There is absolutely no reason an Oklahoma girl and a Texas Longhorn should end up falling for each other in College Station, Texas… but here we are. God’s freaking plan. Drew moved to College Station August 2019 to join on our staff team at Texas A&M. We work for Student Mobilization (StuMo), a college ministry we were both significantly impacted by throughout our own college years. I didn’t make it one week. I had it pretty bad for him from the day he moved here… I played it cool though don’t worry. I admired him for so many reasons!!! His character just really impressed me and attracted me to him. He was obviously very Godly, loved people well, was servant-hearted, sacrificial, hard-working, wise, humble- not to mention freaking FUN, athletic & HOT… goooooosh he is such a catch. BUUUUT what was I supposed to do?? I had to try my absolute hardest to guard my heart and not let it wander from the fact that he wasn’t into me… because if he was, he would ask me on a date. And that’s that. The next few months we spent almost every moment together. I mean we worked together every day on the same staff team of five people… and neither of us had any “adult” friends in College Station except for our staff team, so we spent the weekends hanging out too. Weekend trips, football games, workout classes… etc. Y’all… can I just say… we vibed. I mean we got along SO WELL and I could not control my feelings for him at this point. It was so hard for me to be around him. I remember an almost DAILY prayer these few months was: “God- please take away my feelings for Drew… If he isn’t who you want me to be with… PLEASE take away these feelings.” He didn’t listen.

My heart was crushed when I found out that I wasn’t going to be working for Stumo in Austin with all my friends and that I was moving to College Station, TX… The last place in the entire world I wanted to go to. But, after so much prayer, I decided it was what God wanted me to do. Little did I know what God had in store for me, and I am so beyond grateful he led me here. My first assignment on staff was a staff team to trip to New Braunfels, TX and I volunteered to drive Carly because she needed a ride. Carly and I had met and were friends before this, but after this drive I was crushing on her hard. We had so much in common and bonded so much on just a 2 hour road trip. I was so excited for the rest of the trip together, to be working with her, and to spend more and more time with her. Throughout the fall, I instigated so many hangouts for our staff team because I wanted more time with Carly. We would hang out at Danny and Hailey’s until 2 or 3am because I couldn’t get enough time with her. I am so attracted to so many things about Carly. She loves the Lord so much, she is so godly and lays down her life for people everyday. I love how fun she is and how she lights up a room. She loves people so well and is such a loyal friend- I’ve never met a single person who had something bad to say about her. She just cares so much about others and I was so attracted to that about her. I could go on and on about all the things I love about Carly and why I wanted to date her. On November 10th, 2019 I walked up to Carly’s front door at 507 Gilchrist in College Station, TX and asked her out on a date. She said yes. I never felt more like a man than that day. We continued to make amazing and fun memories together because that’s who Carly is. She is fun, spontaneous, and lives a life with no regrets. I fell in love with Carly so quickly and it has been such a blessing that the Lord has brought us together.

After 10 months of dating, I knew I wanted to ask Carly Ford to marry me. God brought us together in the most unlikely of scenarios. There is no reason either of us should be working for StuMo, let alone in College Station, and let alone together. God truly brought us to each other and I am so confident in our marriage going forward!! I love Carly and am so excited to spend the rest of our lives together making even more memories and seeing how God uses our marriage for His glory.

I have felt nothing but completely honored by Drew from day one. He pursued, dated, and led me intentionally while keeping Jesus at the center of our relationship. I don’t deserve this man. He’s so dreamy. I can’t wait to spend forever with him🤍

We LOVE our job and are excited to continue to serve the Lord with Aggie StuMo- we’ll be doing the same thing just marrrrrrried!!! We feel so privileged the Lord has allowed us to play such a key role in expanding His Kingdom among the next generation. We are confident we’ll be more impactful for the Kingdom together than separate! If you’re interested in following our ministry with StuMo, look at our FAQ page!