This is the Truth Network. Good morning. This is Scott Barton filling in for Ravi Dilmour, who couldn't be here today because he's in Ashboro today with Nikita and they're doing a weekend retreat type speaking engagement.
I'm not sure all the details, but anyway, so please bear with us. We've got two wonderful guests today. I'm so excited. We've got Annalise Wall, who does some local mission work and her ministry is called A Bed and a Book, and we also have Jamal Womble, and he's going to be talking about his passion, which is asylum pregnancy. Good morning, Annalise.
Good morning, Scott. For our listeners out there, could you tell them a little bit about your ministry and how they could get involved? Yes, Scott, my ministry is called A Bed and a Book, and the title kind of explains how we serve the community. We work with referring agencies in the community that identify children that are sleeping on the floor, a couch or a makeshift bed, children that sleep in situations that are very saddening to see. We've seen children sleeping on shower curtains, covering up with towels to children sleeping, sitting up straight up in a chair in their living room. We've seen multiple children sharing a couch to sleep on.
We've seen a 12-year-old boy sleeping in the crib, and he said that that was more comfortable than being on the floor and the rats running across him at night, and he would have been a ball that was just, we don't even know how he fit in there. So once we identify the need, we go immediately to the home and bring a brand-new twin-size bed, brand-new mattress, bedding that the kids would enjoy, and also books for them to read before they drift off to sleep at night. Well, I'm sure this is a great need here locally and probably everywhere, but how do you go about locating which communities to serve or how to go in there or how to get their permission? Tell our listeners out there, how do you go about doing this? So we serve children zero to 18, and we work closely with referring agencies and community partners to identify those families most in need to deliver this, you know, life-changing bed-in-a-book packages at no cost to the families. We work with dedicated volunteers. The community partners that refer for us are, you know, anywhere from the school systems, you know, teachers during the day who'll be in a classroom setting and see these children, you know, falling asleep during the studies of the day where most children will be awake and alert.
That makes sense. Yeah, they're so tired, they just can't stay awake, and you know, once they see that, they'll kind of quietly pull them to the side and say, do you have a bed to sleep in? And if the children say no, they'll reach out to us. Okay, all right.
To our listeners out there, if anybody would like to call in, has any questions, would like to get involved, it's 866-348-7884. I saw a look on your face, Jamal. Did you have a question for Ms. Wall? Yes, my face betrays me.
I wear my emotions on my sleeve. I just wanted Ms. Wall to get into the other factors that, I guess results rather, that come from somebody that does not have a bed to sleep in versus somebody that does have a bed to sleep in. I remember when we talked before, you were saying that for someone that does, for someone that does have a bed, they tend to have better academic scores, they tend to do better emotionally. Can you just expand on the results of having a bed versus someone not having a bed? Yes, Jamal, and that is the main reason we are where we are and doing what we're doing, is the fundamental development of the children. Not having a place to sleep, not only emotionally, but physically impacts children beyond childhood.
It is indicated, the small studies that they've done, and we're trying to do more research on our own through the families as we reach out and find out the situations, but it can lead to obesity, suicide. We've had children who are bullied because they're sleeping on their own clothes and they don't want to go to school because they're being made fun of and they just don't want to even live anymore. It gives them a sense of security and a sense of feeling worthy just to have that one thing because, you know, their rooms are sometimes completely empty and not even having a bed. You can imagine how that must make you feel, again, in that emotional sense.
So, you know, we're hopefully, are definitely bringing an impact on that sense of self-worth, that sense of feeling that love, that sense of knowing that, you know, people do care about you, that, you know, our Heavenly Father has sent someone into your life that, you know, wants you to know you have that care and love and that to nurture that strength to, you know, to know that you're not alone. Not to make light of the situation, but I remember on Gilligan's Island, at least they had hammocks. I mean, a bed is pretty essential. You mentioned there, you said obesity, and I remember reading somewhere that sleep is so essential, but how does this tie to obesity? I never really quite understood that. So, with the obesity situation, the studies that we've seen, just with anything, a lot of times when we're feeling a certain way, we will sense to grasp onto something that's not good for us, you know, so many things that we don't need, and so having that depression and going home to an empty room and not even having somewhere to have a good night's sleep can make you want to overeat, not have, you know, healthy eating habits. It can make, you know, that sort of emotions come out in ways that we shouldn't, you know, just like, again, with those, you know, suicidal thoughts, it makes you feel alone and desperate and despair and not and feel like you don't deserve to be here.
