“But now faith, hope, and love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love.” ‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭13‬:‭13‬

Manny’s POV: September 8th, 2023 is a day I’ll never forget. At this point in my Christian faith I was 2 years in and went through a bad break up just over a month ago. Within the the first 3 weeks after the break up, I was on Christian dating apps. Testing the waters of the Christian dating pool for the first time in my life. I spoke to some pretty cool people that I would consider genuine followers of God, but they never peaked my interest when it came to being someone that I felt I can spend the rest of my life with. I couldn’t see them being my lover. The vibe wasn’t there in that regard. So three weeks in I decided to stop looking and stop trying. I prayed on it and told God he knows my heart and knows I’m ready to love someone with all my heart and soul selflessly. I realized he knows what I want and need better than I do. So I put my love life in God’s hands. When I did this I thought that Jesus would take his time finding someone for me but he didn’t take long at all lol. About 2 weeks after I had decided to stop looking, something urged me to get back on the Holy app. So I redownloaded the app, and logged on. The first person I see pop up on my screen is Laura. I’d be lying if I said I liked her page immediately. I didn’t because I was too busy staring at her photos. I eventually read her bio and saw that she likes to write poetry. So I liked her profile hoping I’d get a match and to my pleasant surprise we matched. She had already liked my profile and I can’t explain the joy and excitement that came over me. After we matched I messaged her immediately and challenged her to write me a poem on the spot. It was short, sweet, and funny. It was very much focused on how interested she was and I followed with a poem myself. Flirting with her in the most Christian way possible lol. We kept going with our flirtatious banter and from that point on we hit it off extremely well. And I can’t thank God enough for pointing me in her direction. Laura's POV: I remember my sister, Yesi, telling me about this dating app and me being like "naa", until I finally caved and made a profile. I was making friends, and was so disinterested until I stumbled upon Manny. I saw him and couldn't forget him. I remember waiting for him to reach out to me first, looking for him in my matches while saying to myself, "Where is that fine man I saw like a day or two ago...". When we finally spoke, we wrote each other a poem. (I'm a writer, he plays football, hence our hashtag #TheWriteCatch). I remember our first phone call/FaceTime and smiling from ear to ear as we talked, and that call went on for like 4 hours. If you know Manny, Manny will NOT talk for 4 hours! LOL But, ya girl had that charisma and the personality, feels me?! jk jk lol but we definitely hit it off. Just a few weeks later, my sister is asking for an update, and I'm like, "girl...I met my husband!" And that I did.