Just One Year

Debut at the Seattle Wedding Show

Last year at this time my sister-in-law and I were getting ready to launch our business http://www.anniereed.com/ we were preparing to attend the Seattle Wedding Show to showcase our line of flower girl dresses.

Wanting to help out one of Annie's newly baptized members of the church in Thailand, we approached Mod to be our head seamstress. She was thrilled knowing that she would be making more than a dollar a day and that her life could change and become better after years of working to survive.

After nine months of the business blue's we thought that having Mod come to America would help the business become more successful.
With lots of time and money invested, Mod came. Business did not improve, however, Mod started to take English classes and was very busy. In fact she went on a date, her very first date in 40 years! well one thing lead to another and....

Saturday I was lucky enough to attend the temple sealing of my friend Mod to her now husband from the Mt. Vernon stake. The spirit was so strong as they were married that I couldn't help but feel humbled at the Lords hand in bringing this couple together from across the world. And to know that I had a small part in it was even more powerful. Thinking about the loss of time and money invested into this company was nothing, I would do it again to bring the blessings of exaltation to a family.

It's not very often that we get to see the results of our labors or our faith, but, for some reason the Lord allowed me to see the outcome of an "idea" I had to start a business. I really feel like this was a small taste of my potential in helping the Lord bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.