https://www.buildstrongfoundations.org/testimonials daily 0.75 2025-09-13 https://www.buildstrongfoundations.org/testimonials/dave-and-lauren monthly 0.5 2025-09-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b15a37ded1522e5fde7879/2b7ec681-c9eb-42e0-8fff-0c0c9974d596/A7432106-0087-41E8-B46A-399A33859E89_1_201_a.jpeg Testimonials - Dave and Lauren - To say the first nine years of our marriage was rough would be a serious understatement. Lauren and I struggled deeply with communication. We didn’t know how to navigate conflict in a healthy way and even minor disagreements could lead to days, sometimes a full week, of silence between us. 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Even though we were on the same page about many things, it helped to confirm and clarify topics we had not yet talked about in detail. https://www.buildstrongfoundations.org/testimonials/austin-and-khaylen monthly 0.5 2021-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60b15a37ded1522e5fde7879/1630359910828-FC0H20AM974F9JCOVYHG/Stanton+Family+Pic.jpeg Testimonials - Austin and Khaylen - From Khaylen: How did you feel about premarital/marriage mentoring before you started meeting with us? How did you feel once you got started? I was very apprehensive about the premarital mentoring beforehand. I wasn’t sure where I stood in terms of my religious beliefs and thought I may be judged for that. I was concerned that it wouldn’t be meaningful and helpful to our marriage and life based on experiences other friends had with premarital mentoring in other settings. Once we began all my fears were abated. There was zero judgement regarding my beliefs or lack there of. There was thoughtful discussion throughout and my husband and I have revisited the teachings again and again over our now 11 years of marriage. 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