After many years of singleness struggles and about to give up on dating forever, one more encouragement from Carla’s cousin to try one last time worked out in her favor. On Facebook dating, Carla from Ohio and William from Indiana matched. Carla, being ready to skip to the hard questions did exactly that and William aced the test. William was determined to make this relationship happen, because a week after talking for endless hours on the phone, he drove 4 hours to meet Carla and ask to be his girlfriend. Long distance was challenging but we made the most of our meet halfway Findlay dates. Now with us both in Ohio, we continued to solidify our relationship with each other, while keeping Jesus at the center. Flash forward 7 months later, and the proposal was in the works. William, not able to keep secrets, and Carla, being too nosey, found out the day, but not when or exactly where. A surprise road trip to Holland, MI was the perfect destination. After a great lunch at a boathouse restaurant, William nervously drove to the next location, the Big Red lighthouse. After a few minutes of the wind blowing us away, William dropped to his knee and proposed right on the beach of Lake Michigan.