 After five years without contact, Patricia Rosenberg divorced Erhard for desertion and remarried.In October 1972, a year after creating the est training, Erhard contacted his first wife and family, arranged to provide support and college educations for the children, and repaid Patricia's parents for their financial support Between 1973 and 1975, members of his extended family took the est training, and Patricia and his younger siblings took jobs in the est organization.In 1961 Erhard began selling correspondence courses in the Midwest.