As a young pastor, Ryan thought he was ready to get married, but soon after the wedding, he had a big problem.

When I'm doing counseling, I tell people oftentimes that I had the worst beginning six months of a marriage that I know of,

and so I'm a qualified counselor for them.

And what really began to give me a 180 in my marriage and understanding my role as a husband was just the

ministry of focus on the family. Now, Pastor Ryan points his congregation to all the resources we

provide for families because we're still helping them today. Focus on the family empowers me in my

marriage because I can understand

that other people have gone through the same thing that I'm going through and I'm not alone

in the struggles that I face and my wife and I can gain hope from the stories that are shared

on air. I'm Jim Daly. Help us give families hope today. Donate and your gift will be doubled at

Focus on thefamily.com slash gift.

One of the things that really attracted me to my wife, Dina, is her spontaneity.

35, nope, 40 plus years ago now, when I first met her, she was just like, let's go, let's go hike

that hill.

It's like, well, where does it go?

I don't know, let's find out.

Okay, I mean, I'm Mr. Planner.

I'd prefer to have a map.

She was just like, let's go find out.

She's adventurous.

To this day, she's adventurous, although I think I've influenced her just a little bit to

have a map before we go too far. I'm John Fuller, joined by my focus colleagues, Dr. Greg

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