Marital Status of AFF'ers

[Rhoni]

Originally Posted by Neckstadt

Rhoni,


I just counseled a friend he was 42 when he got married. He worked in my field of sales Telecommunications.

He has earned on average for the past 15 years over 100K.

He was divorced once back 12 years ago.

He was married 6 months she cheated on him with a former boyfriend.

It hurt him so much he stopped trusting and dating.

We met about 8 years ago when working together.

He kept telling my wife you restore the fact to me that there are good women out there.

He met his wife a couple of years ago.

She was 37 and 5 years younger.

She a High school teacher.

Never married and very professional.

So when they started to get serious.

My friend Paul told me.

I don't want to sound weird but I want to share my financial position with her if she will share her's with me.

I told him he should tell her anytime she wants to know all of his finances they should sit down together.

When she told her dad about this request.

He told her right on the spot, he is a keeper.

The story ended up, He had a net worth of $600,000.00 her with $300,000.00.

They are married own 2 homes paid off and she is trying to have a baby.

They do not have a car payment, mortgage payment.

So they can have her take 5 years off and keep up her schooling.

Without having to use their investments.

Never date a deadbeat!

Nathan

EXACTLY!

Merry Christmas Bro. N & Happy New Year.

Blessings, Rhoni

[Neck]

Originally Posted by Rhoni

EXACTLY!

Merry Christmas Bro. N & Happy New Year.

Blessings, Rhoni

Rhoni!

Merry Christmas and Happy new year to you as well!


God Bless,

Nathan

[lisafitzh2o]

Originally Posted by Neckstadt

Nathan and Ann Eckstadt Dec 27th, 1986




Nathan Eckstadt and family Christmas 2006!

Thank the Lord that Johnathan on the left is still living. He had a non-related donor Bone Marrow Transplant in MN on 7-7-2004!

Sorry to hijack the thread....but I just recognized your wife. I went to JCM with her! She was so sweet....always had a smile on her face. One of the rare ones.... (ha!)

Sounds like she hasn't changed. And she's still beautiful. You have a lot to be thankful for!

[dizzyde]

Originally Posted by AmazingGrace

Talking about length of courting etc..

My grandparents met at a church service in Houston on I think it was August the 8th, she drove back home to Tulsa the next day. The next weekend on August 14th I believe he proposed to her. Their next date was again in Houston on August the 29th and that was to their wedding. My grandfather passed away in September and my grandmother in November of last year... just months after celebrating their 50th anniversary.

Isn't that just hilarious??? I always say it is just the luck of the draw, my parents did the same thing, got engaged within weeks after they met, married I think 6 months later. My mom was 17 years old and my dad was 20, and they have been happily married for over 40 years.

I, on the other hand married two different people that I had known for years, prayed extensively over both marriages, and wound up with two divorces. It just goes to show that no matter how much you think you know a person, you really never do know.

Side note, my moms parents were evangelizing in CA, and they came to visit the church that my dad went to on a Sun. morning. My dad says that when my mom walked in the back door, it was the first time he had ever seen her and he leaned over to his cousin and said, "That's the girl I'm going to marry". To say that my dad is not the impulsive type would be a serious understatement, so that is pretty wild!

[Neck]

Originally Posted by lisafitzh2o

Sorry to hijack the thread....but I just recognized your wife. I went to JCM with her! She was so sweet....always had a smile on her face. One of the rare ones.... (ha!)

Sounds like she hasn't changed. And she's still beautiful. You have a lot to be thankful for!

Thanks for remembering her... We have enjoyed as of Tomarrow 21 years. Things in the Lord are starting to move along for us as well.

I see great things in our future.....

I will sho my wife your picture.

SHe keeps telling me as folks remember her.

It seems so long ago.....

God Bless,

Nathan Eckstadt

[TRFrance]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

You remind me of the guy in prison who is celebrating because violent crime is down in his city.

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Indirectly comparing AFF to a prison and violence seems a bit off ...

Carp ... is this your view?

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Does anyone else take exception to this first statement ??

... Carp feels that AFF is more akin to convicts cavorting and opining in a prison in Dodge city...
any thoughts???

If I understand him right... it sounds as if his point is that even if the Apostolic divorce rate is lower than the world, there's no cause to celebrate, because whatever the number is, its still too high. This follows the logic that if the crime rate drops, there are still crime victims out there, so there's no reason to celebrate the crime rate dropping.

I wasn't offended as such. I think he's a bit off on this, though.

There's never going to be a 0% divorce rate in the Apostolic church. Its desirable but its just never going to be that way. The best we can do is hope for it to be as low as possible. And if the rate of divorce among us is lower than it is in secular world, then that's still a positive reflection of the Lord's working the the lives of Apostolic believers.

(I don't have any statistics for this,but if I'd be willing to be that the divorce rate in Apostolic churches is significantly lower than it is in traditional mainline denominations.)

[grace_seeker]

Originally Posted by HeavenlyOne

Grace Seeker isn't exactly a newbie.....LOL! She's been around as long as I have, I think.

HAHA! I just saw this post! HE has been around since the original FCF days with Bro Yohe!

[HeavenlyOne]

Originally Posted by grace_seeker

HAHA! I just saw this post! HE has been around since the original FCF days with Bro Yohe!

Ok, now tell me why I thought you were female!!!! LOL!

And yes, I know you are an original. There are few of us still here who are!

[brotherjason]

We've been married for 13 years.

We have a great marriage insurance plan even if we wanted to split! No other woman would want a man with 6 kids and no other man would want a woman with 6 kids! Stuck together like glue!