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Fruitful Marriage

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It is summer time and so it makes me think of fruit which is one of my favorite things to have in the summer. Fruit is unique because it must be developed. You can't just eat fruit any time of the year it has to be in season to taste best. Our lives are like that. Our marriages can even be like that. I want to live a fruitful life.  When our lives are over we went something to show for it. All of the struggle, the hurt, the pain should be developing something in us that we can pass on to others. Marriage ripens you.  It gets you ready for other things that you need to handle in life. You grow up and you grow deeper and stronger together. This weekend will be my parent's 44th wedding anniversary. Their union is ripe. Much wisdom can be gleaned from such a long relationship. Here are three things that their marriage has taught me: 1. It takes time and intention. 2. It takes patience. 3. It takes being connected to God. Nothing good comes easy, especially a go

Cancer Survivor

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We wanted to share with you the testimony of what the Lord has done for us from August 2017 until now. Here is everything about our journey with Cancer. Our first blog on this was during this crisis. You can read about how Maurice found out that he had Multiple Myeloma and how we reacted. It was a trying time as the diagnosis was being confirmed through many tests and several painful procedures. After some chemotherapy treatments through the months following, Maurice decided to have a stem cell bone marrow transplant. That was an extremely stressful ordeal that the Lord guided us through with great peace and tremendous outcomes. It was quite a story so we had to blog about it ! Anita personally journaled her thoughts as a caregiver and was led to encourage other spouses going through hard times in another blogpost. Finally, Maurice wrote this testimony and shared it on facebook in 2018: Let me briefly tell you my cancer story and conclusion. During our family vacation