A letter from Angelyn Toth, December 5, 2011
My story goes back 17 years when I first purchased a 38-acre broken down sheep farm, inspired from a vision that had followed me around for several years. It attracted hundreds of people over the years that came to enjoy this magical place and to lend a hand of support. Hundreds of volunteers and 100′s of thousands of dollars were spent to renovate Xenia into the pristine Sanctuary it is today.
The work that happened was transformative and spending time there changed people’s lives. One group in particular loved coming to Xenia – Brent Cameron and the SelfDesign team of Educators and Students. A brilliant concept of Education offering freedom to learn the natural way. This group came many times over the years, until they outgrew the facility.
10 years into the project I had major financial stress and nearly lost Xenia back to the bank. At one point I was 5 months behind in the mortgage, 3 years behind in the property taxes – was receiving disconnection notices. I had fallen into a dark night of the soul that lasted two years. Shortly after this, Brent heard of my financial struggle and suggested a business opportunity, asking one of his colleagues, Renee Poindexter, to come and present it to me.
At first I was not in the least bit interested, even though I desperately needed funding to continue on the incredible work that was happening here. It took a lot of fortitude on Renee’s part, to convince me to go down to Portland and learn about a company called Univera.
I went down to Portland with a great deal of skepticism and resistance but was pleasantly surprised when I met the people involved.
Right away I knew that the vision of Yung Ho Lee was authentic, I knew the science was not only real but revoluntionary. And best of all, I loved the people I met. Could this really be a new paradigm of business?
Xenia was already gobbling up all of my energy, how could I possibly find even more time and effort for Univera? It seemed impossible, I would never betray my ultimate vision for Xenia: providing the perfect natural venue – amongst hundreds of acres of forest, meadows, lakes and trails – for leaders and learners from all over to gather and generate new ways to transform the world.
Now 6 years later, it turns out that Univera was not the undoing of Xenia but the making of it. Now that I am a Univera Diamond and enjoying a six-figure annual income for over 4 years, my plans for Xenia too are proceeding with effortless ease and grace and for this I am forever grateful.
None of this could have happened without the extraordinary – yes, even mind-blowing willingness to go out of their way to help me that so many people in Univera have demonstrated. And I am so grateful to Renee for not accepting my first “No” …. Nor my second “No” ….. not even my sixth “No”. She has done me one of the biggest favors of my life.
Now it is time where I can give back and what a plan this is.
Brent Cameron, who has worked his whole life for the betterment of Education in our world. His dedication and devotion to his life’s work is awe-inspiring to me.
And now we can give back to him in this time of great need.
The success of my business sits within Brent’s Univera business – half the work is already done. With donations and contributions into his business now – it will be a WIN/WIN/WIN experience. People wanting to donate funds to support Brent with his health challenges will receive cutting edge cell renewal products for their donation on a monthly basis. Brent will receive a residual income that is Willable to his family, and Renee will also benefit for the work involved with this.
I too am available to support Renee with this project and let’s see what we can do to support Brent and his family to receive the kind of help he needs at this time.
My vision with Univera now goes beyond myself and Xenia but to other incredible visions and purposes. How amazing, what I thought was selling products, turns out to be something far greater.
With love,
Angelyn