Our Adventure Begins

We met working on Secret Island summer of 2023. Mana used to make excuses that I needed more "training" on the wa'a or boat tours and would request for me to work on projects with him that I wasn't very much help with. He would park close to me every morning so he had an excuse to walk me in to work and would stay later than he needed to walk me out. He thought I didn't notice. At our weekly pickleball or spikeball games with friends, our playful competition slowly transformed into falling for one another. It wasn't until I took a trip away that he finally slid into my Instagram DM's! Our first date was after I moved into my new house and he offered to come over and cook me dinner. It was one of the best pasta dishes I ever had - and I have lived in Italy! The rest was history. God was working through our story from the very beginning. We just finally got on board!