We are often asked how successful friendsfirst is?

Comments from members about getting engaged!

“When I got your profiles, no-one really jumped out at me and I did nothing. Then I reread your bumpf and thought I should take your advice and be proactive and I contacted John and left a message on his phone. It was only then that I prayed – I realise now I should have done that first and not last! It’s been amazing – I saw Johns face in my prayers and now we are engaged and hope to be married in the New Year.” (Marie, 64, Pastoral Care worker)

'Thank you to you and your team. I’m engaged to be married! I feel so blessed to have met Phil through friendsfirst and believe it’s been very much God’s timing – Thank you for playing your part.'   (Jane – 37 – Teacher)

'Thank you for your continued interest. Thankfully there is now no need to renew my membership as my darling John and I plan to marry soon. Katharine but for you, this would not be possible. God bless you and your work. All my thanks and best wishes.'

( Mary – 70 – Housekeeper)

"It is with great delight that I can let you know John and I are now engaged and plan to be married next April. Thank you for all your support, I know I needed a lot at first but patience has been rewarded and we both feel very blessed that we have been able to meet each other. With our best wishes and renewed thanks to you and your team." (Margaret – Librarian)

"I am writing to you to convey the good news that Susie and I have become engaged after meeting through your organisation. I wish to thank you as you were the means God used to put us in touch. We are so delighted and wanted to thank you personally."

(David – Civil Servant)

'Further to our conversation on the phone, I just wanted you to know that Keith and I got engaged last Saturady and plan to be married on December 3rd this year. When I first joined friendsfirst I felt I had made a huge mistake and it wasn't for me. Well I was wrong and am so glad that I sent that first text message to Keith! We share so much in common, most of all our Christian faith, and we look forward to our future together. Thank you so much for bringing us together. May God bless your work now and in the future. (Sheila and Keith) 17/8/05

"I wanted to drop you a line and say 'thank you' to you and the team at friendsfirst for bringing Phil and I together. I was speaking with Phil tonight and he said that he has made you aware of our news/engagement. We're both extremely happy and feel very blessed by God's hand on the whole story. We're hoping to have an October wedding, so a busy time ahead, but very much looking forward to preparing for a life together. I'm so glad that a friend recommended friendsfirst to me and will definitely recommend it to others. The whole process of application etc was very user friendly and your contact via telephone was very much appreciated. Thank you very much again."

(Jenny– 37 - Teacher)

I am writing to tell you that I have become engaged to be married. I met one of your other members "Alex" fairly recently and it was 'love at first sight'. We had been in constant tough by letter and telephone, but knew as soon as we met, God meant us to be together. God willing, we are to marry on 28th May this year. I know I moaned about spending so much money, but I'm glad now I did."  (Eunice – 57)

"How can I ever thank you enough for encouraging me to write to Peter in Birmingham. He has chosen me out of dozens to marry. We have both said Yes. He is the most wonderful, generous, kind gentleman in the world. I can truly say that my life has begun. Without your words of encouragement I'd never have written those letters and the blessed thing about it is that only ONE was the right one. I had no worry about wondering about this one, that one, he fell for me after just one letter, just about my life and background. Without you this couldn't have happened. You will never know how God is using you to bring lonely souls together. God bless you."  (Jane – 69 – Housekeeper)

"This is a message from two former members to let you know that we are know engaged. We hope to marry on 23rd April this year. Thank you again for your excellent service which we are certainly thankful for. Keep up the good work. God bless and thanks again.

(Robert and Rose – 31/28 Parcel courier and civil servant)

"I thought you would be interested to know that I have just become engaged to be married. In the New year I wrote 5 letters. David from Poole phoned me and after a month he came to meet me and we soon fell in love. He asked me to marry him two weeks ago. We have just spent a few days away at a retreat, when we were prayer for that God would bless our future, a lovely start of our engagement. We plan to marry early next year." (Rosemary – 56 – Housing Mgr)

"It's really happened – we're engaged and both so thrilled and happy." (Rob –34- Social Worker)

"I would like to say a 'great big thank you' to friendsfirst because I have met a great guy through your service and we got engaged on Easter Sunday! We met 6 months ago and have not looked back since. They say God moves in mysterious ways, he originally wasn't one of the guys I wanted to contact! Thank you again." (June – 30 – Travel Consultant)

"I have a lovely relationship with a lady I've met through friendsfirst and we are engaged to be married in 3 months time. Thank you very much for your great service to me. It's been wonderful. We are both very happy. Please take my name off your mailing list."

(Godfrey – 54 – Office worker)

"For the best possible reason, kindly delete me from your mailing list. I have just become engage to one of 'your flock' and plan to marry on September 29th 2001. What else can I say, except to convey my grateful thanks for your enrolment?" (Peter – 64 – Insurance Broker)

"It is with much pleasure that I write to inform you that I met someone shortly after registering with friendsfirst. May I take this opportunity to thank you for your prayers and I pray that your agency will continue to help bring many like minded Christian singles together."

(Helen – 40 – Social Worker)

"I am writing to thank you once again for initiating the change in two lives. I contacted David early this year and after many phone calls arranged to meet. This meeting was very successful and as were all the rest. We are now engaged – I didn't know I could be so happy!!! We both feel we were meant for each other and we have you to thank for bringing us together. Thank you once again for making two people so very happy."   (Sarah – 56 – Bank Cashier)

"We two met (after initially corresponding via your office) early in July. Even on our second meeting we were starting to feel at ease in each others company, the excitement of meeting matured to love. Neither of us can now imagine a happy future without the other. We expect to get engaged before the end of the year. Marriage, we hope, in due course. Each of us can see God's hand in the way things worked to bring us together. So thank you for your help and that of friendsfirst."
(Brian 60 – Solicitor and Fran -60 - Community Carer)

"I am very happy to inform you that, through your agency, the Lord has brought a lovely Christian lady into my life and we intend to marry. Thank you for your excellent service." (John – 70 – Retired RN officer)

"I write on behalf of Sue and myself to ask you to remove our names from the lists of profiles that you are due to send out soon. I am absolutely over the moon about meeting her and I know already that we are right for each other. Wedding bells are almost within earshot! Thank you for being there with friendsfirst which has definitely worked well for us.

(Ian – 47 – Clergyman)

"I've met someone through friendsfirst and we're getting on 'great guns' – we have a strong bond between us and there's a good bit of chemistry there – it's a little bit more than just a friendship at the moment – thank you for your organisation – we are another success story for you."
(Simon – 39 –Probation officer)