My wife and I started a business several years ago. The business started out slow, and as you can imagine we quickly went into debt. Although the business reached a “break even” point quickly, it did not generate enough profit to repay the start up debt. At God’s leading, a accepted a position in the New Orleans area. We then relocated, and eventually exited the business. At the time we knew we were making the right long-term decision, but as we relocated we did so with significant debt. With the debt from the business, a home in another state that we needed to sell, a new home we had just relocated to, several vehicles, and various other consumer debts…we needed financial peace badly. Although God had placed us in a promising new career situation, we were struggling monthly just to make ends meet.

As we moved to New Orleans I started working at the same company as Bill. I had known Bill for several years prior to moving to New Orleans, and I can attest that Bill is a godly man who has a servant’s heart. He is genuinely interested in helping others any way that he can, and has been a real blessing to us. Bill helped us through the process of exiting our former business, and helped us to quickly get on the road to financial peace. After discussing the financial program with Bill, we made a commitment to get out of debt as soon as possible. We have been working on this goal since that time. What a difference a few years makes! Over this time frame we have been able to sell our old home, completely pay off our old business debt, and significantly reduce our other debt. We recently decided to downsize to a smaller home, and we anticipate that doing so will allow us to pay our mortgage off completely within a few years. We highly recommend Bill to anyone looking for financial peace. There is true help (and hope) even in these tough economic times. The godly and biblical principals that are the foundation of this program truly work and can change your life!

The world says…”You’ll always have a car loan.” Pay off your mortgage? Why would you want to do that! That’s the only real tax break we get!” “Credit cards? You have got to have them to purchase online and to make reservations!” My husband and I have always had a budget. The purpose of the budget was to make sure we had enough money in the right places to pay bills. No real plan for that month where you didn’t need the full $250 for utilities. The typical response was, “Yippee! Let’s go out to eat!” Never had we considered our budget as a managing tool.
After our personal coaching from Bill, we realized we were supposed to make our money work for us! Financial Peace has been a money myth builder for us. Bill’s personal testimony of God’s grace and his mercy with us in our money madness was the prescription our marriage needed. No condemnation! I never felt intimidated by my lack of money knowledge…This is a passion and ministry for Bill. Best part? He’s funny too!

We did not always want to hear what Bill proposed we do with our money! But through Bill’s guidance and with Financial Peace University we were able to get out from under almost $70,000 of unsecured debt. Bill’s patient, godly counsel led us through difficult financial decisions. We thank God for Bill’s willingness to share his financial expertise with others (especially us). We are now debt free (except for our house), we are saving 18% of our income for retirement and we’re saving for our children’s college education. Once our kids get through college we’ll start aggressively paying off the house—how exciting! It is with sincere appreciation that we highly recommend Bill Anderson as a financial counselor.