Lynette’s story

Lynette’s story. My husband and I just celebrated our 10 year anniversary in July, although we met when I was fourteen and he was fifteen. We went to the same high school in South Africa. There were four of us girls who really wanted to learn some ballroom dances. So three of the other girls knew some boys who said they would go with us. (I think they didn’t really want to learn to dance, but agreed so they would have a way to get to know us better.) My dance partner was actually the best man on our wedding day, and Francois danced with one of the other girls. But after a few weeks of dance class, Francois started sitting next to me in the car on our way to dance class, and he would do all those annoying things boys would do, like hiding my dance shoes. (smile) We were really good friends. Laughed and played a lot, and on my 15th birthday, he told me for the first time (very shyly) he loves me, and then gave me my very first kiss. Soon after that my family moved to the states. California. (That was a really difficult for me. The only thing I wanted to do was go back to South Africa.) After three years and finishing high school in the states, I did go back to South Africa for a six week holiday. One of my friends reminded me of Francois, and told me he was working at a restaurant close by. We stopped to say hi, but his friend told me he wasn’t working till the evening. But I think the best thing and also very strange to my ears at that time was his friend told me that he and Francois were talking about me just a few weeks earlier, and that Francois told him I was the girl he was going to marry ……ONE DAY. (smile) So I left my number, and Francois called me back the next day. We saw one another three times (small dates), and then I had to get back on the plane for the states. But I convinced my parents it would be less expensive to study in South Africa. So I went back for a few years, and we got married after dating for four years. We lived separately till the day we got married, and now we are blessed with our two beautiful little girls. And now you know why I love…….A SMALL TOWN GIRL……. cause I LOVE my story. After getting married we celebrated our first anniversary and then I packed four suitcases, took his hand and got on the plane to move to the states. What an adventure it has been, and just by telling you all about it gets me excited for the future! Our Lord has a wonderful plan and I admire the way only HE could have brought Francios and I back together from different places in the world. Never give up on HIS love for us.

Posted by Hidden Voices on 2024-05-22 07:47:16