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Mission Statement
Founded on the principles of Luke 12:24, Faithful Provisions is dedicated to showing individuals and families how to save money by encouraging, equipping and empowering good stewardship.
My Story
My name is Kelly and I am a wife to the most amazing and wonderful husband in the world, and mommy to a boy and a girl under the age of 3. I love to cook, shop for amazing deals and share what I do with others. God has faithfully provided for our family to allow me to stay home and raise our children and make the most of our income. I love to teach and encourage others who want to do the same!
The following verses in Luke were my inspiration for the name of this blog!
“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat; or about your body, what you will wear. Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes. Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds! ” – Luke 12:22-24
The first question I always get when I meet someone or teach a class is…
“How did you start doing this?”
So, here is my story…
About 3 years ago, after our first child was born, I had a great job working for a big Fortune 500 company. After she was born, I immediately felt God tugging at my heart to walk out in faith and leave my great paying job. This was not an easy decision, I was bringing home half of our income and without it, and we were barely going to get by each month. As excited as I was to stay home, I really dreaded the financial impact on our lives… especially knowing that over 50% of marriages end in divorce due to financial troubles.
So, after returning to work for 2 months, I gave my 2 week notice. From that day on I was able to clearly see God’s hand in our finances and his deep care for us in our day to day lives. We did our first budget and were floored at how much money we were actually throwing away each month on non-essentials! It is amazing what you can live on, versus what you THINK you have to have to live on.
I was first introduced to this way of saving by my dear friend Bekah. She had always shopped this way; her mom had taught her to use coupons and shop sales. So, one night in January, she had me and my little sister over and taught us this new way of shopping. It was like a light bulb went on, and that was the beginning!
Over the next few months I got better and better at it and after 1 year, had reduced our grocery and eating out budget from $1,100/month to about $250/month! As I began to get better at it, I had friends asking me about how I did it and we taught my first class in my friend Christina’s home, with about 30 women. From there, we began to teach a class monthly in her home and they were always packed; we were starting to turn people away for the next month’s class.
From that, I began to start an email list of about 200 people who wanted to receive frequent updates on deals and coupon matchups. After about 2 years of doing this, I decided (after much urging from my awesome hubby!) that I needed to learn how to make a living off of what I could do, by starting this blog and charging for classes.
I wouldn’t be where I am today without believing in God’s word and how He will faithfully provide for those who believe in His son Jesus. Through our faith in Him, we have been abundantly blessed and shown a way of life we didn’t know existed. My hope is that in seeing our journey, you will be encouraged to step out in an area that God is calling you too… to trust Him!
God Bless!
Kelly
Below are the lyrics to a song that has inspired me in this journey with Faithful Provisions.
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me!
Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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Hi Kelly,
What an encouragement you are to me! I found you through Jennie W. and I am so glad I did. I will definitely be coming here for tips because I am in the same boat as you! Thank you so much for sharing!
What a great story!
Hi Kelly,
Can’t wait to meet you on March 9th! Jennie Witherspoon is putting together a girls’ night for our mom’s group. I am hosting the event. It’s such a joy to meet another sister in Christ.
Blessings,
Starling
Similar journey, and fortunately same city! Seeking similar success and looking forward to honoring the Creator with my own story. Can’t wait to meet you and other moms like us. (Matt 7:8)
my friend Michalle Sessions told me about you – so i had to come check out your site. Great story!
I think she said you guys go to Fellowship too? maybe we’ll see you around sometime! – dave & jessica lewis
Kelly ~ love your blog, came across your site from Meredith’s Like Merchant Ships. As a mom of young adults, I’m delighted to see young Christian women taking the bold step of making a difference in the world for Christ.
Hey Kelly!
Jodie
This is wonderful! We saw you on the news and I had to check it our for myself. You are such a wonderful person and you guys have the greatest family. I am a beginner in the coupon world and would love to learn how to save more money for Matthew and I. Let me know if you guys have a class coming up on the weekends……I would love to come and learn!
Hi Kelly, A friend of mine sent me your website. I am a stay-at-home mom living in Orlando. Is there anyway that you could do a class online? I would love to learn your tricks of what you do. Thanks for your information..Ginny
Stay tuned, I am working on doing some online podcasts, just need a little time. If you check back here frequently, I’ll post about it. Thanks so much for reading!
Kelly, you are truly blessed. Thank you for your talents! And to all you ladies out there that are thinking about trying her methods they do work! Just shopping the sales saves my family about $75 a week! God Bless! Jacqueline
Kelly, I just found your site, and cannot wait to go back through your posts. After my daughter was born, I returned to work for a month, but made the difficult decision to stay home (difficult in only a financial sense). Money is tight, but we are learning to budget more wisely. Thank you for this wonderful blog resource and God Bless! Cee
Great website looking forward to attending a workshop. I am trying to become coupon wise. Had to make the difficult decision to stay home due to health reasons. Since this cuts our income in half I am trying to save where I can. Even though I do not have children and it is just my husband and me, using coupons, meal planning and cooking at home can make up the difference in income, plus be healthier for us. Thank you and God Bless!
