\n\u201cI could not resist Ruth\u2019s charm although at that time I was not interested in relationships,\u201d Rogers says.
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<\/p>\nRoger Bright Ruyondo is a tourism consultant with Floras and Fauna, Travelnet Tours and Travels while Ruth Rich works for Premier Credit Limited. The two say friendship and prayer were the foundation of their love and later marriage. The couple talked to Phoebe Masongole about their love journey.<\/p>\n
Roger Bright Ruyondo and Ruth Rich first met at Mbale Country Resort at a get-together lunch of Histouch family, a WhatsApp association group where members were asked to meet physically. The administrators had mobilised friends from different social media platforms and Roger was invited by a friend.
\n\u201cI could not resist Ruth\u2019s charm although at that time I was not interested in relationships,\u201d Rogers says.<\/p>\n
The link<\/strong> Attraction After four months Roger invited Ruth for coffee and she honoured the invitation. Roger Bright Ruyondo is a tourism consultant with Floras and Fauna, Travelnet Tours and Travels while Ruth Rich works for Premier Credit Limited. The two say friendship and prayer were the foundation of their love and later marriage. The couple talked to Phoebe Masongole about their love journey. Roger Bright Ruyondo and Ruth Rich first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[1785],"class_list":["post-22374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-real-stories"],"authors":[{"term_id":1785,"user_id":3,"is_guest":0,"slug":"enantambi","display_name":"Esther Nantambi","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b1fa0f938f32d805446562e1bb7c32da6a6c7e51bd320fd89d4ba0819146b78d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"","first_name":"Esther","last_name":"Nantambi","user_url":"","job_title":"","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22374"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22381,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22374\/revisions\/22381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22374"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fppma_author&post=22374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRogers got contacts of everyone who attended the event but it was hard to get Ruth\u2019s contact even when he explained to her that togetherness was necessary for everyone attending the forum.
\n\u201cI was nervous because Roger was so talkative yet I am reserved and, I did not want to talk so much,\u201d Ruth says.
\nBecause Roger kept hitting a brick wall whenever he tried to talk to Ruth, he laid another strategy.
\n\u201cLater on, we headed for a photo shoot, and I positioned myself as a cameraman for almost everyone using my phone because of its good camera,\u201d Roger says.
\nWhen it was her turn she first declined but, later became receptive because everyone seemed to want a photo from Roger.
\n\u201cI was drawn by the eagerness people exuded as they appreciated his camera and their photos and eventually I went to check out mine,\u201d Ruth explains.
\nAfter taking pictures Roger asked Ruth for her contact so he could send her the photos but, she still refused.
\nWhen they got back home he ensured to check on everyone if they arrived safely except her.
\n\u201cHowever, I landed on her number on the forum to which I had been added, I just saw the name Ruth Rich and I knew she was the one,\u201d he recalls.
\nHe called her but she was cold, and, she replied, \u201cThanks for caring\u201d and hang up.
\nAfter three days, he texted her on WhatsApp but her response was \u2018hey\u2019, and he persisted.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CEO_7751-1.jpg\")
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\nRoger loved her calmness, uniqueness and wanted to make friends with her. They kept on texting each other even when Ruth seemed not interested.
\n\u201cEvery day, I checked on her even and my persistent communication forced her to reply positively,\u201d he says.
\nAfter one month, she started to check on him even, but only as a friend. Whenever I addressed her as dear, she would respond, \u201cwhy are you ‘dearing’ me?\u201d But as time went by she reciprocated, which gave me a lot of hopes,\u201d he recollects.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CEO_7648.jpg\")
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\n\u201cShe came dressed in her work outfit and looked very smart because this was a friendship get-together than a date. In that meeting we shared deeper secrets but she did not talk about her lifestyle,\u201d Roger explains.
\n\u201cI remember her telling me she is an orphan who lives with a sister and does not know anything about the world and I saw a disappointment coming,\u201d he adds.
\nOne week later, he invited her again but this time, she also appeared dressed for a date rather than coffee, but was still very reserved.
\n\u201cAs I was about to leave, I told her I wanted to be her friend forever. She replied, \u2018if we must be friends prayer should be in the centre of our friendship\u2019.\u201d
\n\u201cI prayed that God reveals to me if Roger was the man of my dreams and He affirmed it,\u201d Ruth says.
\nThe couple gave themselves a month to pray about it because they wanted God to bless their relationship.![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.mywedding.co.ug\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/CEO_7395.jpg\")
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