Like, why would, you know, and I've heard a kid say it, it was one of the saddest things and conversations I've had. He said, I feel like God gave me, I was born into this home where I have nothing, a family that has nothing. I feel like I'm nothing.
Why am I even here and living? Wow. Wow.
That's terrible. And also from what I've heard, and you could probably speak on this a little bit more than, than I can about the circadian rhythms that come from sleeping and the lack of circadian rhythms leading to all the other kinds of factors. Touch on that a little bit, but also want to kind of hit close to home because sometimes these issues can seem over right here, like it's somewhere else. Can you talk about the circadian rhythms, one, and then two, talk about some of those statistics on how there's a lack of bedding here in the triad area. So, you know, with those rhythms, so many other things come, cardiovascular disease. I mean, it is a lot that's linked to that. And again, you know, sadly, there's not a lot of studies on children sitting on the floor.
We've began to dig deep and we can't even find to the full extent of what this is causing. So we're trying to gather our own, um, statistics through this, but, and as part of that also here in our community, how many children are, you know, bedless. And, um, you know, we started here for South County and we started doing the research here and now as we're spreading across the state and developing other chapters with the nonprofit, we're seeing that it seems that two to 3% of children do not have a bed. 55,000 children live in poverty and are on free lunch programs.
I believe it is here for South County. So the numbers for the poverty rate is so high, so high, and you, when you think and look at it, it's our waiting list is so long. Well, Ms. Wall, um, sorry to cut you off there, but, um, I would think a ministry like this would be pretty labor intensive that you need, um, some strong backs, some people to help you implement this and get these beds in these, uh, apartments or places that they live. Um, please tell our listeners out there how they could get involved, how they could donate, how they are, maybe their church or small group or organization could play a role and, and be involved in, in this wonderful ministry. Certainly Scott, uh, we've been really blessed, you know, I'll touch on this quickly and, and then share the need as well. We've been very blessed to have, you know, wonderful partnerships in the community, our Sheriff's office here, uh, for South County Sheriff's office here and our, our, our local child chapter, they have been such a blessing. They've, you know, come, uh, almost every, all they do every for South County delivery.
And it's been great to have that. Good, good. Well, we are going to a break. The number to call in is 866-348-7884. Again, 866-348-7884 or 866-34-TRUTH. Call in. You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com.
All right. Welcome back to Kingdom Pursuits. And we have two wonderful guests here today.
We have Jamal Womble talking about his passion, which is a Salem pregnancy and pro-life issues. And we have local ministry here, Annalise Wall, and it's a bed and a book. Welcome Annalise. Thank you, Scott.
Pleasure to be here. We were talking a little bit off mic and we all were like, okay, we got to kind of put this out here a little bit, um, about serving in the community and about how with 55,000 in poverty right here in the Triad area, that means that somebody can take up that plow and do something. Miss Wall, what are the days of availability that somebody can take up that plow and help you all out with what you're doing and how labor intensive is it?
How long does it take? Give me the details on what a day will look like in serving with you all. So that's a wonderful part of this. You know, we offer so many opportunities for people in the community to foster that positive change, uh, to set children up for future success, you know, to foster a positive future for them by volunteering. Uh, you know, here in Forsyth County, every first Friday of the month, we deliver into the homes. We go out to the families, we set the beds up.
We realized they don't have tools or a way to pick up the beds and get them there. So we, as volunteers go into the home, we meet the children. We get to see the excitement on their face as we're assembling these beds for them, as we give them these books to read. So we always need volunteers to drive our van to help us assemble the beds into kits. We also deliver on the third Wednesday of each month. Uh, that is another opportunity.
And the last Friday we go to Greensboro. So we also need help assembling the beds into kits to get ready for those delivery days. We need people to help in the warehouse to get the, the staging ready for those deliveries. Uh, there's just so many opportunities and through our website, you can find those opportunities. Uh, it's a signup genius, a link you can go to, and that website is a bed in a book.com. Wow.
There's so there's a lot of ways to get involved. We have a caller here, Lieutenant Butch Moore, Winston sailor. Good morning. Good morning, sir. Mr. Moore.
Good morning. I just wanted to chime in on the ministry of that bed and book. We have been partnering with all Lisa for years and, uh, just to see the smile on the children's faces as we leave, not only that we get to develop a relationship with children who otherwise would never have a positive relationship with law enforcement. And that is so vital.
