The Christian & Raina Cepel Family
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On Tuesday, Jan 5th, 2010, Raina legally divorced me despite, or perhaps more likely, because, of all I tried to do to heal the hurts between us. I still love her with all that I am, and always will, and in my mind and heart am still and will always be married to her. God is working on me every day to be a better man that He can use, and He daily blesses me beyond anything I could ask for. God is teaching me that even while love can be something one may have little choice in beginning, but ultimate choice in continuing, and He's teaching me to love unconditionally, come what may. I still rest upon Ephesians 2:10 and Philippians 1:6, and I pray He continue to grow, heal, and mold me into a man He can use. (March 17th, 2010)

Hard road to travel.
At the end of October 2008, after 2-3 years of struggling, Raina moved out and intends to divorce me. This is the worst thing I can imagine ever happening to me; to us. We are both hurting terribly but I pray that God somehow helps us find a way to heal and return to one another and again grow in love and live a lifetime together. God is holding me, but it feels like life is ending.

God has blessed me greatly!
On Wednesday, May 31st, 2000, I asked a wonderful woman, Raina J. Olsen to be my wife. She happily, accepted. We gave our lives to each other in a double-ring ceremony in Valley View Community Church at 3pm on August 20, 2000. Engagement Photos ° Wedding Photos

God has blessed us greatly! ... Again!
At 18:45, Monday March 11th, 2002, my beautiful, wonderful, gift from God of a wife, told me that we have been given another wonderful gift from God. We are due according to an online due-date calculator sometime around November 16th. Please pray for Raina's health and the health of the baby, and for the rather large decisions that face us in the near future. Pictures will be posted when we have some.

God's blessings are sometimes difficult to understand
On Easter Eve, 2002, my lovely Raina and I went to Cox South Emergency in Springfield Missouri, where Raina bravely underwent a multitude of difficult, (and some unnecessary), tests, which confirmed our worst fears. In the afternoon on Easter, we lost our baby, which, though supposed to be seven and a half weeks old, probably only had lived until it's fifth week. We've seen a wonderful OBGYN, Dr. Michael Burks, at home in Columbia, and he assures us that Raina is healthy, and that we can try again in a short while.

We don't always understand God's reasons, but we praise him none the less. Raina and I appreciate any prayers on our behalf during this time, as well as prayers for our future. If it's God's will to allow us to do so, we hope to try to bring a little one into this world to join our family.

  1. Christian's Résumé
  2. Christian's Web Portfolio
  3. Dr. Dobson's Focus on the Family
  4. Klove: Christian Contemporary Net Radio
  5. ValleyView Community Church
  6. A map to Valley View Community Church
  7. A Map to our lovely home
  8. RainaBear's Web Home
  9. Raina's Graduation Photos
  10. Thistledowne.org
  11. Nelson Audio & Light
  12. Central Missouri Celtic Arts Association
  13. Pictures of Thistle
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