Frank and Leslie had failing careers and over $150,000 of debt. With their marriage also failing, they needed to act fast. See where they found the wisdom to make decisions that turned their lives around.
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Reporter: BEFORE 2006,
FRANK AND LESLIE VIA REAL
WERE THRIVING FINANCIALLY.
FRANK WAS A ESTABLISHED
STOCKBROKER, AND LESLIE
PROSPERED AS AN
ENTREPRENEUR.
I OWNED A VERY SUCCESSFUL
DAY SPA.
IT WAS WRITTEN UP ON OPRAH,
AND I DEVELOPED A SKIN CARE
LINE.
I ACTUALLY HAD TWO SPAS.
Reporter: WHEN LESLIE
OPENED A THIRD SPA, SHE
DECIDED TO MAKE AN
INVESTMENT, BUT SHORTLY
AFTER RECEIVING THE LOAN,
HER PROFITS WERE DWINDLING.
OUR CLIENT BASE WAS DOWN,
AND WE OPENED A NEW LOCATION
AND SPENT ENTIRELY TOO MUCH
MONEY DOING IT.
Reporter: LESLIE WAS
FORCED TO CLOSE HER
BUSINESS, WHICH LEFT THEM
$150,000 IN DEBT.
AROUND THE SAME TIME, FRANK
SAW A SERIOUS DOWNTURN IN
INVESTMENT BANKING.
HE BEGAN LOOKING FOR A
BETTER-PAYING JOB.
THERE WERE SOME VERY
DIFFICULT FINANCIAL MARKETS
AT THE TIME.
WE HAD A LOT OF DEBT AS A
RESULT OF US RUNNING THAT
BUSINESS.
LESLIE AND I WERE NOT GOING
THROUGH A VERY GOOD TIME IN
OUR MARRIAGE AT ALL.
I THINK BOTH OF US WERE AT A
POINT WHERE WE HAD BOTH HAD
IT.
WE WERE BICKERING AND
ARGUING, AND THERE WAS JUST
A LOT OF ANIMOSITY IN OUR
HOME.
Reporter: THROUGH THEIR
DIFFICULT TIME, LESLIE DREW
ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HER
MARRIAGE AND FINANCES
THROUGH ONE OF HER FAVORITE
TELEVISION SHOWS, "THE 700
CLUB."
I WAS NOTICING THEY HAD
SEVERAL COUPLES, PEOPLE WHO
STARTED TITHING, AND THEY
HAD INCREDIBLE CHANGE IN
THEIR LIVES, HOW GOD HAD
DONE MIRACLES.
Reporter: LESLIE AND
FRANK DECIDED TO BECOME
PARTNERS TO "THE 700 CLUB."
I STARTED WRITING CHECKS
OUT TO "700 CLUB," AND
LITTLE BY LITTLE, THINGS
STARTED GETTING BETTER IN
OUR HOUSE.
Reporter: IN 2009,
FRANK GOT A NEW JOB.
HIS SIGNING BONUS ALLOWED
THEM TO PAY OFF ALL OF THEIR
DEBT AND STILL HAVE SOME
LEFT OVER.
WITH EVERY CHECK WE
WROTE, WE WERE SOWING SEEDS,
KNOWING THAT THE LORD WOULD
BLESS IT, AND HE DID.
Reporter: FRANK AND
LESLIE ARE STILL CBN
PARTNERS TODAY.
I'M REALLY GRATEFUL TO BE
PARTNERING WITH A MINISTRY
THAT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH.
IT HAS GIVEN ME SO MUCH
SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
GIVE TO THE LORD WHAT IS HIS
FIRST, AND HE'LL GIVE
EVERYTHING ELSE TO YOU.
ABOVE AND BEYOND, HE'LL
PROVIDE FOR YOU.
