We met on 08/18/2019 at a restaurant called Foo Dog. I (Jakia) was there to help accompany a friend on her date "not" date. While I( Bryce) was there with my friends introducing them to my sister's husband. Jakia: I saw my friend Chrisitan from Ram Camp and he motioned for me to come over to say "hi" to his friends and the whole table. Honestly, I couldn't see anyone's faces haha. I just smiled and waved at everyone. But little did I realize my future husband Bryce was there. Bryce: My friend Christian told me about a girl named "Jakia" because she had accidentally stolen his keys the week prior. As soon as she walked over, everything started to go slow. She was wearing a yellow dress with braids in her hair and the most beautiful smile I had ever seen. I thought; "How do I get to know her?" Jakia: Honestly I still don't remember seeing anyone's faces but I saw him (Bryce) and his other friend a week after that! They approached me and we greeted each other and then Bryce went in for a hug.....I was shocked but happy because if you know me, you know I am a hugger. Haha Bryce: I was so scared. I thought I messed up my chances by going in for a hug! ON THE SECOND DAY I MET HER. Luckily, and apparently, she didn't mind. We ended up seeing each other (kid you not) every single week after that! Sometimes, almost, every day in a row. Jakia: At some point, I thought "This guy must be following me". Bryce: Yeah, I wasn't. I was just going to class haha. We started hanging out together with other friends that year in 2019. Our friends started shipping us together because they thought we would be a cute couple. Jakia: I found out he might've liked me through another friend (Petra). I totally did not believe her at the time; but turns out she was right. Seeing each other around campus we ended up hanging out and talking more and more. During 2020, spring break turned into school online and we didn't talk to each other again until summer 2020. Jakia: Bryce messaged me on Instagram - slid into my dm's haha - and was the sweetest person in the world. Bryce: I wanted to shoot my shot one last time and hoped she'd respond. Jakia: Yeah I did lol he was nicer than the other guys who did. And he had a great sense of humor Over that summer, we talked on Instagram for hours, and then on the phone, and then on Facetime! Jakia: I said to him one day "So my friend told me that you used to like me.... is that true?" Bryce: Obviously I did... but I wanted to be cool so I said " Yeah it was true... still is" Jakia: I was blushing so much. I then proceeded to let him know I liked him too. So we found out we liked each other; but we needed to make sure that before we started dating, God was in the center. We prayed together and did bible study for the rest of the summer until one day we met in person. Jakia: He asked me out on a date to a garden and while we were there asked me to be his girlfriend. We started dating at the end of that summer August 8th, 2020, and the next few years after were such a wonderful experience! We give thanks to God for how he brought us together! We consider our relationship a blessing and an answered prayer and we cannot wait to share this special wedding date with all of you! Thank you for supporting us in this next season of our love story <3