When I take a look at my life, all I can see is the Goodness of God. In every part of my life, God has been there. Since I was a kid, my parents had always taught me and my sisters to pray for our future spouse, and that is something I did since I was very young. When I prayed for my future wife, I always prayed that she would emulate what I read about in Proverbs 31. I believe that God answered that prayer when He brought me Lynns. Lynns Mathew and I grew up in the same church. We were in the same Sunday School class and would see each other every week for youth meetings, special events, church etc, but we never interacted with each other very much. She had her friends at church, and I had my friends at church. As we grew up – we went to different schools, had different everything. We were very far apart from each other even though we lived less than 10 miles from each other. In 2017, God decided it was time that we started to get to know each other. One day I sent Lynns a snapchat of something going on in my life and she replied with 100 questions. Lynns has a very curious mind and loves to know every detail of everything that she is interested in. I have never been someone who liked to share anything going on in my life, or answer too many questions about things that happened, or even talk about anything very deep, but Lynns was able to get all of her questions answered and then some. That is how our relationship started. I believe that God brought Lynns into my life at the right time, as the right person, and for the right reasons - everything according to His plan. Lynns is very special and definitely an answer to all my prayers.

Our story is one that is genuinely a testament of God’s faithfulness in our lives. Jason and I grew up in the same church and we’ve known each other for as long as I can remember. Ironically, we really didn’t interact much growing up. While we saw each other every week for the past 25+ years, we had no idea that God was molding each of us and setting us apart for one another. I didn’t know much about who Jason was besides the small encounters we had at church, but something about him was always different. Something about the way he interacted with people, especially his character, always intrigued me. Towards the end of 2016, Jason sent me a Snapchat which gradually progressed into deeper, more meaningful conversations about our lives and what we wanted to accomplish in this world. Jason would ask me the HARDEST life questions... questions that I would have to sit and think about for a few days before even replying. I remember approaching every conversation very cautiously. But time and time again, as I asked God for direction/clarity, my relationship with Jason would just grow stronger and deeper and more beautiful. The relentless, unwavering love and kindness of our Father is what I see in Jason. These are the characteristics that drew me to him from the very beginning. Neither of us knew we’d be here today, but God did. And for that, we are eternally grateful. We sure are glad that God is far more dedicated to His plans for our lives than we ever can/will be! 25+ years my friend, 3 years my best friend, and just a few short months until being my husband. Wow. God is good y’all.