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Ildi Veres, Executive Sales Director

Hello to our wonderful Team! :) First and foremost, I am very humbled and honored to be featured here. Thank you!

My name is Ildiko Veres, and I am an Executive Sales Director with Ameriplan. I am also a stay-at-home mom to two beautiful children. My daughter is 10 and my baby boy is 20 months old. I came to America 16 years ago from Europe, Hungary. At that time I didn't speak english, I didn't have much experience in anything, but the things I did have was, determination and goals. I learned, that without those things in life, it is very hard to move forward.

In the first 5 years of my journey in America, I was a nanny. Throughout those years, I had the opportunity to learn english as well as I do now. Then I got my courage up to apply for a job in an office as a receptionist. I only worked there for a year before I had my baby girl and I became a stay-at-home mom in 2000. At that time I began my search for a work-at-home job. Unfortunately I got scammed a ton of times, but even then I still believed that there was something out there for me that is real......

Fast forward to 2008 July....it is when I finally found AmeriPlan. At first, I didn't know what to do with it! LOL I had no idea that this will be the company I will be able to stay with long term, make real money working from home and most importantly LOVE!

It of course started out rocky, just like for many people. I was discouraged, shy, had no experience and had obsticles as well and I was also extremely overwhelmed. Made excuses a bunch of times why I don't need to pick up the phone to talk to prospects, and things like that. BUT, when I had my baby boy in June, 2009 I finally realized that this is the real deal for me. I am gonna put my everything in it because once again I am going to be a stay-at-home mom and I wanted to be able to make money while staying at home with him and I knew that with this company, I can do that. I just had to go for it! It took me some time to figure everything out but I finally developed a system that works great for me, and I am loving every minute of what I do!

Ever since I started treating my business as a priority, I started getting great results. That means, no excuses! Every single day I have to work it! Even if it's only 1-2 hrs a day, I work it consistantly. I only work my business part time, but since I work 5 days a week posting ads, calling people, posting more ads and calling more people, it really really makes a BIG difference in my enrollments and paychecks :)

I feel like my Ameriplan family, which is the FAHT is a big part of my life now. I created deep friendships with some people here, which means so much to me because being a stay-at-home mom, it is hard to make friends outside of the home.

I also just recently moved from Phoenix, AZ to Las Vegas, NV and I barely know anyone in my neighborhood. But no matter where I go, my business is always there with me as well as my friends from our Team. This really is priceless!

Also, being able to work and get paid as a result of my efforts gives me great feeling of purpose. If I didn't have my Ameriplan business, I think I would feel lost. I love being a mom and that is my # 1 priority, but I have to admit that I need this for me. It makes me feel like an individual and an adult who's goals and dreams didn't get lost in diaper changes, playdates and gym classes...

I know I will be here for a long time and I will continue working and growing my business each and every day. There is no doubt in my mind, that if someone commits to something, there is no limit on what they can achieve! I thank all of you who are a part of the FAHT for making this Team as amazing as it is! I am so happy and proud to be a part of it!

I wish ALL of you great success here!

Ildiko Veres

Executive Sales Director

"Act as if it were impossible to fail" ~ Anonymous~"

To Consider Quitting Means....

I just want to share with you all. One of the girls on our team asked me the other day if I have ever considered quitting and when I told her “no”, she didn’t believe me. She was determined that every single broker has considered quitting at one time or another. That conversation put me into deep thought about all the walls and life challenges that have been a part of my journey. Where would I be if any one ofthose challenges would’ve gotten me to think about quitting and what would I have given up??

Thinking back to the days of working a full-time J.O.B. with a set income, there was very little room to hope or dream at all. It was easy back then to tell myself and the kids that "this is just the way it is for us". The very BIGGEST GIFT that Ameriplan has given me is the ability to hope and dream of a better life and to KNOW that none of us is ever stuck living paycheck to paycheck!!!

The first 27 months of my journey were spent working my full-time job, rushing the kids around to eat and do homework, and jumping on the phone to grow my business. I really wanted to come home from work to play and watch TV, but I knew that by spending my “playtime” on the phone would be worth it in the long run. I am now home full time. I drive my little guy to kindergarden, get my 12-year-old boy off to middle school, and then homeschool my 16-year-old daughter. From there, I go swim for an hour every day to get my exercise in. My family eats together, plays together, and we never have to rush around. The next gift this opportunity has provided is the time and freedom to live and enjoy my kids.

