***See LOTS of courtship pictures AND wedding pictures at the bottom of this post!***
We posted a video on Facebook on July 1st of Nathan and Nurie announcing their new courtship!! We could not be MORE thrilled at God’s goodness to us. Nathan is SUCH an answer to our fervent prayers for God to bring a GODLY mate into Nurie’s life! 😊 Let us officially introduce Nathan Keller. 💙
Nathan is the 7th child (of 8 children), son to Mike and Suzette Keller. Mike and Suzette are AMAZING people and parents and we DEEPLY love them! 😊💙💖 They love God with a passion and work full time in prison ministry along with other facets of ministry. They LOVE the Lord with their whole hearts and have trained their children to do the same. 😊 We have visited them at their cozy, Florida home (where Nathan currently resides) nearly every year when on our singing tour South each winter.
The Lord put a seed of interest in both Nathan and Nurie’s hearts and they each (with honor) sought their parents advice and blessing. Both sets of parents could not be more THRILLED! 😁
They both entered a phase of “getting to know each other” and then recently Nathan asked David’s permission to “officially” begin to court Nurie. 😊💖 We are thrilled to see what the future holds!
Nathan has proven to be a prayer warrior and has SUCH a love for God and spiritual focus in his life. He has earned his bachelor of theology degree through IBBC (International Baptist Bible College). His heart’s desire is to serve God full time. For now though, he serves with his dad in his ministry; is heavily involved with the youth at his church; and is busy running (with his brother David) an awesome lawn care business (along with many other areas of service). He is SUCH a hard worker and we are BEYOND blessed to have Nathan in Nurie’s (and our) lives. He is SO kind, respectful, thoughtful, a gentleman, etc. 😊
Nathan has 7 siblings. Let us introduce them. 😊
1st born – Esther Shrader (mom to 11 and is a missionary with her faithful husband to Africa).
2nd born – Rebekah Hunt (mom to 2 and lives with her loving husband in Texas).
3rd born- Daniel Keller (married and lives in Texas.)
4th born- Priscilla Waller (mom to 4 and is in full time ministry in Texas with her cheerful husband David).
5th born – Anna Duggar (mom to 5 children and lives with her husband Josh in Arkansas).
6th born – Susanna Keller (mom to one cute daughter and is engaged to be married…how exciting)!
7th born – Nathan 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
8th born – single younger brother David.
What a PRECIOUS family this is and we are grateful God brought Nathan into our lives!
About 3 weeks ago, Nurie got these flowers from Nathan- delivered to our door, signifying the start to their courtship. 🙂 Then, when we were in Georgia for Hosanna and Timothy Noble’s wedding, Nathan came to visit for a couple days. 😊💙 It was LOVELY for us all (but especially Nurie 😉) to spend time with him.
We went out for coffee one evening, shared our hearts and Nathan made it even more official and special by presenting to Nurie this gorgeous necklace!
Describing the necklace in Nathan’s words…
Cross and Heart…
“The cross in the middle of the heart is to convey that Jesus Christ MUST be the center of our relationship…and as we keep Jesus center in our relationship, that our love for each other would grow.”
Diamonds…
“The little diamonds are to represent ‘light’.” (Because they are so sparkly). 😊 *Side note…Nurie’s name means “light”.
White Gold…
“The white gold is to represent the need for purity in our relationship.” *Side note…Nurie’s middle name is Katelin…meaning “pure”.
Nathan’s words again…
“It represents the meaning of your name- ‘PURE LIGHT’. 😊 I desire our relationship to be a pure light and example to others.”
Wow….oh….wow! Nathan, you are a blessing! 💙💙💙
Then, right before Nathan left, he presented Nurie with ANOTHER dozen and a half roses! Wow! Nurie is blessed!
*Check out these photos below…. ❤❤❤
It blesses my heart MORE than I could EVER express to see my children love each other. 😊❤ Rejoice with each other. Praise each other. Timothy is SO busy learning to fly, yet he takes the time to send this sweet message to Nurie…
“Hey, beautiful. I am so happy for you and Nathan! Congratulations! Please tell Nathan I said hi. I love you soo much. Hope you have a wonderful night.” 😘😘🤟🤟❤❤😉😉 Love, Timothy
*Check out these awesome photos of Timothy in the air!*
Not sure what “courtship” means? Let us explain. Courtship is not dating. LOL. Dating allows for young people to “play the field” and flirt with any opposite sex person they find attractive…even if they would not intend to marry them. 🤔 It is a fleshly, carnal practice that has led the masses into fornication and / or divorce in the long run. We are NOT saying it always ends this way, but often it does. Guys and girls go off on a date with no chaperone to hold them accountable for their actions. They (with no seeming guilt) kiss and have each others hands all over one another. When they “tire” of that person or have their first big fight, they dump them to go find someone better??? You see, this can set up habits that in the future could lead to divorce. 😢 This depicts “dating” in a nutshell.
Now to explain courting…
It is SAVING yourself physically AND emotionally for the right one someday. It is a practice where both the guy and girl walk circumspectly, sober minded and focused on the Lord and their goals, while praying fervently for God to bring the “right one” into their life in His timing. It is WAITING until both parties are at a point they are READY for marriage, both in age, education and in job status (for the guy).
Courtship does NOT mean you can’t have interest in others, but always making sure to view through the lenses of “marriage material”?? If they do not line up with your values, faith, morality, etc. Then you would hold them at a proper distance and treat them kindly as Christ would, yet putting up guards to protect yourself from developing a relationship any deeper than that.
In courtship, once you think you may have found the “right one”, you seek parental and/or spiritual leadership counsel and their blessing and then go into a time of “getting to know” one another. This period of time is to see whether or not your faith and convictions line up and whether or not there is mutual physical and personality attraction. Once you determine a peace on all those points, it proceeds to an official “courtship”. 😁❤
This phase is to cultivate a special relationship with one another that puts God first and foremost in the relationship. Then comes engagement, then marriage. It is a pure process that puts in place chaperones when the couple may be alone so that the physical end of the relationship is saved for after marriage. This way, if anything goes awry in the relationship, there are no regrets physically. It calls for Purity. Godliness. Christ as the center and striving to become a powerful “duo” for the cause of Christ!! 😊
This explains courtship and it is what we pray all of our children will choose. 😁❤💙
LOTS of courtship pictures of Nathan and Nurie at the beautiful “Crescent” in Valdosta, Georgia.
When Nathan left, we all waved goodbye to him until we could see his car no longer. It was sad to see him drive away. He has become SO precious to our family! 😊❤ Sofia (just turned 4 years old) even said he is her “best bud”! This is his vehicle driving away. 😊
The REASON our family was in Georgia, was for Nurie to be in her best friend’s wedding! It was a GLORIOUS day! CONGRATULATIONS, Timothy and Hosanna Noble!!
We are here! 😁💖 Nurie is so honored to be a bridesmaid in Timothy Noble and Hosanna Plath’s wedding tomorrow. Tonight is rehearsal night. So exciting! Check out this GORGEOUS church in Georgia!
Timothy Noble and Hosanna Plath are accomplished musicians and they are PERFECT for each other!! Check out these music videos below! WOW!!
The BIG and LOVELY day has arrived!! Don’t you LOVE the color theme Hosanna chose?
What a special day! (The picture with the all the blonde girls is Hosanna with her 5 sisters).
Wedding Ceremony pictures.
Wedding Reception Photos. They are SO in love.
Nurie caught the bouquet! 😁Guess what that is supposed to mean?🤣💖😄
And, they lived happily ever after! The End.
