Jarel and Volonda had spent many years in the same state, same town, even the same neighborhood but their paths never crossed until the summer of 2024 at F45. Though Jarel and Volonda knew of each other, they never would have imagined that they would meet in this way. Initially, Volonda’s shyness made it difficult for him to get to know her. But they ended up settling into this special place in each other’s lives. Jarel and Volonda have always supported each other through everything starting with their first trip to Dallas for Jarel’s Hyrox race. On the way back from their trip there were a bunch of laughs shared and conversations that weren’t your typical “first date surface level conversations.” If you were riding along in the car, you would have seen that something special was happening. From that night on, the two started dating each other and having deep conversations and until Jarel on December 20th surprised Volonda with flowers and crumble cookies in her apartment and asked her to be his girlfriend. After Volonda said “Yes (of course) !” the two continue to work on their relationship while facing ups and downs. And when they realized that there was nothing left that could possibly make them run the other away. Jarel got down on one knee and asked the most beautiful, kindhearted, strong, supportive, and loving woman to be his wife and her response again was “Yes of course!” These two will continue to love each other unconditional through matrimony for an eternity. And all they ask is that you come celebrate their journey and be apart of their love story on October 4, 2025.