pre-pre-cana woes

going to Mary The Queen's pre-cana seminar alone must be the apex of enduring a long distance relationship. however nutty it may seem, that was the only choice we had, given the fact that the Catholic Engaged Encounter we were supposed to go to last November was cancelled. the sad part is, aldo has to attend 8 weeks of it while i only have to endure a full weekend.

but then maybe - just maybe - God felt that the past 7 years have been long enough for us to do things separately.

upon Jojo's (the MTQ coordinator) suggestion and utter desperation, i called the Center for Family Ministries, and asked nicely if there was any way that they could arrange a special pre-cana seminar for us because aldo's travel schedule doesn't quite synch in with the pre-cana seminars every month. the secretary was quite pessimistic about it, since she said that our case will still be reviewed by the
center's head. i had heard the same thing when i called them last november, and my call never got returned - so i pretty much figured that maybe all they needed were a dozen more calls from me so that they would finally give in to my request.

not a dozen calls later though - in fact 2 days later - Mrs. CEFAM (sorry, i forgot her name) gave me a call. i left my mom's office number so she was the one who talked to Mrs. CEFAM.

and whadayaknow - we have an appointment with a facilitator on Sept. 5!

THANK YOU GOD!


p.s.
apparently, CEFAM entertains one-on-one pre-cana seminars - you just have to get past Pessimistic Secretary!