Love Like You Mean It™ Cruise 2011

On February 14 we embarked with 2200 guests on the inaugural Love Like You Mean It™ marriage cruise. Our responsibilities were to pray during each session for our guests, the speakers, artists and entertainers, and our staff. We were encouraged to have a number of others join us in the prayer room at various times throughout the four-day cruise.


From pre-cruise prayer requests we knew that there were couples looking for immediate help in their relationship and couples looking for encouragement in their already good marriage. Our over arching prayer request was that God would meet couples in their area of need and that many couples would come away encourage to disciple others in marriage relationships. From the below selected comments we are encouraged that God answered our prayers.


We were really struggling! This trip was an answer to prayer. God opened my eyes as a Christian man and husband to step up and be intentional about changing me and my marriage through the power of the Holy Spirit. This marriage cruise saved my marriage!! - married 4 years

This was very instrumental in reviving my heart and re-dedicating my life to Christ. It really helped me figure out how to take my chaotic life and get back to what’s really important. The speakers helped me to sort through my feelings and figure out how to get back to God and a Christ-centered home. We were given the tools we needed to improve our marriage and work through issues. You’ve changed our marriage and our lives! Thank You!! - married 11 years

We were in love when we came, but we are more in love after 4 intense days than we could ever imagine. We have become “contagious” with a message that we can’t wait to get home and “spread” what we caught! - married 40 years

2010 ended on an exciting note, actually more than one!

Seeing the seriousness of the relationship between Rebecca and her boyfriend Jeff, we invited them to attend the Weekend to Remember® in St. Louis with us. They accepted and off we went for a weekend getaway.  Jeff, the assistant men's golf coach at Texas Tech, was on a recruiting trip and flew in from Dallas.  Rebecca and we flew in from Little Rock.  Our fights arrived early enough in the day to allow us some time to play on Friday afternoon giving us an opportunity to spend personal time with Jeff and Rebecca. A trip to the St. Louis Zoo fit the bill very nicely as we were able to walk and talk as we experienced many exotic animals.

The Weekend to Remember was a hit with both Jeff and Rebecca. Midway through the getaway Rebecca even commented "Mom and Dad,