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In 2014, Karen Mata had a heart attack and went into a coma for three days. After her quick recovery, her husband, Gregory Mata, a 22-year employee at Anheuser-Busch in Houston, took the ordeal as a sign he needed to pray for a new path. He believed his faith required him to sever his connections to alcohol, so he began to look for a new job. “During prayer and meditation and journaling, I just felt God had given me a vision,” Mata said during a phone interview. At the same time, Cecilia “Mama” Santillan was praying to work in a restaurant kitchen. Although she had led a comfortable life as the matriarch of her family, she’d always dreamed of serving others through her cooking.Mata soon became…

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