As the years passed, the couples in our home church suggested more areas of need they wanted us to teach on. That is how our curriculum evolved. We just wanted to meet couples' needs.

We taught and honed our curriculum for about ten years. During that time, we moved to a mountain community in Southern California where we managed a retreat center for several years. We taught regular couples' retreats at the center, drawing from churches in the Los Angeles and San Diego areas.

When the retreat center was shut down because of county government regulations, our hopes were dashed. But godly friends encouraged us to translate our teaching notes into written curriculum, so that churches all over the county could use it to teach marriage enrichment in a practical, biblical way.

Before we started the writing process, we thought, "All we have to do is write down what we've been teaching all these years? How hard can that be?" Well, suffice it to say, it was a whole lot harder than we thought it would be! Saying something is very different from putting it into concrete. But finally, Achieving God's Design for Marriage was finished.

We are delighted that Achieving God's Design for Marriage marriage enrichment curriculum is being used by hundreds of churches around the United States, and even in some foreign countries. God's plans are obviously much bigger than our own.

Harold earned his masters degree in (Christian education from Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary in Denver Colorado. Bette earned a degree in Christian education from Appalachian Bible College in Bradley, West Virginia. They have three married children and six grandchildren.

In 1993, Harold and Bette developed Achieving God's Design for Marriage, a practical, Biblical marriage enrichment curriculum based on their years of experience. Their new book, Experiencing Oneness, an interactive Biblical marriage study for couples, is now available, as well as a 4-part audio tape series on Experiencing Sexual Intimacy.