In this episode of You Can’t Take it With You, host Jim Dunlop sits down with Wendy Landis, Vice President, Branch Manager, and Loan Originator at CMG Home Loans, to discuss how local acts of generosity can ripple into global change. Wendy shares her involvement with organizations like Servants and the Shine Music Foundation, illustrating how small contributions lead to meaningful impact. She also talks about her mission trips to Guatemala and the personal relationships formed through giving.
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Wendy Landis is the Vice President, Branch Manager, and Loan Originator at CMG Home Loans, a mortgage lender that offers a full suite of products. With over 29 years of experience in mortgage banking, Wendy is dedicated to guiding clients through the mortgage process and helping them make informed decisions around financing or refinancing their homes. In addition to her professional work, she is actively involved in several community and nonprofit organizations, including serving on the board of Servants, a Christian nonprofit that supports local and global families in need.
Episode Summary:
What drives people to give, even when faced with personal challenges? How can acts of generosity — big or small — transform not only the lives of others but also our own?
According to Wendy Landis, a seasoned philanthropist and mission volunteer, giving starts with recognizing that everything we have is a gift meant to be shared. She highlights how moments of faith can inspire consistent generosity, even when financial uncertainties arise. Wendy’s experiences, from helping local families in need to supporting international organizations, reveal that generosity is more than just an act — it’s a way to build lasting connections and improve lives. Through her story, we see how both time and resources can make an extraordinary difference.
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Jim Dunlop on LinkedIn
- Advent Partners
- Wendy Landis: LinkedIn | Website
- CMG Home Loans
Special Mentions
- Mike Landis on LinkedIn
- International Justice Mission (IJM)
- HOPE International
- Servants
- Mountain Springs Camp
- Trent Davis on LinkedIn
- Mike and Terri McComb
- Commission to Every Nation (CTEN)
- LifePath
- Shine Music Foundation
- Dr. Peter Bottros on LinkedIn
Quotable Moments
- “All things are from Him, and when we’re tithing, we’re just giving back to Him what He’s given us.”
- “Seeing God in action… really centered our hearts on continuing to give.”
- “It’s more than just a check; it’s a lifetime relationship.”
- “We’re all just one bad decision away from a life-changing completely in a heartbeat.”
- “That’s love, and that’s what God calls us to.”
Action Steps
- Commit to a consistent practice of giving, such as tithing, as an act of faith and trust in provision: This instills a habit of generosity and can lead to a sense of fulfillment and purpose.
- Research and support reputable nonprofit organizations that align with your values: Informed giving ensures that your contributions are effectively utilized to create a positive impact.
- Get involved with local community projects that provide practical assistance to those in need: Volunteering locally offers immediate aid and rewards through direct community engagement.
- Explore opportunities for international mission work or support to deepen your global perspective on generosity: Engaging in international service broadens your understanding of global needs and cultural connections.
- Utilize your passions and talents, such as music, to mentor and connect with individuals in unique ways: Personal interests can inspire and offer alternative means of giving back.
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Episode Transcript:
Intro 0:00
Welcome to the You Can’t Take it With You show where we feature stories around generosity designed to inspire and encourage others to do meaningful things in their communities. Now here’s your host, Jim Dunlop.
Jim Dunlop 0:16
Hi, Jim Dunlop, here, a wealth advisor and host of this show where I sit down with people who get it when it comes to generosity. I’m excited to have guests who can tell us stories on generosity to not only inspire our listeners, but to give practical ideas on ways we can give and get involved. Today’s guest is Wendy Landis, but before we get to Wendy, I want to share that this episode is brought to you by Advent Partners, Ready for Good. Advent is a financial planning team dedicated to helping you make informed decisions that simplify your financial journey. Advent’s seasoned team of professionals is committed to guiding you toward your financial goals. We offer tailored solutions based on your specific needs, from standalone financial planning to integrated financial management. We help our clients get ready for good. To learn more about Advent Partners and how we can guide your financial success, visit readyforgood.com.
So today’s guest is Wendy Landis. Wendy’s day job is as a Mortgage Loan Originator and Branch Manager for CMG Home Loans. She’s been in the mortgage banking business for over 29 years. She loves helping clients walk through the mortgage process to not just purchase or refinance their homes, but to do so, looking at it from the perspective of making a good financial decision to improve their financial well-being. She enjoys guiding clients and her team through education and service, investing in others to help improve their quality of life, drives her work. However, the other side of Wendy involves personal generosity of both time and resources to those through organizations like the Realtors Association for church and several important nonprofits that we’re going to get to learn about more in this episode. Wendy, welcome.
