Prima and I met on the internet in the spring of 2001. You can read
more about that on the "Our Story" page. I went to Thailand for two
weeks to meet her in June. During that two weeks we decided we would
get married.
Prima came from Thailand to meet me in Chicago on January 1st 2002. We had
a wonderful drive home, there was lake effect snow falling gently
and it was her first time driving in snow. we had a quiet dinner in
a small restaurant somewhere between Chicago and Grand Rapids.
We decided not to hesitate getting married. We decided we would have
the pastor from my parents church marry us, that was on January 9.
Then we decided to planned a formal wedding at a later date. This
first wedding was small, Prima, my parents, myself and of course the
pastor in the pastors office at Richmond Reformed Church.
Our second wedding was