Welcome back to the Unleashed Podcast, I am your host, Kristina Sjolund. And today, I have with me a special Guest, Josh Wilson Founder of Glory Apparel. I met Josh a few years ago, I heard Josh's story, and it was so inspirational to me, I loved hearing it. I loved watching him on social media share his story and the challenges that he had been through and seeing the growth of his family. Josh took a turn and started heading into a direction, not of the opposite direction clearly, but he went into a direction of philanthropy. Ready? Listen in...
• So if you go really back to the beginning of where I have come from, I've come from absolute poverty, and I come from a place of absolute brokenness, not just financially or economically, but really mentally and emotionally, so the journey has been an amazing one, and it's been a long one, and it really does start with being in a place of desperation. (4:20)
• They're dealing with financial fears and ramifications, what's going to happen with the housing market, there's just so many different things, and I think that's one thing that I've been able to really find us that hope, and I just want to encourage everybody today that... Number one, there is hope, there's hope for you in your situation, there's hope for you no matter what, if God can take me from where I was a broken strung out meth addict, shooting up at 19 years old, weighing 122 pounds. And it introduced me to an encounter with Jesus, a real tangible encounter, and it took me where I am today; to a stable father, husband, servant, entrepreneur that can help do something from my generation. There's absolutely no reason you can't do it for each and every one of us. (5:25)
• It was something that maybe you didn't have growing up, so that's something that we call grace, and there's a reason that that's important today is because you have received grace, Kristina, I have received tremendous grace, we are both products of grace and transformation, and that very idea is why, I felt moved to start finding ways that I could do something to touch a generation. (6:36)
• We're building, or we just built a 41000 litre water tank in an area within Tanzania, and near that school, in the vicinity of the region that has never had fresh water before, now, the fresh water itself is a massive impact, they literally drink water out of three massive holes that are dug in the ground, when it rains, but keep in mind, it's a drought area, so it doesn't always get rained, so water is limited. Water is dirty. So this water thing that we're building, I want the help of some of our supporters and some of the local business community is a life-changing thing. (16:17)
• You know what, not everybody is called to go to Tanzania and build a water source, but not everybody is called to go down to South America and do a bunch of work down there, but you know what we've got? We've got a humanitarian mission field every day when we walk out the front door, and if we can just be intentional about encouraging somebody, lifting somebody up, finding a need and filling it. And I know that sounds so cliche, but it's really true. Gotta look beyond ourselves, and sometimes in our greatest trials, in our moments of grief and struggle financially or with COVID or whatever it might be, I think that sometimes the key is stopped fighting for yourself and release that and begin to fight for somebody else. (22:17)
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CONTENT DISCUSSED...
• Kristina's Website: https://kristinasjolund.com
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CONNECT WITH JOSH WILSON...
• Josh's Website: https://www.gloryapparelbrand.com
WHEN DOES IT AIR...
APRIL 07, 2021