This past week I received an invitation from a motivational speaker to host his Life’s A Party presentation. Knowing the health challenges this person has faced doesn’t really bring visions of brightly coloured balloons and bubbly champagne to mind.
At the last natural family planning teaching session an observer might have wondered about the spectacle of 21 people offering an enthusiastic round of applause to a couple who just took two hours of their time on a lovely summer evening to tell them that their fertility is something to be respected. And the overhead and transparencies weren’t even surrounded by balloons. ( Overhead projector?! I know – we are looking forward to the day we can offer the good message of NFP with a laptop and LED projector…) Neither was there champagne at the end of the class. Just coffee, tea, juice and water.
Nevertheless, if you had peeked into the room, you would have seen couples who visibly appreciated the freeing news of the sympto-thermal method of NFP. Beverage in hand, small groups formed after the class instruction to share stories. Others counselled with the teacher-couple with regards to coming off contraceptives, NFP after childbirth, or preparing for marriage. Laughter filtered through into the adjoining hallway as couples-in-training to become teachers of the method encouraged one another.
Life is a party. Join us for the next motivating, life-giving session (to your marriage) on Monday, September 8/08. Contact us on the EVENTS page. To life!
