We originally met in the youth group at church when we were teenagers, and reconnected during Crusin the Coast in 2023. That connection led to 3 dates in 5 days! With Brian in Orlando and Ashley in Biloxi, it meant the dating would be long distance which was going to be difficult, but God worked out all of the details. We scheduled weekend video dates where we watched movies or shared meals together, and we video chat every night. In the meantime, we planned around the next visit and it didn’t take long to realize that this was something special and different that was going to last. On April 19th outside of the Half Shell in Biloxi, Brian proposed and Ashley squealed out a “Yes!”