Matt McShane

The Husband

Our relationship developed very slowly. 

it was a month after being introduced by my best friend Eric, before we started texting. When we finally started to connect, with a nudge... I knew I was talking to my future wife.  I say "Good evening", she says "Good morning". 

It may seem our relationship has appeared out of no where. However, over the last three years and 5 months, we have developed a deep relationship built on a godly love.  We know each other so well we don't need words, just a look and a twitch to relay our messages.

We have certainly experienced all the emotions.  Laughing being the most frequent, often so hard we cry.  Just can't remember about what... one of the perks of being old as we are, is after six months we forget a lot and everything seem new again to us.  If we get bored, just wait and all will be new again...

We have done so many things together over the screen, Bible study discussion, praying together, watching a movie though baking and teaching Jo Lene new recipes is at the top. The last one session we had being preparing & baking tea biscuits and cinnamon pinwheels. Oh my yes...sooo good!

I am most known for my patience, empathy, stability and calmness. Most important my desire to serve the Lord.

Jo Lene Ong

The Wife

It's true, I'm from a teensy island on the other side of the world, and if you're not from the area, there is a good chance you've never heard of it.  I can hear it now "So how on earth did you connect with Matt?"

To be honest, I was really looking for someone like-minded to spend my life with... So after years of being in the grand chase, I resided to be single for the rest of my life.  I settled in, had my own condo, a career and poured myself into doing the Lord's work, in every ministry I could.  Wouldn't you know it, once I stopped looking, happy-ish with my life... POOF, there's Matt...

Well, I say poof, but believe me, there was nothing quick about this relationship.  Not only was this in the making for years.  When I finally reached out to Matt by email, I was so excited, a new adventure.  A month later... no response at all.  Most would have given up, but not me, did I mention I was determined? I decided to reach out to Eric (husband to my friend, Sara) and not too long after that, with a nudge from Eric to Matt...a move was made from email to texting, the connection was made...

More than married couples, that's right, we have talked more than any married couple I know, even my mother says, "I don't know what you guys can possibly be talking about", Matt's mother says "When she gets here you'll have nothing to talk about". Perhaps they're right, two to three hours a day every day for three years does add up.  But no worries, we'll never get bored.  Just have to wait six months and all the conversations are new again, the beauty of being old...lol

The challenge we face is the time difference so we talk in the morning and in the evening. When I wake up, he is going to bed. So we talk as two ships passing the night, I say "Good Morning", and he says "Good Night".