We were introduced through a mutual friend. From the moment I saw Ashlie I knew she would be the one. I found out she was a teacher and was great with kids. The smile, the energy and personality had me so intrigued I literally hung onto every word she said. We joked around about our football team rivalry, and it quickly led to attending Ashlie’s first Redskins game the next evening. Despite the frigid weather we spent the entire night getting to know each other better. Talking to Daniel came so naturally. He is a good listener and stayed on the phone with me for hours. I saw him for who he really was, and I knew he was an overlooked diamond in the ruff. With time, persistence, perseverance and grit he blossomed into a wonderful spiritually handsome man. As time went on, we realized that we have always been in each other’s vicinity, for the majority of our lives. Even unknowingly being neighbors living 1 mile away! We quickly became best friends. We work very well together, team oriented, pushing and supporting each other to accomplish our goals spiritually and secularly. We both have boys, Ashton, Arnéz, and Aydrian (“Triple A”). They get along great and act just like brothers. We have learned so much from each other. Ashlie has taught me how to look at the world from a different perspective. Daniel has taught me how to be patient and slow to anger (lol). But Jehovah has been the one true teacher that we both have learned from. A true personality adjustment, a little compromise, and endless love equals a recipe for success. Despite persistent interference from previous relationships, we have overcome and prospered no matter what. With Jehovah as our focus, we have full confidence that our union will succeed.
Dear Friends and Family; The past several months preparing for our wedding day, has been unfortunately stressful due to the intense and constant harassment we’ve experienced from an outsider intent on disrupting our relationship. One of our ex-spouse’s has decided to repeatedly and with malice, attack us in every way. We have been legally and secularly targeted and have literally spent thousands of dollars defending ourselves from the attacks. These attacks began even while we were dating and have spanned nearly 3 years. We have been stalked together and individually, been set up for arrest and detention, attempts have been made to disrupt our secular job performance and reputations and situations have been manipulated to keep us in court repeatedly. Lately, the incidents have intensified that we feared a disruption of our wedding day. Not only do we not put it past this person to attempt a disruption on the Kingdom Hall premises, but in fact, a judge recently scheduled a court appearance for us on that exact date based on the lies of this person. After being informed that we would likely be compelled to testify against each other in upcoming court appearances we decided to get legally married in February mitigating that threat and positioning ourselves to fight as a married couple. We look forward to celebrating with our family and friends. Please note that the reception is still on so that we may celebrate our new union with all of you who still wish to lend us your support. We have as a couple been determined to apply Psalm 18:6 and continue to put this matter before our God Jehovah. If there are any questions and/or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. We would rather you talk to us than assume or speculate. We will not go into details on legal specifics but willing to share what’s comfortable for us to discuss. With Greatest Love and Respect