It occurred to me as I was
finishing up at the office today that there are a couple of things in my life
revolving around 100 days currently. The
first one being that in 100 days I get married to my beautiful fiancé Steffani
Taylor. I like to tease her a fair
amount about it naturally; but the truth is I’m more than excited to get to
spend the rest of my life with this incredible and godly woman who I somehow talked
into marrying me. The second one being a
100% in 100 days fundraising campaign that Stef and I are starting hopefully on
October 1st. We had to delay
it a bit already so hopefully we can get started by October 1st this
time around.
We have decided to join NMSI full
time, my sending agency from the states that helped arrange for me to work here
in SE Asia. She will be working at the
Center for Global Outreach (CGO) full time and I will be starting my own
business again like I have here. We are
planning on spending a year in Ft. Myers to help prepare for overseas living
and pay off our debt in the meantime.
So, 100 days till our wedding day
starts today, September 22nd, and our 100% in 100 days campaign
starts October 1st; again, tentatively at this point to make sure we
have our ducks in a row before we start.
There is quite a bit to look forward to as I reread that sentence,
things are good. Some people might call
that crazy, raising support during the first year of marriage, but we’re just
going to go for it! We have been
spending a lot of time in prayer for my current supporters and our future
supporters lately as we gear up for this campaign. We have spent a lot of time in prayer period
in regard to fundraising but really want to focus on our prayer and financial
partners.
100 days till I get married,
wow. I never thought that would
happen. In fact, I was dead set against
the very idea of marriage in my own life for about a decade. I was perfectly happy being single. I loved living the bachelor life; I got to do
what I wanted when I wanted to do it.
There is a lot of freedom in that.
However, what I’ve realized over
the past couple of years is that perhaps marriage isn’t as bad as I once
thought it was. In short, I had let pop
culture and media influence my view of marriage more than I had let God show me
His design for it. I had read the Bible
to be sure, but I chose to focus on the admonitions to be single and say I was
meant for that.
That all started to change in
January of 2012 when my mom came to visit me in Florida. I overheard her talking to my dad on the
phone and something occurred to me.
Marriage is really simply about two people caring well for each
other. It’s deeper on so many levels I’m
sure, but that is what I remember sticking out to me and what starting changing
my perspective on marriage in general.
Fast-forward 2 years and I’m
engaged to be married to a beautiful woman whom I wouldn’t trade for the world
if I were given the chance. She means
the world to me, and I couldn’t be happier or more excited to be spending the
rest of my life with her. There will be
many ups and downs as there are in any marriage, but I look forward to working
it out together with her. The truth is I
love her with all of me. How could I do
anything but ask her to marry me?
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