Patrova and Emmett

Happy Anniversary, Patrova and Emmett!! ❤️

Here is their love story:

Patrova: Where do I begin?  This guy came, wanted to marry me, and I said yes.  Okay, it's a little more complex. The first time I met Emmett was when I traveled to London for a mission trip.  Yes, he was there too.  I didn't think about him at all until we got of the plane at the airport.  You see, my dad was coming to pick me up but the problem was, we had come home early.  Instead of coming home at 9:00 pm, our plane landed at 8:00 pm. Emmett was about to get in his car when he saw me.  

Emmett:  The first time I saw  Patrova was at the airport in Kansas.  She looked a little lonely, so being the gentleman that I am I asked her if she needed a ride.  She  wasn't quite sure at first, but when I told her I worked for her father and that I was 27, she got right in and I drove her home.  

Patrova:  The next time I saw Emmett was at a homeschool picnic.  We have 172 families in our homeschool group.  I was serving hamburgers and hotdogs.  Guess who was cooking the hamburgers and hotdogs?  Yes, you're right.  Emmett.  We had some pretty good conversations about The Lord of the Rings and  The Chronicles of Narnia.  Later I saw Emmett talking with my parents and Paul, my younger brother.  When we were about to leave, he told me he enjoyed the conversations we had and wished me to have a great week! 

Emmett: " Have a great week!"   I didn't get to say that to Patrova until she was 22.  We found out that their family only lived about 12 miles from us and, believe me, if somebody lived 28 miles away in the Kansas countryside, you would think they were neighbors.  We spent a lot of time with the Wilders, and I started spending more time with Patrova than with her brothers and learning about her likes and dislikes etc.  After telling my parents that I found interest in Patrova Wilder I prayed that God would make it clear what I should do next.  There was a lot of praying and talking during that time and the conclusion that I thought God  was trying to tell me was to call Mr. Wilder.  We talked on the telephone  for a little over three hours.

Patrova: It was September 28 2010 when my mom and dad told me Emmett Furbank wanted to start a courtship with me.  I wasn't quite sure what to think.  I had never thought about it before this.  I just thought that the meaningless conversations I've had with him were just friendly chit chat.  We started doing more things with each other and playing games with the family.  One night, about a year later, we had a pillow fight.  All of my younger siblings go to bed at eight so the pillow fight consisted of my dad, Emmett, Paul, Pricilla, Preston, and Me.  It seemed that Emmett hadn't been throwing many pillows lately but then, a pillow come flying at me from his  direction.  The pillow hit me and it hurt!  I picked up the pillow to see what hit me. It was a diamond ring.  On October 26 2009 at 11:08 pm Emmett Philip Furbank asked me to marry him and I said YES!   

              

             Thank you for coming to celebrate with us! 

~Prue