We met at Clear Creek Baptist Bible College in Pineville, Kentucky. I saw Rachel for the first time on April 7th, 2015. We used to take walks around campus together. We went to Gondolier for dinner in Harrogate, Tennessee for Valentine's Day in 2016. Rachel used to escort me to church with her when she attended East Jellico Baptist Church and Pump Springs Baptist Church. I always thought Rachel was godly and gorgeous, but I was afraid to tell her because the Lord had called her to the international mission field. I did not want to be a hindrance to that. After Rachel graduated from Clear Creek Baptist Bible College, her and I still corresponded with one another ever so often. Rachel came to visit me on May 19th, 2021 at Faith Baptist Church in Corbin, Kentucky. I taught the Bible lesson that night on 1 John 4:1-6. I went and visited her in Xenia, Ohio from July 8th, 2021 to July 10th, 2021. On July 10th, 2021, at a Chick-Fil-A in Beavercreek, Ohio, I told Rachel how I really felt about her. She came and visited me again on July 25th, 2021. I asked her if she would be my girlfriend and she said "Yes." On December 15th, 2021, I proposed to her in an open field at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary and she said "Yes." Here we are seven years later on the way to spending the rest of our lives with each other loving and praising our Lord Jesus Christ who brought us together. I cannot wait to marry my godly, gorgeous, and genius woman. Rachel is the love of my life.