Well, this might get lengthy…. But feel like I should share! First off, I want to tell anyone that listens that God does crazy things, at crazy times, for some crazy people!! He has blessed me and my family beyond deserving measure!! Here goes….
In the past 7 years God blessed me with a wife, 2 boys, a business, wife’s crazy good job, and our new to us dream place! We had struggled the past 4yrs with our finances and our spiritual walk with Christ. I did the most stupid and selfish thing any man could ever do to his wife, and somehow found grace and forgiveness. Ever since, things started to change!!
I started a metal erecting business with not a single dollar to our name! Borrowed money and scraped to get by for the first 6 months. I can honestly remember paying the guys, walking in the house, and just breaking down to my wife telling her I don’t know how we’re going to make it! Slowly but surely things got a little better and we were “ok” for the moment. Then the china virus hit us full speed!!! The world started getting crazy and materials/cost sky rocketed!!! I thought I was going back on the road and going to have to give it up….. but then…. All of sudden, it seemed like the phone wouldn’t stop ringing!! I quickly learned how to bid jobs better, and learn from countless boneheaded mistakes. I have 2 employees that have been with me since day 1. They really are the backbone of what we do. One is family, and the other is basically family. Without these men, we would have never made it!!
Then, out of nowhere we came home one day to a flooded out house!!! Everything was soaked and ruined all through it. Floors, drywall, cabinets, etc etc all ruined!! So the 4 of us moved into a camper on an rv park while we dealt with insurance and remodeling. That took a toll on us big time and we could feel the pressure. Out of the blue we decided to sell the house and start fresh. Well, realtor came out and gave us an idea on what we’d be looking at getting. I knew the market was crazy, but not THAT CRAZY! We sold our house and found a little piece of property that we liked outside of town. We put a contract on it and immediately found out that the restrictions wouldn’t allow us to live the way we wanted! No metal house, no animals, no guns, etc etc…. So the search was back on…. We lived in the camper for 13 months until we found what we have now.
My wife is not a visual person at all!! She could never see what I saw in this place. 43ac with pine timber, hard wood creek bottom, pond in the back, and a hill I picked out for our shop and house. We immediately put plant to motion and before we knew it, we were new property owners!! It was a dream come true!! We purchased this lace last December and have been busting out tails to get to where we are!! I cut in a drive way and knocked the pad into place. Built my shop/man cave that we currently live in now. Put in a pond that needs about 18 more feet of water in it!! And we have our house erected and framed currently!!
Through this, my wife has struggled with her job. She was dealt a losing hand in the position she was in and the stress was seriously becoming a problem!! She came to me and she wanted to quit, but knew the outcome if she did. She works for a food distributor and with everything going crazy, her position was slowly getting phased out it seemed. One evening we were just talking and she was looking at in house job openings. Low and behold, a VP of national accounts job was posted and she applied. We found out last week after many interviews that she been offered the job!!! Before excepting it, we both prayed for guidance to show us if this is right…. I kid you not, that day they released that her job title was changing and was going to restructured and not in a good way…. Here’s your sign!!
I know it’s a long read, and I appreciate anyone that reads this…. I just feel like I should share a little testimony of what has accrued in my life the past 6yrs. There is lots more to it without going into detail, but seriously….. through Christ, all things are possible. It took me a while to figure out that he has my back, even when I don’t deserve it! The Grace he shows is amazing!! I’m still not the perfect example of a Christian, but I love my lord and savior!! Thank you God for all
You’ve done and sending your only son to die on the cross for my sins!!
Pictures with details coming soon… lots of them!!
Sry again for the long read
In the past 7 years God blessed me with a wife, 2 boys, a business, wife’s crazy good job, and our new to us dream place! We had struggled the past 4yrs with our finances and our spiritual walk with Christ. I did the most stupid and selfish thing any man could ever do to his wife, and somehow found grace and forgiveness. Ever since, things started to change!!
I started a metal erecting business with not a single dollar to our name! Borrowed money and scraped to get by for the first 6 months. I can honestly remember paying the guys, walking in the house, and just breaking down to my wife telling her I don’t know how we’re going to make it! Slowly but surely things got a little better and we were “ok” for the moment. Then the china virus hit us full speed!!! The world started getting crazy and materials/cost sky rocketed!!! I thought I was going back on the road and going to have to give it up….. but then…. All of sudden, it seemed like the phone wouldn’t stop ringing!! I quickly learned how to bid jobs better, and learn from countless boneheaded mistakes. I have 2 employees that have been with me since day 1. They really are the backbone of what we do. One is family, and the other is basically family. Without these men, we would have never made it!!
Then, out of nowhere we came home one day to a flooded out house!!! Everything was soaked and ruined all through it. Floors, drywall, cabinets, etc etc all ruined!! So the 4 of us moved into a camper on an rv park while we dealt with insurance and remodeling. That took a toll on us big time and we could feel the pressure. Out of the blue we decided to sell the house and start fresh. Well, realtor came out and gave us an idea on what we’d be looking at getting. I knew the market was crazy, but not THAT CRAZY! We sold our house and found a little piece of property that we liked outside of town. We put a contract on it and immediately found out that the restrictions wouldn’t allow us to live the way we wanted! No metal house, no animals, no guns, etc etc…. So the search was back on…. We lived in the camper for 13 months until we found what we have now.
My wife is not a visual person at all!! She could never see what I saw in this place. 43ac with pine timber, hard wood creek bottom, pond in the back, and a hill I picked out for our shop and house. We immediately put plant to motion and before we knew it, we were new property owners!! It was a dream come true!! We purchased this lace last December and have been busting out tails to get to where we are!! I cut in a drive way and knocked the pad into place. Built my shop/man cave that we currently live in now. Put in a pond that needs about 18 more feet of water in it!! And we have our house erected and framed currently!!
Through this, my wife has struggled with her job. She was dealt a losing hand in the position she was in and the stress was seriously becoming a problem!! She came to me and she wanted to quit, but knew the outcome if she did. She works for a food distributor and with everything going crazy, her position was slowly getting phased out it seemed. One evening we were just talking and she was looking at in house job openings. Low and behold, a VP of national accounts job was posted and she applied. We found out last week after many interviews that she been offered the job!!! Before excepting it, we both prayed for guidance to show us if this is right…. I kid you not, that day they released that her job title was changing and was going to restructured and not in a good way…. Here’s your sign!!
I know it’s a long read, and I appreciate anyone that reads this…. I just feel like I should share a little testimony of what has accrued in my life the past 6yrs. There is lots more to it without going into detail, but seriously….. through Christ, all things are possible. It took me a while to figure out that he has my back, even when I don’t deserve it! The Grace he shows is amazing!! I’m still not the perfect example of a Christian, but I love my lord and savior!! Thank you God for all
You’ve done and sending your only son to die on the cross for my sins!!
Pictures with details coming soon… lots of them!!
Sry again for the long read
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