Francisco and I met in a literature class when we were in college. Our friendship started by studying together, to learning how to longboard, to learning how to drive, and to working together. I always thought Francisco was a great friend to me and nothing more. Alas, the more I get to know him personally, the more I admire his intentionality, servant heart, and how caring he is to everyone around him. We finally went on our first date in 2017 and everything changed from there. Every single date, movie nights, or long drives are always colored with laughter and good conversations. He proposed to me on March 30th! I am so excited to spend the rest of my life with my bestfriend!

After Astrid and I met we became really close friends, we had a friend group called the skwad which consisted of Astrid, Grace, Jessica, Angel and I. We would hangout all the time, take trips to the beach, longboard until 3 A.M. it was a blast. In all of that I took notice of how intentional Astrid was in her pursuit for the Lord and her friends, how sweet she was, talented, smart, BEAUTIFUL. She has always been a joy to be around, from her jokes to the confident way she carries herself I always thought we just clicked. Although to Astrid I was just a close friend, so one day I shot my shot, which was rejected :) but before we knew it we were talking again, hanging out with friends like nothing had ever happened. A year later I felt the same feeling, like "I can see this working", so I asked her again "Would you consider being more than friends?". Again it all came to the same result, but this time I felt lost. Throughout this time Moises and Milton came around me and helped me deal with it. They directed me to the Lord and said "give it up to the Lord", basically if I was ever to have a chance with such a beautiful girl it was not going to be by my doing. So I did, I truly gave it all up to God, and just said "Lord, she is yours, I wont try to make this all happen through my power". Astrid and I did not speak very much for a while. It was hard, I had to fight every urge I had to just say hi. A few weeks down the road I went to the Annual Stumpy Christmas Party and I remember Astrid continually trying to make small talk which was kind of weird and her and Moises kept having suspicious glances but i didn't think much of it. A couple hours later she pulled me aside and said can we talk? I said sure, after some failed attempts to get to a place to talk privately she said "If you would like, I would like to give being more than friends a chance." To which I laughed, nearly cried even, and that's when I said "I never thought this day would come". And the rest is lovely.