Wendy Landis 1:53
Thank you, Jim.
Jim Dunlop 1:54
Well, as we get started, I’m excited to talk to you today and learn about some of the different things that you’re doing, which both locally and internationally, and so I think that’s going to be exciting for our listeners to hear. But before we do that, could you just give us a brief two-to-three-minute autobiography about you and tell our listeners who Wendy Landis is.
Wendy Landis 2:14
Who am I? Well, I was born in York County and primarily raised in York County, but lived all my life in Pennsylvania, I have two older sisters, my mom and dad, thankfully, are still with us and very important part of my life, awesome influences. They taught us a lot about being responsible, working hard, being an important part of the community and they still do that, interacting with a lot of people in the community they let now live in. My sisters and I are both, all three of us are very much involved in our communities and our churches, and so they, you know, planted those seeds for us. My mom was always one that was helping out a neighbor or a friend, you know, so that was just instilled in us as a way of life, but we also saw like just the blessings and outpouring of that. So yeah, I’m grateful for the family that I have and married for almost 37 years to a wonderful man, and we have one son and a daughter in law, and an awesome grandbaby that is 18 months old. And you know, we’re very grateful for them, and they live in Florida, and that’s the sad part.
Jim Dunlop 3:40
So four wonderful generations, all connected. That’s pretty exciting. So this is a show about generosity, and we like to inspire. And I think the best place to start is tell me your generosity origin story. I think you’ve hinted a little bit at it in your autobiography but tell me why this resonates to you and how you got started.
Wendy Landis 4:06
So much of this has to do with my husband and I got married very young, and I was brought into the world of banking as a teller, and then I went into the management training program, and in that I became quickly, because I had been a teller before, I quickly became an assistant manager, and so a number of promotions, and then I found that I really enjoyed lending working in the branch, and a position opened in our consumer loan division to be a loan officer. I applied for that and received that promotion, and that was all in approximately six months of graduation of college. And so I got five raises in my first year, and it was part of it was the, you know, raises for the for the positions, but then also the promotions. And, you know, at the time, I was like, wow, this is awesome, I mean, but I didn’t really realize how much of a blessing it really was, until, you know, I look back a little bit further down the path, and my husband was doing very well in his job, and we were just so blessed in those first years of our marriage. We built our first home ourselves, blood, sweat, and tears, and so we put a lot of hours in there. And because of that, we were really not involved in the community or anything. But shortly after we finished building our home, we said, Okay, it’s time for us to start attending church. And we had both been raised in the church, and so that was an important part of our life. So we started attending a church, and through that, we were invited into a Habitat for Humanity project, and so we went, and we were doing, you know, the sweat equity you know, that you build in through Habitat for Humanity. And that was really fulfilling. And we enjoyed it. We also did support it somewhat financially, but we ended up having our son and went through some, he was a challenging baby. Went through some times when we weren’t attending church so much because of that. And we ended up changing churches when he was about three. And at that church, we heard a sermon about tithing, but the heart of the sermon was really about how much of everything we have is because of the Lord, that we should not be taking ownership of what we have, that He equips us with the skills and the knowledge to be able to have the jobs that we have, to make the money that we have, and that all things are from him. And when we’re tithing, we’re just giving back to him what he’s given to us. Andso that was the beginning of that really sparked my husband’s and my hearts, and that day, when we left church, we were very convicted, because although we had been giving, we weren’t being consistent. And that day, we decided that it was time to become consistent. And so we decided we were going to give 10% of our gross income that next Sunday, so I stroked that check, and that was fine. Then the next Sunday, I stroked that next check, and it hurt a little bit more, and I don’t remember specifically if it was that week or the following week that I was balancing our checkbook, and our checkbook was off by exactly the amount of the donation that I had given that week. That hurt, because we weren’t used to giving that much, and it was obviously to our good. So I was like, wow, okay, that’s a pretty strong affirmation that we’re supposed to be doing this. That didn’t mean that it didn’t still hurt. So then a couple of weeks later, we went on vacation. Well, you know, spending that money on vacation, that writing that check, I was like, All right, that week, we got a rebate for a couple few $100 that we weren’t expecting. And so again, I was like, Okay, I just need to know and recognize and accept that the Lord will provide, and we just need to be faithful. So from that point on, is when we really were like, we’re going to give, and we’ve had some hard times where Mike lost a job and it was like, okay, financially, where, where are we going to be here? But I knew and never doubted that we needed to be consistent and continuing to give, and He provided. I mean, we’ve never really been at a point of pain in our life financially. We’ve always had enough, the cushion, sometimes a little less, but we always had enough.
