A Surprise Blessing for a Marine and His Family

Marine Corporal Jacob was deployed so often, he and his wife Charlsie spent less than a year together during their first three years of marriage. Charlsie will never forget the homecomings.

When Jacob returned from his most recent deployment, they decided Charlsie wouldn’t work so they could start a family and have her stay at home. However, both were concerned about their growing credit card debt.

They cut out everything unnecessary including internet and cable. Jacob started looking for a second job, and Charlsie went to food banks to avoid buying groceries on the credit card.

Jacob explains, “It's something that we feel together that we need to do in order to honor the Lord the best way we can. So that we’re not a slave to the lender.”

Their get-out-of-debt plan derailed when both of their older cars simultaneously needed major repairs, they considered scaling down to one car, but Charlsie was an active volunteer at church, so they needed two.

Charlsie says, “Right now, fixing the issues with either car can't be the top of our priority list. There are other bills and needs that come before doing that.”

When Pillar Church learned about their financial challenges, they contacted CBN’s Helping the Home Front. CBN agreed to help. Pastor Mike Young invited the couple over to tell them CBN was paying for their car repairs and clearing their credit card debt.

Jacob and Charlsie were almost lost for words, moved by the compassion and kindness.

Pastor Mike took the couple to the Toyota dealership to get both vehicles fixed. With their cars in good working order and their debt paid, Jacob and Charlsie can focus on building their savings for their family’s future.

Jacob says, “CBN’s Helping the Home Front changed our life. I'm so grateful to CBN and all the partners.”

Charlsie says, “We are very thankful for what Helping the Home Front has just given us. It's going to be resonating with us a very long time, for the rest of our lives.”

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