“Don’t look so far out in the field that you miss the treasure sitting right in front of you.” These words rang through Brad’s head as he drove home on a cold, winter day in February. Pastor Hill knew how to make you think, even when you didn’t want to. Sunday service came and went and that afternoon Brad found himself at the Wiley house. During a conversation with his friends it seemed like the Heaven’s opened and God Himself shone down on him. Ok, not really... but it sure seemed like it. Brad knew the direction he was supposed to go. It hit him like a ton of bricks. Later that evening he had another conversation with his pastor to discuss this new found revelation and what it meant. After talking for about 10 minutes straight his pastor had only one thing to say... “Wow!” That’s not very encouraging... yet Brad knew what he had to do. All of this happened unbeknownst to Julia. It was the week before Valentine’s Day, February 7, 2018. The squad had made their weekly ritual trip to Taco Bell. After they had finished eating Brad asked Julia to talk with him for a minute. It was then that he asked Julia to be his girlfriend. The first words out of Julia’s mouth were “It’s about time!” From that point forward it seemed like this was the reaction from anyone who found out about them beginning this journey together. And now you know how it all began.