Jim Dunlop 9:58
I love that. But I love that story and your willingness to share it. I think it’s easy to say, well, I can’t give this money away right now because I need it, or I might need it, but to do it as an act of faith and for you to not suffer as a result of that is, is a pretty telling thing. And I, I’ve been doing this work, working in the financial planning world for over 21 years now, and I’ve yet to meet somebody that goes, well, gosh, I wish I hadn’t given that money away. I’ve never heard that sentiment. So you know that continues to affirm it for me. So obviously, church is a really important part of your life, both from a generosity standpoint, and obviously where your faith intersects with your family, but when we think a little more broadly for you, for you and Mike is, how do you feel when you’re giving beyond that your church, I know you do and support a lot of other things. Tell me about nonprofits that you like to support and that make a difference in the community in the world, and why that’s important to you.
Wendy Landis 11:15
So we changed churches about 1996 or 97 and in part, it was because of guests from a church had come to the church we were attending and spoken about the missions trips that they had taken and the impact. And we were, like, really wowed by that. Then met, re met an old friend, and through conversation, found out that he was going to this church that had come to visit our church, and said, and I was like, I heard amazing things about work that’s being done there. And he was like, yeah, if you want to come visit, let me know. Well, we went to visit and that Sunday and that we never went back to the other church. And it wasn’t that there was ever anything wrong with the other church. We just knew that we were where we were supposed to be. Now, sure, like, Sure, great church, Bible preaching all fine, but we were supposed to be at this new home church. Well, in part, I know my heart of hearts, that it was because of the missions aspect, and because my husband was invited, because of his skill set being in construction and being very talented in all aspects of construction, he was asked, Will you please, please, please, come on a mission trip with us to Guatemala. And so my husband went on his first mission trip in 1999 and that was to a children’s home. And, you know, did construction work, and he went back approximately every year, atleast once a year, for a number of years. And only he went and but through that, you know, he saw things there that the need, but also just plain down outright miracles, seeing God in action, that just really centered our hearts on continuing to give. And so at that point, we started giving more to missions, a lot more to missions, but also simultaneous to that a similar close time frame. I was invited to a leadership conference through that same church, because I was on leadership there and children’s ministry. And at this leadership conference, there were a number of nonprofits that came and spoke about the work that they were doing, and one of those was International Justice Mission, which is an incredible organization that works across the world in a number of different nations, on taking people out of slavery situations, and not only rescuing them from it, but then helping them with their next steps, and they do it in a very unique way, because they partner with the local government to make sure that they’re being compliant with their government policies and to really reach the heart of the problem. So they really work with the local governments to get to the kingpins of issues, and to really take it down at the knees. And so they will rescue one. They will rescue hundreds. They will stay in an area for years, if that’s what it takes to infiltrate with the government to get to the top. So you’ve heard about International Justice Mission and a number of other organizations, including HOPE International, which is based right out of Lancaster and helps with through a lot of microfinance. And so we’ve come alongside them. You know, working. With them, and actually, you know, gone and sat in meetings and at their breakfasts that they give. And I think that’s a really important part, because when you hear the stories of lives changed, and you know the effectiveness of your giving, it just sparks you to want to do so much more, whether it’s through that organization or another organization. And so, you know, we’ve always tried to be really cautious and get to know the organizations that we’re supporting, make sure that they the money’s really going where we believe it’s going. But I think that’s a really critical part of it and so through the leadership conference, you know, we gave more and more, and it wasn’t until 2012 that and honestly, through some hard times with my husband and I that we were encouraged to go on a mission trip together. And I had been invited on a mission trip previously to Hungary, but realized that it was not, I was not going to go for the right reasons, and so I said, No, I didn’t go. So I’d never been on a mission trip myself. And so we started looking around and at organizations and trips. And of course, our church, had missions, like I said that Mike had been going to Guatemala through them, but we had always wanted to go to Alaska. And there was a trip that was being organized for Alaska with Servants, which is a local nonprofit based out of Red Lion, Pennsylvania. And the founder of Servants had actually gone on his first mission trip to Guatemala in 1999 when Mike went on his first mission trip. And so we knew Trent some, so we reached out about this trip. And so we were scheduled to go on this trip to Alaska, which was on our bucket list. And we were like, okay, you know, this is good. This is a bucket list, and we’re doing this in part for our marriage. So this kind of makes sense. Well, that trip was canceled because of situations on the other side in Alaska with the church there. So like, okay, so Trent reaches out. He’s like, won’t you please consider coming to Guatemala in January, we still would love to have you on