L: After the fellowship, my feelings for the brother started to die.  I spent much time praying to the Lord after the conference, telling Him I only wanted His choice and His perfect will. Many things happened in the next month and a half that caused me to be very, VERY desperate before the Lord. During the middle of it all, George started popping into my head. During coordinations, I would think about George and wonder how he’s doing. Even other brothers’ laughter and mannerisms would remind me of George! It was weird because I never thought of George in that way before. Now all of a sudden, I’m daydreaming about him?! The night before I moved back home from Irvine, a brother in Irvine asked to fellowship with me concerning my situation. He asked me if there were any updates. I told him no because I was too scared to find out. The brother just encouraged me to not be scared and go fellowship with Bro Dong again. So I did.

G: I’m still sulking, but trying to make an effort to move on with my life.

L: That Saturday, I finally worked up the nerves to call Bro Dong. I was glad to reach his voicemail instead and left a message. Later that week I get a phone call from Bro Dong and made an appointment for Friday, July 25th 2008, at the training center (oh, the memories).

G: Probably still sulking. Very likely I’m drowning my sorrows with cheeseburgers.

L: During my appointment, Bro Dong asked me about my feelings for the brother on my heart. I told him since the fellowship, my feelings for him started to die, along with all sorts of other things that happened. Then in the midst of all these things, George started popping into my mind. Bro Dong then asked if we can confirm to see if the brother who was asking for me back in May is the same person that has been popping into my mind. Sure enough, it was confirmed. I gave Bro Dong the green light to let George know that I was open.  I was so nervous, excited and had no idea what to expect next. I was thinking, “oh my gosh, he’s gonna call…..!?” Right?

A week goes by, I still haven’t heard anything from George nor Bro Dong.

Turned out that the reason I haven’t heard from neither of them was because Bro Dong had forgotten to email George! But he assured me he would talk to George and get back to me.

G: He called me and merely told me to call her (without really giving any background information on the reasoning behind the “change of heart”), so I gave it a day to pray about it, and then I wrote the most important text message of my life.

L: On Aug 3rd, Lord’s day afternoon, I got a text from George asking me if he can call me later that evening. And now, we’re here and getting married soon!

Epilogue

G: As of August 2009, we’ve explored 5 different states and eaten at 43 restaurants in 24 cities. I’ve flown 8 round-trips to California (2 of which were on back-to-back weekends). Linda’s flown to Atlanta 4 times.

I proposed to her on a beach in Santa Monica on March 28th with a placeholder ring. That’s another story altogether. We got Del Taco afterwards.