First Time Away...March 2012

For the first time in 11 yrs, Clyde and I had the most amazing opportunity to get away for an entire week! Just the two of us. I was stunned at how it was on the Lord's heart because His provision for it was monumental! It was a marriage workshop that really was amazing in so many ways.
 5 days of intensive topics.

First amazing was that my mom came up from Temecula to take care of all 4 of our kids.
Second amazing was that our entry fee of $500 was sponsored by some anonymous source.
There were more amazings, so I'll just go on to say that this was the most amazing thing we have ever done as a couple.

Couples from all over the world came far and wide, spent a lot and sacrificed a lot to come and work on their marriages. Many were good quality marriages(I consider Clyde and I very blessed) and some had some deep issues that only had this one last shot at saving their relationship.

The workshop had been coming together weeks before we arrived. The facilitators of the conference are Barry and Lori Bryne from Redding and affiliated with Bethel Church in Redding. They were so amazing both professionally and spiritually. They prayed along with their intercessors for weeks and strategically placed people at 14-15 tables with 4-5 couples at each table.
Our table was simply amazing!! We sat with 3 other couple who shared their stories, we received prayer from them and have new friendships that really will potentially last a lifetime!

Dr's from New Zealand, Dr. Mark  is a orthopedic surgeon who specializes in spins and his wife, Dr. Ate is a cardiologist. They were our table facilitators and wonderful people who have such calling and anointing on their lives. They were the big brother and sister to us all.

Messianic Pastors from the Ukraine, Val and Tatyane are pastors in a world we only hear about. They minister in many areas including Messianic Jewish Bible Institue or mjbi.org as well as oversee a few churches in their country. They were as well the most intriguing couple with power and preciseness to the Holy Spirit.

Canadian Farmers, Albrecht and Lynn also got away from their 2 young boys to get away and be blessed.  As Lynn shared about her family, we realized about day 3 that we knew her Uncle who is key to our solar bible ministry in Brazil. They were also a blessing and a joy to watch them grow in freedom and be experience Holy Spirit!

One great testimony of our workshop was a Brazilian couple we met. There were both from Brazil and they live in the US as he has a business here. They had a lot of history that came out in our workshop. The first session, Barry and Lorie go over "Nothing Hidden". There was a great challenge for them because there was infidelity in this couples relationship. We were able to witness God's transforming power as forgiveness came and they were restored. I'm sure they have a lot of hurdles being back in day to day life, but this couple was saved from the talons of the enemy! Thank you Jesus!
There IS power in the name of JESUS!!!

The huge blessing for Clyde and I was the time we had together to just reacquaint and have time to think and talk without the duties of parenthood and household chores. It was the best vacation we've had in a long time! Since our honeymoon probably!
The biggest blessing that came was at the end of our time there, 6 nights at this hotel, our bill was paid in full!!! We walked out of that hotel paying only $23 for our first meal at the hotel!

It was something we will never forget and I just really wanted to share what the Lord is doing in the church.


 If you would like to check out Love After Marriage(LAM), go to Love After Marriage Ministries

The thing that sets this ministry apart from other marriage ministries is that they have invited Holy Spirit to be apart of this. We learned many ways the enemy can encamp around our marriages and Barry and Lorie gave us tools to use in our marriage and it will also empower our ministry with the same tools.

It was an incredible blessing. Our children did very well, my mother did amazing and God was faithful to provide for ALL our needs!