‘God is always awesome’: Viral TikTok helps Oklahoma family on verge of homelessness
By Addison Kliewer
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TULSA, Oklahoma (KOCO) — What started with a question ended with more than $150,000 raised for an Oklahoma family on the verge of homelessness.
Jimmy Darts, a TikTok creator whose page is centered around blessing others, approached Amanda, an Oklahoma mother and grandmother, inside a Walmart. There, while holding up a $100 bill, he asked her, “Did you drop this?”
“No,” Amanda said in the TikTok video.
“Why were you honest?” the creator asked.
“I’m a believer in Christ. I don’t believe in lying,” Amanda said.
“I was seeing the first person to be honest, and to reward your kindness, I have $500 for you,” the creator said. “Jesus loves you so much.
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The Oklahoma mother was in the store with her son, Cody. The two broke into tears as the creator handed them a handful of $20 bills.
“Is this a dream?” Cody asked.
But the kindness didn’t end there. The TikTok creator pulled another $1,000 from his pocket and gave it to the family.
Through tears, the mother and son said that they are facing the possibility of being homeless. Amanda said they have until April 15 before they face that reality.
“I don’t have a car or anything. I’ve had to start all over again to try and take care of this one, two grandbabies — it’s just been miserable,” Amanda said.
But when Cody asked what the hardest part has been for him, another hardship was uncovered.
“I’ve been just getting bullied in school,” Cody said. “But the fact that God is always awesome helps me out every day.”
This all started when Regent Bank reached out to Darts in hopes of finding someone in the community to help in a meaningful way.
The bank even gifted Amanda a car.
The bank said the goal is to help rally the community around people who need a hand up.
The giving didn’t end there. Darts created a GoFundMe to help the family get a home. The GoFundMe had raised more than $150,000 just two days after it was made.
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