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When Chase and I first met, neither one of us would have ever imagined that we would have ended up planning to spend the rest of our lives together. Through mutual friends, I was able to experience Chase's rare and genuine character that had mirrored what I had known that God wanted for me. After a tough breakup, a kind woman from my church offered me a book called "The Sacred Search" which I read with well intent. Throughout reading this book, I noticed that every chapter had brought my mind to imagine a man with the same characteristics as Chase. In an effort to protect my heart, I decided to write down the names of the Godly men in my life that I would accept if God had sent them after me so that I could have an easier time saying no to those who were not on that list. As you would have probably guessed by now, I wrote down Chase's name. The crazy part about this story is that within a week after writing the list, Chase began to reach out to me and we began talking more and more. After careful consideration, guidance, and lots of prayer, Chase and I decided to move forward with our friendship and we began dating on August 10th of 2019. With this being said, the start of our relationship was bittersweet. While I had finally gained a wonderful man in my life who had loved me unconditionally, I still had to allow God to work through the flaws and heartaches that I had gathered from the past. Nonetheless, Chase gave me time to heal and supported me in my spiritual growth. In fact, he inspired me to pursue God more and more. Soon, Chase and I will have been together for two years and my heart is more than joyful over the fact that I will have the opportunity to promise my heart to a man so loving, forgiving, faithful, kind, and hardworking. Chase, your character is a true reflection of chasing after Jesus and I am so grateful that God has placed you in my life.

I met Dakotah in 2017, at our church's Youth Group. When I first met her I never intended on having a romantic relationship with Dakotah, in fact, when I had first met her I was terrified of talking to her. But, over time my feelings toward her changed and I began to pursue her. I was not as subtle as I thought about it though because she picked up on my advances and to my surprise, she felt the same way about me as I did about her. However, we both decided it would be better if we grew closer as friends before we started courting. We began hanging out more often with friends groups and each others families until one day, when I asked her if she'd be interesting in beginning a courtship and she had said yes. That's when it all took off, that Christmas we bought each other promise rings and we hung out as much as we could together, then Covid hit. When Covid became worse in the U.S. Dakotah and I weren't allowed to see each other in fear of spreading this virus to the other's family. But this didn't stop us, we facetimed almost 24/7 and I was even allowed to drop off flowers to her door to let her know I was still thinking about her. At the start of the Summer, of 2020, we were able to see each other again. But then, at the end of the Summer, Dakotah left for college in Abilene, Texas, an 8 hour drive away from me, and all of her family and friends. But even 600 miles couldn't stop us. We facetimed some more and mailed letters to each other, I mailed her flowers too. Then, when she came back for Spring Break in 2021, I took her to a picnic at the lake and asked one of the most important questions of our life. I cannot describe how happy I was, I felt like I just won the lottery and hit the jackpot. To make a long story short, Dakotah Lynn you make me feel like the luckiest man alive and I'm so happy and thankful that you're in my life and I cannot wait to start our new life together. -Forever Your's Chase Orear