So I got it worked out thanks to my friend, he directed me to this post https://processwire.com/talk/topic/648-storing-module-config-using-api/ I just added this line:
$data = wire('modules')->getModuleConfigData('ModuleClassName');
to the top of the getModuleConfigInputfields(array $data) method and it worked.
I called the variables using $this->permalinkURL and $this->membersPath. I'm leaving this up in case anyone else has similar issues.
Thanks again to all who took time to look at it.
MidRo's post in Help with process and configurable modules was marked as the answer