a trip, and that’s our next trip. So I prayed about it and felt pretty convicted. And Mike was all in because he already had a heart for Guatemala, and it was to that children’s home that he had been to so many times, but he had also in later trips gone to a more rural area called Nebaj. And so we signed up for that trip in January of 2012 and I found out what he loved. And so on that trip, one of the most life changing things for us was he had met a girl on his very first trip. Her name was Alejandra, and he had really connected with her. She was one of the children at the home there, and she was 12, and he had come home and said, I want to sponsor Alejandra. So we had sponsored her from the time she was 12 till she was 16, when she got a very rebellious heart about her and left the home. And they had assigned us to another child, to, you know, they said, or even just sponsoring somebody else. Well, Mike, at that time, was going to Nepaj, and didn’t know the children at the home specifically and said, Yeah, give us a child we’ll be happy to continue to support. So they gave us Hans. And so when we went on this trip, I was excited, because we were getting to get to meet Hans, and we did, awesome young man to this day, but the other surprise was they did a special gathering of the alumni from the children’s home, and Alejandra was invited because she had gone through this rebellious stage in her life, but she had come back to the Lord and come back to that family from the home, and moved in with another one of the older girls who had grown up there, but now was on her own, and so she was staying connected with that family at the children’s home. And she came to that dinner, and she brought the Polaroid picture that my husband had taken with her when she was 12. And she said, You know, I still have this. I remember you. So it was like, oh my goodness, you know, that was really like, it’s more than just a check, yeah. And so we still, to this day, have a relationship with Alejandra. She visits us frequently when we are in Guatemala. We try to make arrangements to see her and her now son, and we’ve had the blessing of being able to help her through some really hard times with health and continued that relationship. So what was $35 a month and giving is a lifetime relationship. Now she’s in her 30s, and yeah, so that was, yeah, that’s that.
Jim Dunlop 21:10
When I think it’s, it’s so you know, you cast out that line, and you never know what’s going to happen, necessarily. And it’s neat to be able to have those long-time connections and know that the thing that you did in as an act of faith, that sponsorship, or that you know that that get generosity, to have that go full circle and have that connection is really special.
Wendy Landis 21:38
It really is, and you know, to be able to meet her and talk with her as an adult, of some of her needs, and to be able to, you know, to just, it just continues. So, yeah.
Jim Dunlop 21:47
Well, that’s that is. That’s exciting. So that was part of Servants. And I do want to talk a little bit about Servants, because this is an organization that I know started in York County, and I live next door in Adams County, Pennsylvania, and I know that Servants is now doing work in that community. In fact, I know several friends and clients that have gotten involved. So tell me a little bit more about the work that Servants does, particularly here in the local community.
Wendy Landis 22:11
Yeah, so I’ll just share a little bit about how we then are involvement with Servants. My husband and I were invited. I was invited first to join the board. And so I joined the board and learned a lot more about Servants. And so Trent had started Servants out of the desire for smaller churches to have the ability to go on foreign mission trips, even if they don’t have, you know, somebody to organize those within their church. And so for the first number of years, that’s what the hardest service was. Was primarily Guatemalan and going to Haiti as well mission trips. And then some people came to him and said, We don’t understand why you feel the need to go abroad. There’s so much need right here. And as one of the major storms came up, and so here in the States, they did a Storm Recovery trip. And so that started that aspect of Servants. Well, out of that, it was like, Okay, well, great. Well, now you’re going and doing that too, but there’s so much need right here, and so Home Helps was born. And soHome is where service helps the elderly, disabled and single parents, to keeptheir homes safe and secure so that they can continue to reside in them. And so that was York County based for a number of years, it’s now branched out to Lancaster and Adams counties, and still doing that same heart, but the heart of everything that Servants does is partnering with churches in the community and really just allowing people to be servants by volunteering their time, so the homeowners that are in need, if they have the financial ability to pay for the materials, they ask them to pay for the materials. But all of the work is volunteer. If they don’t have the ability to pay for the materials, there are donations. And you know, financial donations that are made that allow to buy the materials as well. So they do a lot of floor repairs in mobile homes, roof repairs, leaking, when we’ve had storms where people have gotten water and basements helping to get that taken care of so that they don’t have mold issues. Sometimes it’s yard cleanup, you know, just because it’s so overgrown, and, you know, elderly, disabled that can’t take care of that thing. So they help, on average, about 150 families a year, wow, which is, yeah, and just in our local three county and so Adams and Lancaster counties have really started to take off and so those numbers are only going to increase. But all like I say, all of the work is volunteer, so there’s a ton of opportunity to go out and put in time. But of course, financial donations are also needed to help support the organization and the things that they do and the materials that are sometimes needed to be paid for.
