God Gave Me You*

Second Date: Flying - Mom needed to take a picture "just in case"!

Our First Flight Together - Many more have come and gone since then, and many more will take place!

When Pete and I began at MAF, one of our tasks was to write our story on paper.  The story that God had planned and purposed, the reason we have gone through the ups and downs, the ways He has always guided, loved, cared, led, and carried us - both individually and together.  

As Pete and I were writing our testimonies, we noticed something very special, incredibly unique, and yet so very perfectly us.  Each of our personal stories start out differently.  They speak of when we came to the Lord, when we actually put our allegiance in Him instead of just offering Him lip-service, and how He has continued to grow us.

Individually called, uniquely created, and specifically gifted to serve Jesus as a mission aviation couple.  

Recently we were sharing with a Sunday School class and I was standing back in awe all over again at how God took two very different people, called us separately into full-time, overseas mission, and brought us together to do life and share Jesus.  WOW!  Sometimes it still blows me away.  

We could not be more grateful for His call on our lives and for bringing us together and showing us, after 8 years of friendship, that He had bigger plans, a better life, support, love, and encouragement to give through the gift of each other.  He can use us together better than separately.  

On our first date, Pete and I wore a hole in a Dave Barnes CD.  We still pause when we hear Dave, when our song comes on Pandora or the radio, and we even sing some Dave to Cade.  It is music that reminds me of God's faithfulness to provide ALL we need, and offers some extra blessing as well!

On my own I'm only half of what I could be

I can't do without you

We are stitched together and what Love has tethered

I could never undo

God gave me you for the ups and downs

God gave me you for the days of doubt

God gave me you for the ups and downs

God gave me you for the days of doubt

For when I think I've lost my way

There are no words here left to say, it's true

God gave me you

Gave me you

Gave me you*

*Lyrics copyright of Dave Barnes