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the program is about getting ahead of financial<br />
problems as much as it is building wealth.<br />
The Torii Station Chapel sponsors the program<br />
but adherence to a particular faith is not required<br />
for attendance, Muasa said.<br />
Another nondenominational workshop, Life in<br />
Balance, addresses stress management beginning<br />
at 11:46 a.m. each Wednesday and is taught by<br />
Madlena Maximova, a military and family life<br />
counselor at Torii Station.<br />
Wellness on Wednesday, which began this month<br />
and ends Dec. 14, is open to all service members,<br />
DOD civilians, retirees and their families and<br />
provides onsite child care.<br />
As part of the program, Muasa’s wife, Lauren<br />
Muinde, and Army spouse Sora Kunsman lead<br />
the Women of Worship Bible study and Chaplain<br />
(Capt.) Daniel Powers, of the 78th Signal<br />
Battalion, leads the Warriors of Worship Bible<br />
study.<br />
Kim has attended several Wellness on Wednesday<br />
events with her active-duty Army husband. The<br />
couple have been married for 14 years, have two<br />
boys, and have lived in Okinawa for two years.<br />
“It's actually beneficial to any marriage regardless<br />
how many years that they've been together, but<br />
I think newly married couples should be taking<br />
advantage of this kind of program to have a good<br />
standing at the beginning of their relationship<br />
and being able to understand each side and how<br />
to approach their spouse,” she said.<br />
Personal growth is key to thriving, according to<br />
Muasa.<br />
“We must take care of ourselves; we cannot<br />
pour into others from an empty cup A person is<br />
fully successful when they are bearing fruit and<br />
contributing to other people's lives,” he said.<br />
Those interested in the program can contact Muasa<br />
at 315-652-4454, 080-1544-4497 or cornelius.<br />
muasa.mil@army.mil for more information.<br />
“A female may have different needs as a spouse<br />
or soldier than a male spouse or soldier,” Muasa<br />
said of the groups, which meet at 11:45 a.m. each<br />
Wednesday. “Gender-specific Bible study groups<br />
is for building relationships.”<br />
One spouse who participated in the women’s group<br />
and in couples counseling with her husband says<br />
it was an opportunity for them to learn together.<br />
“I think it taught a better way to see each other<br />
and how we can communicate to one another, so I<br />
think at least it helped us to try different methods<br />
in terms of developing our relationship better,<br />
healthier,” Miae Kim, 41, told Stars and Stripes<br />
by phone Friday.<br />
Muasa says he teaches communication and<br />
relationship growth through understanding<br />
genders and personalities within the marriage.
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