Jim Dunlop 25:22
So, yeah, I mean, I just practical things to help people, whether it’s, you know, cleaning up a yard or these are things that improve lives and communities and certainly have an impact. Tell me, shifting gears a little bit. I know another thing that’s really important to you and Mike is Mountain Springs Camp. Tell me about what’s going on with that.
Wendy Landis 25:44
The Mountain Springs Camp is in Nebaj, Guatemala, that rural area that we started going on trips. And the missionaries there have been there for over 30 years, Mike and Terri McComb, they are connected through a mission organization called Commission to Every Nation (CTEN), and so they have a property that amazing stories of how God has given them property there, of which they live on. But they opened that property for teams to come and stay at their home, and through donations and work being done on trips, there’s a lodge cabin there that has been built for additional housing for mission teams when they come to work, they’ve been a critical part of planting churches throughout that Mayan region. The conversion rate there is amazing, but God had given Mike McComb a vision when they first got their property, and it was a vision where the home had a second floor that it didn’t have at the time he was given the vision. And in that second floor were single beds with Bibles on them and a map on the wall with pins, and those pins were all over the world. And Mike was like, Okay, God, I don’t understand, because like is this here is this someplace else, and the Lord said people will be raised up from here the gospel of Christ. And that’s exactly what has happened. And so through Mike McComb and an organization called Aselsi, and the church plantings that have happened all throughout that area, there are Latinos that are being raised up in Mexico, Honduras, as well as Guatemala and other Latino areas that they are going out to the mission field and they are incredibly effective, because, in truth, they are so much more able to relate to the people that they’re going to and other developing countries, because that’s been the life that they’ve lived. It was ravaged by a civil war, along with all the natural disasters that they experienced on a basis, and so there’s been so much pain and suffering the poverty level there. They’re typically second poorest nation in the Western Hemisphere. So the fact that they can share about thegoodness of God and His provision and joy and the grace that He gives in theircircumstances, like I say, they’re just so much more effective. And so to be able to go and partner with the McCombs on providing a space where they train up these people is a privilege. And go out to the villages, meet where these churches are being planted, come alongside them and help them build a church, but to meet the people and pray with them, that’s really to me, where the privileges we get to do Vacation Bible schools and meet their kids and plant seeds in that way and just have fun with them. But the Mountain Springs Camp itself, we’ve had the privilege of being able to be a part of building, a large building that is used for the community for camps to bring kids in for sports camps, but there’s typically a Christian aspect of teaching to camps. There are weddings held there, as well as pastor conferences and things like that. We’re in the process of, and we might, my husband and I have come alongside the McCombs and Mountain Springs camp in building a new building there that will provide additional housing, retreat type atmosphere for pastors, as well as additional meeting space that’s a little bit more conducive to meetings of 40 to 50 instead of a couple 100 so that new building is called the Springs House and is under construction. We have met about half of the funds needed. The total cost to build is expected to be about 200,000 it’s a three-story building that will provide four apartments and a meeting space, as well as an open-air cafe on the roof that will be allow people to come in from town and sell goods that they can make money. So, yeah, we need about $100,000 of additional funding, so we’re partnering with them in that fundraising.
Jim Dunlop 30:40
That’s and that’s just kind of such a practical expression of faith to not just, you know, you know, proclaiming the gospel through words, but also through deeds and acts of generosity in those communities. Not to shift gears. But I know that you, your resume is long when it comes to organizations that you’re involved with, tell me a little bit here about LifePath.
