Yes, I married my best friend. Mendez and I have been talking and praying together for over a year. I met him on facebook shortly after my dad died and found that BECAUSE he lived so far away, I was able to speak freely with him about everything going on in my life and with the kids. We would spend hours going through the Word together and debated over just about every topic under the sun. It seemed like we wouldn't agree on hardly anything. I thought he was stuffy and uptight, and he thought I was a space cadet. But from the very start we made an Agape agreement. We would finish all of our talks and mail with the word, "Agape". The understanding was that we would not be shallow with one another but would stay friends even if it was difficult to do so. After I finished up my internship with Winnie Banov in Harrisburg at the end of April, I took a train to New York to visit him. At the end of five days, I realized that all my excuses that made this man "not my type...
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.- 1 Corinthians 13:6-7