It all started at St. Nicholas Retreat Center & The Monastery of the Holy Theotokos the Life Giving Spring in the mountains of Dunlap, CA. Amanda and Perry attended the Young Adult Lenten Retreat the last weekend of March 2019. The first time Amanda came up to Perry working on a puzzle, simply asking if she could join. They both knew right away that they were the perfect fit for each other because they wanted one thing in life: to put God in the center of their lives. They both had a special feeling of love at first sight with each other, which immediately continued to grow into the spiritual and intimate companionship they both prayed for in a life partner. To sum up their love story, they have shared many memories together since meeting at the monastery such as weekend trips going back and forth traveling to see each other from the San Francisco Bay Area (Amanda’s house) to Southern California (Perry’s house), meeting each other halfway at the monastery in Dunlap, traveling to Michigan, Chicago, Cyprus, Santorini, San Diego, Yosemite National Park, Washington DC, visiting Perry’s family in Virginia for Christmas, attending family and friends’ weddings, singing and chanting, praying and going to church together, trail running and hiking all over the world, cooking and baking, drinking coffee, and laughing and smiling just because life is too much fun when they are together.