Matt & Maddie were both called to serve as missionaries for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo East Mission in 2017. Matt arrived in January and Maddie arrived six months later in July. While on their missions the two crossed paths at temple trips and zone conferences and realized they had many mutual friends from Matt's hometown and from their freshman year at BYU. Near the end of both their missions they served in the same zone for a transfer and both flew home December 27th, 2018. As classes started back up in January of 2019 they became friends on facebook, starting texting, and went on their first date at the Classic Fun Center. After going out a few more times they made things official and dated all of 2019 until Matt popped the question December 27th, 2019!