Is Dave Ramsey really fun?

OK, it's confession time. Dan and I signed up for Financial Peace University at Athens Christian Church last fall because everyone was talking about this guy....Dave Ramsey. I think we just wanted to get everyone off our backs. ;-) But we were curious, too. And, we were starting a new journey in our lives. I had just left my full-time job with a great salary. While it may not EXACTLY be something Dave Ramsey would condone, it was an important decision for us. My job was miserable, and work was very stressful. Our kids needed more parenting at home and someone to be available to them for preschool activities and more. So, in some ways in was the perfect time for FPU. In other ways, it was awful! We didn't even do a budget when we started the class. I didn't have a salary, and we were living paycheck to paycheck before I quit my job. But God is good. Using Dave Ramsey advice, we put up a "for sale" sign and six months later, we landed a smaller house with a more manageable mortgage.

We don't do Dave Ramsey's plan perfectly, but it has changed our life together, our outlook and hopefully our family tree! It's something that excites us, and we want to share it with others. Dan's parents, in fact, helped get a class started at their church, and it has taken off there, too. It's impossible to take FPU without having fun and desiring change in your life! So these days, I love to hear the name Dave Ramsey. Darn it, I even like to say it....a lot! We want to be weird!

See you on Wednesday!
Dan and Amy