I served my mission in Ogden,Utah for those who may not know. :) I met Greg while we were both serving as missionaries for my church I go to: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I was not expecting to meet anyone on my mission that could be a future eternal mate of mine. In fact when I first saw him I thought, He's weird and I don't want to get to know him. Later on talking to him months later on the phone, I found out he thought the same thing. :-P Well you would think it would have ended there but it didn't. Throughout those next six weeks in that area I grew to like him a lot more, even though I maybe said two sentences to him out of those six weeks. It finally came time to see if we would be moved to a different area and I stayed but he got moved to a different group(we were in district so companionships of missionaries kind of like a group) but same area so we wouldn't see each other as much. That's when I finally went to talk to him after some convincing from a companion of mine I served with. Well we clicked instantly. We started talking about the most random things and joking about the most random things. We still saw each other every Preparation Day(a Tuesday when we could go bowling, do laundry etc to prepare for the rest of the week) and got to know each other better. It wasn't until we went on a hike on a preparation day, that I knew this was going to work out after the mission. I could feel how I felt about Greg at that point. He was so honest and so open(and he still is). He was and is such a gentleman and I hoped and prayed that something could work out after the mission. Well it soon came time for me to come home from my mission. Before I left I asked him if I could write him. He said, sure and so that's what I did. Greg had three months left of his mission and I just wanted to be supporting and encouraging so that's what I did. Soon I found through letter correspondence that I was falling in love with Greg. You may say how is that possible? I'm telling you its possible. When he came home we texted and talked on the phone almost every day. To this day we chat about twice a week and we text. Having him come visit me in California this last July, helped solidify my feelings for Greg. What it came down to is I could see myself spending the rest of my life with Greg and spending eternity with him. When he proposed to me in the celestial room of the San Diego temple I had no doubt that this is the man I want to spend eternity with. :) Is it gonna be easy? No its not but eternity is so worth it. No one is perfect but what eternal marriage is really about is realizing marriage isn't for YOU, its for being there for the other person. It's about being there for the other person and being there for them when they need you most. It's about having a marriage where it's you, your spouse, and the Lord all working to together to keep your marriage eternal. That is what eternal marriage is all about. I'm so happy to be getting married for time and all eternity to Greg Maw, June 20th, 2014. How blessed I am to have had the Lord place Greg Maw in my path and how thankful I am for my mission! :) For if I had never gone to Ogden,Utah I would have never met my eternal companion.:)
Until next time,
Celinda Molen
