Therefore, I needed someone equally minded in this area, someone who loves children and accepts them as a blessing from God, and not as an added burden, as the world would have us believe. I strongly believe that Christians should not be in financial bondage and debt. I believe that if we apply Biblical principles of tithing, giving, and saving, we can remain free from the bondage of debt. A new marriage does not need the additional strain of financial trouble. It stirs up plenty of trouble when a couple has not applied, nor learned, the Biblical principles of money.
Prayer acts as the glue that holds successful marriages together.
I prayed in faith, believing that if God should choose to give me the gift of marriage, he would also give me to someone with whom I was equally yoked. My Courtship There is a mission group that travels around the United States each year called the Missionaries to America. They have approximately twelve people from twelve different countries who evangelize the U. S. for one year at a time. My church was hosting the team for a week, and my family was housing several with us. Through many bizarre circumstances, it happened that a young man named Gana, from Mongolia, was staying with my brother.