When you’re growing up, there’s a natural assumption everyone else in the world lives the same as you do. “I didn’t know I was poor myself,” said Frank Medina, pastor of the Restoration Community Church in Gainesville, recalling his humble beginnings at a community gathering last week that was part of a weeklong series in celebration and commemoration of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. Beyond our front doors, there are homes, families and communities entrenched in poverty.
Poverty efforts are at focus of local King Day celebration