Some of you may not know but I lost my dad in April. It was right about the time I was doing my support letter for my mission trip. I was hoping to get it done and sent out about the time that people were either recovered from sending in their taxes or getting their income tax returns back :) but I didn't get around to it.
I was set up, but in a good way or should I say a GOD way! My wife has been a Premier Designs jewelry lady for about 9 years. In those 9 years she has acquired quite an upline, downline, and sideline. My wife got in to Premier to get us out of credit card debt which she did within 6 months. After our youngest son turned 1 year old, my wife quit her full time job as a ct tech to stay home with our two boys and has been home ever since!
For those of you not in Premier, it is a direct sales jewelry company founded in 1985 by Joan and Andy Horner in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. They created the company as a way to support ministries here and around the globe, as well as provide a home-based business opportunity established on biblical principles, such as integrity and unselfish service. Through our non-traditional approach of putting people first — before profits — Premier Designs has grown into a more than 350-million-dollar — debt-free — corporation with Independent Distributors (we call them Jewelers) in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Premier Designs Jewelers market quality high fashion jewelry to small groups through Home Shows. They are members of the Direct Selling Association, but their emphasis is on serving rather than selling.
From day one, Joan and Andy's four reasons for starting Premier were clearly stated:
- They wanted a company that would support ministries around the world and in America.
- They wanted to offer an opportunity for mothers to be able to stay home more with their children.
- They wanted to minister to single parents and provide a way in which they could be encouraged, increase their self-esteem, and do something worthwhile while supporting their children.
- They wanted a company that could provide a way for individuals, especially those in full-time Christian work, to meet their financial needs. At the same time they wanted to provide an opportunity for wives of pastors and church staff members to find a ministry and identity of their own outside the church.
If you want to know more about Premier's great opportunity just contact my wife or me and we'd be happy to share the information with you.
Anyhow I could talk about the good things Premier is about but I'm going on with the REST OF THE STORY...
As I said, I was set up. I don't know exactly who was in charge of this setup, although I have my suspicions JANIE, but here is how it went down. A jeweler, Janie, had her husband Gilbert call me up and solicit my help to go to a warehouse to help him pick up some baseball equipment. Gilbert came by and picked me up at the house and he said he had to go by and pick up his kids from Janie who was at a Premier training with my wife Sandy. So we stopped by the restaurant where they were holding the training to pick up Gilbert's kids. This is when Kym Jump who is Sandy's "Premier Mom" got up and said while they had me there they wanted to give me something. They presented me with a check for $1105.00 to pay for my mission trip to Guatemala, in honor of my dad who had passed away. Needless to say I was shocked, overwhelmed, and extremely grateful!
I want to publicly thank those who contributed:
Missy Banta, Janie Bautista, Brenda Campbell, Bekki Campise, Becky Crawford, Joanna Dennison, Bob & Margaret Gray, Kym & Jimmy Jump, Lois Mooney, Priscilla Pinkston, Rachel Steffens, Greg & Melissa Terrell, Nicole Ulke, Tracy Waters, Joanne Wilson, and Gina Yates.
