Well, we did our sex challenge…originally had set it for 14 days but
ended up doing 7 or 8 days. I was pleasantly surprised but still
cautious when my period didn’t come on the 28th day since I’m so
regular.

I just took the home pregnancy test and found out that I’m
PREGNANT!!!!!!! First time in 5 years!!!! I stared at the pregnancy
test in shock and started weeping!!!! When I calculated the date of
conception online, it was that Saturday night you prayed for me!!!!
YAY GOD!!!

The slight problem is that I still have fibroids in my uterus and I
just talked to my OB and he said they cannot take the fibroids now
that I’m pregnant.

I really do believe that since the Lord gave us this baby HE is going
to make all things right. The fibroids must shrink or dissolve!!!!!

I just wanted to share this awesome testimony and thank you for
praying for us that night and speaking so much LIFE into our marriage
during LAM!!!!

We will keep you posted!
Love, Sohui & Bryan

UPDATE: Sohui is now 8 weeks pregnant and the baby is growing beautifully!

All of you couples that have attended the year-long workshops or the 5-day, we’d love to hear how you’re doing and testimonies of the ways the Lord continues to strengthen you. Many of you are starting workshops now in your home churches…so excited for all God is going to do in the marriages you’ll be touching! Keep us posted.

Those of you presently attending the workshops – give us a good report. Write in or send us a short homemade video testimony of what He’s doing in your marriages. Remember the power of your testimony may be someone else’s breakthrough!

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Here are some new testimonies from our February 5 day workshop we just finished!

Last week, Jen and I attended Love After Marriage, a workshop created by Barry and Lori Byrne, basing out of Bethel Church in Redding, CA.

We experienced the Holy Spirit in a way we never had before – together.

I didn’t know marriage could be like this.

I discovered my wife in a new way.

I became more powerful and began to love stronger as a man.

I saw the woman I married being restored to her joy and true personality.

For far too long, Satan has taken sex and made it something dirty. Satan deceives people into thinking sexuality is a topic for the world, but not for the church. Many Christians have responded by hiding from talking about it at all.

As Barry and Lori brought truth and talked openly about sex, the enemy’s powers of perversion and shame were diminished. Husbands and wives throughout the week felt safe to discuss and pray through some very difficult things together — adultery, homosexuality, pornography, sexual abuse, divorce, spouses who hadn’t enjoyed sexual intimacy in years. The works of the enemy were exposed and there was no shame.

The atmosphere of grace, power, forgiveness, love, and healing was indescribable. It was like heaven invading our marriages. There is nothing Jesus can’t overcome in our lives if we’re willing to face it with Him.

For us, though, the week didn’t start off easy.

During our 12 hour trip there, Jen and I fought the whole way.

After the first day of the seminar, Jen felt so much anxiety, we considered coming home (by the way, just because you’re not feeling “peace”, don’t immediately assume it’s the Lord leading you not to do something. It’s possible the enemy is attacking you from committing and fighting through a stronghold in your life. Learn to know the difference.) Jen woke me up at 3:30am to say she wanted to go home. The swirl of emotions and demonic activity was too much. After talking awhile, we finally went back to sleep, deciding to wait until morning. Then I had a dream.

In the dream, Jen was painting a beautiful picture. It was a picture of Jesus. Jesus was standing on the bow of a ship with his arms stretched wide. The waves and the storm were cresting like mountains all around the boat. There was Jesus, the icon of security, peace, and power, telling the storm, “Peace. Be still.” And the waves were parting from His very words.

It was the most beautiful and powerful painting I’d ever seen. It was like the painting was real, glowing, and emanating power.

As I complemented Jen on her painting, she began to doubt herself. She wondered if she really could have painted such a beautiful picture. She called her parents to ask them about it. Her parents began to tell her that she didn’t really paint the picture. As she listened to these doubts, the painting of Jesus suddenly began to crumble apart. Then the dream ended.

When I woke up, I immediately felt the Holy Spirit speaking to me.

God conceived Jesus inside of Mary. God gave dreams to Joseph to protect Mary and Jesus. Mary couldn’t fulfill her destiny without Joseph. Husbands – we have “Mary’s” to protect. Our wives carry something from God that can’t be released without us. And we carry something that can’t be released without them.

I needed to fight for my wife. I told Jen the dream and she agreed to stay another day. I’m glad we did.

Immediately when we walked in the conference room that morning, something was different. Jen leaned over to me and said, “What was I thinking? I feel like I was completely under the influence of something that was clouding my thinking.”