It really is. And also you just seen the hope in these children's lives and, you know, we see poverty quite a bit and we, it's almost like to tell two cities. So many people don't realize that there are children who don't have a place to sleep. You don't get that good night's sleep. We know only sharing with you how we had installed a bed for a family of six children and every child was sleeping on one couch.
And the mother told us they can't go to school because they're too tired. And it was like Christmas when we installed those six beds for those children. It was just unreal, but there's just so many stories I could share with you. But one of the things that's so vital to this ministry also is the ability to, to establish a relationship. Like I said, between law enforcement, also the fire department, they go with us a lot. And that's been an incredible thing too, because in developing these relationships with these children, we're offering them hope.
We've been able to go in the communities. We would never be able to go into and develop relationships with these children, which is vital to their success and to offer hope. To look into a child's eyes who's hopeless, it just, it just, it will change your life forever. And that's one of the things that this ministry does is it offers hope to these children. And I can't tell you what a difference it makes to see a child's eyes light up in that smile beam across their face when they have their own space. Their attitude improves, their grades improve, everything improves in that child's life by just installing the bed, something we all take for granted.
But anyway, I just wanted to just mention that to you. Last year alone, Forsyth County Sheriff's Office and Ana Lisa together installed 269 beds. She's going to break it way more than that this year. If you, if this touches your heart, please get in touch with her. You know, there's many ways that you can sponsor a bed for a child or a book for a child. All these things are just vital to the development of that child.
I can't tell you how incredible this thing is. And just I want to thank Ana Lisa for what she does and allowing us to partner with her. This is so important for the Sheriff's Office and for the Fire Department and all our local law enforcement officers that go out with her because it does open that door for us to develop a positive relationship with these children. Well, thank you so much, Lieutenant, for your call. And yeah, hold on and stay on there for one quick second, Lieutenant. I don't want you to go anywhere. Sorry to jump in, Martin.
Yeah, that's fine. I just want to say thank you for your service, sir. Thank you for all that you do. Unfortunately, we are living in a time to where we are demonizing our law enforcement. And we need you guys.
That relationship, that trust. Most definitely. Here you are serving and protecting, dealing with crime, but yet you're also out here helping the less fortunate. Yeah, you guys have a sense of community and a sense of service that we all need to uplift and we all need to celebrate. Yeah. Well, I want to mention something to you. Under Sheriff Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr. from the men and women of Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, we're breaking the paradigm. We realize how important it is to develop relationships in our community.
Yes. And we strive every day to do that. And I just want just my hats off. That's the reason I'm here. You know, I retired federal government back in 2015, along with the sheriff. And the whole reason we're here is to make a difference in his leadership and breaking that paradigm.
We've been able to do that. And this is just a tiny bit of the things that he has brought to the table for the sheriff's office. And I just appreciate your support. We appreciate we have tremendous community support in Forsyth County.
And we owe that all to the leadership for Sheriff Bobby F. Kimbrough Jr. Yeah. And one more thing, Lieutenant, as soon as you called up, hopefully, I'm not embarrassing her too much. But Miss Wall threw up her hands, was smiling ear to ear, and she was praising the Lord that her friend Lieutenant called up. So I just wanted to give you that visual that you couldn't get of Miss Wall and how elated she was that you called. Thank you, sir.
Thank you so much. You know, I was saying that before we went to that break, and I want to say it to Butch while he's on the phone, Lieutenant Moore, you know, we're changing the dialogue at a young age of kids in impoverished communities and that interaction with law enforcement being positive. I've seen, you know, Lieutenant Moore himself, he has been to almost every single delivery.
And it was only two I think he's missed because he was sick and we made him and he wanted to be at those. But that but this, you know, we're we have officers in this community that love these children that love the community, and who are making such an impact and a change. And honestly, this program would not be running or exist if it wasn't for them and their support. So I'm just so grateful. And that's why you seen me throw my hands up praising God and thanking him for this man that's on the phone.
Thank you for these. You know, his team, Sheriff Kimbrough and all of them for loving these children the way they love them and for seeing that impact and change that they're helping me and my organization may because again, we wouldn't be where we are without them and and the love and support they're giving us. So I'm grateful, very grateful. Well, I just want to chime in one last thing before I go.
Sheriff Kimbrough says this many, many times, the color of success is green. There you go. We need your with none of this is done through tax dollars. It's all done through the love and kindness of our community members to give back to our community. So my hats off to all of you who are touched by this ministry and those of you that will get involved and share in this ministry with us. So thank you so much. Thank you, Lieutenant. God bless you.
