Joe King

I loved, I loved my childhood.

Don't get me wrong.

I do.

Like, so I was so proud.

I'm so proud of my dad and my mom for how they navigated life.

I mean, I was the youngest of five kids.

Wow.

Um, you know, pastors don't make a lot of money.

You're not, you're there cause your heart, you know, and you feel a greater purpose.

Um, so I knew that there was a greater purpose there, you know, but it was a, it was a struggle for the family to, to, to pay the bills.

My mom was really the breadwinner.

She was a nurse.

Um, so, uh, you know, uh,

It ended up teaching me a lot, first off, because, you know, we had to contribute early, like to helping pay for soccer gear or sports stuff.

So I remember having a newspaper out in the second grade and my brother and I would go out before school.

We had it for my entire elementary, you know, from second to sixth grade.

Delivering papers in the morning, you know, and, you know, you make a little money.

Yeah.

And that would help pay for, you know, cleats and bags.

So, you know, yeah, it was the financial aspect was it was a struggle.