Hi. We are the Sam Schrock family from Reedsville, Wisconsin. Our friend, Marlene Weaver has, for years, dreamed of being able to help children who deal with conditions like ADD, ADHD, autism and other such mental challenges. She was really looking forward to attending a training class November 2025, In Michigan, but realized she wouldn't be able to do that, due to lack of funds. We know that she is very good with children, and we think that she could do worlds of good, in lots of children's lives, if given the chance. Please help us raise funds to help send her to this training class! Thank you and May God richly bless you for helping!

Marlene's testimony and a link to the Davis Progam are below.

About seven years ago, I appeared to be confused, disconnected, and very unsociable. Most of my life I had struggled with feeling understood and accepted by those around me. My family, God bless them, tried their best to understand me.

But I would have these moments where I would have extreme meltdowns, sometimes stretching into hours. To them, it looked like I was angry, or not wanting to have anything to do with them. But to me, all I felt was unexplainable anxiety. In these times of meltdowns, I would always try to tell myself. "You don't want to do this, because this is not the person you are." And also at the same time, I felt this feeling of being lost in a box, trapped!! ! felt like I couldn't get away from the anxiety, I had no control of my emotions.

As a young child in school, I would sit at my desk trying to keep my mind on my work but, Oh that little bird out the windowjust intrigued me. Or maybe my mind went back to yesterday when I was playing with our pony. Sometimes my mind would go in multiple different directions that I couldn't focus. I couldn't figure out what I was even thinking. My teachers didn't seem to understand. I'm sure they did their best, but to me, it felt like they were forcing me into a big trap. Why do I have to learn all these things? Why can't I just do things that make sense? Many things that made sense to me did not make sense to people around me. Sometimes people even asked me if I was normal. None of this felt good, and the older I got the more confused, anxious and depressed I became. My parents desperately prayed for something to help me. Finally, after 21 years of meltdowns, confusion, anxiety, and depression, my sister found out about the Davis program and informed my parents that maybe this would help. Five months later found us in Pennsylvania, preparing to do the Davis program. After the first few days, I encountered many meltdowns, due to the change in my brain. We finished the program and after being home for about three weeks my mom mentioned that she was noticing quite a few changes in my behavior. She commented that I seem to be so calm, so relaxed. That brightened my day, and it helped me to see myself in a different way. A few weeks later we had a gathering with my siblings and I got comment after comment about how different I was. After six months I started noticing a difference myself. I didn't feel as depressed anymore. There was times when I would still have a meltdown, but it was so occasional that when it happened it got me by surprise.

And it took a lot less time to get over them.

After two years, looking back, I felt like a completely different person, yet I knew I hadn't changed. I was still the same person I had been two years ago, but I had learned to understand myself in a way that I had never known was possible. In that same fall, I was asked to teach school. I was told I would have 14 students in eight different grades. I was very apprehensive about this request, yet at the same time my heart swelled. Maybe, just maybe, this was God telling me I could move on. So I decided to give teaching a try, and three years later, finds me still teaching school. The longest I have ever been able to keep a job.

I have found myself growing continually in the understanding of how my brain works, and being able to discern what emotions I am experiencing. I have learned many different ways of helping myself with my short attention span. I am happy to be able to tell people that I have the capability of doing anything an average person can do. I haven't had a meltdown in a long time, in fact, a lot of people tell me they find it hard to get me riled.I am ever grateful to God for leading us to the Davis program, and for helping me through the many years of struggle, confusion, and misunderstandings. My goal is to provide a way of hope for children, adults, in fact, all people who are experiencing similar learning disabilities, mental challenges, and emotional confusion.

Sincerely,

Marlene Weaver

Check out this link on the Davis Program.

https://davismethod.com/