Another life-changing gift has been the priceless friendships along the journey. All the way from Kristie Wooten, my enroller and my very first “Ameriplan friend”, to the incredible people on this team that have become a part of my everyday life, and then all the people that have inspired me and given their time so selflessly just to make sure that we have everything we need – Janie and Michael, Kelly, Pennie, Regina, Becky, Kristie and all the FAHT leaders…….I can’t begin to imagine my life without EVERYONE!!

Living this wonderful journey for 4 years has taken me step-by-step from a single mom with absolutely no hope for a better future, to a person that now believes that we can all achieve anything we set our minds to.

I have seen it way too many times, when someone hits a wall and they consider “throwing in the towel”, that option will be in the back of that person’s mind with every struggle they face. Eventually they will give in and give up.

For me, to quit means I would have to give back every gift that Ameriplan has given me. I am keeping ALL of them……I AM HERE FOR LIFE!!!!!

Patti Triplett

National Sales Director

Donna Hately

Regional Sales Director

Hello to all of my extended Freedom At Home Team Family. I am so very honored to be featured this month.

My name is Donna Hatley, Regional Sales Director with Ameriplan. I'm a wife, a mom, and grandma of two beautiful children, Tyler and Emma. I got remarried 8 years ago to a wonderful man. As life knows it, Danny has turned out to be my soul mate.

I spent 30+ years in a public work environment. I spent 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, listening to other people tell me what to do and when I could do it. I was laid off after 9/11. I was heartbroken at the time because I was single and still trying to support my son. It was not until several years later, I realized that getting laid off was a blessing in disguise.

I decided that I wanted to work from home, be my own boss. I was tricked into several scams. I also spent about $1500 taking a medical transcription course. After 6 months, I got my certificate. But, that is when the trouble began. I spent 5-6 months trying to get a position working from home in Medical Transcription, but everyone wanted at least 2-5 years of real-time experience.

As I continued my search, I found Kristie and Ameriplan. I was very skeptical at first. I came back to Kristie several times before I decided to take that leap of faith. It was very difficult for me at first. I had just about every fear possible. I worked very hard on my fears along with Kristie's help. I am proud of my decision to work with this great team and company. The service Ameriplan provides people is something that I am truly proud to be a part of. For the 1st time in all of my years of working, I can say, I do what I love and I love what I do!! Next goal, SRSD!!

Wishing success to all of my team members, YOU deserve it!! :)

Donna Hatley

Regional Sales Director

As I write these words for our monthly newsletter, I am admiring my beautiful 1yr old old baby boy and my 2 year old little girl and feeling SO blessed to be able to be home with them on a daily basis! They are the pure inspiration for me on a daily basis - to be the best person I can be and to build my AmeriPlan business with absolute dedication!! I am on a mission to bring families together and to help those that truly want it..to have a lucrative successful career from home...to help people not live paycheck to paycheck ...to help people fire their boss and find their own true inner guidance and fulfillment!!

My journey with AmeriPlan begins almost 3 years ago back in January of 2008. I was one week away from giving birth to my little girl when I spoke to Maria Rappa, my wonderful friend and enroller. I had no idea what to expect when she called, and I was honestly a little nervous to even talk to her (imagine that!!). After our conversation, I knew this was the opportunity I had been waiting for, so I told her I would sign up in a month. And that I did! I was a little lost in the beginning. I had fears to overcome, a skeptical husband that basically told me not to do this business, but I had DRIVE!! I was inspired by the other leaders on our team coming from humble beginnings and overcoming amazing obstacles, and if they could do it, then so could I! I was on a mission to prove my husband wrong and to really build this business and to be successful!!! It took some time for me to reach RSD as I had some obstacles to overcome myself. I had major phone fears and a huge learning curve on prospecting and lead generation. I also had a newborn and 13 horses to care for everyday. Instead of making excuses I just kept telling myself "I will, I can, If she can do it, so can I" !! I stayed plugged into the training (3-5 calls a week), I made 5-7 presentations per day, I worked on personal growth and development, and eventually everything clicked for me. I was not born being good at this business, I really had to work at it, but because I had the DESIRE to be GREAT, NOTHING and NO ONE could STOP ME!! So, just Get FIRED UP and Stay FIRED UP!!! Your business WILL GROW!!!

AmeriPlan has been my child. I give my business love, respect, and guidance, just as I do for my children;) I truly believe this is key to growing your business! You have to love what you do, if you don't yet, trust me you will!! This positively affects every aspect of your business, from your daily prospecting calls to building leaders underneath you, everything is reciprocated, love your business, and it will love you back!