Wendy Landis 31:08
Okay, so LifePath is local here in York County, they provide so many basic needs of housing and food to our community, for the homeless or near homeless, this year, they are very taxed, more so that then than they have been in the past. And the primary reasons that they do a lot of research to track these things and, but the reason is primarily the cost of housing, and so people being rent challenged, not being able to continue to pay the rent, or if they’re paying the rent, then they don’t have the ability to do food for themselves and their family. So many of the people go for either just for meals, or they might be there for housing and meals, you know. So I want to share that, because so many people think that so many of the homeless that it’s their own doing, and you know, it’s because they’re drug addicts or whatever. But, you know, I am a firm believer that we’re all just one bad decision away from life changing completely in a heartbeat. And you know, so even if it is because of some bad choices, that doesn’t mean that they don’t still need a hand up and, and, but right now, it’s even just our economic it’s not just bad choices. It’s economic circumstances that are putting people who are still working but can’t at the incomes that they’re making provide for the basics that they need?
Jim Dunlop 33:01
Yeah, I know that my home congregation, we have, our church has a homeless shelter incorporated into the building, and it’s an ecumenical ministry, but we host it, and you’d be surprised how many of the folks that live there are employed and get up every day and go towork. And I know that theother shelter in our town, it’s a similar story. And I think a lot of people are surprised to learn that, that these the kids get up and go to school, and mom and dad get up and go to work, and because housing has gotten so expensive in a lot of communities, it’s an unfortunate place to be. So that’s really, obviously a really practical thing that you can do in your local community, and that’s a thing that I think we see all across our country. Tell me last but not least, The Shine Foundation.
Wendy Landis 33:54
Okay, so The Shine Foundation is something that we’ve really just become very good friends with the founder, and he, Peter, and Peter found this the organization in 2016 but he did not really realize that so many other people would be willing to come behind him. So the foundation has grown significantly in the last year because there are a number of us coming alongside him, saying, Peter, what you’re doing is life changing. He uses music to build community and to help people get off the streets and find a purpose. There are a number of young people who were just on the really wrong path of life, making poor choices, were suicidal, and through meeting Peter and using music as a means to connect and find purpose and him to be able to build relationship and mentor them, lives changed. Kids who were probably headed to prison or like, I said, suicidal that are now headed to college or in college, you know. So he reaches out to veterans and uses it to help those who are struggling from post-traumatic stress, just reaching out to the community and offering music lessons and an opportunity to come and just play music. Because I think most of us will agree that music is a wonderful world, communication, language, and it’s healing. And he is incredibly talented himself, but the biggest part of Shine is his heart, and he has so many other people who have come alongside him to teach the music. And yeah, we just want to support him. So Shine has secured a lease at Two East Market Street in the City of York, and is a critical part of the city, if you work, and so the opening for that, we’re expecting to be here later in the fall, and we’re excited for him to have that specific location, to be able to do lessons and to just build more community and outreach.
Jim Dunlop 36:18
Wendy, this has been this has been excellent today, I really appreciate all this. I, you know the purpose of this podcast has been to tell stories of generosity and encourage our listeners of ways they can practically do things. And you’ve given us a whole list of ideas today, both, I will say, internationally, but also locally focused in the community, from big things to little things that we can all do to solve hurting and needs that are existing in any community, and that’s exactly what we’re looking for. And I really appreciate you taking the time today to share your story and share this information. I do have one last question for you, but before I get to that, I want to let our listeners know that if you want to learn more about Wendy or be in touch with her about some of the things that she and Mike and their family are doing, is you can find her at WendyLandis.com her contact information is there, and if you would like to engage with her more, I’m sure she’d appreciate hearing from you. So my final question, Wendy is, is this, if you could share some practical advice or wisdom on a big billboard where it would reach lots of people, what would you tell them?
Wendy Landis 37:33
I would say that the Lord does call us to give, everything we have is from him, and so giving back to him and his people that he cares about, he cares about each of us. And when we were on our last trip to Guatemala, one of the things that he shared with me is some of thepeople who were up onhills behind little gates that thought they weren’t seen, that they are seen, not only by me, but more importantly, by Him, and to help the people who might feel forgotten, not cared for, unseen, to come alongside and help them know that they’re seen and loved by our Lord, and that often happens just through providing the basics. If you have the opportunity to give, not only of your finances, but of your time and go see that love and action, I know, I know, I know, I know you will only be sparked to give more, because you will see the impact that it makes on lives, and that’s love, and that’s what God calls us to do.
Jim Dunlop 38:54
Amen. Thank you again. We’ve been talking with Wendy Landis today, a thought leader and just a good example setter. If that’s a thing when it comes to rolling up your sleeves and getting things done again, you can find her at wendylandis.com. Wendy, thank you so much.
Wendy Landis 39:12
Thank you, Jim for the opportunity. It’s been an honor and a pleasure. It’s helpful. Appreciate it.
Outro 39:17
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