Who knew back in 2018 that what started as a friendship at Camp of the Woods (COTW) in Canada would become the love story that has brought you to this website. Through a series of events that only God could write (including a trip overseas, an Irish prison cell, and thousands of miles of travel) Nathan & Rachel met while on summer staff at Camp of the Woods. They became friends over the summers of 2018 & 2019, and actually, both liked each other (little to the other's knowledge) but as life often does their paths parted ways. While the craziness of 2020 & 2021 took place and the world experienced great change and hardship, all the while Nathan and Rachel both were walking through experiences that would shape & mold them, and teach them even greater reliance on their Lord. Over the years Rachel & Nathan stayed in touch with the occasional message or Snapchat but when 2023 rolled around God had other plans. After some crazy life circumstances, they started talking a bit more in-depth (we're talking messages that rivaled the length of novels) but would accidentally leave each other "unread" for days or weeks at a time (both of them will adamantly tell you it's because they wanted to put time and thought into their responses). So when summer of 2023 finally arrived Rachel's church group was finally able to go back up to COTW to help prepare for the summer. That was the first time they had the opportunity to talk in person and connect since the summer of 2019. Both of them would tell you it was as if time hadn't even passed. At the end of the week, Rachel and the group from Wisconsin left. And Nathan knew from that moment that he was going to marry her. And the rest is history.