Joshua

1. Liz and I went out to Redding in 2009/2010 for first year BSSM. We had enough money to pay for all of out tuition up front but needed money for living expenses. For some reason I thought it would be easy to get a job/ believe God for what we needed. It was so hard though, every day was a huge test of faith. It was very hard finding a job. It was humbling asking people for money too. Some people would just give us money and some people we would ask. Somehow every month the money would come in. Then in Jan/Feb we were in a place of great need. If we didn't have money in a couple days we wouldn't be able to pay our bills and finish school. Liz and I decided to stay up all night and pray. I prayed and spoke in tongues all night until 6 a.m. I was contending for provision for other students too. I was able to get a few hours of sleep before class started at 1100. Then something amazing happened, the only time it happened all that year as far as I know. Kris Vallatton starts class by first asking all students to stand that were about to go home because of finances. Probably atleast 25 stood up out of a class of 800. Then he said for the students around them to give them money. We received $60 cash, a $50 gift card to target, and $100 off our rent. It was a turning point that year for me. The thing that stuck out to me most was that God answered Liz and my prayers. I was so blown away. All in all we received around $9,000 given to us that year. In addition we got on food stamps the last half of the year and I also was able to get a job with the census bureau toward the end of the year. I praise God for providing for Liz and I to finish 1st yr which was a desire of our hearts!

2. My wife and I were believing God for 150 bee removal jobs for our business in 2013. I had started the business in Indiana in 2012. I did about 25 bee removals in 2012 on the side while working construction full time. I liked doing bee removals so much and saw there was potential for more. So Liz and I sowed some honey as a gift and also pledged a monthly gift to Faith Life Now in faith for God to bring us 150 bee removals. As we prayed and sought God, He gave us a plan. He showed us to move to Georgia where there are way more bees. And I called about 200 pest control companies that I got many referrals from, and I advertised in 5 states. I Also got on a national marketing site for bee removal in the Atlanta area which was a miracle. (Liz says: the night before this marketing site called Joshua after finding him miraculously online, I (Liz) had had a dream. I was in a desert crying out for bee removal jobs. To my right, a stream appeared. There were presents coming down the stream, in the perfect timing. When one would come, another one would come right after it as soon as Joshua picked it out. The next morning was when they called him, and a steady stream of income flowed from them from then on.)

The guy that was covering Atlanta wasn't working out for this marketing company at the exact same time that we moved near Atlanta. It was crazy God timing! Toward the end of the summer I was only at about 100 jobs and it didn't look like I would reach 150 but at the very end I got a ton of jobs for a total of around 160. God is so good! The income from this business was enough for Liz and I to live off of as well. God gave me a dream job that I love and it has become a success after just two years. I first just kept a couple bee hives for fun. Then God lead me to order a booklet I "randomly" saw in a bee keeping magizine on how to make money removing bees from homes and businesses. God was confirming the direction I was going. Someone had drawn a bee in prophetic portrait they did of me several years ago. I also saw while praying a picture of a honey stick with a number two over it (meaning 2nd income).