{"id":13266,"date":"2026-03-12T23:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=13266"},"modified":"2026-03-12T23:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T06:05:49","slug":"god-has-answered-prayer-and-im-just-so-thankful-elizabeth-pieter-our-christian-connection-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/?p=13266","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod has answered prayer and I\u2019m just so thankful\u201d \u2013 Elizabeth &amp; Pieter, our Christian Connection story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.christianconnection.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/30-Screenshot_20251221_165919_Gallery.jpg\" alt=\"&#8220;God has answered prayer and I&#8217;m just so thankful&#8221; &#8211; Elizabeth &#038; Pieter, our Christian Connection story\" style=\"max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:10px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>For Elizabeth, meeting Pieter was the response to twenty years of prayer and several years of resisting the idea of online dating. \u201cIt actually took me seven years to get to the point where I was actually ready to meet someone online,\u201d Elizabeth remembers. \u201cBy that time, four very close friends had met their husbands through Christian Connection, and I knew lots of other people who had met and married on Christian Connection. I had run out of excuses as to why I didn&#8217;t want to do it.&#8221;<\/h5>\n<p>It seems the timing was perfect. \u201cPieter was the first person who waved at me. I read his profile. I was smiling by the end of it. I had no excuse not to wave back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter our first date, I knew\u2026 I just sat on the tube going home, and I just thought, actually, Lord, you&#8217;ve ticked every box, you&#8217;ve answered what I want. And I actually had a little weep. I had been praying since I was 16 about getting married. I&#8217;d been praying for 20 years because I really wanted to get married and I really wanted to have some children. Once I met Pieter, I just had a very clear sense&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH<\/strong> Elizabeth and Pieter tell the story of how they #MetOnCC, their beach walk proposal, lockdown wedding and how life has unfolded since:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH more #MetOnCC couples\u2019\u00a0short stories here\u00a0and\u00a0in-depth interviews here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Enjoyed Elizabeth and Pieter\u2019s story? Read more #MetOnCC stories from Christian Connection couples here<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Join Christian Connection here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Elizabeth, meeting Pieter was the response to twenty years of prayer and several years of resisting the idea of online dating. \u201cIt actually took me seven years to get to the point where I was actually ready to meet someone online,\u201d Elizabeth remembers. \u201cBy that time, four very close friends had met their husbands through Christian Connection, and I knew lots of other people who had met and married on Christian Connection. I had run out of excuses as to why I didn&#8217;t want to do it.&#8221; It seems the timing was perfect. \u201cPieter was the first person who waved at me. I read his profile. I was smiling by the end of it. I had no excuse not to wave back.\u201d \u201cAfter our first date, I knew\u2026 I just sat on the tube going home, and I just thought, actually, Lord, you&#8217;ve ticked every box, you&#8217;ve answered what I want. And I actually had a little weep. I had been praying since I was 16 about getting married. I&#8217;d been praying for 20 years because I really wanted to get married and I really wanted to have some children. Once I met Pieter, I just had a very clear sense&#8230;\u201d WATCH Elizabeth and Pieter tell the story of how they #MetOnCC, their beach walk proposal, lockdown wedding and how life has unfolded since: WATCH more #MetOnCC couples\u2019\u00a0short stories here\u00a0and\u00a0in-depth interviews here Enjoyed Elizabeth and Pieter\u2019s story? 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