Appreciate your call. Yes, sir. Y'all have a great day. Thank you.
All right. And one final point on that. I have seen and talked to Sheriff Kimbrough. Hopefully this is not bad by mentioning his his political affiliation. I just want to make a point. I think he leans Democrat.
I myself lean conservative. We have a faith based organization here. We have law enforcement here, fire department. My point is we all can get along at no point are we fighting at no point are we saying we need to get the credit. We need to take charge. You guys can't be here. You guys don't don't belong. We are showing to where we can get along to where we can get something done. Absolutely.
Faith based whatever. We're not excluding anybody. We are trying to serve. We are on the same team.
That's a good point, Barton. So while we have some people out there, unfortunately, in council culture, they say, if you're not a part of my team, you're canceled. You're not a part of my team. We can't work with you.
We're not seeing that right here. So if you're about something, you can come work with a Truth Network. You can work with a bed in the book. And let's help these people out in these communities. Now, Miss Wall, could you tell us and Lieutenant Butch pointed on this earlier, what would it cost to sponsor somebody? Could you get into that, please?
Absolutely. So to sponsor a bed for a child is around two hundred and ninety dollars. That would include the brand new twin bed, the brand new mattress and the bedding. And people say to me, well, can't you find a little metal frame or somewhere cheaper or use maybe wood or something to make the bed? But for me, I really prayed hard on this.
And God just put it heavy on my heart. Whenever you see the dignity from these brand new beds, this is the only thing they own. It's really the biggest impact. And so it's important that we bring this beautiful bed and not just anything, but something they can be proud of that will last until they're, you know, grown adults.
It will last. Yeah. All the way up to, you know, 20 years of age. So for that two hundred eighty dollars, you can sponsor all the bedding needs. Again, the bed, the mattress, the bedding, the pillow, and then the books as well. There you go, guys.
That's twenty four dollars a month and lease. A lot of the young kids today are seem to be getting taller and taller and taller. I've seen some 12 year olds sometimes that are about as tall as Jamal.
Are these you said they're like single beds. Are they did their feet hang off the head? I mean, can they grow into them? They can grow into them.
We actually serve zero to 18. So we've had some, you know, I would never embarrass a child. And we always keep that synonymous. But we've had actually local high school students who play football, who would go to those rigorous practices and come home and sleep on the floor.
So we've been able to the beds fit those young men. So, yes. All right. We've got to go to a break. Call in 866-348-7884. Again, 866-348-7884. We're looking forward to hearing from your call. We'll be back in just a second.
You're listening to the Truth Network and truthnetwork.com. All right. Welcome back to the Kingdom Pursuit Show. This is Scott Martin and I am filling in for Robbie Dilmore, who couldn't be here today.
And he's actually in Ashboro with Nikita and they're doing a workshop today. But we do have two wonderful guests on today. We have Annalise Wall with a bed and a book, local ministry.
And we also have Jamal Womble. All right. And he wanted to talk about his passion, which is Salem pregnancy and pro-life issues. And Jamal, if you wanted to talk about how people could get involved in this ministry and some of the local stuff that you guys do, and we'll segue that into the bed and a book ministry as well. Sure. Just as a disclaimer, I'm not an official representative of Salem Pregnancy Care Center.
I'm just a fan. I've been to a few of their events. I've spoken to a few of their people in administration.
And I've just really have been impressed by what they do. Part of the argument for the pro-choice people is that the pro-lifers don't support the mother or the child. So they don't have a choice but to go get an abortion. Salem Pregnancy Care Centers ends that argument.
They end that debate. So not only do they provide free sonograms for the mother to see what you're carrying as far as a mother, they have the mobile units to go out to people free of charge to also do the free sonograms. They also provide different types of classes for parenting, classes for financial stability. They have a place to where they can supply some of the needs. Now, of course, it's donor-based.
So not everybody can just rush over there and just get what they need. It's donated-based. So it's not an endless well of supplies, but that's something that they offer to expecting mothers. On top of that, they are tied into two churches to be a support group for not only just for the mother, but also for the father as well, because the father is also involved in this.
And they also have classes for the father to provide different types of helping needs for that father as well. So when you have the pro-choice side saying that the pro-lifers don't support expecting mothers, expecting families, that is not the case anymore. So for anybody that's struggling with abortion and they think that they cannot take care of that child, please, that child is fearfully and wonderfully made.