Hey Kelly! It’s Natalie Albert – David talked to Bradford last week, and David let me know about your blog. I googled you and found it… I think it is so great that you are sharing all this great info! Can’t wait to check back in often! Blessings to you!
I can’t remember the path that brought me to your site, but I am grateful for being led here. You sound like a wonderful mom and person and I can’t wait to get to know you better. I am a full-time working mother of five. I used to homeschool our kids until we decided the Lord really wanted us to get out of debt. So DH works two jobs and I work one and we will have all our consumer debt paid off at the end of 2009. We only have left the house and the student loans. We did well getting to where we are, almost done with the debt, until the grocery prices started soaring. So I started hunting for couponing and bargain-shopping help again to feed our large family. I’m so excited to have found a site where relying on the Lord is key! Our family certainly relies on Him, so I am thrilled to have made this connection! Good for you for what you are doing!
Could I be on your email list. I’d love to learn how to save more money to give back to HIS KINGDOM! I also have teenagers that are heading off to college, which will empty my pockets a bit as well. Thanks for all you do.
Carla
Kelly,
Thank you for the class today. It really gave me the encouragement I need even though I’ve been couponing for a year now. Your info was very helpful and uplifting. Thank You!!
Kelly Lee
Hello Kelly,
I think what you are doing to help people save money is great! Pass along to your followers in Middle Tn to check Best Coupon Club.com : http://bestcouponclub.com/
Keep up the Good work!
Hi Kelly,
I feel truly blessed to have come across your website. I saw you on Tennessee Mornings this week and immediately searched for your site. My story is pretty much the same as yours, I too felt a calling from the Lord to stay home and stretch my husband’s income enabling me to stay home with my little ones. Your a true inspiration! Keep doing what you do!
God Bless you and your beautiful family!
Jamie
What a wonderul gift you have! I heard of your website on Air 1 radio station. I am excited to begin my journey to improve on our families budget. I was a stay at home mom but now have to work due to finances. We waste so much money on eating out, STARBUCKS and groceries! I am praying that I can grasp a hold of this and start saving some money! Thank you for being obedient to the Lord! God bless….Kirsten
I heard you on Air 1 radio and I thank you so much on making our budget stretch more. I too left work to be a stay at home mom to my three beautiful children. thank you! God is truely working in you and I hope I can do the same for others. Thank you!
Kelly,
This really couldn’t come at a better time. I, too, will be leaving my well paying job of which is better than half of our income and stepping out on faith in our Lord to live and live more abundantly in the roles I feel he is calling us too. Your words are true encouragement and I am excited to embrace the life God is “tugging” at my heart to live. Thank you for all the work you do and may God continue to always bless you as you are a blessing to others.
His Will, His Plan, His Purpose,
In Him,
Kathryn
You have a great story and one I want to remember. My husband and I just got married almost a year ago and we are hoping to start a family. I would like more than anything to stay home, but need to find a way to supplement my income because I make more than half of our income. We have talked about it and my husband is in support of me blogging and we both are hoping to find something else I can do from home. I am just going to keep praying about how the Lord wants me to do this.
Thank you for your inspiration!
Your testimony is of great encouragement! Thank you and may God continue to bless your ministry!
I can’t remember which blog I was reading that led me to your site, but so glad I found Faithful Provisions. I enjoy reading other money saving blogs but knowing yours is from a Christian viewpoint takes it to the top of my list. Thanks for all you do. I have couponed and been frugal for years even when it wasn’t necessary and we have been truly blessed. Now I am a stay at home mom and do it so we can save a little more each month so later we can live like no one else. I look forward to going back thru your site to see what else I can learn.
Thanks again for all you do.
Jenifer
Hi Kelly and all,
I have now been divorced for one year and have two teenaged daughters, a small farm and am in debt up to there and beyond due to the divorce. Your story and those of the other moms (and dads/others) on this site give me encouragement and real, tangible help just when I need it the most. Thank you – God truly does work in wondrous ways to answer prayers – even in the grocery store!!
Julie
I am new to your site and am so encouraged by your mission and the delight you get from being obedient to Him daily!
My God is an Awesome God!
Hi Kelly-
I just started couponing seriously about 6 weeks ago, and was thrilled to see your article in the November issue of HomeLife. Thanks for providing the link to your web site in the article. I am learning a lot!
kelly, I saw you at Belle Aire Baptist Church on sat the 24th. I have just loged on to your web site and tried down load some coupons and wasnt able to. I have a mac I do’nt know if that is the problem, but please let me know.I really seeing and hearing your.
Cathy from $30 weekly grocery challenge linked me to you and I thank God that she did. I know we are all in the same boat as you and I see that you give us faith that the boat will not sink.!!! I just started checking out your site and thank you for all the hard work you have put into your site. It’s unbelievable.
Once again ……I am thrilled to be here.
Cathy…….What an awesome testimony! Praise God for sharing your walk of faith. We do serve an awesome God who is always faithful to His promises. I have just begun checking out your website but couldn’t wait to say ‘thank you’.
Love the blog! Just wanted to say what a mighty god we serve!
Beth
Hi Kelly!
