We met on July 30, 2022 when we were both guests at a wedding. Throughout the night Rachel flirted with me, tried to dance with me, and basically gave me every hint known to man that she was interested - however due to my awkward nature when speaking to girls - I avoided this at all costs. That night I went back to my hotel and looked her up on Instagram and confirmed she was indeed, beautiful. The following morning when I went back to Instagram to take the huge step of following her, to my surprise I couldn’t find her. Naturally I assumed she blocked me and immediately asked my friend's girlfriend to look up her account. Luckily, Rachel had decided to give up social media in the time since I had first looked. Over the following weeks I would occasionally check to see if she reactivated it, and when she finally did, I made my first move - I followed her. It would only take me 116 days (November 23rd) from the time we met to actually talk to her...I was playing the long game. I sent her a direct message in response to her story of uncooked bacon that she was prepping for a charcuterie board. Yep, that’s what I decided to interact with her over, not a cute picture of her, not something funny, I chose "I know charcuterie is big these days…but, you have to cook the bacon for it". To this day she gives me a hard time about my lack of game when it came to flirting with her. Over the last 3 years we have grown as a couple in more ways than one, and each day I have fallen more in love with the cute girl from the wedding. For years I've prayed for a Christian woman, a woman who would pray with me and for me, bring me closer to God, and to be my other half. I had no clue in reality what I was praying for, but it all sounded good in my head. Essentially, I begged God to bring the perfect girl into my life, someone who would complete me. On July 30, 2022 - He did just that.

I remember seeing Trevor for the first time at a wedding, almost four years ago now. I was actually a plus one to this wedding, invited by my best friend Stephanie to be her date. I saw Trevor right away, and immediately noticed how cute he was. I’d spent the latter part of the evening trying to joke, talk, and flirt with him, only to be met with a lot of silence and awkward laughs. “Oh well,” I thought and left the wedding with my friends. I had decided to take a social media hiatus the next day without thinking much of it and had only thought that it was a bummer that Trevor hadn’t asked for my number. Fast forward to November of 2022, and I get a message from Trevor on instagram. “Oh wait… this is that guy from the wedding?” I thought. Despite my confusion at his very delayed timing (nearly 4 months later), I agreed to go on a date. By January 1st 2023, I knew that there was something different about him. Trevor saw me in a way no one else had before. The last 3 years together have been filled with so much joy, laughter, and love. It was easy saying yes to spend the rest of my life with my best friend. God has done miracles in our lives as people and as a couple. He has redeemed, restored, and renewed us to get to this season of engagement. I give all the glory to You God for the work You have done in bringing Trevor and I together. His way is the best way, and I thank God his perfect timing and blessing to join Trevor and I in covenant. Song of Solomon 3:4 “Scarcely had I passed them when I found the one my heart loves. I held him and would not let him go…”