J.R. and Pam both went to school at Highlands College in BHM, AL. In God's perfect plan, they both were sent out to serve the Riverchase campus of Church of the Highlands. JR had already been serving there as he started Highlands College a semester before Pam. At the Riverchase campus, Pam and JR served the community together on Sundays, Student Ministries, and so much more. During that time they became better friends, hanging out in groups going to thrift stores, coffee shops, and grabbing ice cream! They secretly began to fall in love with each other but neither wanted to admit it first. J.R. finally gained the courage to let her know how he felt and within the same conversation Pam replied "I like it how it is, and that just as friends." J.R. took that as being majorly friend-zoned! But Pam wanted to treasure their friendship and was afraid to lose that. A few days later God used a sermon at a Highlands College chapel to confirm what Pam's next step was. . . to tell J.R. how she really felt. They came together finally on the same page with clarity. And decided to continue to be friends with dating to come at the right time. Six months later, J.R. and Pam went on their first official date. And for the next two years, they fell more and more in love with each other and knew it was a God sent relationship. After that two year mark, J.R. finally proposed. Just two Bible College students who took a leap to move to Birmingham, Alabama. Who would've thought they were to meet the love of their lives there!