TOOLS FOR A LASTING LOVE
Keeping the Marriage
Alive!
The workshop was designed for couples, but we learned very quickly
that it applies to all including singles that want to improve their
relationships with even family & co-workers.

The workshop was designed for couples, but we learned very quickly that it applies to all including singles that want to improve their relationships with even family & co-workers. Engaged couples are highly encouraged to take this workshop. We have everyone from singles, dating couples, engaged, newlyweds, and separated couples to our longest couple at 34yrs of marriage so far.
Larry & Barbara Fafard
They have been married 54+ years with 3 grown children and marriage ministry is their passion. They were Saddleback Marriage Lay Counselors themselves for over 7 yrs before starting this ministry in 2001 and are volunteers of their time and knowledge for us to learn from.
Book
Don’t just take our word for it Buy Barbara’s book:
A Life Worth Living
During Barbara and Larry’s fifty-two years of being married, they have had to face several trials, but as they applied the marriage tools that they learned and taught other couples, they have been able to achieve a blessed, happy, and flourishing marriage.
In today’s world, we may be faced with all kinds of trials and heartbreaks that can cause us to believe that our life is not worth living.
That was true for Barbara Fafard.
Having come from an abusive home and with her marriage falling apart as her young, alcoholic husband became verbally abusive, Barbara became totally hopeless, and without even thinking about her two toddler sons, she decided to end her life. This is where God interceded and helped Barbara to realize that through God’s guidance, He could help her see that her life was worth living.
LESSONS

Blessed Marriage
Marriage is a thousand Little Things… It’s giving up your right to be right in the heat of an argument. It’s forgiving another when they let you down…

Dispelling Marriage Myths
Sometimes marriages fall into a trap of comparing their marriage to other couples marriages, falsely believing that their marriage is failing while others…
seem to have the perfect marriage. But they can't see behind closed doors. What these couples need to realize is that
the grass is not greener on the other side of the fence – it is greener where we water it.’ In fact, ‘If the grass looks greener, it’s probably AstroTurf!’
So "Keeping the Marriage Alive" has a video workshop on how to look at your spouse and marriage through positive lenses. This is a must see workshop for couples that want to maintain a thriving marriage.

True Commitment
Couples who make it aren’t the ones who never had a reason to get divorced. They are simply the ones who decided early on that their commitment…
to each other was always going to be bigger than their differences and flaws.
We simply can’t Abandon Ship every time we encounter aaa storm in our marriage. Real love is about weathering the storms of life together.
A strong marriage requires loving your spouse even in those moments when they aren’t being lovable, it means believing in them even when they struggle to believe in themselves.

Wisdom for a Great Marriage
A husband and wife must function like two wings on the same bird. They must work together or the marriage will never get off the ground…

Supporting Your Spouse
The whole world could be against your spouse, but as long as you are for your spouse you give them wings and if the whole world is for your spouse…
but you're against them it's like pouring concrete in their shoes.
Common Things said in argument:
I try hard to make you happy but you are never satisfied.
I feel like I'm walking on eggshells with you.
I've told you over and over what I need, and you just don't do it.
Why can't you be more exciting and passionate.
If you would listen and do what I asked, I wouldn't be so angry.
I'm happy with the way things are. You're the one who is always bringing up problems.
You say you're sorry but nothing changes.

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but you're against them it's like pouring concrete in their shoes.
Common Things said in argument:
I try hard to make you happy but you are never satisfied.
I feel like I'm walking on eggshells with you.
I've told you over and over what I need, and you just don't do it.
Why can't you be more exciting and passionate.
If you would listen and do what I asked, I wouldn't be so angry.
I'm happy with the way things are. You're the one who is always bringing up problems.
You say you're sorry but nothing changes.

“Thank you for the service and gifts you have provided for us. You have given us hope and encouragement. We hope your ministry will grow and that you will touch others the way you have touched us. Thank you“

“Thank you for being faithful to God by starting and carrying on this ministry. We are blessed recipients of your ministry.“

“Thanks to the “Keeping the Marriage Alive” workshops I have been able to discover the woman I fell in love with ten years ago!“
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