Earlier that day, Elisa had been pondering if she would even attend her housemate's worship night. But by a nudge of the Spirit, she decided to get ready. And aren't we glad she did.

To welcome in all the guests, Elisa had made one of her signature dishes: her explosion-of-flavours-in-your-mouth-guacamole, which was a big hit under the -mainly male- visitors. Above all, her guacamole was a good conversation starter with some of the male attendees. She had seen this one handsome, tall man, but he looked a little young, after all: she was already 26 years old. At the same time, Willem was impressed by the flavourful guacamole. Never in his life had he enjoyed such a combination of flavours. A genuine compliment was made to the maker, and she had his attention. A beautiful latina, who was easygoing and really engaged with the guests, although she looked really young. She told everyone how she had grown up in Venezuela, and how beautiful her country actually is. She was intrigued by all the attention she experienced from this tall, young guy.

Willem wanted to test how smart this girl actually was, by asking her to guess where he is from, with one hint: that he is actually her neighbour. Elisa frowned for a second,

and said: Oh, so you are Dutch!

The conversation continued, and after finding out that he was actually only one year younger, and he found out that she was actually only one year older, the mutual interest increased.

It was time for the worship night to start, and both had a beautiful time in the presence of God. It was such a beautiful time, that God actually spoke to Elisa - as He so often does-. And at some point, she actually felt like she had a prophetic word for this interesting man she had just met. That's when the internal conflict started: she didn't want to give the word because she didn't want to seem like she was flirting with a prophetic word. She weighed the word; and then God asked her a question: 'is it your word?' no, Elisa said. 'Is it for you?'. no, Elisa said. 'So, who does it belong to?'. That's when she decided to go up to him, and give him this word she just had.

Willem felt flattered when this girl he had just met came up to him, and gave him such a beautiful encouragement. 'That truly is a woman of God', he thought. Not too long after, Willem experienced a similar prompting of God to give Elisa a word. Suffering through all the nerves, he gave her the -simple yet timely- word, which spoke to Elisa, and she thought: 'okay, this is a man of God'.

The worship night came to an end, and after all the guests had left Elisa told her housemate:

'I had this strange feeling of safety when I was around that guy'. Meanwhile, Willem could not stop thinking of this girl who he had met. He decided to take his chance, and text her that same night.

They started talking, they fell in love, and they lived happily ever after.

Wedding Day

Reception