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So, how did two homeschool kids in two very different fields of study become best friends, fall in love, and figure out the Lord intended them for each other?

We don’t actually remember the moment we met. But we know it happened! It was sometime in the first weeks of moving onto Liberty University’s campus on the brother/sister halls of Commons 1 floor 8. We quickly formed a tight circle of friends from the hall (including each other) that we are still close with to this day.

The rest of the Fowler family came to Lynchburg for Joshua’s 19th birthday and met Ashlyn for the first time. I (Ashlyn) developed feelings for Joshua and began a long cycle of denying, hoping, denying, accepting, moving on, and nope just kidding I still like him for the next YEAR.

On the last day before Christmas break, Ashlyn confessed her feelings. I (Joshua) told her that I wanted to stay friends. Though it was not an easy conversation, she handled it with grace and respect and we both agree that it ultimately strengthened our friendship further!

During this time, I (Joshua) was starting to reconsider my choices. As the months went by, I could more and more see the possibility of pursuing a relationship. One winter day, we went on a snowy walk with some friends. At dinner, Summer (now one of the bridesmaids) mentioned how another friend was interested in a relationship with Ashlyn. I asked if it would go anywhere and she said “I don’t know. Maybe??” I (Ashlyn) noticed an immediate change in Joshua's demeanor that lasted the rest of the evening. As we hugged bye, Joshua asked to see me before I hung out with the interested friend again. We agreed to meet up the next morning.

Joshua arrived at my townhouse the next morning (before 8am and having not eaten). He told me he did in fact have feelings for me and would like to pursue a relationship, but did not know if I still felt the same as I had in December. I definitely did! Joshua said, “I don’t really know what to do next.” To which I replied, “Joshua, I think this is where you ask me out on a date.”

The day after I (Joshua) asked Ashlyn out, she had a 12-hr clinical shift. No matter! We still went out in bunches of nerves to Depot Grill, then went back to her place and watched her favorite Disney princess movie, "Beauty and the Beast."

After celebrating our 1 year anniversary, we decided to spend 2 weeks fasting and praying to determine if we were ready to commit for the long-term. At the end, we went on a date to the Blue Ridge Parkway where we agreed that we were all in! Joshua said “I love you” for the first time and shared our first kiss! On the way back we accidentally hit a deer. We threw it in the trunk and the evening took a complete turn...we stayed up until midnight dressing it in the backyard. As of writing this, there's still some of the meat in the freezer.

I (Ashlyn) knew the proposal was coming - I thought it would be over Thanksgiving break, which was coming in two days. I was hanging out with a friend that evening who convinced me we were going to a catered community event to play games with an old folks home. Instead, Joshua was waiting at a beautiful historic house with dinner set and a fire going. There he got down on one knee and asked me to marry him!

“Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.” Genesis 2:24. Here we are, awaiting this beautiful day in which we get to rejoice with our loved ones at what our Lord God is doing, just as we eagerly await the return of our King Jesus. As Joshua and I wed, we desire to reflect the perfect wedding picture of Jesus our Savior and his Bride, the Church. Therefore, a wedding and marriage are not only sacred in our lifelong covenant to each other, but also in representing this bigger picture outside of just us. Together, Joshua and I seek to live out Ephesians 5 (and not just starting in verse 22) for the glory of God and expansion of His kingdom.