The Story of My Loving Wifester! Part 1

So without further ado here is the story of my wonderful homemaker (she literally made my place a home!) and how I lied, cheated, and stole to get her to marry me! Ah-just ah-kidding!

I was raised a small chinese girl in upstate Canada.

OK OK, I'm not small or chinese and there is no upstate anything in Canada because there are no states other than states of mind.

Here's the true story.

 

After high school I felt a little lost. I knew I wanted to serve a mission but I had no money. All through school I hadn't looked for work. I felt it was important to enjoy my youth while I was weaning off my parents. Sure I had odd day jobs when I needed money but nothing with shifts or job security. Earlier in my life I had ventured to hold back on receiving my patriarchal blessing, I figured I would hold off and get it when I felt lost or in need of direction. If there was a time I needed that navigation it was right after high school. I got did what I needed done and went to receive it. It was awesome. I had questions answered and I felt confident now even though there was no visible path in front of me.

Aaaaaand what did that have to do with Amber? Haha! Well if you want the story this is what got the love ball rolling!

SO, how was I going to raise enough dough to pay for my mission!?!?! (And I did want to pay for the whole thing by myself!) I remember kneeling down and saying a prayer. It was really sincere. I remember telling God about my goal to pay for the mission myself and that it meant a lot to me but I would need a job. I had an overwhelming feeling that things were being taken care of.

The next day just before dinner I was sitting in the kitchen hanging with my mom like I often do, when the phone rang. My cousin was calling for me and was wondering if I was looking for work. He told me about it and I felt the same feeling of confidence I had the day previous. I began my days working in the oilfield. It wasn't a rigging job or anything but building the innovative Mahkesis Cold Lake Project. A construction job. In 4 months I would have my mission paid for. That was the goal and that was all I expected. 

So I arrived and started working. My schedule was I would leave for work at 5:30 AM, work and get home at about 8:30 PM. I had a simple routine. Make instant potatoes, heat up some chunky soup, eat a cheese bun, check my email, shower and brush teeth and then to bed! One day as I was checking my email I thought I’d do some random googling (it was new and exciting then) and I threw in the word “LDS” in the search bar.  I had just broke up with my girlfriend and of course I wanted some time out of the game. That may seem unrelated but I saw this one website LDSMingle.The website was for Single Adult LDS and coming from a fresh breakup this seemed like an interesting opportunity. I could unofficially meet people and be completely honest about me and just see what happens without ever having to worry about getting too involved, BECAUSE I WOULDN’T HAVE TO !!! Perfect plan right?!? I thought so, a perfect chance to gauge my worth in the LDS community without getting my hands, “dirty”? (That doesn’t mean what that means…) OK, lets try that again, so it was a good idea I thought because I didn’t run the risk of having to tell someone I didn’t want a relationship right now and that I was sorry yadda yadda. All I had to do is … wait… see who looked at my profile… go to bed. That’s better.

 

I had a best friend, Matt Adams, that lived in the area and we decided that we’d stay up and hang out. I told him about the site and he joined too! We actually were completely honest and we had a lot of fun with it. So long first part of story short even after my 4 month goal the Lord blessed me that they kept me for 10 months, earning enough for the mission and I went, leaving my profile forgotten.

 

This is the end of part 1 *beep*