In August of 2012 I married the love of my life. We had a small wedding which was a perfect day for us and exactly what we wanted. I planned the wedding and reception and my husband was on honeymoon duty. I told him nothing. no preference.
After being sent off we stopped by CVS in our wedding attire. We got snacks and went to my apartment which became ours to change and grab our stuff. We hit to road and I fell asleep. I woke up to not knowing where we were but I knew we were at a hotel and we were together. Fast forward to the next day we got up and went to breakfast. I still had no idea where we were until my husband finally spilled the beans: we were in St. Augustine Florida.
This trip was perfect. We ate great food, saw the sights and had an amazing time making memories together. One night we were walking down Charlotte street after dinner and were greeted by a man and his wife: Gary and Michelle. They owned a fudge and ice cream shop and had bubble wands and kindness. They gave us some suggestions for places around town. We had plans to go back for dessert with them that night, but time got the best of us and we didn't make it. The next night my husband had planned a carriage ride on one of those beautiful horsedrawn carriages that ride through the city. We had dinner at Harrys seafood, and we had wanted to stop at Fudgebuckets to grab dessert for our ride...but again time got the best of us. We went on the ride, and what was supposed to be an hour ended at 40 minutes. Normally this would have bothered me (for someone to say one thing and do another) but on this night it meant we had 20 minutes to get to that fudge shop. We ran. literally. And little did we know what we were running to.
Gary and Michelle are a sweet sweet couple. Not only did they feed us ice cream and fudge but we noticed that they had a cross above their exit door. We mentioned liking it and got to hear about their wonderful testimony. We stayed talking until well past 11 with these great people. The next day we were headed back home.. stopped by to say farewell and said we would keep in touch.
and...we did.
We have been up to see them 3 times in the last year. They have opened their home to let us stay, fed us and encouraged us. We have gotten to see them take a leap of faith, run after God's will and go from a small fudge and ice cream store to a big restaurant a few streets over called "the Sandcastle cafe". A wonderful place with great food. AMAZING food is more accurate. (I recommend the fried chicken, the burgers, homemade potato chips, crab cake eggs benedict, garys philly cheese steak...basically everything I've tried.) But more than great food...it's a treat to go there to see the great people.
God truly blessed us with this couple and friends if your ever in the area I pray you will stop by and visit them as well. We just returned last night from spending thanksgiving with them and while in the fudgeshop Michelle referred to us as her guests to a customer. The woman asked how we were all related and my husband said "In Christ." While a simple answer it describes so perfectly our friendship with them. God chose us for each other and did a great job in the choosing.
While personally I'm excited to see what else God does with their business, I'm thankful for their friendship and for their hearts for God. Please support them if you get a chance and don't leave without a fudge bucket (I recommend peanut butter but she has a ton of flavors).
Friends you never know where you will meet great friends. I met my husband at a concert, Gary and Michelle on the street, and I can't wait to see what other ways God intersects my life with great people.
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