new diamonds
By this time, Maree had given up on men. She had
informed God that if he wanted her married, then he
would have to send someone to her doorstep. Roberto
showed up looking very nice and after a half hour
conversation, Maree was intrigued. It took some soul
searching, but on February 29th, Leap Day, Maree proposed to Roberto. He was stunned, but quickly agreed
and three weeks later they were married. Roberto said,
“and then we started dating. We did it a little backwards, but I think she loves me.”
Maree helped run her family’s restaurant and Roberto
was a system’s engineer, working for Goldman Sachs,
when they meet Gina Truman. One Sunday, after dinner, Gina pulled out a bottle of dōTERRA’s Digestzen
and began drinking from it. Maree said, “I thought to
myself, ‘what is she doing?’ I had never seen an essential oil casually taken like that.” Maree’s sister was
a massage therapist so she was familiar with essential
oils and had used several brands. However, she had
never used them in that way. She was intrigued and
immediately wanted to know more. She attended a
meeting with her sister-in-law and they both signed up.
Roberto took a little more convincing. He watched as
money was spent and kept telling Maree to, “go get
a real job.” However, Maree convinced him to let her
continue. It took a year, but Roberto soon saw people’s
lives were changing. He began pondering on these
results and eventually joined Maree on her journey. Roberto said, “When I resigned to do dōTERRA full-time
they couldn’t believe it. My boss suggested I take a two
week vacation to think about my decision. When I told
them I was sure, they suggested I see a psychiatrist.”
Resigning from his position took a leap of faith, there
was little money at the time, but Roberto’s stance on
money had drastically changed. Roberto had seen what
dōTERRA had done for his wife and he wanted to do
the same for others.
Just Don’t Stop
The Loayza family in Ogden, Utah
Maree’s motto is, “just don’t stop!” Maree has watched
people, with so much potential, disappear from this
business when they could have succeeded. Maree succeeded because she knew that this was what she was
supposed to do and she never deterred from that. One
of her favorite quotes from Star Wars is, “Do or do not,
there is no try.” Maree and Roberto believe that if you
teach and share, the rest will take care of itself. They
never use the word sell, they are educating people and
allowing them to experience for themselves what the
oils can do. This philosophy is what has provided them
with success.
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