Abby: I had decided to give Bumble another try. I went on for the first few rounds and got some matches, but what stood out to me about Bryan was in his bio, he said that "he didn't smell bad most of the time." It made me laugh and I swiped right. We began messaging on Bumble, and those conversations turned into text messages quickly and the first date was set. I actually cancelled on him the first time to go on another date. I didn't text him back for a couple of days and to this day I am not sure why he agreed to go out with me. But he did and we went to Pinewood. As soon as I opened the door and saw his smiling face and his amazing arms, I knew we were off to a good start. The conversation was easy and fun and I had a great time. On our second date, we both got sick and ended up leaving each other quickly. Our third date was my favorite and probably is to this day. At our wedding, be sure to find us and we will tell you all about it! Bryan: In 2017, I was getting ready for a potential move to Austin, TX for a church plant. As the year progressed, I realized that I didn't have any capacity to date since the move was becoming more decisive. At this point, I went to remove my dating apps. While opening up Bumble to delete it, I saw that I had matched with Abby. I looked at her and immediately thought, "I could break the rules for this girl." So I responded to her match. And good thing I did, because I ended up not moving to Austin. The thing that stood out about her was that she was so easy to be around. There was no intense pressure on the relationship or trying to sort through hard life issues. I just liked her because I liked her. Up to this point in my life, I had always trusted the Lord's peace as the litmus for the bigger decisions.. But I wanted more than peace; I wanted to thrive. And I got to thrive with Abby. And now we're thriving into marriage.