Ellerie & Rafael
Wedding Party
Abigail VanderKamp
Matron of Honor
Abby and Ellerie have been friends since jr high school. Abby played an influential role in Ellerie becoming a follower of Jesus. They have shared some of life's sweetest memories during their 14 years of friendship. Abby is wife to Joel and mom of Timothy or "Little Timmy."
Cami LaFontsee
Matron of Honor
Cami and Ellerie have known each other since 8th grade. Some of their earliest memories are taking bus rides home where they talked about Hot Rod and played iPod games. Cami is always a character in any crazy story Ellerie has to tell. Cami is wife to Michael and mom to their boy, Jaxon.
Christopher Ballesteros
Best Man
Chris and Rafael have known each other for five years. Their friendship started at Northern Arizona University, during Rafael’s freshman year. Chris played an integral role in Rafael becoming a follower of Jesus. In the past five years, they have played all kinds of sports and video games and traveled across state and country lines.
Emily Leptich
Bridesmaid
She is not only the older sister to Ellerie but she is also her life long friend, best bubble blowing buddy, and favorite person to sleep next to when she has a nightmare.
Carlos Osoria
Groomsman
Carlos and Rafael are fraternal twins and have known each other since literally the time of conception. They have lived in 3 different states and always had each other to rely on. They've played countless hours of video games, made up their own random words only they understand, and engaged in a lifetime of bafoonery. Their favorite video game to play together is super smash brothers. Out of the two Rafa is Mario and Carlos is always Luigi... or Peach.
Janet Osoria
Bridesmaid
Rafael's older sister Janet has been putting up with Raf since birth, but has also loved him and their brother Carlos deeply. Janet has taught Raf how to treat a girl right and has helped him develop a successful hair and skin care routine. Ellerie is so excited to be sisters with Janet!
Justin Kenion
Groomsman
Justin and Raf first met each other during their first year of college at NAU. One of Rafa’s favorite memories of Justin is before they even ever met. Raf remembers seeing Justin in the hallway, and they shared looks of distain at each other as they headed off to class, or as some would call it, mean muggin. Justin is newly married to his wife Christina.
Ellie St. Gelais
Bridesmaid
Ellerie's friend from high school. Their friendship grew when Ellie auditioned to be a ninja in a play that Ellerie directed in high school drama class. Ellie is wife to Caleb and a mom of two beautiful girls, Maelyn, the flower girl, and Alayna
Jonathan Yonnie
Groomsman
Jonny and Raf met each other during their first year in college at Northern Arizona University. They met through a bible study in their dorm, started by Chris. Being new to AZ, Jonny helped Raf explore many new parts of Arizona, and this is how their friendship really started to grow. Jonny is married to Stephanie Yonnie.
Kaleigh Little
Bridesmaid
Ellerie's co-worker with the Navigators at Arizona State University. They share some of the best ministry experiences along with many trips to Tucson, San Diego, New York and Florida.
Steven Salazar
Groomsman
Steven and Raf first met during a summer missions internship in 2019 in Compton. Steven was one of Raf's roommates when he first moved to CA in 2021. During this time, they got into competitive rocket league along with their other roommate, Chris. Steven is someone Raf has looked up to and has been blessed to call him his friend.
Jordan Hamilton
Bridesmaid
Ellerie and Jordan became close friends while working at a summer camp together in 2018, during college. They also spent the next summer together in Thailand on a missions trip teaching English. Some would say Joji and Ellbug were destined to be adventure buddies, even if it is just a trip to Target or half way around the world.
Antonio Navarro
Groomsman
Antonio and Raf first met eachother during a summer missions internship in Compton in 2019. They’ve stayed in touch throughout the years and in the summer of 2021, Antonio and Raf reunited again in Compton. They’ve shared plenty of late nights chatting, and playing Monopoly and Mario Party. On the flip side, they have also had some very early mornings in the Bible and praying for each other.
Remington Pettus
Bridesmaid
Ellerie and Remi became wedding buddies back in 2020, when Abby got married, after recruiting each other to help avoid any wardrobe malfunctions. Their friendship has only continued to grow since then.
Zach Herman
Groomsman
Zach and Raf started their friendship during Raf's first summer trip to Compton. In 2021, when Raf decided to move to California, he needed a place to live and the Herman family opened up their home to Rafa and Zach and him became roommates. Zach helped make Raf's move to California more easy and enjoyable.
Averi Leptich
Jr. Bridesmaid
Ellerie's Cousin Averi has been entrusted with helping gather signatures from all of our favorite people, by managing our guest book.
Juwan Cummings
Groomsman
Juwan and Raf first became friends during a summer missions internship in 2019. Juwan was Raf’s team leader and discipled him for that summer. They bonded pretty quickly because of similar tastes in music, style, and hobbies. Juwan co-leads a bible study with Raf and is married to Vanessa Cummings.
Mac Leptich
Ring Security
Ellerie's Cousin Mac has accepted his mission to protect our rings on our most special day.
Maelyn St Gelais
Flower Girl
Daughter of Ellie and Caleb. Maelynn's favorites movies are Cars and How to Train Your Dragon.