John and I met a after a church service on a Thursday night. We locked eyes then John walked over to talk. I did not think much of it since he was announced as a visitor from out of town. John has visited a number of different regions of our church and he did not think much of it either. As the fall semester began I was confused when I saw John in my campus ministry events; honestly, I was really worked up with my senior year of college that it was just refreshing to build a new friendship.

F: After a pretty full day I was insearch for food, I remembered someone (John) telling me about a restaurant near campus and that I should visit. I wandered into a random, sort of hidden, Chinese restaurant where I saw John. We recapped and got to know each other again briefly again over a spontaneous lunch. J: Yes, I had invited Fernanda to the restaurant since that was the way I was getting to know the campus ministry. We had some lunch and got a chance to talk. I found her mysterious and unique from the rest of the girls in the campus.

It was one of those boring Saturdays, where I did not want to do a whole lot. I ended up going to this coffee shop near my apartment to read. Fernanda was at the same coffee shop studying. We shared ear buds and listened to music on one the breaks from studying/reading. The two of us ended up throwing a pumpkin off a rooftop spontaneously and shortly later met up with other people to eat dinner. It was in that moment when I was up on that roof top I had realized I really liked this girl and I wanted to pursue her.

After many dates and lots of conversations, I began to realize how much I enjoyed having this sweet and gentle soul in my life. I waited until January to ask her to be my girlfriend. After dating for eleven months, on November 25, I asked the love of my life to be my wife and thankfully she said YES!!! Thanks be to God and all our friends from the community.