We're getting married!

Michael loves to say we met on my 21st birthday at a bar in Miami which is... true, actually. But what that headline doesn't say, is that we were just getting dinner before a FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) mission trip to Nicaragua. That week is huge part of my testimony, and transformed my relationship with Jesus. What I didn’t know back then, is that on the week of my 21st birthday, Jesus would give me the gift of himself, and the gift of my future husband. On that trip, I was drawn to Michael's sense of adventure, light-hearted spirit, and desire to serve. Needless to say, I returned to Texas with a deep and growing love of God, and a crush on a Kentucky boy. Michael and I stayed friends for 3 years and would talk every few months—conversation was always easy, and time would just fly by. I remember telling my friends “I’m in LOVE” jokingly every time I’d hang up the phone after talking to him. On Ash Wednesday 2020, Michael visited me in Lubbock, TX while on a cross country trip he was taking with a friend. It was that day, that something changed in Michael’s heart. He pursued me for 2 months, drove 17 hours one way to take me on an official first date, and asked me to be his girlfriend! Reflecting on what God has done the past almost 3 years, I can’t help but focus on His extreme generosity. It is purely by His mercy and delight in His children that Michael and I are able to say “yes” to each other till death do us part. I know that pursuing holiness next to Michael will be the greatest adventure of my life, and I am grateful that you all are here to celebrate it from the beginning! Cheers, friends!