She Dreamed of Thousands of Hungry Children. Then She Met the Man Who Had Dreamed of Her.

Kerry Owen is English by birth and a New Zealander by calling. After moving to New Zealand with her husband Matt, she was raising three young children when a series of vivid dreams showed her children going hungry, and she promised to find them, feed them and serve them. She started a catering company whose income was meant to fund free meals, later opened a cafe in a business complex, and began quietly delivering food to the two or three families at each local school who needed it most. That work grew into Feed the Need, the volunteer-run charity she built with Laurie, a Maori nutritionist whose father, David, had seen Kerry in his own dream. Together they piloted school meals at a kura, partnered with the Salvation Army to build a commercial kitchen, and kept going through mistakes, debt and boardroom pressure. A woman named Jacinda Ardern joined their board before becoming Prime Minister, and one of her first acts was a national in-school food program. Kerry now lives in the United States, where she directs Reach Out Today, an all-volunteer charity serving refugee families. She co-wrote the book The Gift of Charity with Laurie, and she and Laurie were both honored at a New Zealand government ceremony, wearing korowai. What this conversation gives you: How to tell a meaningful dream from ordinary sleep, why Kerry writes hers down before the words fade, and what to do with a recurring one. How a calling actually gets carried out: funding it with a catering company, finding the two or three families at each school who need help, and persevering through fumbles. How to test a dream or an impression the way Kerry and Laurie do, with scripture, prayer, counsel, and fruits. In Kerry's words: "He said, I've been waiting for you." Every season-one episode now has fresh clips going out on our channels. Comment PLAYBOOK on any clip and the Season One Collection, every playbook, guide and worksheet from the season for $79, lands in your DMs.