If you have a ChristianCafe.com experience you would like to share with other members, please write to us.
God bless you. Neither of us was supposed to be home on the evening of Saturday, September 30, 2006. Ceci was to be on a date with a guy who lived an hour away; however, the guy had called the morning of the date saying that he didn't want a "long distance" relationship. I had been invited to a dinner at a church honoring former pastors, but I canceled my plans at the last minute.
We saw each other'
s names in the Cafe, sweetmusic278, Ceci, from California and kansasguy492, me, from Kansas. Ceci sent me a Cafe Quick Nessage, inviting her to meet me in the Cafe General Chat room. We chatted with each other that first night for over an hour. I still remember how much we both laughed that night, a music teacher from San Diego and a pastor from Kansas. "Let's meet for coffee tomorrow. Are we going to meet in San Diego or Kansas?" Ceci jokingly asked. "No, we can meet half way between in Colorado Springs" I said. She responded, "Yeah right!".
Little did Ceci realize I was already thinking about how I could meet her there in Colorado or all the way in California. She intrigued me and I hadn't laughed that much in years. "Wasn’t this a case of too long a distance?", she questioned, ready to settle for us just being pen pals. "Absolutely not" I said, encouraging her that long distance relationships really can work. The next day, Sunday, October 1st, 2006 we talked on the phone for the first time.
The entire next week, we talked on the phone. We planned for me to fly to San Diego to meet for the first time on October 19th. By the end of the week, we had moved up the first meeting date to October 12th. Ceci was continuing to question how this long distance dating could really work, doubting how anything could really develop with someone over 1500 miles away. Forget the one hour by car, I was three-and-a-half hours away by plane. (Not including a two hour drive to the airport) But I was persistent, somehow believing and hoping that my actions would show her that it can work. For the next two-and-a-half months I flew to San Diego almost every weekend. Then beginning at Christmas she started flying to Kansas as well. Since she had a major fear of flying, I flew to San Diego and then flew back to Kansas with her and her daughter to help her overcome that fear. We continued traveling back and forth between Kansas and San Diego for the next four months. Over 1500 miles! Then, I moved to Sacramento, California to take the reigns of a church as their pastor in mid-April 2007, thus becoming californiaguy492. We continued to fly back and forth, all the while making plans for sweetmusic278 and her daughter to move to Sacramento at the end of her school year in June. They moved to Sacramento on July 1st, 2007 and we were married in a small, but beautiful ceremony on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at the church where I serve as pastor.
sweetmusic278 and kansasguy492 are proof that ChristianCafe.com works. We are also proof that long distance relationships can work when the persons are committed to making them work.
We have made some great friends along the way in the Cafe Chat Rooms, especially CJ and Laffy who have prayed for us all along the way. There were numerous other friends made along the way as well, mostly people from the Cafe Chat Rooms. Thank you ChristianCafe.com for making it possible. God is great and amazing.
Fred-kansasguy492 {Kansas} & Ceci-sweetmusic278 {California} September 2007
Pastor Fred and Ceci Married July 2007
Getting ready to celebrate our first wedding anniversary!
John writes: Hello ChristianCafe.com! We give God all the honor and glory, but ChristianCafe.com was the instrument He used to cause our lives to join on the same path. And it is something that neither of us could have done on our own. If I had searched the world over, I would not have found what I found in Leslie (angelmist560). This is a match truly made in heaven!
We started corresponding on ChristianCafe.com in May 2004 and met for the first time in person in September of that year. Once we had started to talk to each other on the phone that beautiful May day in 2004, not a day went by without us talking to each other. Then on July 7, 2005, I got down on one knee and asked Leslie to marry me. Of course, I had already known what the answer would be, since it was a foregone conclusion that God had made us for each other and confirmed it many times in different ways.
On August 12, 2006, we married and now, in wedded bliss, are about to celebrate our first anniversary. Praise be to Jesus!
Leslie writes: I can't thank you enough for allowing me to use your site to find this wonderful husband of mine. I hadn't thought about Internet dating until a minister came to our church and spoke about putting feet to your prayers. If you want a job, you will go out and apply. I prayed about this and then a friend from work told me about your site. I joined and was online two years and close to quitting when along came John.
After writing back and forth for several months I agreed to meet him in person. We were married on August 12, 2006 and tomorrow is our first anniversary. I thank God every day for being so faithful to His Word.
"Delight yourself also in the Lord and He shall give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4
Thank you ChristianCafe.com!
Love to all in Christ.
John-mrjrutherford487 {Indiana} & Leslie-angelmist560 September 2007
John and Leslie Married August 2006. Wedding and Honeymoon Cruise.
ptoderan743 meets mikep670! Dear ChristianCafe.com: Just wanted to say thank you for your service. We met in February 2007 after Mike did a specific search and found me! The really cool thing was, he was searching for a widow with a child. Being a little boy once himself who lost his daddy to cancer, then watching his stepdad come in and take his mom and older brother and himself under his wing, he always knew that one day he would do the same.
Both our profiles were specific to wanting to find somebody else who was in the ministry who they could stand with, who had the same vision and passion for ministry. Well he being an ordained pastor and musician, and me being a worship pastor it couldn't have fitted better. After just 2 weeks of phone conversations Mike decided a trip from Seattle to FAR east coast Canada, was a must. He booked his tickets and arrived 3 weeks later. Within that 3 weeks of more talking before he arrived, we knew, this was It. We had prayed before even deciding to meet, to make sure this was okay to pursue.
When Mike arrived here, it just confirmed everything we had been feeling. My folks felt Holy Spirit's confirmation and my 9 year old son also felt confirmed in his heart, that this was his new dad. A proposal took place and plans were set into motion.
After a 10 day visit Mike returned to plan a big move from West coast to East. By the end of April I flew west to meet his family and friends, help pack his truck, and we did a cross country trip back to the east coast to start our lives & ministry. We were Married 07/07/07. An appointed time, this is the year of harvest and the open door. My son and I have prayed for this moment for 6 years, and Mike has been standing and waiting for us, divine appointed. God can use all things!
Never back down from what you know God has promised you.
Paula-ptoderan748 {New Brunswick} & Mike-mikep670 {Washington} September 2007
Mike (Washington) and Paula (New Brunswick) Married 07/07/07.
Re: C'mon back to ChristianCafe.com. As of July 21st I am now a married man thanks to ChristianCafe.com!
Great work, please remove my profile.
Many thanks,
Antony-itguy341 {England} September 2007
Re: C'mon back to ChristianCafe.com. I have met my husband Brad through ChristianCafe.com. With the blessing of our Father, Jesus Christ, we got married 9/2/2006.
Brad is a wonderful husband, father, provider, and above all a beautiful Christian man. He is more than what I could have asked for and continues to be even more beautiful as time goes on.
ChristianCafe.com is the best! Continue your excellent work.
May our Father continue to bless your organization.
Sincerely,
Olga-oalarid272 September 2007
Re: C'mon back to ChristianCafe.com. I got married, thanks to your site!
Evelyn-anasam424 September 2007
