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鈥淚鈥檝e read it my whole life in the Bible that the 鈥榖orrower is slave to the lender.鈥� If you don鈥檛 have the money to pay for it now, then you shouldn鈥檛 do it.鈥�
He prayed, 鈥淟ord, how am I going to be able to attend the university this last year?鈥� Then, in an unexpected blessing, he got a phone call about three scholarships he received, which he had not even applied for.
鈥淚t was such a big thing this year of God providing for me and saying, 鈥榝inish your degree.鈥欌��
Joshua walked across the graduation stage in May to receive his degree in small business and entrepreneurship. With an ambitious mind and a heart for the Lord, he has big plans to use his natural entrepreneurial skills to 鈥渕ake the world a better place鈥� by equipping the homeless with life skills and teaching them about Jesus.
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With the help of the money he received from scholarships to finish his last year of college, Joshua is thankful to donors who gave selflessly and said their gifts were 鈥渓ife-changing鈥� for him.
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