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I first met Garry on a Christian
Travel coach tour through Central
Australia and Queensland. My first impressions of Garry were not very
favourable - I thought he was loud and unruly and not my type!
However, after he gave a short devotion
around the campfire one night I saw a different side to him. He was the life of the party on the coach
and kept us all entertained with his humour throughout our 3 week trip. We didn’t start dating until after the Tour
Reunion, when I finally had the courage to invite him to a Rotaract
Dinner/Dance - we went together and the rest, as they say, is history. But it wasn’t all plain sailing as we
did have a split after about 18 months of dating. I questioned where our relationship was heading
and, at that point, Garry wasn’t ready to make a commitment, so we went our
separate ways. After a month of praying
and questioning God I decided to write a letter to Garry asking if we could
start over again. Right then he was away
on holiday in Tasmania,
but when he rang home and was told that there was a letter waiting for him from
me, he says he instinctively knew what was in it without having to read
it. He went to a picturesque mountain
area to pray for God’s guidance.
When he
returned to Sydney
we arranged to meet up that same day. We
went for a drive into the country and discussed what God’s plans might be for
our future. We stopped at a lookout and
sat in the car and prayed together as a couple, for the first time.
In our time apart, God had
taught us that we needed to make Him the centre of our relationship and, to
this very day, we have continued to read His Word and pray together every day.
After 34 years we returned to Uluru on a road trip around Australia with
our car and caravan. We could give
thanks to God for bringing us together and blessing us with a strong marriage built on a firm foundation - the Lord Jesus Christ,
a comfortable home, two wonderful Christian children who are serving the Lord
with their spouses, and two adorable Grandchildren.
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