Fifteen years, to be exact. On a youth trip to the far away land of Israel, 17 year old Rachael and Moshe met for the first time, but alas things were not yet meant to be. Even though Rachael had a crush on Moshe, unfortunately he was not single and so did not realize what was right in front of him. They did have a connection though, and stayed in touch over the next few years, online and with the occasional long distance calling card (remember those?!). By the time Rachael returned to Israel on a birthright trip (9 years later) Moshe was happy to come visit her for the 2 hours of free time she had (those trips are hectic) and after that, nobody could deny there was something there!!! except Rachael and Moshe that is... Three years went by, and occasional talks turned into weekly ones and eventually daily, and when Moshe came to do a road trip across the US he just had to visit Rachael, and at that point there was REALLY no denying the fact that there was something between these two, EVERYBODY knew!!! except Rachael and Moshe that is... It took these dum dums another whole year to figure it out! When Rachael was visiting Israel they finally had "The Talk" and they started making up for lost time. With a first date being a romantic weekend in London, and a second date being Moshe basically moving in for three weeks, things were going great. But nothing is very easy when you live 6,000 miles (10,000km in normal people measurements) apart. Even still, they met as often as they could, made plans for the future, met the families and fell in love with each other more every day. Two years later Moshe finally proposed and with plans for Rachael to move to Israel things were right on track, except for a certain pesky virus putting a wrench into the plan. But even that couldn't stop true love, and Rachael made it to Israel where they are living together and making plans for their happily ever after.