My version: I believe it was a Monday afternoon, late in November, after leaving work that I received a text from my friend from my church that I had a secret admirer in our church. I was shocked and did not take the message seriously, I thought it was a little humorous, that my response was " Ain't no men in the church!" (LOL) After receiving that text, I was in my head all day trying to figure out who had a crush on me in the church. I then found out Corey was my secret admirer. I knew nothing about him but that he started playing at my church as our bass player after Covid. After I found out his name and who he was, I realized he had sent me a Facebook friend request a while back and I had ignored it because I thought he was some random. He kept reaching out to my friend on Facebook messenger because I gave him a hard time at first and I still didn’t accept his friend request after I found out it was him. (LOL) He started asking her things about me and she would relay the message to me. This went on for a few days. I remember telling my little sister in Christ that he wasn’t my type. I also told a former coworker of mine and mom and they all told me to give him a try. One day when I was discussing with Mom how much I didn’t want to be with Corey, 🤦🏽‍♀️😂 with a serious face she said “You might be surprised”. Well, that was all I needed to realize I didn’t want to miss out on something that could possibly be God. If anybody would know something was for me or not it would be my mother. I’m so glad I listened. After that, when my friend would relay a message from Corey to me, I started opening myself a little more. One day he messaged her to ask me what my favorite color was and for some reason that did it for me. I was ready for us to connect face to face. So my friend set it up in church one day for Corey to approach me. So, after church I sat and waited around for him, it took him a little minute, my friend said he was probably trying to give himself a pep-talk. 😂 I did understand the pressure though now when I think of it because my little sis was also around. When he finally approached me, we talked for a bit, and then he asked how mom, and I were getting home and offered to take us home and the rest is history. Side note, my little sister in Christ said he was so nervous when she greeted him hello right before he first approached me, he said “ Hi Nicole!” 😂🤣 His Version: It all began for me/us Dec. 2020, when I meet met my Queen.👸🏽 I began playing for the music ministry at our church in 2020 and never would’ve imagined that, there I would find and meet my now fiancé. While being in the music ministry, I began to inquire about her. I would stare and gaze at her amazing beauty. I began looking into ways to find out who she was, and how to get her attention. In 2020, I told God that if this didn’t work out, that I would just be single for the rest of my life, but God saw for me otherwise. While doing my search for her, I began to look on social media, made calls, even messaged her close friend and sister in the church. Her friend who I’m grateful for, gave me information that was extremely helpful for me and that I needed to go forward. I was determined to find out who was Nicole. So, one particular Sunday, being absolutely shy and nervous, I made my introduction of introducing myself officially, and that same day I ended up taking her and her mom home. We exchanged numbers and began our journey that evening via text. The way we texted and style was so mutual, so real, so pure from the heart, it was like we were ministering to each other from our past to present time. I knew then that this was my bride that connected us to be side by side with God as our head. It was at that point that I knew she was the one for me. We love being around each other, we talk everyday all day. She’s literally apart of my day. We pray and read the Bible together, and together have traveled. She completes me!

The morning of May 13th 2023, stay tuned....