I have grown so much personally since being a part of this amazing company. I have learned to trust myself and to have faith, to have patience and to not sweat the small stuff. I see the good in every experience, even the "bad" ones, it is through these times that you truly grow the most! I also have complete confirmation that dreams really do come true!! I am just as excited today as the first day I joined AmeriPlan (maybe even more, lol) and truly look forward to seeing all of our team members realizing their dreams and true potential with AmeriPlan!!

I am so inspired by what I do with my business and my team on a daily basis! I want to see as many team members as possible rise up and be inspired by our business, and find their greatness within! Anybody can be successful at this business if they want it bad enough and don't quit!! So don't ever let someone tell you that you cannot do something, if you want something go get it!!!! . If you have fears, just carry them with you through all of those phone calls, people will start to hear you, and your fear will soon be replaced by solid confidence in yourself and your business! Most people will not do what they have to do to build this business and build TRUE residual income, will you?

AmeriPlan is and forever will be in my heart, not because I have gained financially, but I am a different person today than when I began my career. Our business is so rewarding and fulfilling, we change lives on a daily basis, mine was sure changed, and for that I am grateful:) Thank You Ameriplan, Freedom At Home Team, Kristie Wooten, and Maria Rappa!!!

Jayme Boyles

National Sales Director

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Rotonya Jackson

Executive Sales Director

First of all, I want to say thank you Kristie, for all of the great support and help you offer whenever I or any of us on the team needs you. Thank you also for the invitation to be a featured leader for this awesome team of ours. I want to also say thank you to my enroller and close friend, Patti Triplett, for all the support, encouragement, laughs, and advice she gives, and for letting me even cry sometimes on her phone-shoulders. J I really appreciate you, Patti, and your friendship soo much and thank you for being there as more than just my enroller. Thank you to Janie for the vision for our team and the awesome training and support that I and our entire team receive. I feel blessed to be a part of The Freedom At Home Team, and to have found Ameriplan; thanks Dennis and Daniel for allowing us all to take part in it. I am also thankful to my family and friends, who fully support and encourage me with my home business, and share information about the company’s benefits and what I do with others.

My name is Rotonya Jackson, and I am a Regional Sales Director with the Freedom At Home Team. I have a beautiful 4 year old daughter, Mikayla, who is my world and motivation for all that I do and all that I am and strive to be. She alone is my reason for working from home; she inspires me to be a better person and the best mother I can possibly be for her. I began my search for work from home when she was only 3 months old, after crying from just visiting a daycare I considered bringing her to when I planned to return to work once she reached 6 months old. I couldn’t bare the thought of leaving her with someone else, and missing out on so much of her first moments. I have a background and degree in Accounting, and knew there Had to be at least a Bookkeeping or Data Entry job somewhere out there that I could do from home on my computer, but after months of searching, it was nowhere to be found. I am not a sales person by far and usually don’t even like being on the phone too much, so those types of jobs were a no go for me as well. After searching for months, I was blessed to get an email from Patti from a mom group that I’d joined, and after talking to her, I joined the business and have not looked back since; quitting has Never been an option. I have developed a passion for helping others with the savings plans we offer, because I know the value from using them myself, along with the testimonies I have received from others that have also taken advantage of the savings they have been able to receive. I have a bigger passion though, for helping people find their freedom from home, because I know how hard it is to leave your young child in someone else’s care, and all the expense that goes along with raising them. I have also learned the importance of self development, to be a better person for myself and others around me.

During my time with Ameriplan, I became a single mom and eventually had to get a job outside the home. Since my daughter was a little older, I did not mind having her go to Daycare/School so she could be with and socialize with other children, especially since she is an only child, and to learn things in addition to what I had been trying to teach her; she Loves it! What I didn’t like was having to leave her there ALL DAY while I worked at my job, and having to miss out on her class parties, couldn’t help out as the class mom and participate in their class activities, no snack days, and no lunch with her at school. I hated picking her up after all of the kids in Her class had already left for the day and she was still there, one of the few 5 or 6 that remained. I hated the wrenching feeling in my heart after hearing her ask me why I was so late picking her up every day because all of her friends had left already. I hated having her ask me why I didn’t come to their class party like someone else’s mom or dad had done that day? And I also hated having to pay out $1000/month just to go to work every day, between having to pay for her to go to Daycare and putting gas in my SUV. I still knew there had to be a better way, and I longed to be more available for her. So here I come again, with God still as my source, allowing me to be able to be home full time again, working my Ameriplan business full time again, being a full time mom, and looking forward to being able to be there with my daughter this year on her class field trips, class projects, as a room mom, lunch breaks, snack and story days, and anything else she wants me there for. I always continued to work my Ameriplan business, even though it went part time for a bit, while I worked my job. I thank God for residual income and for covering my monthly overhead and putting a few extra dollars in my pocket, even when I couldn’t really work as much as I would have liked to. And I am thankful to Him and this business opportunity that we have, that I was able to take advantage of the great home business tax deductions, which gave me an extra $4000 on my tax return this year and the year before. I say all of this to say that the little $50-$150 we pay for our overhead each month to have a home business, is no comparison to the priceless rewards you will receive from being home with your family, being able to be there for and with them when they need or want you or you need or want them, being able to experience those memorable moments in their life, and the tax deductions from owning a home based business; that little overhead is so much less than having to pay that $1000/month that I was paying just to be able to go to my job every day. I am truly blessed and thankful!

