This has been such a great week, I was glad to learning about that how partners are to work together in raising their kids. My parents did a great job for raising us and making sure we were well taken care of. Yes, they were not perfect but I am glad to be their child. We did not have much according to material things but our parents loved each other and they taught us how to defend and love one another too. Which I believe is a great way for teaching our children, which is to lead by an example. I also feel like leading by an example does not only produce positive results but also help children to have a positive long lasting picture of their parents. My mother passed on 5 years ago, I only have a father now and he has moved on and found another woman in his life. But the image of him and my mother lives within me and that is what I want for my children too.

In what ways do you think a couple and family could benefit from having a weekly family council? What are the specific principles highlighted by Elder Ballard that would especially be relevant and applicable to a family council?

Family councils are a right way to bring unity and peace in a family. Reason being, life gets busy with work, kids and finances at times get in the way but as we find a moment to sit down and talk we become one. I have seen the blessings of doing so in my family. We normally hold them on Sundays because it is more quiet and the spirit is just so different. We find a moment when kids are asleep to avoid interruptions. When we started family councils we did not think of inviting the Lord. We realized how much we ended up fighting and arguing. I then had a prompt to begin with a word of prayer and ever since then our family councils have been effective, which is also what Elder Ballard said.

As taught by Elder Eyring, how do we become one in marriage? Give an example of a couple you know that illustrates the process of becoming one.

We become one as we work together into building our marriages. I feel like both parties are to be on board and that way the Lord will out both of His wings around us. There was a couple that we shared a flat with. For me they were  a true definition of becoming one. There was never a time you would see one without another. They went to shopping together, Played together, did house chores doing. The more funny story about them was even with the fact that the husband knew how to do hairstyles and he was the hairstylist of his wife. Besides that they were always so happy and getting along. It became a shock to us when they got divorced and it still does not make sense. How I prayed they would fix things and still do. I would love to hear your favourites couples who showed oneness in their union.