Latest / Johnjay & Rich On Demand / Latria's CHRISTMAS WISH
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- 0:00Speaker 1: It's the John jay and Rich Christmas Wish.
- 0:03Speaker 2: It's John Jayne Rich. It's time for Christmas Wish. We
- 0:06Speaker 2: have Kay in the studio.
- 0:08Speaker 1: Hello. Okay, hi, Okay, you couldn't help yourself. He's been
- 0:14Speaker 1: doing that, like I'm sorry. That means for good. She's
- 0:23Speaker 1: used to stuff like this because she has brothers. But
- 0:24Speaker 1: I'm still sorry.
- 0:27Speaker 2: Oh yeah, gets all time, then every day, every day.
- 0:31Speaker 2: K Okay, it's not serious, serious stuff, Okay, serious.
- 0:38Speaker 1: Tell us a little bit about your friend Latria.
- 0:41Speaker 3: My friend Latria. We've been friends since middle school, so
- 0:45Speaker 3: going on twenty years.
- 0:46Speaker 1: Wow.
- 0:47Speaker 3: And she's just a wonderful sister and daughter. She's amazing.
- 0:57Speaker 3: She continues to pull string from places that I'm not
- 1:02Speaker 3: sure where she gets it from, but she's gone through
- 1:05Speaker 3: a lot in the last few years. So I'm excited
- 1:08Speaker 3: to do this for her.
- 1:09Speaker 2: Is she home, yes, Okay, we're gonna get her on
- 1:12Speaker 2: the phone. We're gonna try to do this.
- 1:13Speaker 1: Okay, Okay.
- 1:16Speaker 4: The person you are trying to read is not accepting
- 1:18Speaker 4: calls at this time.
- 1:20Speaker 2: Oh can't do okay, Yeah, we have to call her
- 1:24Speaker 2: some special way, right.
- 1:27Speaker 1: So she can only call on FaceTime. That's so wild. Right. Yeah,
- 1:35Speaker 1: is it only like connected to Wi Fi? Yeah, yeah,
- 1:37Speaker 1: that makes sense.
- 1:40Speaker 2: Let's get Jess on the phone and have Jess go
- 1:42Speaker 2: knock on the door really quick. Let's just get Jess
- 1:44Speaker 2: and we'll work.
- 1:45Speaker 1: Okay, Hello Jess, Hi, how are you?
- 1:52Speaker 5: I'm great?
- 1:53Speaker 3: How are you?
- 1:54Speaker 2: So?
- 1:54Speaker 1: This is Jess. You guys are wonderful? Elf.
- 1:56Speaker 2: This is a different a little bit of a different
- 1:58Speaker 2: Christmas wish today because as we're calling for Latria, she
- 2:01Speaker 2: can only speak on FaceTime audio and we can't get through.
- 2:05Speaker 1: So maybe you could go up to the door and
- 2:07Speaker 1: handle the phone.
- 2:09Speaker 5: You can do that, Okay, I'm handing Latria the phone.
- 2:13Speaker 1: Yeah, okay, Like what is happening? So can you put
- 2:21Speaker 1: together what we're trying to do right now? Could you
- 2:23Speaker 1: got a vibe?
- 2:24Speaker 4: I know, but it's.
- 2:29Speaker 1: So, it's okay, it's okay.
- 2:40Speaker 2: So Kay wrote us a letter about you, and Kay
- 2:44Speaker 2: is here in the studio and we want.
- 2:48Speaker 4: Her to read the letter to you best, my best Rich.
- 2:52Speaker 1: Yes, it's okay. Can you read the letter to her?
- 2:55Speaker 3: Yes, dear John, jayme Rich, I am nominating my friend
- 3:00Speaker 3: Latria for a Christmas wish. Latria is a devoted mother,
- 3:04Speaker 3: guardian and caregiver who has shown extraordinary strength during an
- 3:08Speaker 3: incredibly challenging time. Despite facing long term medical issues that
- 3:14Speaker 3: has left her unemployed, she continues to provide unwavering care
- 3:18Speaker 3: for her almost one year old son, as well as
- 3:21Speaker 3: her niece and nephew, for whom she is a guardian.
