On Marriage:

“I met my wife and proposed the following week.  We were both 18 at the time,” Pastor Alexis explained to Seth, Christina, Paul and I.

Gasp.

“I’m Cuban.  What can I say?  We are a very romantic people.  We meet that person and it happens very fast… “

But, how did you know she was the one?

“I got engaged and fell in love later.”  He explains.  “We got to know each other and then we figured out we couldn’t live without one another.” 

“We do it the opposite in America, I explain, “We fall in love and then we get engaged.”

He shakes his head.

“Yes, but some of you just wait and wait and wait and never get married.  There is no perfect person, you know?  When you hit the hard stuff, you commit to working things out.  It is not good for man to be alone.  We are meant to experience God in community, and marriage is just one of those covenants God calls to live in.  What are you waiting for?  ” 

The four of us look at each other blankly.