light at the end of the tunnel. However, like many multilevel marketing busi- nesses, there was no real opportunity to build a lasting income. Before they knew it, the Clarks were working 80 hours a week to salvage a business they knew wouldn’t be there in another two years. And at the same time, they were hit with unexpected medical bills stemming from their son’s kidney issues. That’s when the Clarks decided to walk away frommultilevel marketing and focus on getting out of debt. They planned to move across the state and start a real estate business. Erin dreamed of fixing up more houses like her first home in Kansas City, and Aaron was ready
to leave police work so they could invest in real estate together. It seemed that the only way to accomplish this new dream was to sell their home, use the profits to pay off their debt, and start over. “There was a point, about six months before I found out about Melaleuca, when I told Madra, ‘If you ever find something that you really believe in— even if you’ve only stuck your toe in it— I want to be the first person you call,’” says Erin. “We were so burned by MLMs that by the time Madra told me about Melaleuca, I never wanted to do any- thing like it ever again. I never wanted to do direct sales. I was so scarred and hurt and broke.”
But Erin trustedMadra, so she told Aaron she had been offered an opportunity to learnmore aboutMelaleuca. He imme- diately told Erin he wanted nothing to do with another networkmarketing business. “When Aaron told me no , I knew I had to look at Melaleuca just out of total rebellion,” Erin says. “After we listened to the Melaleuca Overview, I thought, ‘I don’t know if they’re telling the truth. I don’t know enough about it yet to know if it will work, but I know it’s laundry detergent, I know it’s cleaning supplies, and I know I’m not going to get hurt. And I’m going to buy this stuff anyway.’” So Erin enrolled their family with Melaleuca and got to work.
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