This Book Changed Our Lives

This week we had a couple over to 'introduce' them to Dave Ramsey (DR).  We were really excited for the opportunity (not to mention a bit nervous) because it was our first time doing this.  Sure, we've been members of two Financial Peace University (FPU) classes, but we've never been the leaders - so this was new ground.  We discussed what were the main points we wanted to hit and discovered it was really hard to narrow it down because we truly feel that ALL of DR's teachings are important.  We did, however, finally decide on a format for our evening of teaching:

• We watched the intro video to the FPU video series, which introduces the 7 "baby steps"
• After the video was finished we told them how we were introduced to DR
• We talked about some finance forms (Quick Start Budget and Debt Snowball)
• At the end of the night we gave them their own brand new copy of Total Money Makeover to help them on their debt free journey

Before the night ever began we wrote a note in the book that read "This book changed our lives and we hope it helps you too".  As cheesy at that sounds...it's completely true.  For anyone out there on the verge of reading a DR book - DO IT.  You won't regret it.

We love this book so much that we actually want to give some of YOU copies in the future...so be on the lookout for that!

- COMING SOON - Derek and Rachel's Debt Free Story

INTRO!

Hey guys watch our quick intro to know what to expect from the coming blogs!

Is This Our Mission?

Mission - Noun: An important task or duty that is assigned, allotted, or self-imposed.

In our couples Bible Study recently we were asked what is our "mission" as a couple. We quickly both came to the same conclusion that our mission at this stage in our lives was to help others with financial motivation and advice. We are by no means financial experts but we both have studied the teachings of Dave Ramsey and other financial leaders, and most of all, we both know what its like to have a fire burning inside of you with the goal in mind to KILL DEBT!

So here we are, attempting to put it out there that we-want-to-help-you! (Yes, you!) But honestly we're not sure how we're being called to do that yet...so this is the beginning. The beginning of something that we hope will help many of our friends or anyone out there reading. The beginning of us asking God is this our mission? Fingers crossed we're on the right path.

Hopefully over the next couple of weeks/months we will get a better hold of what we want this whole thing to look like. To start things off we plan on doing some different things including making short videos in hopes of educating as many people possible about the world of being debt free and posting blogs about personal finance as well as posts about other random things we might find important to us. We'll also hopefully be fielding questions about these subjects, doing some giveaways and ultimately spreading the word of what we are trying to do. So come one, come all and we guarantee you might learn something.