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Miriam Quiambao opens up about her faith-led journey to finding love with Ardy Roberto

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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Miriam Quiambao opened up about the faith-driven journey that led her to find love with inspirational speaker and author Ardy Roberto.In an interview with Luchi Cruz-Valdes in her latest YouTube vlog, Miriam shared how their paths first crossed long before love was ever in the picture.&quot;I was briefly introduced to him a number of times before, but I was not yet Christian then. His wife was still alive during that time,&quot; she recalled.Years later, after becoming a Christian, Miriam felt called to write a book about her personal journey of redemption and faith.&quot;People were inviting me to share my story, redemption story, sabi ko I don&#x27;t know for how long I would get to go around and share my story, but I know that if I write a book, it is going to outlive me. It can be my legacy.&quot;It was then that she came across a marketing email from Ardy&#x27;s company promoting a workshop for aspiring authors.&quot;Sabi ko, I think this is the answer to my author dream. So I signed up for that. He was my mentor for three months, pero no attraction whatsoever. He was with his wife. They were in love,&quot; she recounted.The next time Miriam heard about Ardy was a year later when she learned that his wife had passed away.&quot;I was invited to the wake, and my classmate and I were there, and I was just so amazed at how much love he had poured out to his wife when she was alive and he was always saying, &#x27;I want to honor my wife.&#x27; I was so amazed with this kind of love. Sabi ko, &#x27;Lord, I want a love like that. &#x27;Yung love ang hiningi ko, hindi siya ang hiningi ko,&quot; she recalled.Months later, Ardy reached out to Miriam and other former workshop students, fulfilling his late wife’s final wish to help them finish their books. This led to a series of meetings.&quot;Ang huling habilin pala ng wife is to contact the students so that they could finish the books, so I was one of those that Ardy contacted so with a couple more other classmates, we were meeting regularly,&quot; the former beauty queen shared.One of the several occasions that Miriam and Ardy met again was during a discussion about real estate investments.&quot;Nagkamustahan kami... Sabi niya, &#x27;Ito, I&#x27;m still healing but you know God always tells me that I will love again, that I will have another great love.&quot;She recalled: &quot;Tapos tanong niya sa akin, &#x27;Di ba na-divorce ka? Para ka ring namatayan, di ba?&#x27; Sabi ko, &#x27;Opo pero I always believe that God is preparing me for his best for me.&#x27; Tapos, sabi ko, &#x27;I have to excuse myself kasi may meeting pa ako.&#x27; [Sabi niya], &#x27;O, sige before you go, let me pray for you.&#x27;&quot;<div> </div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-2" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C5KqgbZOf4z/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=630&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A2%2C%22os%22%3A15096588.400000006%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1005" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-2" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div> </div>As her birthday approached, Miriam recalled that she had been praying to find the love of her life and during one quiet moment, she felt a name gently whispered in her heart.&quot;Three weeks before my birthday... my ninang, she surprised me with a birthday cake. I blew the candle [and said], &#x27;I wish for a love life on my birthday&#x27; and then God surprised me. There was a whisper that came out of my heart and it&#x27;s a name, the name is &#x27;Ardy,&#x27; no kidding,&quot; she revealed.&quot;Finally, nung araw ng birthday ko sabi ko magvo-volunteer ako sa 700 Club bilang host... So live telecast &#x27;yun tapos sabi nung director, &#x27;Okay gap tayo ngayon, transfer to the fourth floor from the third floor. Take the elevator. Dun ang susunod nating segment.&#x27;&quot;It was then that Miriam ran into Ardy in the elevator.The very next week, Ardy confessed his feelings for her.&quot;The following week, nag-text siya, nagyaya mag-date, nag-lay down ng intention. Tapos sabi ko, &#x27;Teka, ipagpe-pray ko muna &#x27;to.&#x27; Sabi ko, &#x27;You&#x27;re so brave, I appreciate that you&#x27;re laying down your intentions na pero kailangan ko itong ipag-pray.&#x27;&quot;Before Miriam prayed on her own, Ardy offered to pray with Miriam over the phone. She described the moment as one filled with peace and divine confirmation.&quot;We prayed together on the phone and as we were praying, grabe &#x27;yung pakiramdam na merong feeling of relief na hay salamat nagkita na kami, ganun ang pakiramdam. And I was just so amazed that there was just this overwhelming peace and relief, parang confirmation na nag-meet na kami,&quot; she stated.Miriam and Ardy got married on March 15, 2014 in Cavite.Last year, the couple had their renewal of vows.