David and Clara met at Ecola Bible College the fall of 2020. David was a first year student and Clara was a second year student. They met at registration on David’s first day. Clara was on staff as well as a student and was helping take the first year’s ID pictures. Clara got to take David’s photo and be one of the first ones to see him without a mask ;) They started talking and hanging out a few weeks after that and decided to wait to pursue a serious relationship until after Christmas break that winter. David went to Alaska for break and Clara went home to Montana. When they returned, they started dating officially on January 1st 2021. That summer Clara flew to Homer to meet David’s family and ended up staying In Homer with his family while David went commercial fishing. Once David returned the two of them lived in separate apartments while David started college and Clara worked at the Hospital in Homer. They got engaged January 1st 2022, their anniversary :)