Long time coming ...Trust Acct. Opened and Funded....

In May of 2025 Minister BeeBetta gave us a private trust with instructions for obtaining the EIN#, some short books to read through for further inner-standing and then issued a challenge for us in the community to go to the bank and open and fund our Trust.

Express Trust Challenge 🔥🔥🔥🏆🔥and also

Bank Account ✅✅✅Opening A Faith Religious Base Org 508c1a

Long and short, only one person in the class stood out among over eighty of us. If anyone else has accomplished this, they have not shared.

Although I was pushing forward and documenting my attempts, every time was an epic fail…why? I was blaming the banks, but the truth is that I misunderstood; I missed the part when filling out for the EIN# and made the wrong selections. I am not sure, but I believe that when you make a selection, the first numbers you get are a specific starting number that corresponds with the type of EIN you are getting, and since I made the wrong selection, no matter which bank I would go to, I would not be able to open the trust account. I did not follow the instructions properly; as a result, I got the resounding NO and walked away feeling defeated, but that did not stop me. I continued…. I made many attempts; here is the trail in the community tab…

Trust
Be encouraged
The second attempt and denial.
Chase Bank/Trust and
Trust update/chase

6 Long Day and there may be more.

I am one who appreciates a challenge and hates to be told I can’t or no. I am also one who recognizes when I need to fall back and reexamine myself or the situation. Most of the things in my life happened in the fall back when I was aligned.

Every time the topic came up that there was only one person who completed the challenge and opened and funded their trust account, it lit a fire under me. Not only did he do it, but he did it the very next day. When Minister Beebetta posted that we would be going over trusts on Zoom, that was the push….I was determined to do this.

Kween and I teamed up to keep each other accountable.

THE NOTARY...

I had all kinds of mishaps. I was unable to find a notary; my regular girl was M.I.A. My sister and I headed to Amscot (24-hour notary on duty). My sister forgot her ID when she went back to get it. The notary looked over what I gave them and said they could not notarize a private trust. In my mind, I stay positive and say there must be a reason why this keeps happening. We had to wait for the next day when we went to a notary again (UPS), and I went to grab my ID, but I did not have it...unbelievable (I swear I couldn't make this $hit up if I wanted to). I remembered I left it in the scanner, and my sister was unable to wait. Again, in my mind, I stay positive and say there must be a reason why this is happening. In the meantime, as I am looking over the paperwork, I see two mistakes, and I am able to correct and reprint.

My sister and I were finally able to connect on Thursday (the last opportunity before class), and the corrected paperwork was notarized. If either of the other times had worked out and I had seen the mistakes after, it would have meant I had to pay again to have them notarized.

THE BANK (S)...

So, I head over to Wells Fargo, and they tell me that they need to send the entire trust to their legal department, and I say no, it is a private trust. I smile and say thank you and leave. Their loss. Was I irritated, yes, because I saw myself getting this trust account today, and again, it is not happening.

I call Kween, who had just faced an issue with Wells Fargo. And they told her that she needed to have the EIN# and the address on the Certificate of Trust, whether it was irrevocable or revocable, so I went home, put the EIN# and the address, and deleted "revocable" because both were on it, you had to delete one. Nothing could be crossed out or written in. She tells me she is going to Truist next time, so I decide to go there also. Kween encouraged me and told me to pray and press, and I did.

BRANCH MANAGER AND HIS NERVOUS ENERGY...

I go to Truist, of which I have had a business banking relationship for over 20 years (Why didn’t I go there first?) Anyway, I didn't go to the one I normally go to, but to one closer to my house. I usually only make deposits there, and the last time I was there, the branch manager told me to come see him, so I thought, "Ok, I will today." I get there, I sit and wait while he is finishing up with the client in his office. He comes out and asks what I need, and I tell him I want to open a trust account (a fiduciary account for ministry purposes), and we go to his office. He is acting nervously. Why? This man tells me that he had two people out sick. Mind you, there is no one in the bank or in the drive-through. I know this is because the drive-through teller is in the office with us, playing with my puppy and feeding him treats, and every once in a while checking the drive-through line for clients. I am sure I am looking crazy in the face at this point. He gets on the computer and gets in touch with the other Truists and asks them if they can take me, and they can. As I am leaving, he says he is sorry, and he would be glad to help me any other time…yeah right…no thank you because how does a customer being there equate to customers who are not there yet? You serve the customer who is there. I will not be going back to that branch.

THE RESULT….

I head over to the Truist I normally deal with, and they are expecting me. I handed him the cover page, the declaration of trust, the notarized signature page, the certificate of trust, and the EIN printout. He did not ask me for the full trust, and 45 minutes later, I had my trust account open and funded. I did fund it with the $21 money order and added $100 to it. He also set it up so I can go online and see the account. I left with the paperwork and checks for the account. Now that visit was a breeze. You know the first person to text was Minister Beebetta. He congratulated me and told me to celebrate the accomplishment, and I did! Kween did it too!! 🍾🥂🎊💜

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