Loving our neighbors through action.

I was raised in Pembroke Pines, Florida, where my husband, Chris, and I grew up on the same block. We attended the same high school, our parents belonged to the same Italian American Club, and we both came from blue-collar families who were grateful for the simple things in life. After college, we went our separate ways, each building our own lives and raising two children. Years later, after we had both gone through divorces, we reconnected on Facebook in 2014. It was as if no time had passed. Our friendship grew into admiration, then love, and eventually marriage. I prayed for this man, and God surely answered. During one of the lowest seasons of my life, I began attending church with my children. On Mother’s Day, as the music began, I immediately felt God’s presence. When the song “Do It Again” was sung, I wept. I felt God melt away so much of the brokenness and shame I had been carrying. My life has not always been easy. I know what it feels like to struggle to make ends meet—to have a car repossessed, a home foreclosed, to need food assistance, and to take things away from my children because I simply couldn’t afford them. Through it all, I never gave up. Faith was the backbone of my survival. I believed God would make a way when there was no way. Along the way, people helped and mentored me, and I will forever be grateful. Those experiences shaped our desire to help others who are facing their own difficult seasons. Today, Chris, our dear friends Greg King, Meili Viera Porter and Jenny Hughes and I are committed to making a difference through ItIsFinished.Faith. We want to be an anchored boat in the stormy sea of life—helping people through unexpected financial hardships, health challenges, hunger, and basic needs. Sometimes that help may be financial. Sometimes it may be connecting someone with the right resource or mentor. Our hope is to help people regain stability, restore hope, and eventually be in a position to help someone else. We believe God has blessed each of us with unique gifts, and we are called to use those gifts to serve others. Life is about more than living for ourselves. It’s about reaching out, lifting others up, and making a difference. We are blessed to have this opportunity, and we believe God has called us to it.

God Bless,
Jodi

I grew up in South Florida where I was the youngest of 8. With my mother and father we were 10 in a home that was less than 1200 square feet. I learned at a very early age that if I wanted something I had to work for it. I started by pulling weeds from gardens when I was in elementary school then added a paper route when I got to middle school. I am a proud father of two amazing kids and two step kids. It was my Children that helped me realize my PURPOSE in life… “To significantly improve the lives of as many people as I can during my lifetime by using my businesses for social good.”

Immediately after my 50th birthday I married one of my best friends from the neighborhood Jodi. She and I were brought back together by God when we were both ending our marriages/relationship. Both of us were facing dark times with this massive change in our lives and both of us worked very hard on ourselves and our relationship with God. I have no doubt that it was God that brought us together and we have been blessed ever since. It was during this time I learned everything I thought I wanted did not make me happy. It wasn’t until I walked away from the money, jets, and leading a $500m company that I was able to better center my life and truly have a relationship with God.

I worked very hard throughout my career and moved several times across the US before moving back to Florida. My last position was as President of Ashley HomeStores in Jacksonville Florida where I was able to live a dream of being an owner in a company that would help me live my purpose.

With everything going crazy around us, in a world of people pointing fingers and hating one another we are trying to determine how we can best serve God. I created ItIsFinished.Faith with the help of my wife and Greg King. Greg started a local charity years ago and I liked what he was trying to do. One day I decided I would create a 501c3 charity that would use every penny collected to assist people in need and that is what we are doing today. We are going to work harder to ensure that we can offer assistance to anyone that needs our help.

God Bless!
Chris

I have been married to my beautiful wife, Allyson, for 35 years. We have 3 amazing adult children who are all married and 4 grandsons that we adore! We are only missing that granddaughter. 🙂

The Lord has blessed us with an amazing life and I have had a career that I certainly don’t deserve in the home furnishings industry. I am the Regional Director for the Ashley stores in Jacksonville, Fl. and Brunswick, Ga. That is how Caprio and I met some 10 years ago.

I have a heart for helping others, specifically children because I grew up in poverty. I was raised by a single mom who did the best she could. We survived on food stamps and government aid most of my childhood. We didn’t have a car for about 5 years and it was challenging being a teenage boy involved in sports and school activities and not having proper transportation. I had to rely on friends and their parents most of the time to get me to and from games. A large percentage of our Holiday meals were provided by a stranger or someone from our church, otherwise we wouldn’t have had a holiday meal.

My childhood has given me a great sense of gratitude for everything I have but most importantly my salvation through Jesus Christ. His grace and mercy allow me to not live a perfect life or avoid struggles but give me hope that we can get through it with his help and love. I live by the Golden Rule, “to treat others how I want to be treated”, Matthew 7:12.

I was blessed to be asked by Chris and Jodi to help serve on the ItIsFinished.Faith board so that I could help others who may have had financial struggles like I did as a child. Most importantly to let those we help know it’s because of God’s love that I want to help. He commands us to love our neighbor as thyself, that is what we are trying to do at ItIsFinished.Faith.

Thanks for visiting our site and I pray that you can either financially support our cause or simply pray for us to reach as many souls for Christ as possible.

God Bless,
Greg

Growing up, I learned early what it meant to trust God when there wasn’t always enough. My parents worked hard to provide for our family, but there were seasons when we lived paycheck to paycheck. I remember times when a car would break down or an unexpected expense would arise and suddenly we were eating peanut butter and jelly for weeks just to make everything stretch.

Those seasons taught me some of my greatest lessons about faith. When I was young, my parents began faithfully tithing. Even when money was tight, they never stopped giving their tithe and offering. I watched them trust God when we didn’t know how everything would work out, and I watched God faithfully provide time and time again. Their example taught me that generosity isn’t only about giving when you have plenty, but trusting God with what He has given you and using it for His purpose.

That lesson has stayed with me. I have a special place in my heart for children and families, and although I have never been able to have biological children of my own, God has given me many opportunities to pour into others and share the love of Jesus with them. I also have a heart for single mothers and fathers, and for anyone walking through a season when an unexpected circumstance makes it difficult to meet even the most basic needs.

“Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God’s grace in its various forms.” — 1 Peter 4:10

At the heart of my “why” is simple: I love God, and I believe He calls us to love and serve others. It is an honor to serve as Volunteer Chair for It Is Finished.Faith and help others use their time and talents to serve our community.

My prayer is that through the way we love, give, and serve, people experience more than help with an immediate need. I pray they experience the love of Jesus and are reminded that God sees them, loves them, and is faithful.

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