It is also said in the book that God knew that child before they were formed in the womb. Now, we're not coming down on people who are looking at the abortion issue as an option. We're not coming down on you. We are a faith of love.
We're a faith of acceptance. We just want to give you an option towards abortion. We want to give you, in our opinion, the better option, because even though you might be in a situation, there have been plenty of stories to where people have come out of that situation.
They've led beautiful, wonderful lives. And even if you don't want to keep that child, Salem Pregnancy Care Center and pregnancy centers like that offer adoptive services. So if you don't want to keep the child, okay, well, if you give that child up for adoption through Salem Pregnancy Care Centers, then that child can find another home to where they can be loved. And according to a statistic that I heard a little while ago, the proportion of people that are looking to adopt versus the people who are looking to abort is two to one.
What does that mean? That means that there are two families looking to adopt a child versus the one family that is looking to abort a kid. So that also further means that we can almost end abortion overnight if we had more access, more resources towards getting these kids into adoptive families. So again, Salem Pregnancy Care Centers or pregnancy care centers like that, it offers you a better chance for expecting mothers to choose life versus the other option of terminating that life. Jamal, you mentioned the father and I don't think I've really heard that a lot, that aspect.
Yes. So let's just say that you're a young couple and it was unexpected pregnancy and the couple is not really sure what to do. They're scared and they may not have the resources. How would the father go about reaching out? I'll just assume that he's a good godly man, but he's just frightened. He's frightened.
He doesn't like, he lacks the resources and he may not have the support of his family. There you go. Yeah. Well, there is a website, thank goodness. I'll give it out. It's SalemPregnancy.org. Again, Salem, S-A-L-E-M, Pregnancy.org, to where they can go to that website, get in contact with somebody that can help them with any kind of needs that they have. Also, we have the physical building right off of, I believe that's Knollwood Drive and you can go down there, talk to somebody and schedule an appointment, talk to somebody about what you're looking for. So it's just mainly getting in contact with these people and they will help you out with whatever kind of issue that you may have. Father, mother, it doesn't really matter.
They don't really exclude anybody. So just pick up that phone, click that link and ask for help. Thank you, Jamal. It seems today that things have gotten so politicalized as far as abortion and pro-life and that I think scares a lot of people and there's a lot of fear. What would you say to the listener out there that may have a little trepidation? Fear regarding what? I want to make sure I understand your question properly.
As far as volunteering and donating and getting involved with this ministry. Ah, okay. I got you. Yeah, don't believe what you've seen online with the videos, with the crazy mob, with the signs throwing tomatoes and eggs and all that. That's not these guys at all.
Um, that's not even their supporters. You'll go down to the, the building and it's nothing but peaceful. Uh, the, the staff is great. Everybody's welcoming and you're not going to find any kind of animosity there.
You're going to find welcome open arms. And this is going to be at the proper address, which I misquoted earlier. The proper address is 3000 001 Maplewood Avenue.
Again, that's 3000 001 Maplewood Avenue. Um, so if you're coming in, let's say you're a blank slate. You're, you're, you've heard some of the people, some of the people talk about how bad it is, um, how judgmental they are. Let's say you just come in and say, look, I have no idea what you guys are doing. I have no idea what you guys are about.
I've heard some of the best stuff. Just go in there and talk to them. They are not going to judge you. They're going to talk to any kind of issue that you have. They're going to walk you through the steps. They are going to accept, um, that your decision, even if you want to walk out and seek other services, it's not a thing to where is this is some kind of, um, place to where they're going to bash you with the Bible to where they're going to make you feel less than.
Um, it's, it's nothing like that. If you don't believe me, just go down there yourself and, and, and talk to those people. It's a nice, welcome, open environment. They're going to answer any questions that you, that you have. They'll even give you a tour. They've had, um, open air fairs and festivals, popcorn, uh, cotton candy. Um, and we had a blast out there.
They had a thing where they were dunking the guy with the baseball and all that. But, uh, we, we do see how we're coming up on a break. Um, call in, uh, if you have any questions yourself, if you're sitting there wondering about what to do, if you're scared about these people, call us up, talk about it. 866-348-7884. Again, it's 866-348-7884. We'll be back in just one second. You're listening to the truth network and truthnetwork.com.
Okay. Welcome to the kingdom pursuits show. This is Scott Barton filling in for Robbie Dilmore. And we have Annalise Wall with a bed and a book in Jamal Womble. Who's been talking about the Salem pregnancy this morning. Um, during the break, I was looking over at Ms. Wall and I was noticing a really attractive t-shirt she had on today. And it's black and it's emboldened with white image of a child reading in bed.
