We're Tying the Knot!

Asa and Krista met in 2016 at Green Valley Methodist Church on Scholarship Sunday, where they had both come to thank the congregation for the scholarships they received. Asa was in seminary, and Krista was a sophomore in college. Before walking into the sanctuary, Krista positioned herself next to him, said hello, and twirled in her skirt, giggling at everything Asa said. Days later, Krista reached out on Facebook with, "Are you copper and tellurium? Because you're CuTe." The flirting was instant until they realized there was a 10-year age difference. Each had assumed the other was somewhere between 23 and 26. With a maturity that would come to define him, Asa told Krista she was too young and deserved time to live and grow. While VERY mad, she agreed. But the spark never faded. Over the years, they would occasionally reconnect with quick check-ins and light conversation, and Krista did her best to flirt. Asa, completely unaware, simply thought she was kind and a bit chatty. So they kept their distance until the day Krista got into graduate school. Asa saw her ASU acceptance photo, her smile, and couldn't get her out of his mind. He reached out one more time. Krista, thrilled at the chance to finally go on a date with him, asked him out, bought him a drink, and slowly began to fall in love. Together, they navigated job changes and the challenges of graduate school, growing side by side while learning to heal and embrace the beautiful, messy reality of being human. Every hard moment got the same treatment: set the ego aside, find the goal, and get there together. Because the goal has never been to win, it's always been to land somewhere that is best for their family. At their core, they have always shared the same intention: to be disgustingly kind, embarrassingly in love, and leave the world a little better than they found it. After nearly a decade of finding their way back to each other, on November 30th, they are finally, joyfully, choosing to walk together hand in hand for the rest of their lives.