Testimony on Fast Offerings

I just realized that we've been blessed a ton from fast offerings. Never imagined myself of getting a testimony from fast offerings but hey, a generous fast offering really does bless your life.

Experience 1: Last year was a bomb out year for painting. We went almost 2 months without a decent size job. We took a loan to keep the company afloat, which is relatively normal but we had to do it within the first 3 months rather in mid-summer while waiting for payment, etc. We decided to put our house up for sale "just in case" we needed the money for the company and in hopes we could build and live happily ever after. Dan was a basket case. We did not earn any money for 5 months. We were just paying bills to keep things going. A comment in Sunday School made me think, really, really hard about upping the amount of fast offerings. We needed blessings and fast! I was absolutely sick to my stomach as a I wrote a check for fast offerings that quadrupled the normal amount. We sold our house that month. We had a heart-to-heart about what we really wanted from life and decided to change states, goals and ambitions, jobs, etc. I'm glad we did. Dan enjoys the "business world" and working with numbers. Daradie was voted as Student of the Month and gets to eat lunch with the principal. She's very excited for that. Koen loves to hear the cows and feed the neighbor's chickens worms and bugs. My life is good right now.

Experience 2: Once again, we are not making any money. In fact, we are losing more money getting an insurance company up and rolling. In three months time we pay a grand total of $38. That's right. The math is correct. The biggest pay off was from selling one of our giant bean bags. Dan is once again frustrated. We both know that the move was the right choice but the particular company was not a good match for Dan. We need to make another major decision. Dan has been going around to insurance companies within a 30 mile radius asking for a job or asking who would be a good company to work for. Everyone keeps mentioning the same name and saying if you could get with them he'd be very lucky because they have integrity and play fair. Dan set his mark on that specific company. I write another fast offering check with the same quadrupled amount. Later that month he got the job with the dream company. He comes home much happier. He sees the kids on a daily basis. He works 40 hours a week instead of the 70+. He enjoys wearing a tie to work and asks if I can starch the front of his shirts (he actually wants the whole shirt done, but he settles with just the front). Sure it's still a bit scary because it's based on commission but it's still a good fit for Dan. Things are good.

It is absolutely terrifying to write the amount for fast offerings that we did. It took a lot of faith. But in the end, we've been blessed both times we took that leap. Heavenly Father doesn't joke around with blessings. A generous fast offering equals generous blessings.