As a little girl, Anna Hillbery learned about tithing in church and sporadically gave over the years. However, when she started her career after college, Anna struggled to pay her bills and tithing didn’t make sense to her.

“I was so busy just trying to make sure I had a job, support myself, trying to make ends meet week to week.”

For eight years, Anna worked as a costume designer and theater manager in Jupiter, Florida. The six-month regular season paid well, but the summer children’s shows didn’t, forcing her to relocate to the northeast for their ‘summer season’.

“Because I was moving every six months, there were so many expenses that I was having to pay for travel, breaking my lease, things like that, that just kind of started to pile up. I was making all of my credit card payments

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