I realized that indeed when it's GOd's perfect will for two people to become ONE, all things will truly be possible!
This is very true for me and my Hubby. After that long talk talk we had on the 1st of November , 8 years ago, we knew that we're not just going to be girl friend/boyfriend but soon to be wife and husband.
The 'problem' was, both of us were not financially capable to have a wedding at that time. It was only a year earlier I resigned my job and with the little savings that I had, I spent it for our exposure trip and at the same time J was also in full-time ministry.
But God gave us peace, and when people asked us about wedding plans, we would bravely answer in faith that the wedding will take place in J's country and in September 2002. But in reality, we didn't have any money to spend anything at all and we didn't know how to do all the preparations.
It was quite a unique arrangement. A few months before the wedding I was still in my country, J was in the Land of T while the wedding was to take place in J's homecountry. I only went to J's homecountry a month before the wedding and so did J.
But we were indeed blessed and saw how God has moved! When I arrived in J's home country, a lot of their church members and family were asking what they could do to help us. What amazed me, was that everything was so organized. THere was practically committees from the church for our wedding. Some people were in charge for transport, food, accomodations and etc. whew! We were just blessed by such great love. Then little by little, day by day people will call us, send email or sms and tell us that they want to sponsor for J's suit, shoes, wedding cake, dessert, and etc. The biggest surprise for us all was, when a couple took us to a jewelry shop and asked us to choose our wedding rings!
Even on my family's side, since the wedding is to take place in a different country, everyone has to have money to buy the plane tickets and travel expenses. But God provided! Even my sister who had a problem with her passport application (due to misspelled name), got her passport a day before they were going to leave. So, on August 27th of 2000, 21 members of my family and friends left from our country to attend our wedding. Everyone came, my parents, siblings with their spouses, nephew, nieces, aunt, Ninang, Ninongs and church members.
Even though we were in a lot of 'need' for our wedding but our most special prayer to God was that HE will just be there, His presence will just overflow on that precious day and HE DID! People were touched by His presence, there was peace and joy in everyone's heart and in His presence is ORder. Everything just fell according to place. Even the rain didn't push through. It just drizzled a bit, enough to wet the dry ground and cool the air. The crowd of 500 guests was not overwhelming. And the worship was just great!
Everyone was blessed. Some people who came told us that they were blessed and it was such a beautiful wedding. I'm sure that was because of HIs presence.
Then came one exciting part. After the wedding, we received so much of cash gifts. Almost all of the people gave cash gifts. We counted it and we were dumbstruck. Our gifts totaled to 11,500 RM! We took our payable lists for the food, hotel, decorations, and etc and it had a total of 10,000. Wow! God indeed met all our needs! There was even 1 ,500 RM extra. We thought that we could go for nice honeymoon somewhere.
But what was more amazing was that when we applied for my visa, I needed 1,500 as a security bond. God already provided it even before we knew of the need. So, that was what the extra was about. God was just so specific. ANd we thought that God must have forgotten about our honeymoon...but He didn't. Three months after, He allowed us to have an unforgettable honeymoon in Phuket ( i'll make another post for this ).
So, we witnessed a miracle for our wedding. It's indeed a testimony of God's faithfulness and I give all the glory to HIM!
This is very true for me and my Hubby. After that long talk talk we had on the 1st of November , 8 years ago, we knew that we're not just going to be girl friend/boyfriend but soon to be wife and husband.
The 'problem' was, both of us were not financially capable to have a wedding at that time. It was only a year earlier I resigned my job and with the little savings that I had, I spent it for our exposure trip and at the same time J was also in full-time ministry.
But God gave us peace, and when people asked us about wedding plans, we would bravely answer in faith that the wedding will take place in J's country and in September 2002. But in reality, we didn't have any money to spend anything at all and we didn't know how to do all the preparations.
It was quite a unique arrangement. A few months before the wedding I was still in my country, J was in the Land of T while the wedding was to take place in J's homecountry. I only went to J's homecountry a month before the wedding and so did J.
But we were indeed blessed and saw how God has moved! When I arrived in J's home country, a lot of their church members and family were asking what they could do to help us. What amazed me, was that everything was so organized. THere was practically committees from the church for our wedding. Some people were in charge for transport, food, accomodations and etc. whew! We were just blessed by such great love. Then little by little, day by day people will call us, send email or sms and tell us that they want to sponsor for J's suit, shoes, wedding cake, dessert, and etc. The biggest surprise for us all was, when a couple took us to a jewelry shop and asked us to choose our wedding rings!
Even on my family's side, since the wedding is to take place in a different country, everyone has to have money to buy the plane tickets and travel expenses. But God provided! Even my sister who had a problem with her passport application (due to misspelled name), got her passport a day before they were going to leave. So, on August 27th of 2000, 21 members of my family and friends left from our country to attend our wedding. Everyone came, my parents, siblings with their spouses, nephew, nieces, aunt, Ninang, Ninongs and church members.
Even though we were in a lot of 'need' for our wedding but our most special prayer to God was that HE will just be there, His presence will just overflow on that precious day and HE DID! People were touched by His presence, there was peace and joy in everyone's heart and in His presence is ORder. Everything just fell according to place. Even the rain didn't push through. It just drizzled a bit, enough to wet the dry ground and cool the air. The crowd of 500 guests was not overwhelming. And the worship was just great!
Everyone was blessed. Some people who came told us that they were blessed and it was such a beautiful wedding. I'm sure that was because of HIs presence.
Then came one exciting part. After the wedding, we received so much of cash gifts. Almost all of the people gave cash gifts. We counted it and we were dumbstruck. Our gifts totaled to 11,500 RM! We took our payable lists for the food, hotel, decorations, and etc and it had a total of 10,000. Wow! God indeed met all our needs! There was even 1 ,500 RM extra. We thought that we could go for nice honeymoon somewhere.
But what was more amazing was that when we applied for my visa, I needed 1,500 as a security bond. God already provided it even before we knew of the need. So, that was what the extra was about. God was just so specific. ANd we thought that God must have forgotten about our honeymoon...but He didn't. Three months after, He allowed us to have an unforgettable honeymoon in Phuket ( i'll make another post for this ).
So, we witnessed a miracle for our wedding. It's indeed a testimony of God's faithfulness and I give all the glory to HIM!
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