The first weekend in March 2019, the River Church put on a youth retreat at Lazy F Camp. Justin took his youth group and Mellissa went to lead worship as well as be an extra helper with the girls. During this weekend, Justin and Mellissa were paired up to lead a team of youth for games for the weekend. They sled down the hill at Lazy F together with their youth and ate a few meals at the same table in the dining hall. As the weekend came to a close, Mellissa had to go back Saturday night in order to lead worship on Sunday morning. Justin, being the quick thinker that he is, invited Mellissa to a church game night the following Saturday and asked for her phone number. Come to find out that next weekend on their first date, both the River Church youth and some dear friends from Chestnut Street hatched a plan to get Justin and Mellissa to meet. Justin and Mellissa spent their first date shopping and chatting at Costco, went to Justin's church's game night and talked all night after the game night was over. Since then, they spent practically every weekend together playing board games, watching the entire Marvel Universe collection in order, playing Pinochle with Justin's parents or any number of games with Mellissa's parents. Shortly after Mellissa and Justin started dating, Mellissa got a job down in Norman, Oklahoma. Three months into a long distance relationship, Justin and Mellissa had enough and wanted to be reunited in the same town. Justin started looking for jobs in Oklahoma and was offered a position at OU Medical. He gladly accepted and before he started his job, Justin and Mellissa accompanied some friends on a cruise to Mexico and a weekend trip in Disneyland. Mellissa's family met them in Disneyland where Justin planned to propose. While some secrets were spoiled by Disneyland Security, Justin magically proposed to Mellissa by the front gates at Disneyland and...they lived happily ever after! Or, at least they will after they say "I Do!"