We are blessed and humbled that you are sharing in our story and in this beautiful day. Thank you for being there for us and supporting us. We have been truly overwhelmed with God’s provision - not only in finding each other, but in the abundance of love and support showered on us by our brothers and sisters in Christ. I imagine you all know our story by now, but in case you missed some highlights, keep reading. Clay and Rhonda were absolutely not looking for one another. Clay has been busy focusing on supporting his family as they navigated overcoming grief and learning to live in an upside-down world. A remarriage was not in the plans. I, Rhonda, had no intention of marrying. A champion of the single person and of the joy in being whole in God alone, I was very content in my quiet home with my furbabies. But God had something more in store for us - a life of love and abundance beyond what we could ever imagine in our human minds. In a truly inspired move, Emmaus decided to set up a TV in the breezeway next to the Connect Table. Clay would hook it up, and Rhonda would set up the Connect Table. Over the months, setting these up started to take longer and longer as the conversations lingered. Eventually we no longer needed the excuse of being assigned to Sound and the Connect Table and would simply seek each other out after church each Sunday for a chat. Little did we each know that those chats were a weekly highlight for both of us. But neither of us dated nor wanted to date, so it took about a year of those conversations before Clay finally asked Rhonda out. Well, first he spent several months telling me how old he was (“I have four grandkids,” “I need a nap,” “I have worked at the city for 24 years”). I clued in that he thought he was a lot older than me and started countering with “My mom is 83; I have worked at CBU 21 years”. Once Clay finally did the math and figured out that I could not be as young as his rose-colored glasses led him to believe, he took the plunge and asked me to dinner (there's a great story here - ask Clay about his social engagements sometime). And that was it for us. All relationships are different, and God does amazing and miraculous things through each one. For us, it only took one date. We knew from that first night. Two book-loving, Excel-expert, coffee-addict nerds finding home in each other. And, despite our regular conversations that life is not supposed to work like this and our constant questioning and praying, God could not have been clearer if He hung a neon sign in the sky. Suddenly our complete and whole lives were somehow more complete and whole - not that we were waiting for a void to be filled, but that God reformed our lives together. And while there have been and will continue to be challenges in merging two complete lives together, we trust in God’s timing and in His provision. Together with Him, we are confident in this new life together. God’s providence is truly miraculous and ever-present, even when we do not always believe it for ourselves. We are grateful for your part in our story and look forward to celebrating this beautiful gift with you.