Earlier than Leesa and Leigh met on Christian Connection they shared related tales – each had been married earlier than, each had youngsters and each felt prompted by God to hitch simply after they did. Following God’s lead, Leesa joined simply in time to fulfill earlier than Leigh’s subscription ended. That connection led to an sudden declaration of affection in a quick meals restaurant, a marriage surrounded by household and mates and thrilling plans for the longer term.
It was the advice of his pastor that led Leigh to becoming a member of Christian Connection. “He truly met his spouse via Christian Connection,” says Leigh. “I truly put it off for a bit bit, after which it was a prompting from God…” Leesa says, “I used to be simply curious to see, simply to fulfill some new folks and see who was on the market… we crossed over as a result of when his subscription was about to complete, I got here on earlier via God’s prompting, so we actually really feel like God ordained that.”
When Leesa joined she was anticipating “a enjoyable option to meet folks”. She embraced the expertise: “You must not take your self too significantly. There’s lots of people who aren’t and that’s okay… there are only a lot of lovely folks too, and I met one in all them.”
Leigh discovered the method of making his profile useful in figuring out who he hoped to fulfill: “It gave me a possibility to mirror on who I truly am, and who I wished to be, who I wished to see my profile. I wished to place myself on the market and say, ‘Hey, that is who I’m. And in case you like me, you want me, in case you don’t like me, you don’t like me’. A option to keep at bay those that aren’t all in favour of you, whereas additionally bringing in these people who find themselves all in favour of you.”
They had been each on the lookout for very related issues in a connection. “The primary factor that I wished folks to know was my coronary heart for God,” says Leigh. “I went on on the lookout for somebody who had a coronary heart for God,” says Leesa, “And that’s what I wished to mirror in my profile… that sense of humour in your profile, too, I feel is essential too.” Though the very first thing she observed about Leigh’s profile was that “he appreciated The Princess Bride. That’s our favorite film.” However she additionally noticed what she’d been hoping for: “I appreciated his coronary heart for God… after I was on the lookout for somebody, first was a coronary heart for God. Second was an enormous smile. And he had that as effectively. I simply wished somebody who appeared heat and approachable… that was what I discovered in him.”
Leigh notes, “It’s not till you truly meet them in particular person, that you may truly get to actually know somebody… my preliminary impression of of Leesa’s profile was that she was she was somebody that beloved God… I used to be actually on the lookout for somebody to start out off actually friendship clever, and to see the place it truly got here from there…. And if something, didn’t, then a minimum of I gained a good friend from it.”
They started their connection after Leesa made contact: “I’m not a primary strikes particular person in any respect. I used to be completely happy to wave at folks. I used to be simply waving at heaps of people that caught my eye. And he was one in all them. And we began a dialog.”
“A couple of messages that went forwards and backwards on Christian connection,” says Leigh, “After which we gave one another our electronic mail addresses… We acquired via the sellable a part of ourselves, as a substitute of really scraping on the floor. After a couple of emails, we discovered that issues are literally getting on a deeper degree.”
Their first date occurred at a espresso store. “It was actually scorching,” says Leesa, “I keep in mind sitting within the solar, feeling actually scorching, however not wanting to maneuver, as a result of it was actually attention-grabbing.”
“Regardless that I used to be having an excellent time, and I felt that we had been making a making an excellent connection, my eyes are going from proper to left in attempting to think about what subsequent to say,” remembers Leigh.
“I assumed it was hilarious,” says Leesa, “as a result of his eyes going like this, attempting to suppose ‘what shall I say subsequent?’ I might see the panic. It was hilarious.”
Their relationship developed. “I felt like I at all times knew he was particular,” says Leesa. “I used to be speaking to some guys on a Christian connection, however he simply actually stood out to me. We had plenty of issues in widespread. I simply felt straightforward speaking to him. And I additionally acquired a way of the truth that God had kind of put us collectively. So I feel that I knew that this was my particular person, if that is sensible. However I feel it was one thing that grew as effectively.”
Leigh says, “After one in all our dates, I acquired dwelling and the query that was going via my head was ‘Can I see a future along with this with this with this girl?’ And the sincere reply was truly, sure. That was actually the defining second.”
Issues started to progress. “He truly informed me he beloved me in Maccas [McDonalds],” says Leesa. “I used to be I used to be feeling that, however I wasn’t able to say it. So I used to be like, ‘Actually? Are you positive?’ However then I’m like, Yeah, I really like you too.”
“I couldn’t assist myself. It simply got here out. I simply blurted it out,” says Leigh.
They acquired engaged after Leigh deliberate a shock. “I organised to exit to the Yarra Valley. We had a little bit of a little bit of a pleasant lunch, and perhaps a few glasses of wine. After which we simply went out proper subsequent to the vineyards. I acquired down on one knee… pulled out an engagement ring and proposed to Leesa. I truly was in a position to get her grandmother’s engagement ring. So I used that.”
“After all I mentioned sure,” says Leesa. “I might inform that God had simply put us collectively. There was no approach I used to be saying no.”
A marriage got here subsequent. “On the precise day we had a little bit of a blast,” says Leigh. “I had my outdated pastor marry us, in order that was fairly particular.” Leesa remembers “we weren’t actually fussed about our marriage ceremony day being good. It was all enjoyable and video games for us. We acquired married exterior beneath a bit pergola after which we had excessive tea. We simply had our shut household and mates there which was good for us. We didn’t need a huge deal. We wished to put money into our lives and our marriage, not at some point. We had a good time.”
Because the marriage ceremony they’ve been adjusting to constructing their life collectively. “We really feel like an outdated married couple. We’ve solely been married simply over six months… The children get alongside very well, which is basically beautiful. Now we have plenty of household sport nights. It’s simply nice. We journey collectively and we do life collectively. We’ve acquired a canine and simply acquired a cat…In order that’s what our life is now.”
Additionally they share an uncommon curiosity. “We discovered after we first began speaking on Christian connection – and this isn’t regular – we each like zombie reveals. So we’ve been watching plenty of reveals.”
Leigh displays on what they’ve present in one another: “Her sense of humour. That’s one of many issues that I suppose drew me to her, however her honesty, her positivity, her sense of humour, her love of zombies.”
Long run they hope to share ministry alternatives. “I can simply see him both in a church or in a neighborhood and me supporting him with that perhaps utilizing my instructor diploma,” says Leesa. “We simply wish to go wherever God leads us. And I feel that’s on each of our hearts.”
They each really feel that God has led them collectively on the proper time, and look ahead to what’s subsequent. “Each of us truly had a little bit of a journey with therapeutic,” says Leigh. “Individually mentioned to God, ‘I feel that I’m truly prepared to maneuver on with my life’. These promptings to truly get on Christian connection, they had been positively in God’s timing… Moulded us, remodeled us into the those that, that God has truly wished us to be. And due to these issues, I actually really feel that we’ve truly acquired a connection and it’s truly drawn us loads, loads nearer collectively and loads deeper as effectively.”
Leesa provides, “We at all times say that if we met after we had been youthful, we’d not have labored. I feel we needed to undergo the journey that we’ve been via to be prepared to fulfill one another. And I feel that via Christian connection, God made that occur.”
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