K-money and Finances

A look into one of the many things I am learning while out here in the wilderness is a look at finances! Through a few classes that I am enrolled in, I will be provided with a biblical way to look at finances. There is a quote that I do not want to misquote, but I will try to paraphrase… Basically we all have a good understanding of how 10% of our money should be handled (tithe), but most of us do not know how to properly manage the remaining 90% of our money.

One way that our discipleship program is teaching us about finances is by allowing us to work on our own budgeting skills. We pay FAKE bills with FAKE money (called K-money). A look at our bills includes $36 in rent per paycheck… the pay check is $50. With the remaining money we have a choice of what to do with “our” money. We are allowed to tithe, buy a movie $8, buy internet for a day $5 or go to town $15. Internet and town purchases are only available on our actual off day. Also we can be fined for not paying bills on time, not turning in our lease, stealing internet, being late to work, or anything that is not practicing responsibility.

SO JUST A SIDE NOTE… IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHY I HAVE NOT POSTED IN A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME… IT IS BECAUSE I HAVE CHOSEN TO NOT SPEND MY MONEY ON INTERNET.

So with this lesson on finances, some of my WA family is learning quickly you will not always have money to do the things you desire to do. Sometimes you have to go without and sometimes you have to save up your money from a few paychecks to be able to do things. Another opportunity we have been given to make more FAKE money is by creating our own business (or having a second job). This business includes writing a business proposal and actually working extra to be able to make the money.

My current business includes cleaning houses for the full time staff. The other side jobs with this include laundry and organizing! If you know me… I enjoy doing these things, so it isn’t much of a job for me! I just started my business and currently have two customers and am working on convincing the third customer to let me clean their house. You may not know this, but all the full time staff members that live here and are not married are around my age and a lot of fun to be around. This is where my customers come from. One house is two of my really good guy friends (volleyball teammates, camping friends, and skydiving partner)! While my other customer is a WA brother who allows me to do his laundry for K-money!

All in all, I am enjoying the opportunity we have been given to learn about a biblical look at finances. I feel that it is super important and I am learning just how important it is truly is to be good stewards of our finances… I could go on but for everyone that is reading sake… I won’t J

Sweet friends… thank you for staying in touch with my growth and learning over the next 9 months. And another thank you to those of you who budgeted being able to financially help me to get where I am right now through my fundraiser. The Lord is good!