My wife and I have always believed that America IS the land of opportunity. We believe that our life is what we make out of it. However, after we both finished graduate school the total debt we owed sucked the life right out of our hopes of ever being financially successful. That is until we heard Dave Ramsey. A good friend invited me to The Total Money Makeover Live last year. I was already a huge Dave fan, but being there really set me on fire. I went home and tried to get started working the plan. In September, we went through Financial Peace University. In January, The Spahn Law Firm sent me to Financial Counselor Training so I that can help bring hope to others who are struggling financially. Spending a week with Dave’s Team was amazing. I was able to see firsthand the passion that Dave and his team have to change the lives of hurting people.
For us, learning about God’s plan for managing money has opened a whole new world. No longer do we have to use our future to pay for our past. While we are nowhere near being completely out of debt, we have a plan and get excited every time we pay off something else. With each debt paid we gain more traction and get more excited. We have also been blessed to travel in the last few months and it is great to pay for the trip before you leave, and not have the bills follow you home. In the past, we would spend several months paying off a trip. Now, we are able to fly, book hotels, rent a car and do anything else we need to without a credit card. It is great to feel the chains of credit bondage lift away link by link. Today We Will Live Like No One Else So That Later We Can Live Like No One Else.
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