AMFM Conference-General Session 4

Our final session was led by Jay & Laura Lafoon. They have described themselves as "edutainers." They shared a lot of laughs in regards in our marriage. The focused on three points: motivate, innovate, and emulate. In talking about sex, they stressed the difference between willing & want to. Early in their marriage, many fights were over these terms and how she viewed them as the same and he didn't. According to him, willing equals obligation. Want to equals priority. Use the areas that couples fight about: money, sex, & family to teach truth. God has placed his thumbprint on us. God has a "to-do list" and our name is one of the lines to complete that item. As a couple if we hope to bring about change, we need to be ourselves. We need to vulnerable and transparent, not perfect.

Think about this quote: "Every thought you have, every word you say, every action you make brings a degree of joy or pain to your spouse."

Jay closed by sharing that he wants his tombstone to read, "I Did." He wants people to know that the commitment he made to his wife, he kept to the end.