Most people would say our story began on September 9th, 2024 — when Leo swiped right on Joyce’s Hinge profile. But if you ask us, it started long before that… It was 1992. Leo was six, Joyce was five. At a 1,000-person wedding in Long Island, we were both there — tiny faces in a sea of people, unaware of each other’s existence, yet unknowingly sharing our very first moment together. Then came the summer of 1999. Leo was 13, Joyce was 12. We both attended the Mar Thoma Church Junior-Senior Conference in Allentown, PA. We walked past each other — again — two souls on different paths, not yet ready to intertwine. In 2007, Leo was 21 and Joyce was 20, both at a church coffee house event. Joyce stood among her friends as a powerful message was being shared. Leo remembers the weight of the words, but not the faces — yet she was there. Once more, the same place. The same time. Still not the time. The years that followed were filled with growth, heartbreak, joy, and healing in our separate worlds. Leo made his way through Staten Island and Tennessee. Joyce journeyed through New Jersey and Oklahoma. It often felt like we were living parallel lives — so close, yet never quite crossing. But through every season, we both carried the same quiet prayer: “Lord, bring me the right person, in Your time.” And He did. On a quiet day in 2024, a swipe turned into a message… a message into a call… and a call into a love that felt instantly familiar — like coming home after a long journey. Because this time, it wasn’t just that we were finally in the same place at the same time. This time, we were in the center of God’s perfect timing.