I had one agenda.
GET THE GIRL. After church, we went for lunch with Sharon and JP in Yuki's. Then we headed to the park nearby, waiting for her parents to head home. Looking back now, everything seemed to surreal. We sat on the bench and talked about it. What if they said yes, or no, or maybe, or wait? We held hands and prayed like never before.
Now, if you're wondering why. Thats because i have a policy of asking parents before dating their daughters, and also i was supposed to be in a singlehood covenant, which is nullified because it wasn't from God and it was sort of penance for sins. And we all know that only God can start a covenant and our sins are on the cross. SO.
We headed back to her place and sat on the sofa with her parents. From left to right: Uncle David, Aunty Ruth, Sara, Dennis. And i proposed to date their daughter and assured them that i have good intentions and will treat her well. Aunty Ruth was vouching for me. Then Uncle David asked about my covenant, and that i should keep it still even if it wasn't started from the right source or for the right reasons. Thankfully, Aunty Ruth came up strong to show that there is indeed no covenant and that we have her approval.
Uncle David was so fatherly, he said, "I have no problems with that but are you serious about her? I will hold you accountable if anything happens to her because of you." Indeed, fair warning from a loving father. So i agreed to the conditions and he shed a tear or two (to put it nicely) because his girl was growing up. We prayed together and they gave us their blessings. And we very poorly negotiated Cinderella's timing - 11pm.
It was 3:03pm. And I suddenly had a girlfriend, she suddenly had a boyfriend. We suddenly had each other.
We went to another park and rolled in the grass and talked and prayed.
Most importantly, God's hand was evident in every way - in bringing us to meet, in the perfect timing, in creating opportunities to get to know each other, in making a way for us even though we thought it would be a long wait, in bringing favour with her parents, and seeing it to the end of the very start.
God is good!
