You Can't Plan Everything

When Ezequiel Agustín Frau lost his job in early 2006, he'd been home from his mission to Colombia for nearly two years. He was still single but felt that his future wife was not in Ushuaia. He decided to go to the temple to seek direction.

"I wanted to be more in contact with the Holy Ghost, learn the Lord's will for me, and seek inspiration," he says. "The temple helped me find it."

When he reached Buenos Aires following a three-day, 2,000-mile (3,200 km) bus ride, he stayed with friends and then a relative while frequenting the temple. Several weeks later Ezequiel was running out of money and considering a return to Ushuaia. A local bishop found him a job, however, so he decided to stay.

At a Church activity a short while later, Ezequiel met a young woman named Marina Mas. They found it easy to talk, and he quickly felt comfortable around her. When he saw Marina again at a young single adult gathering, she said something that impressed him.

"We should be living at the level of the kind of person we are looking to marry," Ezequiel recalls Marina saying during a discussion about goals.

For her part, Marina had been praying to find a worthy companion. She knew a lot of young men but was immediately impressed with Ezequiel's spirituality.

A mutual friend helped Ezequiel find a place to live that was closer to his work, then three hours by bus from where he was staying. It turned out that his new apartment—in a city of 13 million people—was only two blocks from Marina's home.

"I didn't plan to live two blocks from her home," he recalls. "I didn't even know where she lived."

Living in close proximity gave Ezequiel ample opportunity to see Marina, whose family gave him a warm welcome. The confluence of events was an answer to his prayers.

The couple dated and soon began planning their future together. After marrying in the temple in the fall of 2006, they moved to Ushuaia.

"We can't always understand the vision our Father in Heaven has, and we can't plan everything," Ezequiel says in retrospect. "But we can be obedient and give Him a chance to bless us."