"In Twenty Years"
Having had to close the Bakery in Bozeman and sell off the assets to cover debt was very shocking to me, as we had been doing so well up to just a few short months before.
My thoughts would often go over what all happened and caused me to wonder if I needed to file bankruptcy, so I went to see an attorney. He listened as I went over the particulars of my business but at the end told me he didn’t think I needed to file bankruptcy as most of my debts had been paid and the remaining creditors were not seeking any recompense.
He then asked me, “Why hadn’t anyone helped me?” He explained to me the very simple things I could have done to keep everything together, so to be able to weather the storm of the economic downturn.
It surprised me, but saddened me also, as no one had ever even tried to help me, even some quite capable friends and business associates.
These thoughts eventually motivated me to help others that were going through similar things I had gone through, which in turn led me to my consulting career. Over the next twenty-five years I have been successful at ninety-five percent of the projects I put my hand to.
One day, though in 1988, I was praying about my failings, the Holy Spirit spoke to me very clearly stating that in twenty years an economic crash would occur nationwide, which would start with a real-estate market crash and begin my dream, “Times of Trouble”.