hello :)

[AndreaK 1]

i've made a few posts already - and asked a lot of questions, i know - so i thought i'd introduce myself and share my story.

i'm sure everyone's is very unique, but i honestly challenge anyone to beat ours, lol. i'll do my best to keep things brief.

before i can tell my story, i have to tell my sister's... about a year and a half ago, she was working at a local lighting company here in Edmonton, Alberta Canada. she got a call one day from a guy working at a Lowes in Wichita, Kansas, looking for a light fixture for a customer. there weren't any locally, so he'd done a general search and one came up in Edmonton, AB - which he assumed was Alabama

how, i'm not exactly sure, but they hit it off immediately and kept talking and texting each other over the next 9 months or so. he came up for a week last september and things went better than they both hoped for. two months later he was back, and they got married in a very small ceremony at my parents' mid November. unfortunately, he had to go home after a few days, but shortly before Christmas, my sister flew down to Wichita and drove back with her new hubby. for many reasons, they decided it was better for them if he immigrated here instead of her moving stateside. they are a perfect match for each other in every way, and i see them being together for a long time

now i'll have to back-track ever so slightly... after my now brother-in-law was here in september, he made mention to my sister several times that he thought his best friend - also in Wichita - had a lot in common with me and was going through a rough time (a couple relationships that ended badly). he asked my sister if he could give his friend my email address; i though what the heck, he probably won't email me but if he does, maybe it will be a new friend and didn't think anymore of it.

mid-october, i got an email from Tom and for the next three weeks, things progressed quickly from emails to chatting via Yahoo (several hours each night) to talking on the phone for hours on end. thank goodness for unlimited long distance!! by the fourth week (early november, just before my sister's wedding), i was flying down to Wichita for a week... all i can say is it felt like we'd been together for months. he came up for two weeks at christmas, we got engaged while he was here, filled out our K1 paperwork and now we're very impatiently waiting so that i can move to Wichita and we can finally get married and be together.

as a side note, my mom doesn't know what to think of this, haha. two cross-borders romances and marrying off both her daughters in less than a year.

[randolady 1]

Hi!

[~Chad~ 0]

Hello

[Niels Bohr 72]

HELLO!

[lirachadsbaby 0]

cool!

[Jasman0717 9]

Welcome to VJ and thanks for sharing your stories.

[KoshkaMoshka 0]

Hello!!

[JenandBarney 0]

Wow, that is quite a story. Congratulations. It looks like there is finally starting to be some movement at CSC again, so hopefully you will be approved here shortly and on to the next step!!! Have you had any touches from CSC? Well, thanks for the story. I enjoyed reading it. I think a lot of us here on VJ have some pretty unique stories, I always like to hear them!!!! Take care, Jen

[Yaads 0]

Welcome to VJ

[GrenadianCrix 1]

Welcome, thanks for sharing your fun story.

Family reunions will be interesting!

Sue

[MissStacey 1]

This is an awesome story!! I love the part where he thought he was phoning Alabama!

[jundp 191]

Congrats and thanks for the story.

How awesome that you and your sister are marrying best friends!

[KHURRAM SERAJ 0]

Welcome

[Emancipation 2]

Tee hee I can relate.. My poor mother..

My oldest brother was introduced through mutual friends via e-mail to his now wife

My other brother met and dating his now wife (from China) over the internet

And now me..

I didn't shock my mother one bit.. She's used to the gig now

[MaydayDas 1]

Beautiful!