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Obed Nelson was born in Albuequerque, New Mexico, but grew up in Kannapolis, North Carolina. He attended Central Peidmont Community College and received his Associates in Arts and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte with a double major in Spanish Language with a focus in Business Spanish and Latin American Studies. 6 months after graduating in 2017, Obed moved to Mexico City as a two-year participant with Avance International to work with RUF Mexico City and serve in the local Presbyterian Church, iglesia Eben-Ezer in colonia Pensil. After his second year, Obed was accepted as full time Missionary with United World Mission and is now working as the coordinator for ministerial relations for Avance Mexico and is currently attending iglesia Cordero de Dios in Coyoacán. Obed loves spending time with his Mexican host family, with his co-workers in Avance, and with all his friends. He enjoys learning how to cook Mexican food with Claudia, trying to brew new things, and exploring the never-ending surprises in Mexico City.

Claudia was born in Mexico City, and from a very early age she was involved in artistic activities such as the Mexican Folkloric Dance. She grew up competing in different cultural activities until she arrived at her first love: theater. When Claudia was only 15 years old, she gave her first professional theater performance in the Mexican theater industry. The years passed, and Claudia decided to study the dramatic arts in UNAM (Latin America’s most prestigious university,) where she continued her career with acting and became involved with the production side of theater, working in festivals, among other activities. Near the end of her artistic studies, Claudia entered into the technology industry and started an intensive entrepreneurial course where she helped create a mobile app for theater, and studied UX design in New York for a summer. While all this was happening, Claudia met Obed and they became great friends. Later, Obed became her boyfriend, and now they are engaged to be married. They come from very different cultures and lives, and by God{s grace they were brought together. Claudia enjoys watching movies, going to the theater, studying programming, reading literature, and learning new things. She hopes to travel the world and visit places like the Netherlands, Canada, and everywhere in between.

Claudia and Obed met in June 2017 and became friends. In August 2018 they started dating. One year later, August 2019 they became engaged to be married.