we're getting married!

While Crystal was spending her 2015 summer overseas as a missionary on the southern coast of Spain, David joined her with a team of 14 others. These volunteers helped organize, lead and teach a language emersion intensive teaching teenagers how to speak English. As cheesy as it sounds, Crystal and David's friendship sparked on the shores of the Mediterranean. Blended with a combination of flamenco dancing and paella, Crystal and David's relationship began as an innocent fun-loving friendship... The next two years for Crystal and David incorporated weeks of driving between Ventura, CA and Portland, OR. These consisted of spontaneous Spring Break road trips, *spoiled conference surprises, Spanish lessons and special flights home for thanksgiving and winter holidays. Both Crystal and David became very familiar with the 977 miles separating them as they each pursued God's calling at different points in the country. After two incredible years apart, God brought David and Crystal together in Portland, OR. Fast forward two years, a lot of laughs, countless *discussions, 1 spoiled proposal and 1 successful proposal later- David and Crystal's european union has resulted in an international love story that will begin on July 25th, 2019.