- 3:25Speaker 3: Her compassion and commitment to the one she loves makes
- 3:29Speaker 3: her truly deserving of assistance this holiday season. Supporting Latria
- 3:34Speaker 3: through this difficulty through this program would offer incredible relief
- 3:39Speaker 3: enjoyed to someone who gives so much. She had asked
- 3:41Speaker 3: for so little.
- 3:44Speaker 4: Oh my god, he could face like an angel my
- 3:53Speaker 4: whole life and I can't say how. This person is
- 3:57Speaker 4: so one. That's what she came so out today. Well,
- 4:02Speaker 4: sit with side, about to cry, and I was like, oh,
- 4:06Speaker 4: these strong kids. It's gonna be okay. Where's drama has
- 4:09Speaker 4: got this? I doa'm how, but let's just pray, just pray,
- 4:13Speaker 4: keep praying.
- 4:14Speaker 2: Well, you're gonna be You're gonna be okay. You're gonna
- 4:17Speaker 2: be okay because of the Angel K. The Angel K
- 4:20Speaker 2: is here and she wrote us about you, and let
- 4:22Speaker 2: me tell you something. We're gonna grant you a Christmas
- 4:24Speaker 2: wish Litria. I want to go over some things that
- 4:26Speaker 2: we're about to give you and your family to help
- 4:28Speaker 2: you Christmas better.
- 4:30Speaker 4: Oh my god.
- 4:31Speaker 2: Okay, okay, hear me out here we go. The United
- 4:35Speaker 2: Food Bank is gonna make sure you have all you
- 4:37Speaker 2: need for the holiday. So like turkey rolls, produce, stuffing,
- 4:40Speaker 2: canned goods, and all the fixings for your whole family.
- 4:44Speaker 2: We're gonna give you a family sized farm box of
- 4:47Speaker 2: vegetables grown at Agritopia Farm and Gilbert courtesy of the
- 4:51Speaker 2: Arizona Urban Agricultural Foundation.
- 4:53Speaker 4: Okay, always good.
- 4:55Speaker 2: Our friends at Schef Farm's are gonna give you eight
- 4:58Speaker 2: family admission tickets to the World of Train tickets to
- 5:01Speaker 2: Christmas at step Farms this holiday season.
- 5:04Speaker 1: So that's some fun set.
- 5:06Speaker 2: So we got we got some gifts for all the
- 5:09Speaker 2: kids in your family. So you got your niece. Let's
- 5:11Speaker 2: start off with your niece, Malia. She's twelve.
- 5:14Speaker 4: Hey, yeah, she's twelve.
- 5:16Speaker 1: Okay.
- 5:17Speaker 2: We got her some JBL wireless noise canceling headphones. We
- 5:24Speaker 2: also got her a Canson nine x twelve sketch pad.
- 5:29Speaker 2: We got her a Harry Harry Potter nine piece beauty
- 5:33Speaker 2: set with a trunk. We got our Harry Potter three
- 5:35Speaker 2: piece blending sponge set. We got a Harry Potter lip gloss.
- 5:39Speaker 2: We got our Hard Candy, neutral color eyeshadow kit, Shimmering
- 5:43Speaker 2: eyeshadow kit, and some clear intinted lip gloss.
- 5:47Speaker 1: We also got a pen.
- 5:49Speaker 2: A locking journal with a total piece jelpen set, seven
- 5:53Speaker 2: piece green Comfort Queen comforter set. We also got her
- 5:57Speaker 2: one hundred dollars a gift card to Coles and one
- 5:59Speaker 2: hundred dollars gift card dsw for some shoes.
- 6:04Speaker 4: Oh my god, he's gonna he's gonna cry, just like
- 6:08Speaker 4: I am.
- 6:10Speaker 1: Your nephew. How old is he?
- 6:14Speaker 4: He just turned twenty, had a birthday right before Thanksgiving. Well,
- 6:19Speaker 4: we're gonna give him a turkey baby.
