In February of 2022, Alexa and Beau had already decided to leave their jobs with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS). As God would have it, they both discerned to stay on for one final year within a couple of weeks of each other ultimately leading to their meeting. Beau accepted a position with FOCUS to serve as a Team Director at Vanderbilt and arrived at FOCUS’s New Staff Training a few weeks early, while Alexa was told that she was expected to go the training to serve on a committee which she was initially adamantly against. Little did they know that the Lord was weaving their lives so that they could meet in Ave Maria, Florida. On their first date, it became immediately apparent that from frequenting the same ski resort in Loveland, Colorado - to frequenting trips to Grand Lake in Oklahoma, to both being placed in Tennessee as missionaries, that divine providence was at work. As training came to an end, and they went their separate ways, they made a point to call each other every night to pray a Rosary together. They fell in love that summer through their shared love of reading and long road trips. Ultimately learning how to appreciate the sacrament of the present moment through staying committed to mission, while also pursuing each other through long distance. Every relationship is meant to be a gift to those around you and we can't wait for our love to be a gift to each of you. "Man can only fully find himself through a sincere gift of himself." Saint John Paul the Great