After seeing five friends get married from the Coffee Meets Bagel app, Jenny prayed for a year before finally signing up in March of 2020. Mike sent his first message on Pi Day—March 14th (we know that for sure because Mike logged it in his calendar!). What really drew us to each other wasn’t an algorithm, but the fact that our faith was front and center; we both talked about God and our walk with Him in our profiles. Just as our one-week window of chatting on the app was closing, Mike sent his number, hoping that Jenny would reach out. Little did they know the world was about to shut down for COVID-19 a few days later! Refusing to let a lockdown stall what God was starting, Mike took a risk and asked Jenny to move our conversation to video chat so we wouldn't lose touch. Our first "dates" were spent from our respective homes, doing mission-trip show-and-tell with trinkets from the Philippines and Thailand. Mike always says the lockdown was a blessing in disguise because it allowed us to truly talk and build a foundation without the distraction of dinner reservations or movies. As soon as restrictions eased a bit, Mike asked if he could bring Jenny some boba. He showed up with her exact favorite order—caffeine-free wintermelon tea with grass jelly—while she surprised him with a batch of the newly release recipe for DoubleTree chocolate chip cookies and a request to walk around the neighborhood. There was just one small problem: Mike didn't wear walking shoes that day! But he didn't let a little thing like blisters deter him! He walked with her around the neighborhood for over an hour, never once complaining just to gain a few more minutes together. Rather than, "Coffee Meets Bagel" it was "Cookies Meets Boba!" Mike knew right then he wanted to marry Jenny, secretly telling God he hoped Jenny was the one while fully trusting His timing over his own. He made his intentions crystal clear from the start, but when Jenny told him she wanted to take things slow, Mike happily obliged—he was more than happy to wait for God's green light. For the next four months, Mike demonstrated how love is patient. We clocked tens of thousands of steps on five-plus-mile walks around Jenny's neighborhood, where she asked all the "hard questions" and he countered with his first-ever "dad" joke—claiming he wanted ten kids! Even when Jenny flew to California in June to meet her new niece, our bond grew through video calls from Jenny's brother's garage and Mike surprised her with a sweet, handwritten letter sent in the mail. What struck Jenny most was how Mike never pressured her; he simply stated his intentions and gave her the space to pray and decide in her own time. Finally, in late July, after many miles of walking and zero complaints from Mike, he invited her to join some church friends for dinner at Mangiamo’s followed by dessert just the two of them at Magnolia’s. As he dropped Jenny off that night, he asked her to be his girlfriend, beginning the relationship we had so prayerfully walked toward—one blister-worthy step at a time.