One of the biggest tasks I have ever had to undertake was to agree to go find a house for Holley and her family to live in, before she and I got married.
That way once she came all the way to Kennett, she would have somewhere to stay and then we could wait for God to drop the perfect home for all of Us, including my Mom, and after that we would know that God had opened the final door to His plan of Our Marriage together.
I didn't spend a great deal of time looking for a house..I knew vaguely what Holley needed and the price range, so with that I made a few calls and found a house for her that I thought would last long enough until that PERFECT HOME dropped down out of the blue...
Yes, folks, we had loads of faith, and we proved that by having faith you can see lots more than just mountains move.
Holley and tired family could not spend the first night in their mini-mansion, due to the fact that her electricity could not be turned on until she arrived and signed her agreement personally.
So the family unloaded what they could before dark and then They all went back to the SUPER 8 where we originally met and got rooms for the night, and while no one was looking I eloped with My fair maiden and we headed over to my house to visit together and do all those other CHRISTIAN things that two people in love need to find out after dating online for less than six months.
As I think back to that first night....UPLIFTERLAND...TAKE ME AWAY****
As I slowly pulled up to the front of my house, all the neighbors had pitched in and there were dozen of roses, covering the entire front lawn, all colors with a big gigantic banner that ran all the way across the front of my house that read..."TOGETHER AT LAST--HOLLEY AND KENNY!!!"
One of our neighbors, JIM NETTLES, who was a building contractor in our town, had redesigned Our carport into a private sitting room, complete with air conditioning and very compfy love seats, soft music, and plenty of diet coke and other snack food, almost all either fat free of carb low.
As Our lips touched together for the first really alone time, another neighbor in our backyard set off a beautiful stream of fireworks and we just sit back, smiled, soaked it all up and thanked the Lord.
Just holding hands, just looking into each other's eyes, Just seeing that Holley had made it through this long journey, never again to leave my side, according to God's will.
*****And then we looked at the clock.
Time had not stood still. It was almost three O'clock in the morning...So Holley and I tiptoed out of the house, so not to disturb mom, and I drove her out to the motel to Join the rest of her family. She gave me another long kiss and jumped out of my car and ran like the chaste teenager that she almost was to her room because Holley had a big unloading day in ahead for her the next day...and I had work...But we both knew that God would give Us all the energy we needed to do Our chores...and He did....
[This webpage series was created and written by Kenny Mitchell and most events are based on true happenings. This series is ®2005 by WebUplifterMinistries and Uplifterland.]
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