Archive for June, 2010

I can not thank the Lord enough for the work He did with Mike and I through the marraige course.  Thank you so much for teaching us how to connect on a heart to heart level and teaching us about the importance of our sexual connection.  We have always been such good friends that our marriage had really become about two friends sharing live together, raising children and following the Lord, and occasional sexual moments.  We always wanted more but did not know how to get more.  The session on nothing hidden really uncovered deep pain that I had that Mike had never romanced me even though I had asked and asked and given him ideas how he could.  I was so tired of putting in all the effort of our emotional connection that somewhere along the line I just stopped and settled for getting along well.  With the skills you taught us on how to really be heard and understood, for the first time I could see that Mike really understood my pain and felt so much pain for not fulfilling that role in our marriage.  It opened up both of us to tell each other about things that have really hurt us over the years and we have been able to have the Lord heal areas of our lives that have been affecting our marriage.

After many tears and a lot of prayer, forgiveness and nailing things to the cross we are doing so well.  We have gone from friends to lovers!

We have always had communication issues in our marriage.  Mostly, well always, my fault.  I just tended to shut down whenever we had major disagreements.  I refused to talk which, in turn, got my husband completely frustrated.  This issue was one of the main things we wanted to work on during the LAM workshop.  And wow!  The first day it was so easy to push through the usual point of break down and just talk!  I think it was the atmosphere created by Lori and Barry and the intercessors.  I felt no heaviness and it felt good to be able to communicate freely and completely with my husband!

Thanks so much!

As my husband and I have served in marriage ministry in our local church for the last 6 years, we have come across some pretty great teachings designed to help marriages.  However, we have felt that something was lacking…many couples were “helped” to some extent but we weren’t seeing the powerful, lasting changes that we know God is capable of.  When I watched the testimonies of the couples who went through LAM on the website I KNEW WE HAD TO GO!  Not only to help others, but to gain personal victory in one area of our own marriage where we continued to struggle.

Joe and I have a great marriage (of 8 years) and love each other deeply, but our sex life left much to be desired.  It was the typical “married with young children-he wants to have sex, but she’s too tired and not interested” scenario.  We prayed, we talked, we mustered up energy to try a few new things, but once again felt stuck.   The week before we left for LAM we had another tough talk and the Lord began showing me how I had never truly given myself to my husband and allowed him to love me. Read the rest of this entry »

Our testimony begins even before the workshop. We are serving God in India and on furlough in the US for a time. I wanted to come to this seminar from the first time I saw it offered earlier this year but I couldn’t imagine how to afford it and what to do with our 2 children. Well God worked it out so that we got several generous one time checks that would cover everything, we found a fully furnished apartment next door to a homeschooled family who had 3 kids who could watch our kids the whole time! It was a huge blessing and amazing that it could all work out. Then the day before we are about to leave, our borrowed car starts to smoke and leak oil. We found out it will cost $800 to fix it! It was a big discouragement and my husband even doubted if we should go all the way to Redding (from Buena Park, where we were).  But I knew this was just spiritual warfare and we pressed on, got the car fixed and got up here.

Now about the workshop, it was truly life changing. On the second day, I remember telling our table that I felt hopeless, depressed, anxious, and unhappy — pretty much most of the time. I cried as I said this, because I realized that my heart felt “dead”, I was like a zombie going through the motions of life, and I didn’t want to live that way anymore. Of course, this affected our marriage as I didn’t really connect to my husband, on any level besides “ministry work.” I thought of him as a buddy, a partner, not like a lover. There was no passion, desire, or even affection most of the time. I didn’t like him to touch me, because I felt distracted and worn out, and honestly, thought of him as just another person who “needed” something from me, like a 3rd child to mother. Throughout most of this, I kept thinking it was a “phase” because we had 2 small kids, and it was “normal” and we’ll grow out of it. I’m so glad that I learned that it isn’t true! You can have small kids and still be in love with your husband. Read the rest of this entry »

I just want to thank you for, first of all, being who you are!!! And for so much you have imparted into our lives individually and as a married couple. I’ve come to love you in just a week’s time. This is obviously the fragrance of God through His anointing on your lives that causes this. I feel like we left family when we came back home. I pray and release over your lives continued strength and a pouring of God’s Spirit and anointing over you, your loved ones and those you are called to minister over. Thank you so much for ministering over us in such a way that we left that hotel with a strong desire to continue ministering to other couples. Know that your work goes further and further… more than you think or can even imagine. We have been blessed!!! Blessed beyond measure!!!

Thank you for hearing God’s call which is so clear on your lives. Thank you for creating an atmosphere where His presence is so tangibly felt. Thank you for pouring of your time and lives in our lives. Thank you for loving us, it was truly felt. Thank you for teaching us to keep nothing hidden, by showing us through your example in sharing your lives. Thank you, thank you, thank you…. I can’t thank you enough!! Read the rest of this entry »