At Planetshakers Austin, conference was about to get started when a group of college students from Melbourne, Australia rocked up to the MLK Chick-Fil-A where one Italian Aussie would find the love of his life wearing ripped jeans and glasses. We met in the Fall of 2017 and haven't stopped talking since. There was 1/2 a day where we decided that maybe we shouldn't talk as often as we were but 3 hours in, we both caved and that's when we both knew for sure. God's made this entire relationship possible and without His loving direction and grace, we wouldn't be standing before you today. Ben jokingly said he was going to meet a Southern Belle on that trip, and little did he know he met a girl from Austin, Texas who isn't quite a belle but as southern as they come.

It was my birthday in Australia when Ben took me out for Italian at lunch, little did I know the sneaky man was going to get down on one knee and ask me to be his wife forever that day. As we were waiting for the check to come, they brought a chocolate raspberry cake out with a candle on it. Surprised and shocked I was too distracted to see the silver platter make its way over to me. When I looked up there was a beautiful box that I thought for sure had earrings in it so I reached for it immediately, when Ben swooped in and got down on one knee. Of course, I said YES!