How we met

I thought it would be fun an approprite to share my "how we met" story following my last post.
Dating wasn't even an option no how for us, we were hundreds of miles apart!!
We had a long distance relationship, and thats why i said it really depneds on how and where they meet thier spouse on how it will go from there. We never how our young ones will meet thier futuer one, the two may meet be on the misssion field half way around the world or right at home, or on-line or so on.

So here's our story- enjoy!!


My family and I moved to Belize, Central America a few months after my 15th birthday. We did not go their as missions, it was just a dream of my Dad's. ( his dad had been there many years before ,but it did not work for my dad to go down at that time. Finally we made it. We lived among the Mennonites their, farming)
We were there in all about 3 years. Well it was about the middle of that time, that my oldest brother was in contact with my husband to be's dad for the first time. They got each others address off a Christian newsletter. Anyway they( my brother & the Dad) started corresponding and his family ( wife and son Paul) wanted to move to Belize as well. So they started making plans of coming down, selling their place, packing up and so on.

Here i need to take a pause and say that when i seen Pual 's picture for the very first time, i thought he look ugly. Honestly! I guess it was a bad picture of him or something. He was 18 at the time I think. So i basically already had him married off to my older sister, cause i thought it was a no go for me!!

Well as it turned out they were unable to come down. So instead they settled in another location in Texas.

Then a year went by and one of my older brothers were getting married. At the ripe old age of 18 I was feeling very desiring to meet my "one", i guess i felt I was getting old and would not meet anyone!!
So at that time I really prayed out to God to send me a husband. I prayed, "It doesn't matter what he looks like, how old he is, where he lives, just as long as hes the one you want for me Lord. I just want your will Lord and nothing else." It was during that pray that his picture came in to my mind so vividly. And at that moment I knew he was the one! I absolutely had no doubt in my mind.

So just after my brothers wedding we got ready to head back up to Canada. This was August 1997. I was to travel up by bus with my oldest brother and his wive. And my Dad and mom and sister would drive up later. My oldest brother made plans to stop and visit the family that had planed to come to Belize. They were to pick us up at the Dallas bus depot.
So it was at the bus depot when I seen Pual and his family for the very first time. And the moment i first laid eyes on him, I said a little pray that went like this. " Lord, I didn't know mt husband was going to be so good looking". He was too! He was wearing a red shirt and a base-ball cap. I thought he was hot!!

Well we stayed at their place about 3 weeks. And Pual and I just clicked!! In fact it was during that time at their place that i thought he already asked me to marry him. We were out walking together and he said something like , " remember this time next we will be married." Atleast that's what i heard him say. But i find out later he didn't say that. I guess he had said, " Remember this time next year I will ask you to marry me". Boy isn't funny how you can hear what you want to hear sometimes!! So a misunderstanding but it all worked out!


Anyway we made plans of writing each other, and my bother and his family and I went on up to Canada.

Not quite a year later in July 98 Pual had a week off work so he drove up to visit, and met my parents for the first time. He was only able be there 3 days.

Then another year went by and we planed our wedding and he came up 3 weeks before the wedding. Some point before that time he had written to my Dad for permission to marry me.
I was 20 and he was 21 when we married on Sept. 19, 1999.

Some relatives and friends were concerned for me that I did not know him that well. But I knew with out a doubt he was one the one for me and we really did get to know each other through letters and by phone very good i think. I tyred very hard to share everything about me and my personality and so on.
Well that was 11 years ago. We are still going strong today!!!