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The Vision Confirmed A Wedding

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The date was set, May 22, 1988, Pentecost Sunday.  The plans were made.  Invitations were ready to be sent.  We had discussed the arrangements with Pastor Tom.  We developed a unique wedding like no other.  This would be a Pentecost to remember forever - a filling of the Holy Spirit in a special way.   The music selections were from our favorite tapes by Don Meon with "Give Thanks", Leon Patillo with "Flesh of My Flesh", and Scott Wesley Brown with "I Was Born To Love You".  These were songs very special in our spiritual lives, songs that brought us into His Kingdom deeper and deeper. Six weeks before the well planned and set date, May 22, 1988, my fiance, Yvonne, called off the wedding.  In spite of my pleadings she said, "It's not going to happen."  Wow.  I was put into a whirlwind of loss, a struggle that was devastating.  There was nothing I could say or do to make the wedding happen. I remember a Friday morning, I was read