JULY 2025 Letter LIVING WELL

“The Marriage Advice You Didn’t See Coming…”

We all get advice when we get married—but sometimes, it’s the quiet, unexpected words that stick. What’s the marriage advice you didn’t know you needed… until it made all the difference?

We recently received a message from someone that was in one of our Preparing for Marriage classes. With her permission, we are sharing it with you.

Good Morning Donna.
Today is our 25th anniversary and you guys are definitely part of the reason we are still going strong. Thank you for all you and your husband poured into us to help our marriage succeed. We often talk about your marriage class and all the lessons we learned. They kinda seemed like small concepts at the time but it turns out that success is in the details. Our kids are getting older now which makes me wonder, might you have a list of some of the books you had us read in your class..... 

Oh also your concept about not laying a brick down because it will start to build a wall has been thought about many times. Again, thank you for helping us build such a firm foundation .... thank you for giving us the tools we didn’t really know we needed. You guys made a big difference in our lives.... I’m excited to be able to share your wisdom with my kids when it’s time.

We want YOU to share in our joy! YOUR support, prayers, and encouragement made it possible for us to spend time learning, teaching, and counseling on Biblical marriage.

Over the years, we've helped countless couples navigate through their crises, but the real magic happens when we focus on strengthening marriages before challenges arise. The benefits are truly immeasurable! Now, we're seeing the children of some of our couples tie the knot, and it feels like we’re a part of their journey too. It’s amazing to witness how a strong, healthy marriage continues to shape and influence their lives for the better.

What are some of those concepts and books about marriage?

ON our WEBSITE, we have a tab for ENRICH where you will find lots of downloadable resources. Also, the tab for BLOGS will provide a link to our MARRIAGE BLOG.

Please let us know how you are doing. THANK YOU again for your continued prayers, support, and encouragement. We could not do what we do without YOU!

Our love in Christ,

Donna and Ed Edwards

P.S. Please pray for us as we train others to strengthen marriages and families.

The water that I will give him

will become in him

a well of water springing up to eternal life. 

John 4:14b 

LIVING WELL is a life source, not a life style.

APRIL 2025 Letter LIVING WELL

Spring is upon us! 

What joy it brings with the blooming of flowers and the greening of trees and lawns! In Oklahoma, spring can also bring the anxiety in anticipating storms and tornadoes! We learn to live in the uncertainty of weather – an element definitely out of our control. In contrast, living in the certainty of a God who loves and cares about us brings peace!

We have had questions about our status in the ministry. We thought it was time to clarify and update you. As we have conveyed many times, we are no longer counseling. Our ministry time is primarily involved with the ongoing support and needs of WISDOM Christian School in Zambia. We communicate with Brother Charles in Zambia almost daily.

When we went to the status of semi-retirement in February 2020, we drastically reduced our salaries. Recently, we decided to close our office to save on overhead and do all of our work from home. Consequently, we have also changed our phone number. You can now reach us at (405)924-3574. 

The donations that are directed to LIVING WELL pay for the remaining overhead. The donations to WCS go directly to the support and development of the school. We do not take an administrative fee from those donations.

The school has constant needs – both in the education and feeding of the children and in the maintenance of the physical facility. Our part is to raise 100% of the funds but also to advise and oversee as much as possible from thousands of miles away. 

The education system in Zambia is in the process of making major changes; many of those changes will affect WCS. Over the last year, the government has hired thousands of teachers for their public schools. They pay the teachers more than we do as a private school. Consequently, we have lost many of our experienced teachers. But we have been able to hire new teachers to replace them. We are trying to be more competitive with the public schools to retain them.

We hope to be able to go to Zambia later this year. Please pray with us that our health will allow it. The hardest part of the trip is flying! We are in the air for over 24 hours, making the journey over two or three days.

Please let us know how you are doing. THANK YOU again for your continued prayers, support, and encouragement. We could not do what we do without YOU!

The water that I will give him

will become in him

a well of water springing up to eternal life. 

John 4:14b 

LIVING WELL is a life source, not a life style.