And I thought, how cool. What if an organization, say a civic group or maybe some cheerleading group, 10 people or a big family wanted to spend a Saturday morning, um, getting involved in, in just showing the love of Jesus and what benevolence looks like and get their kids involved. Um, what would that look like if you could tell our listeners how they could get involved in maybe donate their time and maybe even get one of those cool looking t-shirts. Scott, that is a big, huge, uh, prayer for us right now is to have that, um, different groups come in. You know, the Bible says, suffer the children to come unto me and forbid them not for such as the kingdom of God. And that means not only the children we're serving, but bringing our children to see and share the love of God through their service and to bring them up in that way. And so we would definitely welcome families, church groups, civic groups, any type of organizations that would like to do a bed build day. As a matter of fact, right now, I'd like to share with you, we have three beds left in our warehouse and we have a list of, I think it's 32 children needing a bed.
So we're falling short. So our prayer is to have those groups who would want to sponsor the beds in any way, corporations who would like to get together churches and then also come out and assemble the beds. So please anyone who's out there listening and, and wants to be a part of doing God's work and serving the community and showing these beautiful children in our community love, please reach out to us through a bed in a book.com or a bed in a book at gmail.com.
Cause the need is great. Yeah. And you said that, uh, to sponsor a bed, it costs about what you say $280. $280 would sponsor one child. Yes.
Okay. So just looking at it, breaking down on a month to month basis, that's $24, uh, 23.3 to be more accurate. Uh, guys, that's, uh, a meal going out here to a fast food joint. Um, that's, uh, a couple of, uh, sandwiches saved and you do that and you, you, you bought somebody a brand new bed for, you know, the next 10 years plus of their lives and having such a dramatic impact on their lives. Um, what else could that equate to? That's, um, a Starbucks coffee. There you go. A Starbucks coffee or two. Right.
There you go. Uh, anything that, uh, you spend, let's say you, you pull up that 20, add a couple of dollars. You save that for a monthly basis. Um, you, you just bought somebody a bed that they're going to cherish and they're going to benefit from, from the, for the rest of their lives. Now, of course, long ways, you know, spread it out. That's $24 a month or just be generous enough and write a $280 check.
Uh, we, we, we all can do that. That, that's not going to be, that's not going to be, uh, uh, a tremendous amount for, for some people. Some people, they can't afford it, but there's some people out there that can't afford it. And you're talking about giving somebody a place to sleep on other than the floor, other than a shower curtain, other than a crib, uh, to get them off the floor to where they said rats were running around on the floor.
Uh, I wonder if people out there would feel enough to give $280 to get that kid out of that kind of situation, uh, to get that kid, uh, some, some hope and some pride or some more pride, uh, to give them a regular, uh, bed and get them out of this situation, a step towards, um, having a, a better situation. And then on top of that, you give them a book to read. Uh, what kind of books are you giving kids? Can you expand on that a little bit?
Absolutely. Um, you know, I would like to start off by saying when we've handed the books to some of the children, they did not even know how to hold a book because they don't know which way to hold it. Their hand is shaped like an iPhone.
That's true. And they've just never had the opportunity to have books. So they're just, when they get it in their hand, they're confused. You show them how to hold it and what it looks like to read it and go across it. But the books that we're giving are not just any books. We're asking the families when we call them, you know, what are those children interested in? So we're able to provide books that are age appropriate on their reading level books that they are excited to read.
The characters in the story look like the children. And so I've seen so many moms say, I don't understand why Johnny's reading this book. I've never seen him do it, but you know, we've found out he loves basketball. So we've got him the new LeBron James book or whatever. So we're making sure that we spark that love for reading and that, you know, love to be educated and learn more.
Jamal, you took the words out of my mouth. I was just going to ask about that. Um, cause I'm looking at the shirt and the child is reading the book and, and I grew up loving to read and still continue to, of course, my mom was a teacher that, you know, helped, but I think the culture has changed just a little bit now.
Yeah. Unfortunately it has, if it's not on the phone or on some kind of electronic device, then they're not picking it up. Um, how, however, one thing I like to tell people, uh, we are living in the show me generation right now. Well, people don't want to be deceived. They want truth. Well, there's stuff on the internet.
How can you trust that? You know, but if you get it from a book, it's a good way to go again, call in 866-348-7884, 866-348-7884. We're looking for your call. We'll be right back in a second. This is the truth network.
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