Who Are Eric and Deb?
We met in Deb’s home state of Connecticut when Eric’s first job out of college brought him from Pennsylvania to that state. We began dating on November 2, 1990, and got married one year, to the day, later! The next year, 1992, we attended our first ‘Weekend to Remember®’ event. This began years of FamilyLife® influence in our marriage. Eric’s career soon moved us to Michigan. For 15 years we enjoyed being settled in this great state. Eric has been successful in various engineering and managerial positions throughout his career. This has allowed Deb the privilege to stay home with our three girls: Charissa (1998), Brenna (2001), and Amanda (2003).
At the beginning of 2006, we began feeling that God was calling us to something different. Not knowing what that might be, we began praying that God would stretch us. As we followed the steps God laid before us, we realized that stretch would take us further than we ever thought, into full-time ministry with FamilyLife! Throughout our support raising process, we continued to feel confirmed that FamilyLife was the place God had for us. In November 2009 we moved to Little Rock, AR. After being in Little Rock over 11 years, Deb is now working in Theological and Organizational Development at FamilyLife’s Florida headquarters. We are blessed to be strengthening families through God’s Word as a part of FamilyLife!
Leaving a Legacy:
Divorce rates are climbing, clearly exceeding the number of weddings by more than fifty percent each year. More than that are married couples who are separated or emotionally divorced. Leaving a legacy of brokenness as our nation’s heritage.
FamilyLife® is working hard to change the kind of legacy our nation is leaving behind. Through marriage conferences, radio programs, podcasts, and other marriage and parenting resources, practical steps of God’s blueprints for our lives are being laid out through the ministry of FamilyLife®.
The following is one wife’s response to a FamilyLife Weekend to Remember® marriage conference:
“I came without my wedding ring on my finger. My husband and I have been going to counseling for several months. We have been separated. I just want you to know that I am leaving with his wedding ring on my finger and as soon as we get home, I will have my rings back on. We have recommitted ourselves back to each other and to God. I owe this to you. I cannot thank you enough. Your saved my family.”
Stories such as this one are why we feel drawn to FamilyLife®. We believe the strength of our nation is found in the homes of its people.
Will you join us in building families, one home at a time, who leave Godly legacies?
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