my testimony of tithing and fast offering

2009 January, Bishop Rice mentioned that there was a great need for Fast Offerings and invited members to pray to decide how much a generous fast offering would be. He promised us that blessings come from giving generous fast offering. A while ago, I decided to increase the fast offering by $10 and round up the tithing to the nearest $5 or $10.

Back in January last year, Ryan enrolled a program thru Stevens-Henager College as he was promised by the dean of graduate studies that an education from there would assure him better success in a workers world. He was also promised him that there would be tutoring available and the program was accredited. The Dean did not keep his verbal promise. When Ryan needed a tutor for his class in June, the Dean dropped him from the class. Shortly after that, we found out the program was not well recognized. Then we decided to withdraw from the program. We sought the assistance from a lawyer who referred us to the Consumer Protection Agency to change the withdraw date to the date the Dean took him off the class instead of the date Ryan signed the termination paper. If we succeed, the student loan could be greatly reduced since the time he was in the program would reduce from 75% to 50%. However, we were told by both parties that we did not have a good case.

Couple weeks ago, I got a call from the Dean to pick up a refund check for the amount we have paid to the school. In addition, the school wrote off the amount we owe to the school which is about $2700.00. We still have the student loan with the government. When I hang up, I started crying as I felt the Spirit very strong and felt His love and mercy.