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10-9-11Meet Jim and Liz

Married 4yrs

 

How and where did you meet?

We met online. Liz: After we agreed to meet for our first date, I prayed for the Lord to direct me. I had been a single mother of three for almost ten years and Jim was a single father. The Lord clearly spoke to me on the way to meet him. He told me to ask Jim his birth date. When we sat down, that was the first question I asked him. We have the same birthday! We also each have two boys and one girl, making us a family of 8, and have two grand daughters. 

Share something that you admire about each other:

Liz: I admire Jim’s ability to make each person feel important. He takes time to recognize what most people look past. I also admire his day in and day out commitment to provide for and protect our family.

Jim: I admire Liz’s fearlessness and never say die attitude.

Share a challenge in your marriage that you have overcome together and how you overcame it:

Since we have married we have endured job loss, starting a business, job change & loss, buying a home, 3 mission trips to Zambia, my father’s death, 2 children graduating high school, one getting ready to graduate college, two leaving home, and combining two families and still maintaining our sanity and love and respect for each other. We give all credit to the Lord. Lots of prayer and unconditional love, period. Nothing else works. Without Him, we would have folded in the first six months. Truly what God brings together, no man can tear apart. Amen!

After you have overcome the situation, how has it made your marriage stronger?

We became a team, and looked to each other. We saw that we had influence in each child’s life, and it gave us purpose not only in loving each other, but in loving our children. It also has made us one.

Share a funny or interesting story.

Jim left for Zambia the day we got married. One of his teammates found out, and said, ”Honey. he’s not going off to war!”

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