{"id":647,"date":"2021-02-19T02:58:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:58:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abovetheheart.net\/?page_id=647"},"modified":"2025-03-05T19:59:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T19:59:24","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/abovetheheart.net\/?page_id=647","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"647\" class=\"elementor elementor-647\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4379cba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4379cba\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-91f5b30\" data-id=\"91f5b30\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f3b587 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0f3b587\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a74a75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a74a75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Carter's<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-705f7c4 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"705f7c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a9869a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1a9869a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ecd0a00 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ecd0a00\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1062b\" data-id=\"cd1062b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63498f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63498f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Minister Walter and Valecia Carter were married in 1996 and faced many unpleasant circumstances through the course of their marriage.\u00a0 Although the Lord brought them through many situations, it was a rough road for the first 15 years.\u00a0 Some of their struggles were a lack of communication, lies, financial difficulties, blended family challenges, trust, verbal and physical abuse.\u00a0 Among these were many other dysfunctional mishaps including the 3 A\u2019s: <em>Adultery, Addiction and Aggressive Anger<\/em>, which is what we call a Triple Threat.\u00a0 They overcame these obstacles and many more by the power of God!\u00a0 They are immensely grateful for the blessing God granted them by restoring their marriage. \u00a0They continue to express their love and devotion to one another daily with love, honor and respect.<\/p><p>This is just the beginning of where God is taking this blessed couple, who took a stand. They took their life back and decided to take their marriage to the next level.<\/p><p>You can hear more about their story by purchasing their books\u00a0<strong><em>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/abovetheheart.net\/?page_id=647\">My Heart My Love My Life My Lord, Living Life Past the Pain<\/a>\u201d<\/em><\/strong>, written by Author Valecia Carter herself, and <span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; background-color: transparent;\"><i>&#8220;The Marriage Guide, God Ordains It, You Establish It&#8221;, Written by Walter Carter Sr and Valecia Carter. <\/i><\/span><em style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 18px; background-color: transparent;\">These books not only have been a blessing to them, but God elevated Minister Walter &amp; Valecia by their personal experience of married life, they were over the Marriage Ministry at their church in Milwaukee, WI for over 7 years, and received professional training from Life Breakthrough Coaching &amp; Academy. They are Certified Biblical Marriage Educators, Workshop Facilitators, and Motivational Speakers. They have been active in their roles since November of 2018. They launched their Above the Heart, LLC business in February of 2019.\u00a0 They were given a Proclamation from the Mayor of the City of Milwaukee, which states that June 8th every year is Above the Heart, LLC Day! 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