In July of 2021, the Kirkland family (long time family friends of the Rice family) moved to College Station and ended up with the best neighbors, The Cline Family. Rachael Kirkland and Kayla Cline became fast friends and started going on daily evening walks through the neighborhood together. After seeing a truck in front of the house one weekend, Rachael asked about the Cline’s guest. She quickly learned that Josh, Mark’s best friend and college roommate, comes in town for all of the Texas A&M football games. Kayla explained that Josh was well accomplished, yet single, and they really enjoyed his visits. Rachael immediately started playing match maker as she knew some great single girls with connections to Waco, where Josh was living. One of the first girls to come up was Jordan Rice, she was a believer, outgoing and maybe most importantly, likes sports. Kayla looked at her picture and instantly knew that Josh would choose her over any other candidate, but still, the Cline’s were hesitant to force any ideas on Josh. Over the next few weeks one thing unfolded after another, and Josh had Jordan’s number. They went on a first blind date for coffee that lasted much longer than anyone anticipated, and we knew we may have a successful match. Over the next few months, Josh and Jordan were the main conversation in Kayla and Rachael’s walks…would this work, or did we set two wonderful people up for heart break? By Christmas, we knew. It was a perfect match!! What a divine plan! The Lord knew all along, after years of each of us knowing Jordan and Josh, that we would end up living in an unexpected town, with new neighbors, that were the missing piece to Jordan+Josh. We couldn’t be more grateful to be part of the story!! -Rachael Kirkland and Kayla Cline