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The years 2008 and 2009 proved to be economically difficult for many families, including my own. My husband David has his own cleaning business, and slowly but surely, our sole source of income began to dissipate as we gradually lost cleaning contracts. We prayed and marketed, but we were unable to secure new contracts. Our household income eventually dwindled to $395/month for a family of four.

We continued to pray and plead to God for a breakthrough. In July 2009, my parents loaned us some money so that we could pay our bills and mortgage. During this time, Satan attacked my family in other areas of our lives. Though our income was low, we faithfully tithed, as we had in the past. August 2009 was the first month in which we could no longer afford our mortgage. By this time we’d tried, unsuccessfully, to modify our loan with several assistance agencies. Their responses were always the same, “Your income is too low.”

We ultimately fell months behind in our mortgage payments and began to receive letters and phone calls about foreclosure proceedings on our home. On some days, I remained strong and faithful that God would come through for us; on other days, I was weak and discouraged, believing that our Heavenly Father had abandoned us.

A few weeks before December 23rd (the date set for our foreclosure), my husband’s uncle, a pastor in Columbia, SC, called us to inquire about how things were going. He asked us if we’d contacted our church to ask for any assistance. I’d never heard of any such thing before, and so I procrastinated; my pride wouldn’t allow me to make that phone call to Victory World Church. I also didn’t want anyone to ever remember me as someone who’d had to ask for financial assistance.

Several days later the same uncle called us back to learn about our success with our financial request. My husband told him that we hadn’t called. His uncle asked to speak with me and counseled me on sins of a prideful heart. The following Monday, I called Victory.

To be as brief as possible, my initial phone conversation with one of Victory’s financial advisors was both discouraging and unsuccessful. After our conversation, I hung up the phone and broke down. However, a few hours later, after remembering how my father raised his children to “Try, try and try again,” I decided to call back.

The following day my phone call was transferred to [another financial advisor]. From the very beginning of our phone conversation, I knew that something was different this time and that it was God’s will that I speak with [this particular advisor]. He was reassuring, comforting and genuine. It felt like I was speaking with my own father. Though he was unable to assist us with our mortgage, he significantly helped us by praying for us and offering financial assistance to cover four of our household bills.

Beyond the practical help that we received, I felt so much better because of the genuine kindness and the love of Christ shown to my family by [this man]. I thanked him via phone, e-mail, and later, in person. I really wanted him to understand just how much his Godly service meant to my family and me.

The end result… On December 23rd, I transferred money from my credit card to our mortgage company in order to become “current” on our mortgage payments. Then, in February 2010, my husband was re-offered his former full-time job; he has also reclaimed some of the cleaning contracts that he’d lost. Finally, in May, my husband and I paid off my credit card. We are currently debt-free, with the exception of our mortgage. Praise be to God!!!

Our family continues to tithe into our storehouse, known as Victory World Church, in hopes that our contributions will serve to help other families who are struggling and need a “helping hand.” ~ Camille G.

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