- 6:21Speaker 2: We're giving him a fifty dollars gift card to Amazon.
- 6:24Speaker 2: We're giving him an Acts three piece Apollo gift set
- 6:27Speaker 2: with deodorant, body wash, air freshener, and he's getting a
- 6:30Speaker 2: Phillips Narlco Electric shaver.
- 6:34Speaker 1: He's been getting pretty hairy lately. It happens.
- 6:38Speaker 4: Just tell that you're grown, young man. You got a
- 6:40Speaker 4: beard coming.
- 6:41Speaker 2: In we're getting We're also got him a great reversible
- 6:46Speaker 2: Queen comforter set. We got him one hundred dollars gift
- 6:49Speaker 2: card to Cole's, one hundred dollars gift card to Nike,
- 6:51Speaker 2: and a hundred dollars gift card to Dick Sporting Goods.
- 6:54Speaker 4: Whoa wow, you're on your one.
- 6:58Speaker 1: Year old son, Oryan.
- 7:02Speaker 4: He has all right. He has a birthday in a
- 7:04Speaker 4: beauty we got him.
- 7:05Speaker 2: We got him a Mickey Mouse stuffed animal. We got
- 7:09Speaker 2: him one hundred and twenty piece box of crayons. We
- 7:12Speaker 2: got him the Blue Color Sticker Book. We got him
- 7:14Speaker 2: a blue coloring activity book, a spider Man Spider Man
- 7:18Speaker 2: color book, and a blue themed blanket and Meet Blue
- 7:23Speaker 2: Friends picture book. We got him Numbers of Shapes puzzle.
- 7:26Speaker 2: We got him a leap frog, which is cool.
- 7:29Speaker 4: Oh, he's gonna love everybody. He loves blue. Oh my god,
- 7:37Speaker 4: this is so beautiful.
- 7:39Speaker 2: We got him a hundred dollars gift card to the
- 7:40Speaker 2: Navy or the Gap and one hundred dollars gift card
- 7:43Speaker 2: to Carter's or Oh gosh that stuff.
- 7:46Speaker 4: Oh, oh my god, this is just stunny. Really, I
- 7:52Speaker 4: just I just always vision a lot. I'm like, what
- 7:56Speaker 4: is happening? You know how to pause it.
- 8:00Speaker 2: Well, there's more to process, Lytria. We also got you
- 8:03Speaker 2: one hundred for you. For you, we got you a
- 8:05Speaker 2: hundred dollars gift card to Shell for gas.
- 8:11Speaker 4: Gosh, it's okay.
- 8:13Speaker 2: We also got you one hundred dollars gift visa gift card.
- 8:16Speaker 2: Maybe you could treat yourself to a SPA day or something.
- 8:20Speaker 4: Oh no, I was just telling my son that yesterday
- 8:22Speaker 4: I go we should go somewhere to get massages.
- 8:26Speaker 1: Awesome, we need.
- 8:28Speaker 2: We got you a seventh piece bed suret Green Sage
- 8:31Speaker 2: King bed Comfort. Okay, So, speaking to Bez, we had
- 8:37Speaker 2: this friend of ours, Aubrey Gonzalez, at the award winning
- 8:40Speaker 2: mattress company Brooklyn Bedding. They ordered you a new copper
- 8:45Speaker 2: Flex bro hybrid mattresses. Here's what we're going to give you.
- 8:48Speaker 2: One full size mattress for Malia, a queen mattress for
- 8:52Speaker 2: your son, and a new king sized mattress for you.
- 8:56Speaker 4: Oh my god, you know how long I wish I
- 8:58Speaker 4: could get to that achita, Like my dad's getting a
- 9:01Speaker 4: little kind of Oh my god, are you serious?
- 9:04Speaker 1: So you guys all get new beds?
- 9:07Speaker 4: Oh my god, bitches, Oh my god. I'm just my
- 9:11Speaker 4: friends like, what's probing me?
