Sister Chapel married a widower 18 years older than her and who was also the father of seven children. They had a whirlwind courtship….he and his daughter wrote her a letter inviting her to dinner and if things went well, invited her to spend the weekend at his home and meet his family. All of that happened, they courted for two weeks and then were engaged and married happily ever after! She nursed him for seven years as his health declined. Such a dear woman. Sister Shawgo had a 2 year old and a 6 month old when her husband decided parenting wasn’t for him, so he took off! She went to work and raised those boys alone….they got their educations, went on missions, and were married in the temple. She even had foster children to care for, and then her mother when she got ill.
Awesome! You are going to meet so many amazing people! Lucky duck :) I met a young man from the Czech Republic today who is entering the MTC on Tuesday. He joined the church a year and a half ago and an American member in his branch in Prague offered to pay for his entire mission if he agreed to return to Czech afterward and help build the church there. He will be serving in Toronto and speaking Spanish!
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