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It all started with a dream . . . no. Literally. Moriah's POV: Our parents had known each other for a really long time. But we had never met, and my parents had never met Ryan. January of 2021 brought quite the surprise as my mom had a dream that Ryan was in Colorado to meet me and it was snowing. With my permission, she decided to reach out to Mr. and Mrs. Fisher. I left to teach a dance class, not thinking anything would come of it. During one of my breaks, I happened to look at my phone and THERE WAS A TEXT. FROM RYAN. I freaked out a little bit, but tried to play it soooo chill, letting him know that I'd be happy to hop on a call and meet each other. What I expected to be a "video call to appease the parents" turned out to be a 3 hour call with someone who wasn't so unfamiliar. In fact, I felt like I'd known him my whole life. In the back of my mind, I began to wonder . . . "what if?" Ryan's POV: Jan 23rd was supposed to be the first low-key day I'd had in a long while. No church commitments, no classes, no work. Just a normal Saturday that I was using to get my haircut. But then, on my way to the barber, I got a text from my Dad that started with: "Well Son, one of our very good friends just had a dream about you..." I finished my haircut (not surprising if you know me) and was chatting with God about it as I drove home. As I passed a little park, I felt God tell me to pull over. That led to a few hours in a parking lot praying and finally texting Mo over Facebook. A week later we were on the phone for 3+ hours and have been on making 3+ hour phone calls ever since.

Moriah's POV: After a trip to Colorado for Ryan and a trip to Boston for me, we decided that we had found something worth the long distance, the inconvenient video calls, and the affinity with constant trips to the airport. Thus began a 7 month back in forth of traveling once a month to see each other and video calls weekly. But more importantly, what began was a journey of learning to love someone else unconditionally, to seek the Father's heart for us and for each other, and believing that Jesus gives good gifts. Because of His goodness, we could trust that whatever happened, whether it was just for today or forever, we were going to end up better individuals for having known each other. However, for me, as I began to experience Ryan's world, family, and learn more of His heart, my prayer turned from "what if?" to "Jesus, you are so faithful." He was turning out to be all I had dreamed of, and then some. Ryan's POV: We started with a trip where I flew out to Colorado to meet Mo and her family. I ended up staying with her grandparents and met almost all her extended family members over the course of 4 days. For as fun and exciting as it was, I couldn't help but feel how "right" it felt to be out there with her. We followed that trip up with Mo coming out to Boston to get a feel for what my life was like in Boston. Shout out to Jackson Blue for convincing me that a girl who just bought flights all the way to Boston actually liked me (facepalm). And so followed a year of doing trips roughly every 3-6 weeks. My job allowed for remote work, so we often did trips where I flew out to her and stayed with her family while working remotely from their basement. Mo touches on many of the heart elements we went through during this period in her POV above and I would express many of the same sentiments. It was a journey of discovering how to love the other person, discovering God's goodness and faithfulness, and beginning to dream of what a life together might look like.

Moriah's POV: Ryan was acting so weird. I had a bet with some of my friends about when he was going to propose . . . and now? I was pretty sure I was about to win some serious dough. That is until the morning of the proposal, when our kitchen sink broke. And of course, my boyfriend was in the middle of the pool of water with my dad, trying to help him repair whatever injury he could. The night before, he had told me we HAD to leave at a certain time. I broke my normal late habit to be ready, and here he was saying he would take a shower when he could get to it. Yep. That alone convinced me that today was not the day and I'd be girlfriend for a bit longer. But, because he had started giving me these really sweet letters starting last night, I figured I'd at least get a nice date out of it. We headed to the Broadmoor and he started acting weird again - looking at his phone all the time, checking over his shoulder every 5 paces, taking WAYYYYY too long in the bathroom. And that's when it happened. On the bridge, over the water, mountains behind us, I read the last of the letters he wrote me. He got down on one knee. I can't even remember what he said. I was so overwhelmed. God's faithfulness blows me away. He was entirely worth the wait. Ryan's POV: Mo's Dad is a legend. I knew that I probably wouldn't be able to keep the proposal a secret without Mo finding out. But when Mr. Swank needed extra hands fixing the kitchen sink the morning of, I was happy to jump in to throw Mo off the scent! And yes, I was definitely acting weird that day! I'd written her a note for every trip we'd done together and planned on giving her one every 2 hours leading up to getting down on one knee. But it's hard hiding that many cards at once on your person without her finding them! When we got to the Broadmoor, I snuck off to meet the videographer and got mic'd up. Then led her to the bridge, gave her the last card, and got down on one knee. It was a very special moment.