Candance & Randryck met 11 years ago at her father's church, and to be honest, these two have not always had #ALewisLoveStory. In fact, it’s no secret that the two of them were frenemies who delighted in giving one another a hard time. But before we get into the details, let’s go back to the very beginning. Randryck’s mother told him and his siblings that they’d be moving from their home church, which they loved and never saw themselves leaving. This was a huge shock and undoubtedly heart breaking. Though they begged and pleaded, Likeythia (Randryck’s mother) insisted that God had given her clear direction to move forward in faith and find a new church home. When they arrived at Above & Beyond, Randryck was not happy to be there. He met the first family, which were all really awesome individuals, and then there was Candance. She was a gifted individual, with the voice of an angel, and had a very strong opinion about everything. Being that Randryck was also quite opinionated, they found themselves quarreling in no time. Little did they know, they were preparing early for a lifetime of bickering. Though they argued, they developed a very serious friendship and would talk to each other quite often. They had on and off seasons where they’d barely speak, but nevertheless valued one another. Each time they spoke, there was depth. In early August of 2017 their spotty friendship took a sharp right turn and things have never been the same since. “It was weird how things just fell into place," they both say, as they stand in awe of the profound love and anointing that God has ordained upon them. They refer to the other as their very own “gift”. #ALewisLoveStory is one of faith, not coincidence. If Likeythia hadn’t been obedient to God and left their state of comfortability, these two quarreling love birds may have never found one another. Today, they continue to bicker through the halls of Above and Beyond, and they now understand that it was always supposed to be this way.

Our friend invited us to her birthday party that was happening on a Sunday evening. I immediately started to stress because Sundays are super busy for me due to the time I spend at church, plus I knew I would have to dress up . So, Sunday comes and the plan is that I will leave church, change clothes, and head out there to make it by 5 PM. Well, my mom asked me around noon that day if I would meet her at our old church building at 4 PM because my dad found a great deal on a new printer for the children's ministry and that building happens to be a printer store now. I'm like are you serious!? On a Sunday?? I already have plans and need to be leaving my house at 4 to make it to Ravin's birthday party. If anyone knows my mom you know she really doesn’t take "no" for an answer lol. I was going to go home and change for the birthday gathering, meet my parents at the building for 4 PM, and then head to the party with Randryck. My mom and I pulled up to our old church building (which is where Randryck and I first met) and headed inside to this "printer store". When we were inside the ladies working there greeted us and showed us a frame of what the printer would look like then said "Oscar, will be able to show you all the bigger printers in the back, follow us." At this point I'm just looking at my phone trying to speed this along so I can leave. I walk towards the back and Immediately hear our song "Still" by Mali Music playing in the background and rose petals leading all the way to a shaped heart with candles lit all around it. Randryck was standing there with a bouquet of red roses! Instantly, I started crying and walked toward him and then I looked up and my family and his family were gathered around to watch him ask the big question with my brother recording the whole moment. Til this day it amazes me that he convinced an engineer store to open up on a day where they are closed and pretend to be a print shop. This was the best proposal I could have ever imagined!