POV: The Groom It all started with some duct tape, thumb tacks, and a few confused volunteers at church 😂 We met during VBS prep - Anisha was organizing chaos, and I was pretending to be helpful. We became friends, shared a few laughs, and then life, as it tends to do, took us in different directions. Years passed. Seasons changed. So did we. But God, in His perfect timing, brought us back this time with a deeper bond and clearer hearts. What started as a lighthearted friendship turned into something unexpectedly beautiful. Now here we are older, maybe wiser, definitely still laughing and writing the next chapter together. POV: The Bride Sam and I first met at my church when he was helping set up for vacation bible school. He showed up to volunteer, through the recruitment of some mutual friends, and from the time we first met, I noticed how light-hearted, humble, and hardworking he was. At the time, I didn’t know it, but those very qualities would be the ones I’d come to love the most years later. After that, we stayed friends for a few years, keeping in touch here and there, but it wasn’t until last year that we found ourselves really talking again. Simple conversations soon turned into something more. The friendship that had always been there blossomed into love. Looking back, I can’t help but think it’s fitting that our story began while serving side by side at church. What started as a simple act of giving our time has grown into us giving our lives to one another. Now, we can’t wait to begin this next chapter of our lives together!