2008 was quite the year for my wife and I. I was 3 months shy of working at The Oklahoman for 25 years when the news came, I was layed off. Wow, my head was spinning. I had always worked, never been without a job. God was always in my life, I had always tithed, helped out at the church, Sabrina and I host a Connect group.... I kept thinking, how could this happen? I never quit believing in God, but still how could it happen. We never quit tithing, in fact we made several "extra" offerings believing that God would take care of us. We never pulled back. Sure, there were questions and dark moments, but in the end after being out of work for 13 months, I had a job. It wasn't THE job, but it was a job. The cool thing is that we came out of those 13 months being 2 months ahead on our home mortgage and after 2 years at that job, I was promoted back into I.T. and now make more money than before. I truly believe that God rewards faithfulness and I praise my wife for always supporting me!