we're getting married!

We first met around 2018 when I first came to church. In the beginning, it was more of just a hi or a wave, nothing much. We agree that we actually became close friends in 2021 when we discovered a mutual interest: the gym. Though I was only starting my gym journey, Kaleb had been going for longer, and a friendship grew. As time went by, I began to gain feelings for Kaleb, and it honestly just kept growing. No matter how hard I tried to forget it, I even gave him a code name of "Lobster" so I could talk about him with friends. Skipping to the middle to the end of 2024, our friendship grew stronger, and Kaleb quickly became a best friend. We'd pretty much see each other every day at the gym, church, hangouts, and more. My feelings for Kaleb grew, but also started to slightly flicker as I started thinking there was possibly no hope. 2025 comes, and still nothing happened, but in my bones I knew something special was going to happen in 2025. I just didn't know what God was planning. Still, through this waiting, it was the same thing; we'd see each other at the gym, church, hangouts, and we'd go out to lunch with the youth as leaders, but we were always together. Soon, we were in April 2025, and it was a Friday when I got a text from Kaleb saying, "Hey can I talk to you later" I honestly didn't think much of it and thought maybe he wanted to apologize for something that had happened that week. The prayer service passed, and I was waiting for him to end his conversation with Pedro, which never ended. We ended up talking on Monday, April 14, while at the gym together. We were heading upstairs, and a gym friend of ours came up to us and, out of nowhere, asked me "what I think of Kaleb and if I believe he's a good person to date." At the time, I did still like Kaleb, but I was in between, so like the smart girl I am, I said, "Yes, but for other girls." Not my brightest moment, but we continued on with our workout, and by the end of it, I couldn't take it; I practically made Kaleb tell me what he wanted to talk about on Friday. Not expecting it to be what it was. We sat down on the bench, and he started talking, and then he told me that he had feelings for me. As a girl, I honestly could believe it to the point where my response was "awwww that's so cute". Yeah, again, not my best moment. From there on out, I spoke with my leaders/very close friends Lara and Pedro, and my mom in search of guidance. Then Kaleb and I stopped seeing each other as much as before. Then May 12th comes around, it was a Monday, and we had our youth leadership meeting. It was time to go home, and I was leaving Lara and Pedro's house, but I suddenly started feeling really weak, sick, and lightheaded, and I pretty much passed out, unable to drive. Pedro drove me home in my car, and Kaleb followed to bring Pedro home after. Kaleb was all worried because apparently that was the day we were officially going to talk after finding out we like each other and chasing a little bit more of Jesus in this purpose. But I passed out, I ended up feeling better, and we sat down to talk the next day. We met at Buffalo Wild Wings and talked for a while, and then we got ice cream next door and saw we were aligned in Christ and in our future. We continued to talk to each other and got to know each other until May 24th, when he asked me to be his girlfriend in the most perfect way. It was the first best decision I made in this relationship; the second was saying yes to marrying him. Kaleb is my first love, and soon my will be last. He makes me as happy as ever, always makes me laugh, he keeps me accountable, and he's my best friend and an example of what a man of God is as described in the bible. Other than accepting Jesus in my life as my Lord and Savior, marrying Kaleb will forever be the best decision I could ever make, and a decision I will always repeat if I could.

Eu conheci a Nicolly por volta de 2018, eu estava na K Church por alguns anos e a Nicolly tinha chegado nesse ano. Não tinha muito contato com ela até que nos tornamos amigos íntimos em 2021, quando descobrimos um interesse mútuo: a academia. Eu sempre treinei com alguns amigos ou com pessoas que eu já conhecia. É engraçado que eu sempre chamava a Nicolly pra estar nos meus aniversários e datas especiais porém nunca percebi que ela estava lá. Ela começou a treinar junto comigo por volta de 2024 e até então eram só amigos. Eu estava em uma fase de não querer assumir ninguém e a primeira vez que ela conversou comigo eu não queria assumir um relacionamento com ela. Passou um tempo e meu coração não parava de pensar na Nicolly. Eu orava bastante pedia pra Deus colocar em minha vida uma futura esposa. Eu pedi pra Deus me dar então eu parei de lamentar e fui atrás. Nós praticamente veíamos todos os dias na academia, igreja, hangouts e muito mais. Chega 2025 e foi um dos anos mais difícil no meu ministério e na minha vida. No fundo do meu coração eu sabia que as coisas iam melhorar porém eu teria que passar pelo deserto primeiro assim como José . Eu recebi essa palavra em uma conferência em Boston antes de acontecer tudo. Era uma segunda-feira no mês de Maio e tivemos nossa reunião de liderança. Era hora de ir para casa, e eu estava saindo da casa do Pedro e da Lara, eu ia contar pra Nicolly que eu queria assumir ela porém ela passou mal e ficou pra outro dia kkkkkkkk. O dia depois eu chamei ela pra sair e nós conversamos e vimos que nossa visão e nossos sonhos estavam alinhados . Nós buscamos continuamente em Jesus para nos dar paz em nossa escolha . Eu orava quase toda noite e de madrugada quando Deus me chamava para confirmar meu coração com a vontade dele. Dia 24 de maio eu pedi ela pra ser minha namorada e foi um dia muito especial pra mim e para ela. Vivemos quase um ano de namoro e conhecendo um ao outro. Eu percebi que encontrei uma mulher virtuosa. Eu pedir a Nicolly em casamento dia 14 de fevereiro . E eu já tinha comprado aliança ano passado em novembro porque eu já sabia que era ela. A Nicolly é minha melhor amiga e um exemplo de uma mulher de Deus que está disposto a amar e cuidar. Mesmo com as nossas falhas , nós estamos disposto a escolher um ao outro e ser moldado por Cristo em um casamento até o fim . Essa é uma decisão que eu sempre repetiria se pudesse.