Nick and I were both involved in a college ministry, Campus Outreach, separately at the University of Cincinnati and the Ohio State University. We met each other for the first time our senior year when we were both asked individually to go on a 6 week cross cultural project to Udon Thani, Thailand. Thankfully we both said yes to going and left for our trip with the rest of our team in June of 2023. Our 6 weeks spent in Thailand were special for us individually as we got to make many new friends and grow spiritually. Nick and I were focused on our mission there, but naturally since we spent time around each other almost every day we started to learn more about each other. By the end of the trip there was definitely no denying that we both liked each other. On our journey back to Ohio, we had an 11 hour layover in Amsterdam and Nick officially asked me out on a date around 5am in the Amsterdam airport. After getting back to Ohio and recovering from traveling we went on our first date on July 31st, and officially started dating a few weeks later on August 26th. Who knew that by following the Lord's prompting to go to Thailand would result in Nick and I getting married. The Lord is so good!