Married business partners Ed and Ellen ran a successful company. Through no fault of their own, the business suffered a financial crisis that could have ended it—but Ed and Ellen knew exactly what to do. Watch their story.
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- [Announcer] CBN partnersEd and Ellen Schack
unwind from work by walkingalong the Jersey Shore,
together, they built a successfulcosmetic supply company.
- It's really awesome to runa company with your spouse,
because his strengths are myweaknesses, and vice versa.
And we can compliment each other so well
- We actually sell ouringredients to the, and users,
and the manufacturers, and they in turn,
make their own products andsell them to the consumer.
- [Ellen] Our business wasgrowing, our staff was growing,
and we were outgrowingthe space we were in.
- [Announcer] They had justbought a bigger building
when their biggest client called,
and ended their 14 year relationship.
- And it was devastatingto both Ellen and I,
we could understand if thebusiness was not doing well,
and the sales performance wasn't there,
but our staff and our teamwere doing really well
nationally with them.
- [Announcer] With a higher building cause
and a near 50% cut in business,
Ed and Ellen feared theircompany would go under.
- The first thing thatI was struggling with is
we may have to lay off some people.
- [Announcer] Ed and Ellenprayed to God for help.
- I just felt a sense of peacethat the Lord was involved,
and that he was gonna take care of it.
- [Announcer] The Schack'salso resolved that no matter
what, they were going toremain consistent in giving.
- There was not gonna beany changes in our tithing,
in our giving.
- I didn't see our tithingand our maintaining,
our giving as a way out,
I knew that the Lord was gonna support us.
- [Announcer] Shortly after that prayer,
the Schack's landed a new client, a deal
that restored more thanhalf of their losses.
- It was absolutely amazing, but it was,
it was proof to Ellen andI that the Lord was working
through the process.
- And it's been amazing,we always have known
that he has us, he has ourback, that he has our business.
- [Announcer] On the advice of friends,
the Schack's use theirextra building space
to start a new venturecall, "The Urban Schack."
Which now gives localartisans a retail venue.
- It allows them to test and measure,
you know making a product,and seeing if it's sellable.
It now gave us that peace and comfort
to move the business along,not have to worry about
firing the people.
- [Announcer] Now withtheir company back on track,
the Schack's have confidencein God's plan for the business,
and their lives.
And for over 30 years,
Ed and Ellen have been partners with CBN.
They continue to entrusttheir finances to CBN,
and have even volunteered withour humanitarian outreaches.
- One of the great things that we did
with Operation Blessingwas we became volunteers
for Hurricane Sandyright down in this area,
which was devastating,this part of New Jersey.
We can't physically be there on the
other side of this world,but we can support the work
of Operation Blessing, andCBN in building water wells.
- And it's just unimaginableto not have drinkable water,
so everybody should have water.
- That just blesses our heart,
knowing that we can takecare of these small villages,
so for us we love the waythat CBN uses our money
and our resources, ourgifts, to bless other people.
