What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate. Mark 10:9

With the recent increase in the Covid cases in these past weeks we have made a decision towards increasing the safety of our event. Out of both sensible dutiy to our profession and love for family and friends we are kindly asking all our guests (whether vaccinated or unvaccinated) to get a rapid antigen COVID test within 72 hours of the event (9/9-9/11) and share results on this google form: https://forms.gle/HG5ZkR3w6FLSrwdz7

We met in medical school in Grenada. It was my first year and his last year. At the time we both attended a student led church. Jon was the Public Relations Chair and Mariely was looking for a way to serve. During the first week of that term we met at the student center coffee shop. Jon thought the conversation was going to last 10-15 minutes, but it ended up being over an hour. Mariely said that she was shy, but Jon didn't believe her. After a Wednesday bible study we decided to go eat burgers at a restaurant. We realized we had a lot in common despite having different cultural backgrounds and personalities. More importantly our passion for serving others and love for Christ ended up bringing us closer.

When it came to the proposal, Mariely wanted to be surprised by Jon. He always knew he wanted a Christmas proposal because it was their favorite holiday, but he wanted something a bit more clever than a ring underneath the tree. So he decided to have a glass ornament made with their first picture and placed it with the ring on the tree. When it came to the actual event, he told her that on the 21st he had a Christmas party. So that night, Mariely came over to his house. Jon wanted to point out the new ornament and as she got closer to admire she noticed the ring hanging there. In disbelief she stood as Jon got down on one knee and asked to marry her. Afterwards, Jon took a still very shocked but excited Mariely to the " dinner" when she arrived both of their families were there to celebrate with the newly engaged couple.