I fasted for 100 days before I met my partner

Love stories are sweet but they are usually different. No two people have exactly the same love story. However the uniqueness of each love story always have some interesting and cogent lessons for everyone. This is why your favorite online gospel radio WiGRadio remains committed to bringing you the most interesting love stories of couples about to get married. The story of Olabisi and Olawale is one such story that would inspire you.

WiGRadio: Tell us how you met each other

Olabisi: We met through a mutual friend then lost contact then met again…I had just finished my 100 days RCCG fasting and prayer. Two days after concluding the fasting I met him on my way to work. I was saying to myself…This guy looks well put together sha, he must be married (laughing)

Olawale: Hmmm as the fasting concluded. I laid at my bed side praying and giving thanks and I got this conviction that something was settled and I was wondering what it was. Little did I know that it was my marital destiny. That was how the Lord led me to her once again few days after the “fasting”. So gradually, I became a friend and a counsellor.

WiGRadio: Was finding a life partner part of your prayer points during the 100 days fasting and prayer?

Olabisi: It was for me

Olawale: (laughing) Apparently Yes because it’s all encompassing. God has given us free will to ask and we shall be given. I asked and I received.

WiGRadio: Olawale, how did you ask Olabisi out after you got your conviction. Did you use the spiritual lines of descending from the mountain and seeing her in a vision

Olawale: Well. The old way still made a lot of sense since u don’t need to be beating about the bush. You simply make your intentions known after being friends so that both parties don’t get it twisted. After much prayers, you just need to be firm, be assertive be deliberate about what u want and u launch.

WiGRadio: Tell us how exactly you proposed to her. What lines did you use

Olawale: Well in no particular order.
Dear Ola, I have some intentions I need to make known to you and I will humbly request you give a thought to it and pray about it. I would like to get your response subsequently. Please don’t be in a rush to give me an answer. Irrespective of your answer, I will gladly take it in good faith. Just be honest about it. That’s all…….
And I got a reply few days later. Lol instead of several months like many other sisters would have done.

WiGRadio: Tell us Olabisi about how you felt after he proposed to you considering the fact that you prayed for about 100 days before he came

Olabisi: It was breath taking and felt really nice

WiGRadio: That means you had been waiting for him to pop the big question

Olabisi: Before nko (laughing). The relationship was well defined so it wasn’t strange…but he did a good job with the surprise proposal

WiGRadio: it is quite commendable that you did not waste the time of our brother but rather you gave him a response within a few days. Why do you think some Christian ladies take months before saying Yes

Olabisi: Well, he was my friend before then and I told God something very funny about the kind of man I wanted. Growing up I always wanted to show love to people in the prisons (my own way of evangelism and giving back). There was one time we got talking and I asked him if he would like to join me in the outreach. His response was amazing. Before saying jack, he made enquiries about the process and how we could go about it (it was an amazing sign for me).
Secondly, I didn’t have to struggle with some of my values. With him we share the same values

WiGRadio: In what notable ways are you both different and what similarities have you observed in each other?

Olawale: Hmmmm! She is from Osun State while I am from Ondo State. She schooled outside d shores of Nigeria while I schooled in local Lagos here lol. I am too disciplined she is liberal

Olabisi: Our similarities are in the area of cleanliness and orderliness, our love for the things of God. Then we both love books and everything that adds value to our lives

WiGRadio: It is obvious that you both complement each other. Tell us how easy it has been blending into your new families.

Olawale: Hmmm families! It has been fantastic. Of course, there will be some differences at a point in time but we believe it is not just one union but union of families as well. It’s time for both families to also understand differences in background, taste and fashion and complement each other. Then all things will work smoothly. Our families got along quickly to the glory of God.

WiGRadio: Tell us if you ever felt intimidated by the fact that she schooled outside the country

Olawale: Lol. It was just a way of learning how they do things and how it works for them. Besides she is a Nigerian. She had to serve here. Actually she had her primary and secondary education here as well as her MSc and probably her PhD would be in Nigeria.

WiGRadio: Have you ever had a misunderstanding, what caused the misunderstanding and how did you resolve it

Olabisi: Of course we do have misunderstandings but we ensure we tackle the issues not the individual. We communicate and talk about everything and anything. That really works for us

WiGRadio: How long was it before you both decided to get married

Olawale: You mean courtship?WiGRadio: Yes please

Olawale: Everything happened within a year. From the time of my intentions/proposal till date.

WiGRadio: So if you could give one relationship advise to an intending couple or someone about to enter a relationship, what would it be?

Olabisi: 1. Go into a relationship when you are ready (spiritually, mentality and emotionally)
2. Don’t date who you cannot marry and please marry your friend.
3. Ensure you carry God along because when things go wrong you can always ask the manufacturer (God) about the product (your partner).
4. Communication (talk about anything and everything)

Olawale: Well, my advice to both parties in a new relationships would be..
1. Don’t leave God out of the equation in the first place.
2. Be patient, deliberate and intentional about what you want.
3. Be filled with the Holy Spirit because this will be needed when you think you have seen the ONE and it’s just a photocopy of the “ONE”.
4. Ensure you listen to counsel of those who have gone ahead.
5. Ask yourself if you are ready, physically spiritually and emotionally. Can you take the negativity of this man or woman. What are the excesses I can’t deal with. Deal with them before you even start courtship so that nothing comes to you by surprise.
6. Be straightforward and don’t forget my favorite scripture Phil 4:8. And the mercies of God paves way.

WiGRadio: Finally, who are your favorite bible couple

Olabisi and Olawale: (answering together) Jesus and the Church

WiGRadio: Finally finally, In some hours from now, you would both be joined together. How do you feel about the idea that you would now be getting married?

Olawale: It’s another phase of life. We are just glad and thankful for all.

Olabisi: It’s a whole new journey but
If God be for us, we can overcome mountains together.

WiGRadio: I pray your home is heaven on Earth and a model to others. From all of us at WiGRadio, we say we love you

Olawale and Olabisi: Amen. Thank you very much.

This interview was conducted on behalf of WiGRadio by Opeyeoluwa Ajayi and Olawale Perfect