Strengthening Marriages
// Heather Williams Katz
The pandemic has stressed families and relationships all over the world, and the DR is no exception.
Our health center director, Llennifer Santos Morrobel, was burdened by the number of couples and families whose relationships have been strained during the past year and wanted to do something about the situation. Along with our school psychologist and pastor, Arlis Dorville De Rodriguez, they planned a three-day conference for couples over a period of three weeks to strengthen marriages.
High school student Isabela Martinez Pita and teacher Luis Morales leading the couples in praise and worship songs.
During the conference, many topics were discussed, including communication, respect, and trust. After the talk on communication, each couple was given a gift certificate to a restaurant and were told to use it during that week to take time to talk to each other about what needed to change in their marriage. The responses were overwhelming, as each couple reported how their communication had improved and things they had committed to work on in their marriage. We pray God will continue to work in these couples’ lives and their marriages. We hope to be able to host more marriage conferences this year to help others who are struggling. ~Heather Williams Katz
