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Well...here we are... After many years of patiently searching, I finally found a beautiful woman, inside and out, to walk beside me. After being opposed to online dating for so long, last Spring I was finally persuaded to give it a try. And by God’s grace, Lauren became my first (and only) online date. From our first date walking in the rain at Riverside Park... to the beach dates and late night porch conversations.... it only took a few dates to know I wanted to marry her. She’s kind, compassionate, selfless, and so much fun. I was smitten right away, and I’ve only grown more enamored each day.

When people ask me how Matt and I met, I want to tell them it was totally organic and romantic in every way. But the truth is… our love story starts out through our very own phone screens… And we owe it all to a dating app called Hinge.

 Long story short, the pandemic hit. Two months went by with little to no human interaction and it was around this time I had chosen to give dating apps one last ditch effort. And well, I am so glad I did. One of the first things Matt asked me through Hinge was, “so, what exactly are you looking for?” Without hesitation, I responded boldly with, “…a covenant relationship”. And get this… HE DIDN’T. RUN. AWAY. In fact, he ran TOWARD me and pursued me unlike any guy had ever done in the past. It wasn’t long before our exchange of lengthy messages through phone screens turned into a number of dates chock-full of hours and hours of conversation and laughter. I know this seems crazy, but I knew Matt was my person as soon as the second date. And now, here we are, just over a year after meeting, ready to say “I do”. If there is any takeaway from this (outside of my undying love and adoration for Matt), I can’t stress enough how faithful God is to us when we whole-heartedly trust His vision for our life over our own. Before meeting Matt, I had been praying long and hard for God to shatter this vision of who I thought would be best for me and instead, to be open minded about who He had in store for my future in furthering His Kingdom; it took years of maturing to fully embrace this mindset, but I truly believe that if my heart wouldn’t have been in this place of trusting God’s vision over my worldly one, that Matt and I would have possibly never met. The peace and security I have in what Matt and I share is incomparable. I simply couldn’t imagine my life without him. Praise God for gifting me with a man so perfect for who I am and what He knew I needed. Matt has truly been “my glimpse of Kingdom, right from the start.”