A couple months ago, our good
friends Michael and Bayli asked us if we wanted to go to Puerto Vallarta,
Mexico with them and a few other couples in October. Our first response was,
“YES!” The deal for the trip was from Groupon and I won’t say how much it is on
our blog, but it was a pretty good deal to have everything inclusive. Although
we said we wanted to go, we told them that we would have to pray and think
about it some more. So we did and it came down to 2 sides…. Either we go on the
trip and have fun while we don’t have kids, or don’t go on it because we want
to get out of debt ASAP so that we have close to NO debt when we have kids. We
want to have kids sooner than later, so the trouble with going is that we would
be spending money that we might need for a new baby and everything that comes
with it. It was a hard decision, but we decided not to go. Instead, we all planned a cabin trip
for next month! It’s a lot cheaper and we can still have fun with our friends.
The
way I look at it is, the more we sacrifice and save now, the less we will have
to do later. I would rather get the whole thing over with than have to deal with debt forever. We want to be able to show our kids someday that we both were
disciplined in something that we wanted to accomplish together. With all of that said, our prayer
request is that we stay motivated to meet our goal for next year in November.
Thank you for all of your prayers!
-Steph
Stephanie! Just stumbled across this! While Mike & I haven't had large loans/debt to overcome, I can really relate to the way you two are beginning your marriage on a financial level. Mike and I had a lot of goals when we first got married. It's a long story... I could go on and on... :) but bottom line is: GOALS ARE GOOD! Keep a tight hold of them and don't let go... Things only get better and better!!! Love you guys.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Heather! You guys are so great in supporting us :) Thank you for the encouraging words!! Love you too!
Delete-Steph