- While on her delivery route, Amanda Riggan,
encountered a stranger in need of a healing prayer
for a sick husband.
So she did the only thing she knew,
she prayed with the woman.
- She had tears in her eyes when she saw it was me,
she smiled and I said ma'am can I pray with you?
And she just broke down, she came out on the front porch
and squeezed me so tight, this lady I've never met.
She held my hand so tight and I prayed
for her and her family and for her husband.
(applause)
- Why was it important for you to post what happened?
- I ask the Lord to use me everyday, like every single day.
(applause)
And I do believe, I believe that we cross paths with people
for a reason and there was a reason
I had that delivery at 9:00 a.m. that day.
- Right.
- And I couldn't keep going, I wanted my friends
and family to see the encounter that just happened
and I moved my feet and I raise my daughter.
When the lord is pulling on your heart strings,
do you move your feet?
'Cause sometimes we don't and I did that day
and I had no idea that it would go viral at all.
- Wow.
(applause)
Well, in addition to being a delivery driver,
you also run a nonprofit called Hungry Heroes
where you feed first responders in your area.
(applause)
What made you want to start this program?
- January 2018 we had a bad tragedy in York County.
Four officers got injured and one died
and I saw our whole community grieving.
I kept praying like how can I help these men and women?
Like I'm not in the services, I'm not in the agency
but how can I help them?
And I love to grill and cook and it just came to me,
feed 'em.
So I called up the local agency and I started from there.
And we have fed over like 2,000 since last April.
(applause)
I'm a single mom, I have a 13 year old
and I always try to tell her to be Jesus with skin on.
Like he's not here, he's not tangible
but if we can be that for him,
that's how I try to raise her.
That's how I try to live.
(applause)
I used to be scared to pray out loud or pray in front
of people 'cause I didn't think I had the right words
or my words weren't big enough or I don't know the words
in the bible or how to pronounce 'em.
But at the end of the day, it's communication
between you and the lord.
- Yeah.
- So.
(applause)
- Yeah, it ain't got nothing to do with it.
- Yeah, I didn't wanna go back, I didn't want to go back
but I had to go back, you know what I mean?
- I get it, man, see this is cool messaging for people.
People think, man, to be a Christian
you got to learn the bible, you got to know all this,
and you got to get on this lil white line
and stay on this line.
You can't stay on that line, you ain't walking that chalk
line to heaven, naw pardner.
Sometimes I just walking right next to the line.
I see it, I just can't get on it today,
you know what I'm sayin'?
You just gotta understand that it's that way.
And at the end of the day, man, God love you.
God love you anyway, that's a cool thing, man.
This is great.
- Thank you.
- Hey Amanda, now we also learned that you
a brand ambassador for Traeger Grills.
- Traeger Wood Pellet Grills.
- Really?
- Right.
- And which carries the original and best wood pellet grills
in the market, that's what you like cooking on?
- Yes, smoking Boston butts.
- Do you?
- Yes.
- How long you like?
- Overnight, it's about 8-10 hours.
You usually do eight pound butts.
- So it's about an hour per pound?
- Correct.
- That's what I try to tell people, that's how
you smoke a butt.
- Right.
- I mean a Boston butt.
- Right.
- Or Atlanta butt or L.A. butt, whatever
butt you wanna call, if you smoke it, anyway.
I found out that they really love all the work
that you're doing for Hungry Heroes and they want
to make sure that you continue this great work
so guess what, they're donating $5000 to your organization.
(cheers and applause)
That's for you, you know what, you a bad girl Amanda.
You a bad girl.
- Thank you.
- Hey, for more information on Amanda's nonprofit,
Hungry Heroes, head over the stevetv.com,
we'll be right back, y'all.
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