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Martha Rogers
Houston, Texas
"Nothing else can give you a healthy body, mind, spirit and soul like First Place. Through the Bible studies I have a much closer relationship with God. I no longer worry about what happens in my life, because I know who is in control. Together, good health and a mind focused on Christ carried me through what could have been a dark time in my life, to become a shining example of God’s love and mercy."
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Rena Schaeffer
Atlanta, Texas
My weight began to increase as my lifestyle changed after the birth of my two children. They were born 16 months apart so I stayed busy raising babies for about three years. Much of the 1980's was spent concentrating on being a good mom! I forgot about taking care of ME.
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Julie Schuler
Cincinnati, OH
I had never really given God first place in my life. He always came up last. My issues with putting God last in my life included not understanding His word and being overweight. I had been praying to God for quite some time that He would send someone to help me with my struggle to understand the Bible. I never felt like He heard me.
I received an email from a friend one day about this program called First Place...
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Billy Shaw
Chattanooga, Tennessee
"After three years of trying to lose weight, I found that I had actually gained weight by climbing to over 300 pounds. My last year before college, I decided that was enough, things had to change. Between Thanksgiving 1999 and Thanksgiving 2000, I lost 130 pounds on the First Place program. What a reason to give thanks! Thank you God, for showing me how too have the life I’ve always wanted."
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Fran Sherry
Whitehall, WI
May of 2003, found me sitting in a doctor's office for an annual exam with a host of health problems. I had come to this visit with my written list of complaints in dire hope of finding some "fixes" for them.
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Kathie Smith
Davie, Florida
"I am now leading a First Place group at my church. And I am just as excited as I was when I started in 1997. I can’t tell enough people what a wonderful program First Place is. It changes lives. Most people tell me they joined the group to lose weight, but what they have gained is a closer relationship with the Lord. What a blessing!."
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Kay Smith
First Place Associate Director
Houston, Texas
"I grew up in the country and being overweight did not seem like much of a problem until I reached my teenage years. I told our family physician I wanted to lose weight. He prescribed diet pills and told me to take the pills and stop eating. I did, and it worked. But I found that I would also gain weight back very fast when I stopped the pills and went back to eating what I wanted. I began this yo-yo pattern at a very early age and continued it for more than 25 years."
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Peggy Smith
Cincinnati, Ohio
"I praise Him for leading me to First Place. My spiritual life has increased SO much by keeping the commitments: the Bible Studies, the scripture reading and the memory verses. All of these have brought me SO much closer to God than I have EVER been in my life. Recently, one of the Bible study verses was, “Return to me, and I will return to you.” (Malachi 3:7) My encouragement to you is that if you will do your part, God will do His. And then just be sure to give Him the praise. He is worthy!"
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