Recovering From a Financial Setback

CBN.com For Rick and Sandi Kramer, business was booming. After only four years in operation, their staffing agency was servicing numerous fortune 500 clients.

"[Their business] Tennessee Temps was first started in the recessionary years and though it took a little while, it was blessed and we did reasonably well," says Rick.

The Kramers gave 10 percent of their earnings to their local church and over the next 10 years, Sandi says God faithfully provided. 

"Even in times of uncertainty, I just truly trust God that He’s the one who takes care of us," Sandi says.

But in 2006 their business took a hit.

"We lost probably in the neighborhood of $100,000 and quite frankly, we weren’t quite sure whether we could keep operating."

Though times were tough financially the Kramers kept a strong faith in God.

"We were not worried. We were not fretting. We were just waiting in the waiting room of God watching Him do what He does best, and that’s show up at the right time," believes Sandi.

One of Rick and Sandi’s favorite programs is The 700 Club. Together, they agreed to give to CBN at The 700 Club Gold Level.

"We were just sitting on the couch, and Rick decided, 'You know what? It’s time! It’s time that we start giving as partners to The 700 Club, because of the integrity that we love about The 700 Club.' We saw everything that they were doing, and that our dollar could go around the world, and that’s what we wanted to do," says Sandi.

She continues, "When you see that you’re being a part of drilling water wells in Africa and creating or helping to supply surgical operations for people in China that have probably never seen a doctor before, I mean $40 can do that? Within six months, profits began increasing. Our business exploded!"

In 2007 their agency brought in nearly two million dollars in business. Already, this year their first quarter sales are up over 15 percent. Accounts just started increasing. 

"In the midst of some economic issues, you could just see the faithfulness of God just unfold right before our eyes. He just has a way of taking a dollar bill and doing this with it and doing that with it. We just can’t out give God. I just can’t even describe the blessings of the Lord. I have to give back because He’s blessed me and given to me so much," says Rick.

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