That day, God began to heal both of us from wounds in our hearts and in our marriage. God gently revealed some significant areas of abuse Jen had experienced as a little girl she had never remembered before. The memories were suppressed. He gently and powerfully brought love and healing to these places.

Jen and my experience of oneness and intimacy soared – spiritual, emotional, and sexual.

Another crazy thing? As Jen and I became more intimate and one in spirit and body, the power of the Holy Spirit began flowing through us TOGETHER.

One night during the gathering, after receiving some healing ministry, the Spirit of the Lord fell on Jen. The Byrne’s had Jen come forward. Jen began to call all those in the room who had experienced sexual abuse to stand up if they could and were willing to face it and ask for healing and freedom. Half the room stood. Tears started streaming down faces. Some doubled over weeping. Healing from Jesus started flowing.

The Spirit of the Lord then came on me. I began to call the spouses of those who had been abused to stand up. I challenged them to answer the call to “Pursue your spouse with the love of Hosea. Then love her like Jesus”. Hosea showed the love of God to a woman who had been abused and broken – to show what the love of the Father is like for His people. Jesus laid down His crown , His life, His “ministry” — all to show His Bride how committed His love was. He saved His bride and rescued her.

“Go again, love a woman…just like the love of the Lord for the children of Israel…” (Hosea 3:1)

“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself for her.” (Ephesians 5:25)

Husbands are to love like this. That kind of love will change the world.

Later that week, Jen continued to receive words of knowledge and prophetic words for people. Although she’d experienced this before, the Holy Spirit started flowing through her in greater measure as our intimacy strengthened.

One day, a man came forward for some counseling ministry with the Byrne’s. He had experienced sexual abuse at the hands of a grandfather. He tried to tell a catholic priest about what happened in confessional. The priest started abusing him, too.

As the man came forward, Jen felt a “punch” in her stomach. She later asked him, “Do you have stomach problems?” The man answered, “I’ve had stomach problems my whole life.” We laid hands on him and prayed for healing. I believe it happened, though we didn’t confirm with him afterward.

I recently watched the movie Tangled, an adaption of the Rapunzel story. In the theatre, I felt like I met God. It was like the Holy Spirit was saying, “This is a prophetic picture of what I want to do in your marriage.” Like the story of Rapunzel, I get to lay down my personal agenda to pursue an adventure together greater than either of us could have on our own. My job is to pursue my wife and fight for her freedom — while she finds the courage to let down her hair and let me in her castle.

I don’t want a good marriage anymore. I want a supernatural marriage. I am not just married to a flesh and blood woman, I’m married to a supernatural, spiritual woman. She is beautiful. She is complex. She’s a mystery and a treasure. She believes in me. I fight for her. The more I love her, the more beautiful and powerful she becomes. The greater the man I become.

We become one.

I want to free Jen to paint a picture of Jesus the world has yet to see.

The Rappe Fam

Just a quick shout out to you both and Holy Spirit. Our small group met last night to do our spiritual journey and another couple. DANG!!!!!! Everyone confirmed how they felt this group was put together and orchestrated by the Holy Spirit. It was powerful. I’m telling you….wow. The similarities in Paul/my story compared to the other couple is nuts And this is just the beginning. We are so excited. Just wanted to give you a precious gem on this Wednesday morning.

Love,

Mandy

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!

Thanks so much!

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.

We found Love After Marriage to be a true workshop.   We were given tools, and then allowed to go to work right then and there- with our small group supporting us, ministering to us, and praying for us.  We were empowered by personal testimonies of breakthrough, and literally watched the Holy Spirit work and heal individuals and their marriages right before our eyes!  No one was a bystander, but all were a part of the power, prayer, and healing throughout the whole week.  One of the most poignant moments for Joe and I was after watching our first couples coaching and seeing the miraculous work of the Holy Spirit, Barry asked: “How many of you were not moved for  them?  Didn’t you feel compassion?  Well, that’s how the body of Christ is supposed to work.”  And it is!

I was able to work through childhood traumas and lies I had believed concerning my identity and what I had to offer.  In the end I was healed of the pain I carried and am able to freely give myself fully to my husband.  We are now enjoying an emotional and sexual intimacy I never thought possible!  I praise God for his goodness to us and look forward to ministering to others out of the fullness he has given me!

Thank you Barry and Lori for your openness and transparency!  God is doing an incredible work through you, and I believe this particular kind of harvest is very dear to his heart–God Bless You!

Kayla , Engage Ministries

“I will tell of the kindnesses of the Lord, the deeds for which he is to be praised, according to all the Lord has done for us- yes, the many good things he has done…”  Isaiah 63:7