On Sunday evening, 4/26/09 my sweetheart Joseph James Cavallaro proposed to me in front of many loved ones at a gathering at our Rabbi (Pastor) Henry's house!!! We are so thrilled and can't wait to become husband and wife. We don't have a date absolutely set in stone yet but we are looking at sometime in November. Here is our very funny and adventurous engagement story!!!
The "special date":
Jay told me over a week ago to not plan anything for Sunday, 4/26 because he was going to take me on a special surprise date. So, on the beautiful very summer like spring day he picked me up and we headed out, 1st stopping at a very popular coffee shop called "Marylou's Coffee" where we both had never been. Yummy! And the place is so cute...looks like a little castle inside! :-) Then we drove up to the (original, haha) destination......A CARNIVAL!!!!! Jay knows that I love carnivals and he had found one weeks ago in the next town over. Well, we got there to find out that it was very small with about 5 rides of which we BOTH get sick on. And to top it off he had set his heart on proposing to me on a romantic ferris wheel ride. Well, there was no ferris wheel because it had broke down, DOH!!! He was heart broken and looked for other carnivals to take me to but there either weren't any going on that day or they also didn't have a ferris wheel!!!
So he then wanted to take me to Blue Hills (a beautiful reservation that we frequently go hiking in) for a nice romantic walk. He was trying to find a special rock that we found when we were hiking in the fall that had "LOVE" painted on it. Well after 3 attempts of trying to find the rock we ended up lost in Blue Hills for 2 hours, hot, exhausted, dehydrated, and here I was in a skirt and flip flops.....not very good hiking attire! We were so frustrated and took turns along the way as to who was having the worst attitude! At one point we sat down on a small cliff like rock to rest and when we got up I slipped and almost fell off and Jay caught me! I screamed and cried hysterically and said, "Can we please just get out of here and go to Henry's already!?!" Oh, it was so miserable!!!!! Poor, poor Jay, he tried so hard to make it a special day! So, we finally found our way out and got back on the main trail, that is after having a run in with a snake and racing past it as fast as we could! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Relieved to be literally "out of the woods" we talked about the lessons we learned from God while lost.....
Jay: "I need to always LEAD you and NEVER leave you behind."
God put this verse on Jay's heart: "There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death." Proverbs 14:12
Sarha: "I need to TRUST you in every situation and stick by you regardless of how I may feel."
I also wrote and sang a praise song to God along our journey!!! It was awesome and Jay said that I should write ballads for him! :-)
So, after our adventure we headed to Henry's house and had a great time of feasting & fellowship. Towards the end of the evening Cherri told us that she got a new Paul Wilbur video (one of our favorite and well known Messianic singer/musicians) and as we sat there watching it Jay turned to me and said, "Hey this is just like how we first started talking. At Henry's Hanukkah party back in December 2007 we sat together and talked the whole night while Paul Wilbur was playing in the background." I then looked at him and said, "We have come full circle!" Jay felt at that time God confirmed that was the right moment to propose.
Soon after he was up and loudly said to the crowd, "Listen up people, listen up, I have an announcement to make!" Then he quickly came over to me and got down on one knee and said, "Sarha Jean Caraballo, will you marry me?!" The first thing out of my mouth was, "Did you talk to my dad?" Jay said yes and I then said yes but he didn't hear me and stayed there kneeling and said, "What do you say?" And I said, "I said YES!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The whole thing was so comical but awesome! It ultimately was how I had hoped it would be, surrounded by lots of loved ones! So, now the planning begins.....one day at a time right?!?!?! Please pray for us as we prepare to become husband and wife....for the Lord's wisdom, guidance, strength and peace!!!!!
Blessings to you all in the name of Yeshua-AMEN!!!
Sarha & Jay :-)
