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", went out the window. As I flew home, I realized that he was not only my type, but I was his design.
He proposed to me over the phone a couple of days after I returned to Texas. I joked with him about his phone proposal and he responded by flying down with an engagement ring. After we were engaged we went on our first date.
Then we prayed about a wedding date and I was always seeing 711. When I told him, he said his 2 favorite numbers were 7 & 12. We aimed for a July wedding. As the time approached, we could not seem to coordinate the details of a wedding between my Texas friends, his New York friends and family in Florida.
On July 11th, Mendez flew down to Texas and on the 12th, we eloped. Then we went on our second date. We spent 2 weeks together before he had to fly back to New York.
Now, we are over 1800 miles apart and are left with coordinating how to get under one roof. He wants to live in Texas, but is not comfortable with coming down without a job lined up. I have been uprooted from everything, so it is easier for Caleb and I to go up to New York for now.
Lauren is ministering with another ministry student in California. Zoe left for the University of Arkansas yesterday, and I finished up my month summer visit with Matilde in July. The kids are well secured and the timing for me to live in New York for a season couldn't be better.
Keep us covered in prayer. I see Mendez and I ministering together in a wonderful way. He is a man of incredible faith and loves the Lord. He has been preaching at his church and is an amazing Conga player. He loves music and dance and WORSHIP. This man is one of God's generals. I am so blessed to be his wife.
Hand picked and delivered by the King of Kings, he sees himself as blessed to have me too.
I am so excited about life and living!
Agape :)
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