So it was January 2006 and Dallas Stamper started working for PIN full time. PIN couldn’t afford to pay me a salary so we would have to use the money that we had saved. We put aside enough money to make it a year without a salary, and God would provide a salary for Dallas sometime that year. It was a simple and brilliant plan. Here is the problem several things happened that caused our money to evaporate quicker than we planned. So after 4 months we only had 4 months worth of money left. That month PIN had brought in $1,000 and we had spent $3,000 and we had $8,000 in the bank. So my family was going to be broke at the same time PIN went out of business. How could I have been so stupid!!! Anne and I sat down to talk about the future, that was a really tough conversation. Anne said “you have to get another job we are going to be broke in 4 months”. I knew she was right how could I have been so wrong about God’s call for my life. Have you ever felt like you were completely wrong about God’s call? So I told Anne that I would quit PIN and get another job; however, I wanted to take a day to pray and fast. During that day I really cried out to God, what did I do wrong? Why did God not bless what we had done? I can’t completely explain what happened that day, but I was more convinced than ever that God wanted me to stay at PIN.

So I went home that day and told Anne that I felt God wanted me to stay at PIN, Could we give it one more month if something didn’t change then I would get another job. She agreed and we continued to pray. That month was incredible we received money from places I would never expect. Within 4 months PIN had enough money in the budget to pay me a salary. It was a cool confirmation on the call that God had put on my heart.

I was left wondering what I could learn from the rough beginning of my employment of PIN, so this is what I learned. God has gifted me with some abilities, but my abilities were going to be nothing unless I put all my focus on God. I had a great plan to start with, but God’s plan is better.