For all the promises of God find their Yes in Him

It all started in Global Missions Major at Christ for the Nations institute, in Dallas TX. at the introduction to the semester for our major, the teacher said " you might be sitting next to your future mate in here" to which I rolled my eyes. The most that anything came to that semester , for what I thought about Ruby was "she is kind". Well, the next year as I was waiting to go to Thailand I was serving as leadership for Kids for the nations summer camps. We had an outreach to Altus OK. Ruby was an intern with KFN at the time, and she was choreographing our action songs, and part of the drama team for this outreach. As I saw all the heart she poured into giving her best to serve kids, I really "noticed" her. My pulse quickened, I was drawn to her big smile, and I saw the genuine love for these kids, and was drawn to her. But I don't act quickly, I wanted to take time to pray about it first. So from February to August I prayed. During that time, she was promoted to leadership, and put on the same team as me. Most days, I didn't know how to function, with her beside me. I was asking Jesus, if HE is in it to not just talk to me, but also to you. I found out later He was, while she was in Mexico. Well, I finally got the nerve to ask her to get some coffee with me about 2 weeks before I left for Thailand, I didn't know if she would even be in the US for long after I returned, but I knew I had to at least try. I am beyond happy I did. Our adventure has had a lot of obstacles, but we are stronger for it . I love you Ruby, and always will.

It all started in Global Missions Major at CFNI. We were classmates. One day our teacher said " you might be sitting next to your future mate in here", to which I replied "No one from here". I tried to be friends despite the fact of being alone and reading a book in the corner. The next year, I was added to the KFN Leadership team and Stephen was my partner. I was happy because I consider him a friend. Due to that, we spent time together planning and our friendship grew, so I started mocking his laugh, and asking embarrassing favors (for him) like leading a song for the KFN training. Suddenly around June, being next to him made me nervous. I didn't want to admit it because he was so different, goofing around. I told my friend I had a crush on someone and she guessed who in a second. How? I acted normal around him, but inside I was "he is awwww" mode. I didn't want to like him, so I used to tell myself that he was not interested in me. I was so completely wrong. While I was in Mexico for missions, after the KFN summer camp was over, I prayed to not think about him. God answered my prayed. I didn't think about him during the day, BUT, I did dream with him every single day. Later I acknowledged, that Stephen was praying for it since February. That explains why I "noticed" him. After my trip to Mexico, Stephen asked me out because he wanted to tell me something. By that time, I had told my parents about this nice guy I liked and asked for advise. My parents said they were praying for a man of God to appear soon in my life. They didn't know God told me that "a Boaz will come" as a prophetic word in May. On August 20th, we went for coffee. I was nervous, so I talked, talked, and talked. Two hours later, he gathered the guts to express his feelings. I am happy he did. It has been not easy, sometimes sad. But we have seen God in it, and we have grown. Te amo, Coder