Meet Carl and Dora

How and where did you meet?

We met on a blind date, on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 1970, arranged by friends of ours!

Share something about each other that you admire:

Dora: I admire how Carl does whatever he can to ease my hurt. When something is bothering me, it shows it bothers him. Love him so much.

Carl: Love her loving and forgiving spirit. It’s because of her love for God we are still together.

Share a challenge in your marriage that you have overcome together and how you overcame it.

We have had many problems in our marriage: unfaithfulness, financial problems, eviction, repossesion. It came to a point I (Dora) just wanted to give up. I knew there had to be a better life than what I was living. But I gave my marriage over to God. My earthly father told me to be quiet and stop arguing with Carl, and that Carl is a good husband. God answered my prayers!

After you have overcome the situation, how has it made your marriage stronger?

After overcoming the situation in our marriage, and knowing most importantly that we love each other, has made our marriage much stronger. We still have problems, but we deal with them together, and we remember the vows we took! God is so GOOD!

Share a funny or interesting story.

What’s interesting about our marriage: We were given 6 months for our marriage to last. Many said it wouldn’t last. It’s been 42 years and we are still in LOVE!!!!