Cara's Side: We officially met through mutual friends at the Dream Center in 2021 and when I would see him around campus I would pray, “Lord please let me see Michael today”. And almost every time I prayed that we would have some kind of interaction. Fast forward to July, I approached him to be my plus one at a wedding I was singing at and he said yes which resulted in him telling me that he was interested in me and I admitted the same. From there we began to slowly get to know one another, for the real versions of each other. Which eventually led to a few dates from San Pedro's Sunken City (where we got engaged at) to a Van Gough Art Exhibit, lots of laughs and deep conversations about our dreams and everything you could think of which all led to us officially dating. We have experienced the Lord's faithfulness and steadfast love in unimaginable ways. Through every victory and every trial that we have faced what remains consistent is not just our steadfast love for one another, but our faith in Jesus and His steadfast love He has for us and how He has carried and guided us through this beautiful life. This chapter has been the greatest answered prayer I have ever experienced and falling in love with Michael has been the greatest and sweetest blessing of my life. We are so excited to celebrate our love with all of you and can not wait for what the Lord has in store for us next because this is just the beginning! Michael's Side: yeah what she said……….. when we first met I was not looking for any type of relationship because I was fresh out of the Dream Center Discipleship program and still convinced I was inadequate for loving anything but Jesus lol. Me and my buddy Chris Turner thought we figured out a system in order to figure out this deficiency. First we would learn how to love, take care of and not kill a plant (succulent of course). Then get a pet and do the same. Then and eventually, a Girlfriend and do the same. Again, since I was in the second year discipleship program and barely able to be in possession of the air I was breathing, it was a perfect time for a plant. But then here comes Cara, ruining all my time for chilling with plants and animals (including my friends) as usual. BUT GOD KNEW. Like Cara said, we have been through the deepest of depths and highest of peaks in the last four years. And through those dark depths as many of you have experienced Cara became the biggest light of Jesus for me. And in the process I fell more and more in love with her. Her genuine love for all and her overwhelming optimism that I questioned when I first met her, I learned was not fake, but the REAL Cara. Then I met her family and knew being with this woman would be the biggest blessing of not only my life, but my families life too. Being with Cara hasn’t only brought love in my life, it’s brought healing and change when I needed it most. I can’t wait to build a life and family with Cara that is built on Jesus’ mercy. I am even more excited to celebrate all we have been through and this future of building a family with all of you!!!!!! We are so excited!!!!!