Hope and Encouragement for Military Families
Focus on the Family with Jim Daly
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Jessica Manfre describes the unique challenges military spouses and families face. Long separation, constant moves, and work-related trauma can devastate a marriage. The good news is — God is always there. Faith, friendship, and service can build a strong foundation for facing life’s challenges.
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| 0:00.0 | But you know it was very hard. It was very hard having a small child, you know, |
| 0:05.6 | walking that path and you do it without family and you know you're on your own. You |
| 0:10.1 | have to build your own family wherever you are. Well today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly, we'll explore some of the unique challenges |
| 0:17.0 | and difficulties of military families. |
| 0:20.4 | And Jim, to get us started, we have a few quotes that have been given to us that honor the sacrifice in the service of military spouses, those who stay behind when their husband or wife is deployed. |
| 0:31.0 | For example, here's one, it takes a strong person to be a soldier. It takes a stronger person to love a soldier. |
| 0:37.0 | That's good. That's a good one. Here's another one. Home is where the military sends us and love is what keeps us together. |
| 0:43.7 | How about that? I like that one a lot. Here's one. It's gonna tug at the emotions a bit |
| 0:48.6 | I think you're my favorite hello and my hardest goodbye. |
| 0:53.0 | Boy, that gets you right. |
| 0:54.6 | Yeah, you feel that one. |
| 0:56.2 | How about this? |
| 0:56.8 | Waiting is a sign of true love and patience. |
| 0:59.4 | Anyone can say I love you, but not everyone can wait |
| 1:02.0 | and prove it's true. Those are good ones and today |
| 1:05.2 | we're going to talk with a special guest Jessica Manfrey who is married to a member of |
| 1:10.9 | the United States Coast Guard and I'm looking forward to the conversation. |
| 1:14.3 | Yeah, there's a lot here and the research is very clear. |
| 1:18.0 | These families relocate 10 times more often than others moving on average every two to three years. |
| 1:25.0 | There's so much stress associated with that and Jessica is a licensed social worker |
| 1:30.0 | and author and mother of two children and her husband Scott serves as you said |
| 1:35.0 | Jim with the U.S Coast Guard. Jessica has a little book that is full of |
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