How to start saving money
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Why it is important to start saving
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How much money should I save?
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What percentege of my income should go to savings?
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Paralyzed by Fear
At the young age of 15, Karina began looking for ways to escape the hurt in her life.
“I witnessed a lot of violence between my parents,” she says. “My father was really abusive and had a substance abuse problem.”
Pain from her rocky upbringing sent her running toward any relief she could find. Eventually, that led to an abusive relationship. When Karina got pregnant and had her daughter, she was determined to live free from abuse. But fear kept of her pain.
“I was never vocal about what was happening because I was afraid I would lose my daughter,” she says.
Pride, shame, and guilt steered Karina away from asking for help. But when the abuse grew life-threatening, she knew something needed to change. “My daughter would tell me, ‘Mommy, you need to listen to daddy so you don’t get hurt.’ I realized I was teaching my little girl it’s okay to be abused.”
Seeking Healing and Hope
When Karina left, she scraped by with what she had, living out of her car while trying to encourage her daughter.
Desperate for food and other essential help, she remembered a friend who found help at CityTeam. “I wanted that,” says Karina. She pushed past her shame to ask for help. On the other side of pride, she found restorative care and vital connections.
Karina says, “Being at CityTeam has changed my life. They’ve provided me with a safe place for me and my daughter.”
Through case management, food assistance, spiritual growth and other needed resources in a loving environment, Karina was able to build a firm foundation. Most life-changing of all, she allowed God to have His way in her life and learned that compassion and Christ’s love go hand in hand.
“I went through certain situations in my life that were supposed to destroy me,” she says. “God’s peace surpasses everything that I’ve gone through. I don’t have to resort to my old ways of living. My mind is restored.”
Karina wants to be a CityTeam intern and give back what was so freely given to her — compassion, grace, and a chance to rebuild.