May 2019

Dear Friend,
Steaks, baked potatoes, salad and chocolate
pies set the table for our last meeting with 5 amazing couples we met with for 9 months this year. All of our hearts were full as each of us talked about what impacted us from our times together this year and then shared our life mission statements. We ended our time encouraging and charging each person specifically and then reading 2 Timothy. What a meaningful time with these dear folks! Our prayer for this group has been that their marriages be strengthened and to be equipped for a
lifetime of impact for Christ. 

How did the group impact your marriage? 
“I think the biggest thing this group did for me was it reminded me of the kind of spouse I want to be...I want to always treat my spouse in the exact same way I would want to be treated. In the process of growing closer in our marriage and realizing the areas we could make changes, we were also growing in our faith. I also think this group helped me fall in love with Jesus in a new, fresh way where I felt encouraged to dive deeper in my faith because of a genuine desire and not because I was supposed to.” “We have had a lot more meaningful conversations— whether about the material specifically or stemming from the material into something different. There has been so much application of the tools we picked up from the content into our marriage. We have also been more intentional about understanding one another.”

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What is a next step for you in your spiritual journey?
“Writing that mission statement really helped me and gave me something to guide my day-to-day right now. I think I’m inspired to dive more into the Word in a different way than I have been before.”

“You and Warren have helped our marriages grow in significant ways and I’m a firm believer that your marriage can be a way for others to witness the Lord’s love. So you have planted seeds in all of us and now I’m excited to see what all of us can go out and do.”

We are so grateful for you!
​- Warren & Barbara Culwell