Whole Heart. Whole Life.

Bumble! We both jumped into the app dating world and boy did we make a splash. Neither of us had gone on a date through an app before so there were certainly nerves and reservations for us both. Robert - Chels asked me if I wanted to do dinner and drinks rather than wasting a free Saturday night. Knowing her the way I do now, I know that was completely out of character. I was nervous because I knew she was beautiful and independent which can be intimidating but from the second she walked in I was smitten. "Jamison and ginger ale" may have sealed the deal 5 minutes into our first date. Chelsie - I walked into The Willard (exactly seven minutes late) to the smile and warmth he’d somehow been able to capture in an online dating profile. Robert has never met a stranger and immediately introduced me to the people around him at the bar. I was almost as immediately at ease with this handsome, deep-voiced, funny, confident and caring man. I remember knowing on my way home (seven hours later) that I think I had just been the most “me” I had ever been.

Less than six months later we both knew what this was, God had brought us together with a purpose. Robert was nervous, Chelsie was suspicious, family and friends were thrilled, and the weather was wet. Chelsie - I had a hunch when we planned lunch with friends downtown on the busiest weekend of the Spring, I thought I knew for sure when he walked up the steps of the monument behind me, and I definitely had a moment of panic when he wasn’t on one knee and I thought I’d entirely over-estimated what was happening. But sweet Tennessee, reminding me that the perfect love of the Father drove out fear, telling me I was everything he’d ever wanted & the love of his life, and asking me the sweetest question of mine...I hadn’t over-estimated, but underestimated just how fearless love can be. On the steps of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument downtown Indianapolis I was asked if I wanted to marry the man my soul loves, the man the Lord shows me new mercies in every day. It was the easiest yes of my life. Robert - I had known for six months that this was the life I wanted and she was the person I wanted it with but now I had to do the thing. I got the ring on Thursday, set the plan in motion on Friday, and had to play it cool all morning Saturday. By the time I got to the circle in the rain, I was nervous but so happy to be where I was in that moment. First I fumbled through a verse I had rehearsed for a week, then I had her second guessing because I wasn't down on my knee when she turned around but once she said yes it was all alright. Best day of my life until November 1st.