I found your blog through a Google search…. loved seeing your posts about favorite Aldi’s and Costco buys!
What a nice blog you have… and I love your heaven-ward focus! 
Tammy
Any chance you could be persuaded to do a workshop in or near Chattanooga?
Love your website. You are blessed with a beautiful family.
Thank you for sharing your faith.
Let’s all keep Christ in Christmas.
Merry Christmas
I went to register for the Jan 23rd workshop but it listed the date of the workshop as Nov. 14th- it confused me and I wanted to make sure everything else was correct before I applied my cc info.
Thanks – for your time and attention!
Cheryl,
Sorry, I just had the wrong date listed, go ahead I fixed the date!
Thanks so much for all the valuable information you provide. I signed up in the Spring of 09 thanks to a friend telling me about your website. I’ve especially enjoyed all the free products and samples I’ve received. Wish I would have kept better track of the savings you have provided us with. Can’t wait to see what you have planned this year!
Thanks Again!!
Thank you for all of your hard work. I have not been following you for a very long time.
However, in these past few months I have enjoyed your site.
Soo, thank you very much and keep up the good work.
Debbie
Thank you, Thank you for all you do! I love your site and I especially love your devotion to keeping Christ at it’s center. I, too, think “stumbling” upon couponing was an answer to prayer for our family. I asked God that if my husband and I were where we are supposed to be and doing what we are supposed to, then he would have to show me a way to save more money on our income.
I now have people telling me to hold classes. What a great gift to pass along!
Thank you once again. God Bless.
Hi Kelly,
I just found your blog by using The Frugal Map to find blogger near me. There were none listed yet for South Carolina – I live in Greenville, SC – so
I thought I would check out Tenn. since we like to vacation in Pigeon Forge, TN. I will be checking your blog regularly for coupon match-ups. Thanks for all the work you put in to help us couponer save some money in this tight economy. Anita
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I want to thank you for this blog. As a single parent who is raising a family on less than $12,000/year income working a low paying job in today's standards, our food budget is only $150/month. I've used coupons to our advantage for over 30 years. However, your information helps me to do it with more time efficiency. God has supplied all our needs. It makes me ill to see how much some folks waste in $$ and food. We could feed so many more hungry children if we changed our ways in this country.
what you say is so true. although our kids are older (27,22,18, and 14) we believe it is still important to have mom at home. with my husband in real estate sales, 2009 was a trying year. i taught myself how to coupon with blogs like yours and we survived on only $6000 last year! my husband has a new job, but because i was so motivated to save money at the grocery store, i have taught others how to save by what i have learned. and we will never go back to shopping like we used to!
I see nothing personally wrong with God. As per say but i do believe that a good read of the bible will make your decision on whether God exists in some shape or form at all.
One of my co-workers gave me your website. I am new to this and have been researching everything I can find. I think your website will be very beneficial to me and my family. I respect what you stand for and for your belief in God.
I live on the west coast and there are not any coupon workshops in my area. Do you have any workshop videos I can download? I would love to learn more!
I live on the west coast and there are not any coupon workshops in my area. Do you have any workshop videos I can download? I would love to learn more!
Hi, Kelly! I found your blog today and am so excited to begin following you on facebook! I love your blog and all it has to offer! I am also a mommy blogger and love meeting other mommy bloggers!
Elizabeth @TheThriftyDivas
Hi Kelly,
I just found your blog and am thankful for it. What would you say to a “mom-to-be” (in 28 days) who is wanting to not go back to her teaching job, but after sitting down and crunching the numbers with her husband, found that we would still barely scrape by, even after cutting out all non-necessary areas? We are just calculating bills and the bare bones of what has to be paid and will only be left with $200 or less/month to cover groceries and misc.
Becky
Becky – I would say to trust the Lord in what he is calling you to. We were in the SAME spot and the Lord sweetly provided. You will find that by adding couponing, especially to toiletries, cleaning supplies and household items you can save BIG. This cut our grocery budget by 75% which allowed us to have plenty.
I would recommend you make this your full time job. The money you save will far outweigh the money you could have made outside and paying for childcare. And you will be able to delight in the Lord and your family!
Good luck and God Speed!
I’m not sure what led me to your blog, but I thank God that I found it. We’re in a tough place financially, right now, and can use all the help/ideas we can get. I can’t wait to dive into what you’ve posted here.
I’m really just getting started on your website. I signed-up for e-mails back a month or so ago but have been working and didn’t have as much time as I do now.
I have just recenetly lost my job and I want to do everything and anything to help my husband know I’m trying to save us money in anyway
we can.
I’m 50 and having to turn my career choice in a different direction and its been, UHM, I guess challenging.
I do know though God does have a plan and I just have to be still and let Him guide me and move out of His way. He does not need my help!!!!!!!
So I truly feel God has brought you and this site into my life and SO many others and were grateful and blessed!!!!!! He does work through others!
So thank you for your Faith and your wonderful in-site you give us daily.
Have a blessed day.
Mary
Hi Kelly,
Your blog is such an inspiration. I am going thru something similar as DH was laid-off due to the recession.I hope to learn from you.I am glad i found your blog.Blessings to you!