Uganda, May 2 -- "He belongs to darkness; do not marry him unless he becomes a born-again." This is what her friends and immediate family told my wife when they found out she had agreed to marry me.

My relationship with Joan Mulungi is a tale of two broken hearts coming together. As a friend, Joan asked for a meeting to share her relationship struggles and in our back-and-forth engagements, she hinted about fasting and praying for a loving man.

I was moved by her narrative, given the fact that I too wanted a prayerful partner and friend. And during one of those lonely nights, I gained the confidence to tell Joan that I was what she was praying for.

"But I am a pastor's daughter and you are a Catholic!" she said.

"Love knows no boundar...