Rotonya Jackson, ESD

A little about Theresa:

Thank you Kristie for the invitation to be featured on the Team Site as the Leader of The Month!

My name is Theresa and I am a Senior Executive Sales Director here on the Freedom At Home Team. I am married and I have two children. I have not always been a stay at home mom. I worked two jobs until I was 8 months pregnant with my daughter, and after she was born, as soon I was able, I was back to work. I was a single mom so I had no choice but to put my daughter in daycare and work 2 jobs to make sure her needs were met. I hated every minute of it. I was also in an unsafe relationship. My self esteem was so low but I knew I needed to make some positive changes for myself and for my daughter. My boss at the time and my parents helped me move to a safe place and this started me on a whole new path of life. I met a wonderful man who later became my husband and had a little boy. I worked until 2 weeks before my son was born. We quickly decided that I would not be returning to work as daycare expenses for a newborn are not cheap! I was so excited to be a stay at home mom as I did not have the opportunity with my daughter. My husband soon had to get a 2nd job as the bills seemed to pile up quickly. As much as I loved being here for my children, I wanted to help my husband, his hours seemed to get longer and longer. This started my search for work at home. I tried everything, you name it, I did it and it never got us anywhere. I stumbled across Ameriplan and got excited about it immediately but then I saw the start up costs and knew we could never afford it. I kept looking for other opportunities but Ameriplan was always in the back of my mind. Then, on May 4th, 2010 I saw a post on Facebook that Ameriplan was having a promotion. I didnt even think twice. I enrolled and jumped right in.

My Journey with Ameriplan has not been an easy one, in fact right after I enrolled, I discovered I had a HUGE phone fear! I would get a sick to my stomach feeling every time I went to pick up the phone. Once I would actually get a prospect on the phone I would be so nervous and I forgot what to say so many times. Finally I told myself I need to get over this fear or I am not going to get anywhere and I was not about to quit. So I did it and I did it afraid and I got past my phone fear. I still have days where I have to give myself pep talks but I have alot more confidence now! I also had dream stealers, the biggest one being my husband. Once he watched the Webinar and saw the checks coming in and growing every month he started cheering me on. He doesnt work a ton of hours anymore either! There has been frustration and discouragement along the way as well but that is part of the business. I am truly thankful for being a part of this team and honestly, its so much more than just a team. Its a family.

Ameriplan is an amazing opportunity. It has been a blessing for our family and I am excited to see what its store for me personally, my team and the entire FAH Team!

Theresa Swendra, NSD

Ameriplan is my DREAM come true. Like so many others, I worked in corporate America for many years in the hotel & travel industry in several Regional Sales Positions. I was your typical career-minded woman until I had my first child, Nicolas. Then everything changed. Because my career involved extensive travel & long hours, I could not imagine continuing this way of life. So I resigned and started working part time at home for a colleague doing project work. And I did this for seven years and also had my daughter Fiona during this time. I was getting sick and tired of working for someone else and the pay wasn't good. So I tried several other home based businesses on the side, i.e., Mary Kay, Online Travel Business and some other scam. I always wanted to be my own BOSS!!!

Then in December 2006, I found Kristie Wooten's online ad. I didn't sign up right away. I researched the company for three months and then signed up during the '07 March $25 promo. And I am so glad I did!! Even though I gave up my career, I still wanted a career but at home. And now I have the best career ever. Ameriplan has changed my life by giving me the opportunity to work toward financial freedom and to be mom at home for my kids. My future is so bright and I feel so blessed to know that I can build a business that will give my family more than we ever imagined. I wake up every day just loving my Ameriplan business, teammates and friends. And I am so focused and determined to reach financial goals that I never thought possible. Wow...this is for real!! So thank you Ameriplan for giving me the vision for a Beautiful Life!!

Stay Focused, Stay Positive and Stay Consistent Every Day!!!!!!

Maria Rappa

National Sales Director