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“I don\u2019t know when, or how, but one day I will return not only to visit you, but to marry you.” <\/p>
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\nThose were the words written on a card that my boyfriend at the time left me before leaving to do God’s work in another country. After four years, our day finally arrived! There he was waiting for me in front of the altar, as I walked down toward him. It was a long awaited dream come true for both of us.<\/p>\n

A few years ago I arrived to this new country, my now husband arrived here when he was single. At that time we wouldn\u2019t see each other, we only spoke by phone or MSN.
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\nDuring those years that we were separated my husband faced situations that made him mature in a completely different way than me. I grew up in a loving family, had a good job, I was surrounded by friends, and I was happy. The only thing was that my heart longed for my soon to be husband.
\nI thought I was ready for anything, and that I would know how to deal with all the changes when I got married, but I was wrong.
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\nThe beginning of our marriage was the worst phase of my life, we were very different, and I didn\u2019t really notice that in those few minutes we spoke every week. I also had to adapt to a new country with a completely different culture, a new language and different eating habits. This made me emotionally unstable.
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\nI would tell my husband that I had already adapted to everything, except him.\u00a0
\nThat was what I believed for a long time. I felt like an outcast and every mistake I made became a stumbling block for me.<\/p>\n

I did everything I could to change that situation. Only one thing was missing, and I didn\u2019t even know that it was the main thing…<\/p>\n

I stopped working on the outside and I let God work inside of me, I was still an uncut stone and I didn\u2019t even know it.<\/p>\n

All this time I was worried about what to do meanwhile God waited for the opportunity to refine me so that I would became a Precious Stone.
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\nThese changes came through Godllywood, it wasn\u2019t easy, but I needed to feel pain in order to have that transformation.
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\nI had to get to know myself, know my weaknesses, overcome myself, feel the pain of sacrifice, be silent, kill my will and turn off my feelings. I didn\u2019t become an insensitive person, but I became a more balanced woman.
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\nI am grateful for Godllywood and my husband for the patience they had with me while they waited for this transformation to happen.
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\nToday I can see how our differences became the perfect fit that God needed for us to grow together, because today, we are certainly one!
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