Sunday, November 22, 2009

How Abraham and I met.....

This is how it all began.....Abraham was online one day going through profiles on ldsmingle...among the MANY profiles he went through and sent emails to, mine was among the lucky few to be chosen. I of course was going to school full time and thought, what the heck, its always good to have an email buddy. I mean, he was from Ghana, Africa...I had no clue where that was on a map. Plus, I saw no harm in emailing him. So, as time went on.....about 6 months of talking and about 100 + emails later, we both found that there was something more to this email thing and we started calling each other....Now, this only complicated things more because we soon realized that we had something more going on than a simple friendship. It was about 11 months into us talking, and two failed attempts to get him to the United States, and several long weeks of praying that we realized I needed to go to Ghana so that we could figure out what we had, because there is only so much a person can do, or feel from so far away from each other. So in March of 2008 I flew to Ghana. Lets just say that this was a HUGE step, I had no idea what I was getting into flying to a completely different country, to meet a man I had never met before, all by myself. Now, these things didn't cross my mind until I was in Amsterdam and then I began to freak. However, the moment I walked out of the airport, and I saw him, I knew, and he knew........I felt like I was home when I hugged him. I felt like I knew him before we even met....I know that sounds cheesy, but it is true. I also knew that no matter what more we had to go through to get him here to the United States, it would all be worth it......So, while in Ghana, Abraham proposed and I happily accepted. Also I was able to meet his family while I was there...well not his whole family because he does have 10 other siblings, but at least a quarter of them. His family was amazing. I felt so comforting and they were so welcoming. I thought it would be awkward and weird and I would feel out of place or like I was imposing, but they welcomed me with open arms. They felt like family already......Leaving Ghana, leaving Abraham was harder than I thought it would be, but knowing we would see each other again, gave us that sense of comfort that we needed, but we had no idea it would be another year and a half before that would happen....It was a LONG year and a half but Abraham's fiance visa had been temporarily denied and we didn't want to chance it being denied again, so I flew out to Ghana again in July of this year. Can I just say for a moment...that it was the LONGEST plain ride......Anyway, so seeing him again after a year and a half was AMAZING!!! It was also amazing because I got to meet more of his family. Again so welcoming and loving. So, the day came and went for his visa appointment and he finally got it. I can not tell you how nerve racking it was to be sitting in the US Embassy waiting for them to determin your future...not an experience I wish to go through again.......SO the big day finally came and he was able to come to the United States. It was so good to see him walk though the doors and to know that the wait was finally over. He was here and we could now begin our life together....There is a lot more to this story, and as Abraham and I blog we can fill in the details that were left out...