If you have a ChristianCafe.com experience you would like to share with other members, please write to us at testimonial@christiancafe.com If you have a photo you would like to share with us, we'll try to post it as well. We receive a lot of testimonials and try to update this page as often as we can, but are not always able to keep up with the volume. We certainly appreciate hearing from you. It makes our job all the more worthwhile :)
You provide a great service for Christian singles. In September 2006 I saw Lisa's profile and sent her a Cafe message. We continued to communicate online, then by phone, for about a month before our first date. After that we dated regularly and fell in love.
We got married on New Year's Day 2007.
We have recommended this site to our friends and family looking for their right person.
Thanks again for providing such a wonderful service for single people.
Jim-imyourtype205 {Texas} & Lisa-prayergirl909 February 2007
Lisa and Jim Married January 2007.
Dear ChristianCafe.com. Thanks for the really great site. I sent my first wink October 30th. 2006. I soon received a response back November 1st. Kathleen and I corresponded for a week and then we met in person.
We are a really good match, just what we were both looking for in a mate for life. We decided to marry as soon as we could. Everything fell into place; it was amazing.
We were married January 1st. 2007. We are very happy.
Thanks,
Dennis-stillhealthy431 {Oregon} & Kathleen-kitkat418 {Washington State} February 2007
[Editor: Send A Wink is a ChristianCafe.com feature. It got results for Dennis!]
Kathleen and Dennis Married January 2007.
He got his rib back! This is the story of tinmaniii587 and desmalia867, two people who lived only a few blocks from each other but had never crossed paths. It all began in July 2005. (OK, really we know it began long before then, as God had been working all along in their lives to bring them to this moment!) Each having been on their own for years, they were content as singles, but still desired a loving and Godly companionship. Neither was seeking a physical relationship or a fling. They longed for what only God could provide in a spouse, and would never settle for anything less. No, it is not an easy road to wait for that, tinmaniii587 was 34 and desmalia867 was 30 years of age. They were both still waiting and praying. They wanted friendship, and hopefully, marriage some day.
She was browsing Cafe profiles one day and came across his. One thing he said was "I think God said it best when He said that 'It is not good for man to be alone.' I want my rib back, you can hang on to it, but I want it back." She thought this was funny, and sent him a quick Cafe message to say so. Neither thought, based on their profiles, that they would be a match, but saw the potential for a new friendship. (Apparently opposites DO attract!) Thus began the online messages, which eventually grew to be over 20 pages in length and took hours to respond to. During this time they discovered they had the same values, were in the same place in their spiritual walks, and wanted the same things in life. Eventually it progressed to long phone conversations, some lasting over eight hours straight. And then came the time to meet in person for the first time, and on her birthday (for dinner) no less. (no pressure here).
From their first meeting each felt an attraction, but neither wanted to rush into a romance so quickly. So they developed a friendship without sharing their growing feelings for each other. That phase lasted for just over a month. But alas one of them caved and thus began the most memorable evening of "the beginning".
That evening was the beginning of the realization that God may have more in store for this new friendship than they had initially thought. After much prayer, discussion, and contemplation, they decided to begin a dating relationship. They proceeded with this romance prayerfully, asking God for guidance, and moving forward only if He did not give them a "No". Despite their growing love for each other, both desired only to be together if it was God’s will. God did not give them a "No", and blessed the relationship time and again.
Exactly six months after they began dating tinmaniii587 took desmalia867 to a beautiful beach and pulled out of his pocket a little clamshell containing an engagement ring. He pledged his life and heart to her and asked her to marry him. She accepted with joy in her heart and tears in her eyes. Being the creative and romantic man that he is, he engraved his proposal on a plaque and buried it in the sand, right there on the beach for her to find. Three months later, July 2006, they were married on that same beach in a small, intimate ceremony with family (and a few dozen sunbathers!).
We are constantly amazed and humbled by God's great blessings, workings, and guidance, as He has shaped our lives to bring us together. He orchestrated this union long before we were born, and we are so blessed to be witness to His miraculous workings. In our young life together we have already been faced with such difficulties as long-term illness and the loss of a parent, and it has all served to strengthen our love. We are growing closer emotionally and spiritually daily. We aspire to follow the marriage principles laid out for us in the Bible. Marriage is a covenant between man, woman, and God that cannot be broken. It is also the opportunity to experience God’s love in new and wonderful ways. It is an adventure and a responsibility that we both embrace with open eyes and great joy.
We would like to thank ChristianCafe.com for providing the tool that God used to bring us together.
Rien-tinmaniii587 & Janice-desmalia867 February 2007
Janice and Rien Married July 2006.
Thanks ChristianCafe.com! After having my profile on your site for a while, a lovely man contacted me to wish me a Happy Birthday. He is incredible, we are incredible together.
This gentleman had read my profile although I didn't even have a photo on the site, so I was touched and wrote to discuss some of the interests my profile mentioned.
I could never have dreamed up such a man, he definitely came straight from Heaven. I could have asked him, "Did it hurt when you fell?" I had to meet him fairly soon, because I knew I didn't want to have an Internet relationship.
Our meetings all went amazingly well; he lived across country, so he stayed in a hotel and we went out by ourselves during the day and to a concert with another friend at night.
Some time has passed and the good news is that we are making plans to marry, build a life together, a
home, a family, a future and whatever may come. We adore each other. So, my advice to people is to be patient, to not put off meeting each other, after you are completely sure that there are no warning signs that the person is unsuitable.
Anne-livewire844 {Victoria, Australia} February 2007
[Editor: To read about "red flags", please click on "safety notes" at the bottom of this page.]
My husband and I met on your site about 2½ years ago. We wanted to share our story how would we go about doing that?
Kelly [No username given] February 2007
I met a godly man through ChristianCafe.com We have now been married a month. It was so cool, yet odd how this happened; but God can do great things, in this case online through ChristianCafe.com.
Thanks.
Faye [No username given] February 2007
