Christian Life Center - Tinley Park Campus

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Our Wedding

Where do I begin? Love at fist sight? Well no not really, that came later. I will tell you a more candid look back at the beginning of our beautiful journey together, and how it all began. To be honest, it started at our church, at the "First Love" conference in January 2015. We were both scheduled to participate in worship, I sang, and he played. After everything ended, I remember grabbing a seat to listen to the message. And a few seconds later he sat a seat away from me, and put his arm around the seat in between us. It was in that moment that I heard the Holy Spirit, say that I was sitting next to my husband. And as soon as I heard that, one of Linell's close friends literally chimed in with "dog is that you?" Both of us quickly looked at each other, and simultaneously answered, "no" emphatically. For me it was an "absolutely not!" But I couldn't help but wonder about what I just heard the Lord say. Some months had passed, and for me at the time, I was living life focused on me. I had just moved back home, and recently started a new job part time job. I wasn't honestly really thinking of getting married or even dating. I remember it all like it was yesterday; mainly because nothing had happened between us yet. It was around May, and I needed someone to accompany me for a gig later that month in Indiana. I had called one of my co-workers for suggestions of musicians that she knew, and she gave me Linell's phone number. I was so nervous to call him. I was new to the staff, and I didn't really know much about him at the time. I didn't want him to think that it was strange that I suddenly had his number because we had never spoken. And to be completely honest, other than the basics, (like that fact that he played guitar and was the worship leader at the Hammond campus) there wasn't much else that I knew about him then.Nevertheless, I pushed past the awkwardness of the entire situation, and mustered enough courage to call him. This is funny now because he usually answers almost all of my phone calls, but for the first time he didn't. I actually left a voicemail, go figure. At any rate he eventually called back to say that he got my message, and that he was not available to play, but that he wanted to wish my sister and I a "happy birthday''. I was grateful for the birthday wishes, but still needed a musician. I eventually found one, thankfully, but it wasn't him. Some weeks had past, I think it was around late June or early July. I was working only two months or so on my new job at the church, and I began noticing that he would stop by my office often, "pretending" to hang out with my co-worker Carlton, but secretly I knew he was there to spy on me, I mean get to know me. ;0)One day, randomly, I got a text message from Linell asking me if I was free and would like to go to the movies. It was a Tuesday and I didn't have plans, so I asked my twin sister Christina if she wanted to go with. I was nervous and hadn't really dated much, so I brought her along in the event things ended badly. Linell got the surprise of his life that night when the both of us showed up, but he played it so cool. He was such a gentleman; he actually took the both of us out. He even bought both of our movie snacks! Our Tuesday movie nights quickly became a thing. The three of us had a lot of fun together! For a couple of weeks went to dinner and then the movies, until one day he asked me after a worship night at his campus to grab dinner just with him. He was so confident. He assured me that this was in fact a date, that I would wind up being his girlfriend, and that he would be paying for my dinner. All to which I denied sternly, and warned was never ever going to happen. Man was I wrong!Things went so well that he asked me formally on another date. I can laugh now, but looking back, I remember it wasn't funny at the time. It was the day before Halloween, and Linell decided to take me Zombie Golfing. (In his defense, he didn't know at the time would be so scary.) I was terrified all 18 holes! I screamed all night long at the scary clowns and ugly zombies that jumped out from behind dark corners and dimly lit walk ways. Linell felt so bad, and was nervous that things weren't going well, so he offered to take me to dinner at one of my favorite restaurants (Uncle Julio's) to salvage the night. That was the beginning of our beautiful love story. Looking back I can honestly say that Linell was so bold to say that we would wind up together. But I've learned over the years that this is just one of the many particular qualities that I love, and is a true testament of his character and the person that he is. Once he's made up in his mind to do or follow through on something, there isn't much he'll allow to stop him or stand in his way. I believe in my heart, that Linell spoke to our future even before I could perceive it. He said long before my feelings caught up to his, that we would wind up together, and it happened just like he said. Now that we're just a few short weeks from celebrating one of the biggest days in both of our lives, I wanted to share a beautiful story, one I didn't write, but had the pleasure of participating in for the last two years! I am so excited for the wedding, anxiously counting down the days till we both say "I Do!" #SheIsHisMuse!

How Linell and I Met

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Christina Edwards

Carlton McCarthy

Jennifer Wilson

Terrell Wilson

Tasia Saffold

Will Glass

David Crawford

Jenny Gonzalez

Tim Ziga

Ch'vez Moore

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Dalia Almanza

Tim Lee

Brittny Muse

Zack (Diva) Derbas

Josh Severs

Danielle Truckenmiller

Katria Muse

Nathanial Aranda

Judah Stone

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Johnathon Stone

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