OUR JOURNEY TO BE WITH ONE ANOTHER

Hello Friends and Neighbors,

I have started this long-term Fund Raiser for a truly Amazing, and God-given situation in my life. The end result is to bring my Sweetheart, Marites Giray and myself together here in the United States of America. We wish to be together and be married.

I have asked Marites to be my Wife, and she has said, Yes! Both of us have lives that in years past were lonely and devastated by being broken from Divorce. Both of us have prayed for years to find Joy and Love again, and God helped us to find each other through Facebook. We have known each other since December 23, 2018, and been in a Relationship since March 30, 2019. Marites lives at present in the Province of Laguna in Santa Rosa, Philippines , which is near Manila. Her original home is on the Island of Samar in the Province of Northern Samar, and the Barangay (Village) of La Perla. I live in the United States, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and in the City of Martinsville.

As we Celebrate our 1 year Relationship Anniversary soon, I have already spent more hours per day with her than almost any person in my life. We have utilized Facebook, Messenger Text, Messenger Phone and Video Chat, and International Phone Calls to get to know one another through many challenges of learning and communicating from two different Cultures.

Our Love has grown more and more, and is strong. However, we wish to be together in person, and have already taken action to begin moving through a very difficult, paperwork heavy, and costly process, all to fulfill our desire to become legally, Husband and Wife. I must begin a Finance Campaign to accomplish this multi-stage Project. We need your help to Raise the Money! Both of us are Christians who deeply Love God, but have small resources. We are Believing in Faith that this long multi-stage Project will be accomplished with God's intervention to help through our Friends, to bring us together. I will be outlining the various stages of need in the future. These stages and elements are included in the Total Goal of approximately $30,000.00 (U.S. Dollars), which will most likely need to be raised for the various elements of travel, legal, and Immigration Process activities, etc. Please Pray, and ask God if you might help us to fulfill our Love.

Thank You,

David L. Franklin

STAGE 1 - HELP RAISE AIRFARE, ONE MONTH STAY EXPENSES, AND WEDDING PREPARATIONS FOR DAVID TO GO TO THE PHILIPPINES, FOR STARTING THE JOURNEY TOGETHER WITH MARITES.