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Joseph Partenheimer

and

Jean Lee

Urbana

IL

April 21

2023

How God brought us together

After my failed marriage, and dating a few men, I gave up hope of finding Mr Right, I finally surrendered this job to God. It will be in his time, and on his terms, he will choose him and I will have no doubts. Till he brings him to me I decided I will find contentment in my singleness and serving his kingdom. Meanwhile my friend GerriAnne created my profile on Facebook dating and my first line posted was, “I’m a Christ follower, and I take my faith seriously. So if you are not, don’t waste your time looking at me.” 160 miles away, Joe saw this post after only being on Facebook dating for two weeks, thanks to his friend, Jim Smith. After years of not dating he just decided it’s time! He didn’t waste any time with other women, I was the only one he talked on the phone with and scheduled a 7 hour first date with (driving to and back home made it 13 hours for him!) Joe somehow just knew I was the one for him. After weeks of daily phone calls, and on our second official marathon date he confidently professed his love for me. I on the other hand might have been thinking it but still had to be told by my best friend, Sara Kokosoulis, that he was the one I should marry! Sara has always found faults with every man I dated …surprisingly she is giving her blessings to a man she has never met! If you know Sara, this is not something to take lightly! This was the beginning of dating every other weekend with daily phone calls in between, which led to dating every weekend, and the realization that being apart was just too difficult. On Good Friday Joe proposed for the first time in his life, and I accepted! The rest is history. Jeremiah 29:11

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