.720 --> 00:10:53.720 And pretty soon they've got it worked out. And you know, 250 00:10:53.799 --> 00:10:54.399 then they're like. 251 00:10:54.399 --> 00:10:56.720 Oh, they don't know how to work these systems and 252 00:10:56.759 --> 00:10:58.799 how to get some of these things fixed. 253 00:10:58.879 --> 00:11:01.840 I'm pretty well convinced that most people aren't supposed to 254 00:11:01.879 --> 00:11:03.080 know how the system works. 255 00:11:04.440 --> 00:11:07.080 It gets very confusing and you get all these mixed 256 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.919 messages and so but we've been dealing with this for 257 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:11.600 a while, and we've dealt with a lot of people, 258 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:14.519 and so our ladies in our office they know how 259 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:17.080 these systems work, and so they can say, oh, you 260 00:11:17.080 --> 00:11:18.799 know what, there's funding for that. You know you can 261 00:11:18.840 --> 00:11:21.440 get you know, you can get housing money from this 262 00:11:21.559 --> 00:11:24.480 organization who has funding. Oh I never knew that, but 263 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.039 we know how the system works, and we can help 264 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:26.399 you get that. 265 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:29.399 You and help people get a help when. 266 00:11:29.240 --> 00:11:32.320 They realize they lost their driver's license and they it's 267 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.559 just they owe this fine and once they pay that fine, 268 00:11:34.559 --> 00:11:35.639 then get their license back. 269 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:37.200 Okay, well let's help you figure out how to get 270 00:11:37.200 --> 00:11:37.799 that fine paid. 271 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:40.480 Then we can these A lot of these things are 272 00:11:40.519 --> 00:11:43.639 fixable problems, but people don't have any idea how to 273 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:45.639 do it. And so then when you go in and 274 00:11:45.639 --> 00:11:47.840 you help them, and now all of a sudden, they've 275 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.279 got that obstacle cleared. Now they can get back on 276 00:11:51.320 --> 00:11:52.799 their life, you know, they can get in track. 277 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:54.240 They see that glimmer of hope. 278 00:11:54.320 --> 00:11:59.000 Yeah, and once that light of hope is lit, Hey, 279 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:00.919 some folks are just unstoppable. 280 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:02.399 Yeah, it is. It's amazing. 281 00:12:02.480 --> 00:12:04.720 Yeah, when you see people changed, where instead of just 282 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:07.360 being defeated and broken that they start to see hope. 283 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:08.840 Yeah, it makes a huge difference. 284 00:12:09.320 --> 00:12:13.360 All it needs is one victory, sometimes one small one 285 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:15.840 to get you a little momentum in the right direction. 286 00:12:15.960 --> 00:12:19.200 Yeah, and then get to work, and then and having 287 00:12:19.279 --> 00:12:21.399 support along the way when they know they have people 288 00:12:21.440 --> 00:12:24.320 that are they when they're frustrated and they're fed up 289 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:27.279 and they're just stressed out, why isn't this happening any faster? 290 00:12:27.759 --> 00:12:29.639 They have people that can come to and talk to now, 291 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:31.360 and they have people that care about them that are 292 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:34.240 gonna listen, They're gonna care and say no, stick with it, 293 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:34.960 we're gonna get there. 294 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:35.200 You know. 295 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:37.639 Sometimes they just need that to be able to vent. 296 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:40.320 Don't give up, don't just blow it off and say 297 00:12:41.440 --> 00:12:44.480 run off and you know, throw it all away. You know, 298 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:46.960 in those down moments, they have somebody to talk to 299 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:49.240 and say, no, stick with it. It's going to get there. 300 00:12:49.240 --> 00:12:50.519 It just takes a little longer. 301 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:50.799 Right. 302 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.960 We do a lot of that too, just manage the 303 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.159 emotions of the stressful process. 304 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.480 A lot of power there in the positives, yeah, folk, 305 00:12:59.519 --> 00:13:02.000 So let's keep the positives going. We'll see out there 306 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:06.480 on Friday and Saturday to help out in Nemia Community 307 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:09.840 Development and it's their second annual rubbage sale. Boy, I 308 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:11.759 remember when this took off last year. That was a 309 00:13:11.759 --> 00:13:13.480 big deal. It was, and this is going to be 310 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:14.159 a bigger deal. 311 00:13:15.600 --> 00:13:17.279 We had a big crowd last year. It's right on 312 00:13:17.279 --> 00:13:19.480 seventy five, so we get a lot of drive by traffic. 313 00:13:19.559 --> 00:13:21.960 So it's going to be right there at the old 314 00:13:22.000 --> 00:13:25.039 Emerald In Hotel, right there on the seventy five, just 315 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:26.159 north of Frank Phillips. 316 00:13:26.360 --> 00:13:28.840 Hey, Mike, thank you for being here. It'll be a stranger. 317 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:30.519 Thank you for having me. It has been awfume. 318 00:13:30.720 --> 00:13:33.840 All right, we get to learn a lot. All right, folks, 319 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:35.080 We've got news coming up next.