- 9:13Speaker 1: Okay? So also, uh do you know you are you
- 9:16Speaker 1: familiar with the brand name Kroger, Kroger Kroger.
- 9:20Speaker 2: Yes, okay, they own Fries and they they've donated to
- 9:25Speaker 2: you five hundred dollars give card to Fries for any
- 9:28Speaker 2: extra groceries you need.
- 9:30Speaker 4: Oh my gosh.
- 9:33Speaker 1: Okay, So Merry Christmas to you.
- 9:38Speaker 4: Oh my god, Oh my gosh. I can't even express
- 9:44Speaker 4: how super grateful I am in a bar in my heart.
- 9:53Speaker 1: You know what I forgot to tell you. I forgot
- 9:55Speaker 1: to tell you something. Can you hear me?
- 9:57Speaker 4: Yeah?
- 9:59Speaker 2: So, the Love Up Foundation is gonna take care of
- 10:02Speaker 2: your car payment.
- 10:05Speaker 1: What We're gonna take care of that for you? How
- 10:07Speaker 1: much is your phone bill?
- 10:08Speaker 4: I was so embarrassed to talk to this Bella is
- 10:11Speaker 4: just like my phone bill was like almost seven hundred.
- 10:14Speaker 6: Okay, we'll take care of it. We're gonna take care
- 10:16Speaker 6: of that for you. We're gonna pay your phone bill.
- 10:18Speaker 6: We're gonna pay your phone bill for you too. Okay,
- 10:23Speaker 6: one more thing and then we can let Jess bring
- 10:25Speaker 6: everything in if it's already there. We also would like
- 10:28Speaker 6: to pay your rent for the month.
- 10:31Speaker 4: Oh my gosh, are you serious.
- 10:33Speaker 1: M h.
- 10:37Speaker 4: I am super grateful and the prayers that you've that
- 10:40Speaker 4: you guys have answered, and the things that I was
- 10:43Speaker 4: trying to tell my kids.
- 10:44Speaker 1: I can't get this.
- 10:45Speaker 4: Just give me some time. Just give me some time.
- 10:48Speaker 4: Let me let me take care of me, Let me
- 10:50Speaker 4: take care of Bells. And the way that I raised
- 10:53Speaker 4: him and took them in they grew up only the
- 10:55Speaker 4: found they're taking care of me.
- 10:58Speaker 2: Okay, now listen, here's here's what you need you do.
- 11:00Speaker 2: It's normally we have you open the door and there's
- 11:03Speaker 2: our elf with everything. But if you turn around in
- 11:05Speaker 2: your living room, now is just our elf with everything
- 11:10Speaker 2: we talked about?
- 11:11Speaker 1: Is she there?
- 11:13Speaker 5: We are, we are all, We're just we're barging in
- 11:16Speaker 5: with everything. We've got Kim here, who did all of
- 11:19Speaker 5: our shopping. We've got Dale from United Schoo bangalshad who's
- 11:22Speaker 5: been with me the last few weeks, and we are
- 11:26Speaker 5: dropping everything off. And she, I mean, Latria seems just
- 11:29Speaker 5: as amazing as Kay painted her to be. Fun to
- 11:32Speaker 5: finally meet her.
- 11:33Speaker 2: Good Okay, you guys, Merry Christmas to you and your
- 11:36Speaker 2: beautiful family.
- 11:39Speaker 4: Oh my God, and the depths of my soul, my heart,
- 11:42Speaker 4: everything I'm so grateful for everything got comes in and
- 11:47Speaker 4: I was not expecting to thank you, thank you and
- 11:51Speaker 4: thank you, and it's gonna take time. So I'm like,
- 11:54Speaker 4: it's a shaming, you know what.
- 11:56Speaker 1: I'm thank you guys, Christmas.
- 11:59Speaker 4: Thank you, My Merry Christmas to you too, and Kane, everybody,
- 12:04Speaker 4: everybody else there. There's always hope, there's always prayers, and
- 12:08Speaker 4: I just want everybody to be happy. It's gonna be okay.