Louisiana Marriage Retreat
A Marriage Beyond Anything You Could Imagine
Every marriage was designed for oneness. Not just peace. Not just partnership. Oneness. But somewhere between the wedding day and today, life happens — routines settle in, walls go up, and the marriage you dreamed of starts to feel out of reach.
This retreat was built to change that.
Rooted in Scripture and shaped by real research in neuroscience, psychology, and adventure-based therapy, our Adventure-Based Marital Enrichment experience helps couples break out of old patterns and into lasting transformation. Not a weekend high that fades by Monday — real, sustained change you can feel a year from now.
Couples who go through an adventure-based marriage program are 84% more likely to report increased marital satisfaction long after the program ends.
Restoration
1 Peter 5:10 — "...the God of all grace...will Himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you."
Meet your Facilitators
Dr. David and Terri Sumlin founded Marriage Life Ministries in 2012 to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ through marriage and family ministry. Since then, they've helped couples around the world embrace God's design for marital oneness and experience a marriage beyond what they thought possible. Their approach draws on research in neuroscience, psychology, physiology, and adventure-based therapy, tested against the truth of God's word. The result is their Adventure-Based Marital Enrichment program, which couples say produces lasting behavioral change rather than temporary fixes. While traditional therapy yields low to moderate results for marriages, couples who go through adventure-based programs are 84% more likely to report sustained marital satisfaction long after the program ends.
Reconnection
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 — "Two are better than one...though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."
Adventure awaits
Built for every couple
REST
Psalm 46:10 — "Be still, and know that I am God."
