text:  And he didn't hear from God, at least not the way he thought he might. And then he opened Jeremiah 29, 11. For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. God was talking to him. When we come back, more of this beautiful story, Brule Curry's story, here on Our American Stories.