Marital Status of AFF'ers

[J-Roc]

Originally Posted by Falla39

My husband and I have been married 48 1/2 yrs. Our six adult children arre

all married to their original spouses, oldest child will be married 26 yrs in Feb.

2008, the next oldest will be married 19 yrs. in March, the next, 20 yrs., the

next 16 yrs., next 14 yrs., and the youngest 11 yrs. To God be the glory, for

without HIM we could do nothing!!


We are expecting our 20th grandchild in March. A boy. That will make us

15 grandsons. The oldest grandson, 24 1/2 yrs, is licensed with the UPC,

will be married 4 yrs. Jan 17th. The next oldest grandson will be 22 yrs. on

April 5th. He is fixing to get his license also. We also have 5 granddaughters,

ages 11, 10, 6, 3 and 2. All of our children are active in church.


Our middle daughter and her husband pastor the church my father and

mother founded in 1958, along with their 11 children. That will be 50 yrs. ago

Nov. 2008. Five of our six adult children and their spouses and children

still attend this church where they were raised. One son lives in another

city, approx. 15 miles from us and attends an Apostolic church there. God

has been SO good to our family. Our roots go very deep!


Today we attended our annual Family Christmas Party with ten of my siblings

and their families present as well as extended family. (We lost our first sibling,

a younger brother, age 55, in Sept. 07). He was sorely missed today but his

widow and daughter and 2 granddaughters were present. We had a great time

of delicious food, fellowship, sang carols, recalling family memories of years

gone by, etc. There was approximately 100 present, more or less!


Blessings,

Falla39

This is fantastic! What a blessing, indeed!

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Are you upset about the average ?

Or that we might be a witness that diversity and fellowship is possible despite our differences?

Or are we the den of iniquity???

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

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

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

And you remind me of your bitter ... oh .... you fill in the blanks.

[Carpenter]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

And you remind me of your bitter ... oh .... you fill in the blanks.

Boy howdy, I am not bitter nor do I have bitter attributes, I am just wary to your attempt to polarize this entire forum.

[SDG]

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

Carp ... is this your view?

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Carpenter

Boy howdy, I am not bitter nor do I have bitter attributes, I am just wary to your attempt to polarize this entire forum.

Buwwahhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!

Black choppers heard in the background ....

You continue to marginalize yourself because of your personal bias and bitterness.

[J-Roc]

Both married first time.

Will be 10 yrs in July.

Have two adorable children. 5 yr old son & 2 yr old daughter!

We are blessed and just as freeatlast, we have never fought over our differences, we've always managed to discuss through it all. We relate very well and have very common values and goals. We have utmost respect and loyalty towards each other. We are fully committed to our children's upbringing.

When I was single, I banked on the promise in Proverbs 19:14, which states

Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,
but a prudent wife is from the LORD.

Whenever folks would approach me in church as to why I was not married yet (church folks can sure add so much pressure with their constant prompts, they should stop pushing younguns to get married), I would quote them this scripture letting them know I fully trusted that HE would present her to me. The LORD came through and it was well worth the wait and trust...It paid off handsome dividends!

[SDG]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Praise God for AFF beating the averages!!!! Believe or not we are a a great witness to this world and the Apostolic community.

Originally Posted by Carpenter

You gotta be kidding me...

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Are you upset about the average ?

Or that we might be a witness that diversity and fellowship is possible despite our differences?

Or are we the den of iniquity???

Originally Posted by Carpenter

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

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???

[nahkoe]

Originally Posted by Daniel Alicea

Does anyone else take exception to this first statement ??

... Carp feels that AFF is more akin to a convicts cavorting and pining in a prison in Dodge city...

any thoughts???

I don't know what to think.

My first thought was "he can't possibly be saying that those who have been divorced can't be happy others aren't" But since he can't possibly be saying that, I don't know what he is saying.

[SDG]

Originally Posted by nahkoe

I don't know what to think.

My first thought was "he can't possibly be saying that those who have been divorced can't be happy others aren't" But since he can't possibly be saying that, I don't know what he is saying.

There's that angle also .... He does seem to think that a person of my ilk can't rejoice for others ... from my old flesh and blood or those we share this webspace with.

Somehow that gets under his skin .... or somehow I'm being sanctimonious ....

Prisoner 34524, Cell block 34

lol.