We try to change the mentality. Everyone who comes to the Bread of Life pantry sees the counselors, who question and coach them, help them find jobs, or better jobs. And the counselors also try to bring Christ into their lives. Poverty is never a match for Christ, he says. Poverty is a mentality.
Responsibility is also a mentality.
He points to the big room where his father, Herbert, is helping the poor collect their boxes. There was a time, Hudson says, when he broke that man's heart. And so did Steve's three brothers. All the Hudson boys were wild. Steve Hudson sold drugs for years.