Come share the joy as two hearts unite as One!

This will be an outdoor ceremony followed by a potluck reception. TThere is no registry as we are asking for financial donations to help us start our new life together on a good financial footing. To RSVP, please email us at mikew1mwb@gmail.com or Facebook. Thank you so much!

I met Mike when I started coming to The Greatest Gift's Little House of Hope and Prayer. I thought that he was a fantastic keyboard player, and I had some history in playing the piano a long time ago, and was attracted to that. I initially thought that Mike was about thirty years old. It crossed my mind that he was a really kind person and I'd like to date him, but there was too much of an age difference and it would never happen. Then one day we were together and found ourselves alone, just the two of us in the Little House. We had been taking a bible class together, and just started talking! In the course of our conversation I found out that he was half Italian. I said, "Oh My gosh, my whole life I've wanted to go to Italy." He said that he always wanted to go to Jerusalem. I said that my cousins lived there. We started talking about our families. It turned out that MIke has an older brother with Down's Syndrome. When I met him, I had been working for 12 years assisting adults with special needs. A lot of my clients had had Down's Syndrome, so that was an instant connection. I also learned that Mike's sister had an art shop in Wells and I've always adored art! Two of my sisters and I take a trip every year just to see art museums. I have over 100 art books, so it's something I've always appreciated, so that was another connection. Before meeting Pastor Wayne, I had a dream of him picking me up to take me to church. When he came, I got in his truck and I was not afraid to get into this stranger's truck, and the rest is history. As time went on, he asked me to the movies. I thought, "Oh he wants to be friends." It turns out that was a date! I was so surprised that he picked "Frozen 2" as the movie to go to. We both had a great time going to that movie. It was a great first date. I just instantly felt comfortable with him and was amazed at how talented he was. We started to talk and learn more about each other. I was amazed as we continued to talk, how much we had in common, both loving cats, dogs, Disney movies, musical instruments and so forth, and we both love to swim.

My journey started back in 1999 when I woke up on a Sunday morning. I had never dated or done anything of the sort, but the Lord spoke to my heart and said I have someone for you. From that time on, it was an aspiration that I would have someone with me that I could share this journey of life with and be in ministry and serve the Lord with. I didn't know how it would come about. I'm a musician, involved in The Greatest Gift gospel music group, which is the group that runs The Little House of Hope & Prayer. Over the years since the Lord spoke that word into my heart about finding a wife, I thought that I would meet someone that was also musically inclined. Particularly in the singing area as well as playing an instrument. I dreamed we would sing and play together for the Lord. The Lord always does things in a way we least expect him to! So in 2018, the musical group started getting busy. I said to the Lord, "Ok Lord. I know you spoke this to me years ago that you had someone for me. Things are getting busy now. I'm not going to be able to pursue this, so I'm going to help you out." I got on eHarmony and ended up meeting someone from down South. I spent about eight months in a long distance relationship with her before that came to an end. After that relationship ended I still was seeking the Lord for the one He had for me. In 2019, I was getting ready to move into a house with my pastor and his wife, the other two members of the musical group. Prior to this, I was with my family a lot. The pastor, his wife and I were looking at a house in Lebanon Maine at the time, and my family had said it was too far away. I remember that year, sitting at the church, and saying, "Lord, if you will send the person that you have for me, I'll move anywhere you want me to move to with them" and a peace came over my soul after I said that prayer. Laurie had been already coming to the church, but I wasn't looking in her direction at the time. Two months later, on January first of 2020, I had been with the pastor and his wife visiting some members of our congregation at the hospital. The person had discharged herself, but I remember the ride home. The topic of relationships came up, and the pastor's wife said, "Why don't you start talking to Laurie?" All the while prior to this, without my knowing, the pastor had been talking to Laurie about me. I said "Sure why not? So far the interests I had pursued up to now had not worked. Maybe this is what God has in mind." I remember getting home and asking the Lord how to strike up a conversation with her, as conversation is not my strong point at all. He spoke to my spirit and said talk about your family. That Thursday, we were at the church doing our Little School of Hop bible course. THe pastor was taking people home in the van, and Laurie and I were there by ourselves. We struck up a conversation, and went to the movies a little while after that. On January 15th, Laurie and I were at church giving out coffee and donuts to anyone that came in that wanted some. That afternoon, two ladies came in who knew us, and they proceeded to ask us how we were doing, as they knew about our movie date. I blurted out, "I want to see this thing go all the way!" There was a bit of a hesitation. I thought "Mike you blew it!" Laurie said "That's what I'm hoping for too!" We've been together ever since and now getting ready to be married! That musical connection that I prayed for by the way was there, because it turns out that Laurie plays the piano. AND she's part of The Spirit Calls radio ministry with me and our friend Charlene. She is a major asset to that ministry. I am truly blessed!