{"id":1587199,"date":"2022-08-03T14:03:38","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587199"},"modified":"2022-08-03T14:03:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T18:03:44","slug":"world-traveler-comes-home-to-florida-to-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/world-traveler-comes-home-to-florida-to-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"World Traveler Comes Home to Florida to Make a Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fworld-traveler-comes-home-to-florida-to-make-a-difference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1587199&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>PUNTA GORDA, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-fla\">Fla<\/a>.\u2014Jaha Cummings traveled and lived around the world, but he came home to his roots to make a difference in a community that served him well growing up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJaha means Glory of God in Swahili,\u201d Cummings explained when asked during an interview with The Epoch Times about the origins of his name.<\/p>\n<p>Cummings\u2019 roots are well-grounded in the history of the small southwest Florida city that seems to grow exponentially year after year as more and more people are attracted to the state and decide to call it home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of my ancestors was one of the first people to come to this area in 1885 and was one of 15 surveyors responsible for bringing the railroad to the area, which completely changed the look and history of what would become Punta Gorda,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/03\/DSC00888-1200x891.jpg\"><\/a> Tom Satchel a member of the Harbor Sunset Rotary Club in Punta Gorda, Fla., speaks with county commission hopeful Jaha Cummings during an Aug. 2 Rotary Club meeting in 2022.\u00a0 (Jann Falkenstern\/The Epoch Times) <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy great-grandmother was here at a time when you had to take a boat from Punta Gorda to Gasparilla Island because there was no other way to get there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Cummings had dreams of traveling and seeing the world. After graduating high school he found himself immersed in Asian studies at Dartmouth University and after graduating college, he would go on to live in different parts of Asia where he opened markets for American companies and stayed for 20 years until he \u201ccame home on vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came back to visit my family and, well, when you grow up here you like it of course,\u201d Cummings laughed as he recalled the day he decided to give up his Asian way of living and come home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut being back, being<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PUNTA GORDA, Fla.\u2014Jaha Cummings traveled and lived around the world, but he came home to his roots to make a difference in a community that served him well growing up. \u201cJaha means Glory of God in Swahili,\u201d Cummings explained when asked during an interview with The Epoch Times about the origins of his name. 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