Tami and I met 12.5 years ago when I started working at Calvary Church, where she worked. Although 15 years separated us, we quickly developed a kinship, a sisterhood...the kind of friendship that touches the depths of your soul. We openly shared our hurts and our struggles and we found in the friendship we shared the kind of grace, hope, belief and unconditional love that only God could provide. She was struggling with an abusive marriage and I was struggling to find myself and an intimate relationship with my Lord and Savior. We both struggled with self-worth and self-esteem, yet found meaning and purpose in our friendship and common search for intimacy with the Lord.
Over the course of our friendship we learned the true meaning of joy and happiness, and it had little to do with money, status, position and prestige. We found it in travel, photography, honesty, acceptance, reaching out to others, supporting each other's hopes and dreams, etc. With a camera in hand, she captured the beauty of nature in ways most of us miss. There were times of laughter and tears, joy and sadness, fear and victory, and many wonderful memories made that will be cherished always. We might have been unexpected friends in the world's eyes, but we were not unexpected friends in God's eyes. He brought the two of us together for such a time as this...and so begins The Ultimate Journey.
what an amazing testimony to friendship and God's faithfulness to us in our time of need. You needed eachother and no one knew that more than our Lord. YOU are truly an amazing woman and I know that the journey you began 12 years ago did not end with the passing of your best friend. I believe that this is just the beginning for you and your followers.
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I wondered how you and Tami met! I do believe that God does bring people together for reasons only He knows!
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