Rock Bottom to HGTV: Izzy Battres' Journey of Faith and Redemption
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Who is Izzy Battres and what is his background?
All right. Raised by my mom and dad. Migrated, immigrated from Mexico, Durango, Mexico, and Oaxaca, Mexico, to the city of Santa Ana, Orange County, California, back in the 60s. They met in the 60s. And their life, you know, just like anybody's life, trying to seek a better place, was pretty rough. You know, murder. In Mexico. In Mexico. You got to come over here, support the family, all that story that you hear. Now, people are just trying to find refuge, right? Right. So they found refuge here in Santa Ana, California. They met and... I grew up poor. I wouldn't say dirt poor. My wife grew up dirt poor. But my parents, they made it work, got married. They had kids and they raised three boys, one girl.
And it was my life was something of you got easy because you were born here. Right. You know, you don't know what it is to struggle. You don't know what it is to suffer. And the way that you're going to get ahead is you work. You don't complain. You don't do any of that. You just work. And if you work hard enough, then you're going to be able to build something.
That is part of Mexican culture for sure. Yeah. That is the one thing. I was doing workers' comp law back in the day. And I was representing 16,000 Hispanics. Okay. It was rare where we did an MRI on somebody and didn't see anything. discs that were bulging or wow it was rare and they never said anything and the reason they never said anything is because the feeling is if i'm not hurt then i'm not really working that's that's the mindset that's the mindset yeah very now if you if you disrespect them in any way, shape or form, now you got a problem. Okay. But physically they're working with busted backs and everything. So yeah, that's, that's their, that's their MO. That's, that's the thing. Yeah. So you had that example of the father who did that. So you knew how to work.
So I had the example on my mom's side as she worked. My dad was a hustler. My dad hustled. And, you know, when you think of the word hustler in this day and age, you know, it could be described as many things, right? Right. But my dad, you know, at seven years old was, you know, just like what you see, the little kids selling cheeklets and all that. He was selling newspapers. He was selling everything. And so that hustle never left them. That entrepreneurship never left them. So he dabbled. In a lot of different, I'm going to say markets. Your dad was drug dealing? Your dad was drug dealing?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Who is Izzy Battres and what is his background?
1:31–6:05
2
What challenges did Izzy face in his youth including addiction and incarceration?
6:05–16:29
3
How did Izzy's spiritual awakening and faith help him turn his life around?
16:29–28:36
4
How did Izzy get involved with Victory Outreach and recovery homes?
28:36–41:50
5
What role does Izzy's family and wife play in his journey and ministry?
41:50–47:58
6
How does Izzy support others struggling with addiction through church and community?
47:58–50:00
7
What is the story shared by Richard Taite about faith and serving others?
50:00–59:16
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