KCT,
My wife & I highly recommend a Marriage Enconter weekend for all couples who want to enrich their marriage. It is a weekend away for the two of you without the normal distractions. Although there are many couples on the weekend, the weekend is for you and your spouse to focus on each other. You aren’t asked to spill your guts to other couples. You’ll come away with an even better relationship and some ways to keep it fresh.
We attended a Marriage Encounter weekend after we had been married for 19 years. It was fantastic! We came out of it walking on air. I was more in love with my wife than I ever did – even on our wedding day. We had a good marriage before, but a great one afterwards. I regret that we didn’t do it sooner in our mariage.
Sound too good to be true? Before the weekend I thought so, too. What finally “hooked” us into going on a weekend was a letter that was sent to us from the parish. It had similar glowing reports from about 10 couples in the parish who had made a weekend. We knew a number of them, and had noticed that there was a certain special “something” about their relationships that we couldn’t quite put our finger on. When we got the letter, we finally figured out the connection–Marriage Encounter. We wanted what they had!
Since we made the weekend, we have met many “Encountered” couples and have become close friends with quite a few of them (from couples married just a few years to couples married 40 plueover 50 years). They all have similar reports about their weekends. We have been truly blessed to know these couples and to see how God has worked in their lives after theri weekends.
Go for it! I believe they even have a guarantee. If you don’t like the results they’ll give you your old relationship back!
For those interested, you can visit the web site for information on weekends near you:
www.wwme.org.
God bless,
drg
