Avery and Conrad met while Avery was a student at the University of North Texas and Conrad was a FOCUS missionary there. Conrad and Avery became good friends during Conrad’s last year serving at UNT. After Conrad got permission from the campus Chaplin, his regional director of FOCUS, aaaaaaaand his team director he (very nervously with heartburn and calmed only by intense movie scores on his drive over) asked Avery on a date by coming over to her house on a Wednesday afternoon, knocked on her door, and asked her on a date. Avery was shocked and said yes to a date for the next day. Conrad’s beautiful pursuit melted Avery’s heart for the final three weeks of the semester when they got to date in person and they quickly fell in love before they became long distance (of 11 hours by driving) for over a year while Conrad went to serve at Troy University in Alabama and Avery finished her undergrad at UNT. Avery lives in Denton, TX and is a kindergarten teacher at a classical charter school called Great Hearts. Conrad lives in Irving, TX (only 30 minutes away) and is in the doctoral program at The University of Dallas studying Philosophy. They are excited to serve The Lord together in the sacrament of marriage and can’t wait for the adventures He has in store for them. :)