Charity and I moved about two months ago and well... to be honest, moving cost us more than we had bargained for. We didn't have to rent a moving truck (thanks to a friend) and we didn't have to pay movers (thanks to many friends). When we were planning the move we knew we would need some more furniture to help fill the new house; we went from 1050 square feet to over 1700 square feet.
Secondly we have used our credit card like a debt card for the last five years. We would put all our family expenses on the card and then pay it off monthly. Well with the addition of two children in the last three years expenses have increased and we found out that we owed our credit card $1500. That may not be too huge a number for the average American family but we don't want to be the average American family.
Finally FPU has been great to share with the young adults at our church. Charity really took this as her personal goal this summer to get as many college students in this course to help them make wise choices financially right away in life. I love getting to spend time with the people at our table, on a weekly basis, and see how they are getting this lesson before they make the unwise choices.
These are some random thoughts from FPU at our church but I really think this course has changed the way I am thinking about money. I want to make sure that I make the best choices with the resources that God has put in my possession.
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