Jody’s “temporary” unemployment lasted for a whole year. He eventually took two jobs but worked nonstop and missed his family. Then Jody & Vicki made a choice that gave them 70% more income than both jobs did. It can work for you too.
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Reporter: WHEN JODY FRY
LOST HIS JOB, HE THOUGHT IT
WOULD BE EASY TO FIND
ANOTHER.
HE WAS WRONG.
HE REMAINED UNEMPLOYED FOR
ONE YEAR.
THAT TAXED THE FAMILY
EMOTIONALLY AND
FINANCIALLY.
IT WAS TOUGH.
AND THERE WAS JUST NO PLACE
TO GO WITH IT.
PIER
OUR CHILDREN WERE YOUNG,
AND WE HAD JUST BOUGHT A
HOUSE, SO THERE WAS THIS
IMMENSE PRESSURE OF NOW WHAT
DO WE DO?
Reporter: SO WHEN JODY
GOT NOT ONE, BUT TWO JOB
OFFERS, HE TOOK BOTH.
THE FAMILY'S FINANCES
STARTED TO REBOUND, BUT THEY
WERE ALL PAYING A PRICE FOR
JODY'S LONG HOURS.
IT BECAME NORMAL I WASN'T
GOING TO BE AROUND FOR
DINNER.
I WOULD LEAVE AT 5:00 IN THE
MORNING AND GET HOME AROUND
7:00 AT NIGHT AND THEN GO
DOWNSTAIRS AND WORK.
EVERY TIME I WOULD HEAR,
IT'S OKAY, DAD, THAT YOU
CAN'T BE THERE, IT JUST TORE
ME UP.
Reporter: BUT THE
FAMILY COULDN'T SEEM TO MAKE
IT FINANCIALLY ON ONE
SALARY, SO JODY KEPT
WORKING.
ON THE MORNING, IN THE
TRAIN RIDE IN, I WOULD SLEEP
BECAUSE I DIDN'T SLEEP AT
NIGHT.
MOST OF MY LUNCHES WERE WORK
WORKING FOR THE OTHER JOB.
MY VACATIONS WERE ALL SPENT
DOING SALES CALLS.
Reporter: AFTER YEARS
OF WORKING AT THAT PACE,
JODY WAS EXHAUSTED.
HE QUIT HIS FULL-TIME JOB TO
FOCUS ON SALES.
AT THE SAME TIME, HE STARTED
TO WATCH "THE 700 CLUB."
I HEARD PAT TALKING ABOUT
BRINGING GOD THE TITHES.
AND THAT HE WOULD JUST POUR
OUT HIS BLESSINGS ON YOU.
THAT'S WHAT REALLY STARTED
OPENING UP MY EYES.
Reporter: JODY AND
VICKI BEGAN TO TITHE AND
GAVE TO CBN.
OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
JODY SAYS HIS SALES OF
BUSINESS EQUIPMENT SOARED.
LOOKING BACK, HE REALIZED HE
WAS MAKING MORE MONEY
WORKING HALF THE HOURS HE
PREVIOUSLY WORKED DOING TWO
JOBS.
THERE WAS A 70% INCREASE
IN MY SALES VOLUME, WORKING
LESS TIME.
AND WHEN I STARTED TO THINK
ABOUT THAT, I'M LIKE, THERE
IS NO WAY I COULD HAVE SET
THE STAGE FOR THAT.
THAT'S JUST GOD SAYING, HEY,
YOU'RE STARTING TO PAY
ATTENTION TO HIM.
Reporter: TODAY THE
FRYS ARE MEMBERS OF CBN'S
CHAIRMAN'S CIRCLE.
JODY SAYS HE NO LONGER
MISSES MEALS WITH HIS FAMILY
AND HE LOVES THE TIME HE CAN
SPEND WITH HIS TEENAGERS.
I LOVE THE TIME I CAN
SPEND WITH MY FAMILY, AND I
HAVE 50% MORE INCOME COMING
IN.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
TITHE, AND TO WATCH "THE 700
CLUB" IF THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND THE PRINCIPLE AND
WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND THE CHALLENGE IS, WHAT
ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
