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Story: I was invited by my friend to play drums for mass at a church. After church one night we went out to dinner as a church group and my fiance Bill was there as he frequented the church. We started seeing each other often after church and eventually began dating 6 months later. We connected on our faith and knew very quickly we wanted to spend our lives together. Bill proposed by drawing a sketch of the ring on a canvas while we were having our own "painting with a twist" night in my home. He showed me his canvas and got on one knee. A month after we got engaged, Bill was told he would be deployed to the Middle East as he is a Marine. We have been apart now for 7 months while I'm planning our wedding and waiting for his return to the US! I cannot wait to finally see and hug him again!

Story: Jordan’s birthday had just passed in March and Paula and Jordan had plans to go out for dinner with Jordan’s mother that next Friday on March 30, 2017. Jordan had other plans though that he had in place since January when he had asked Paula’s parents for her hand in marriage. He was taking a half day of work and spending the rest of the day prepping for what would be the biggest night of his life. Paula had always been an avid Bachelor fan over the years and Jordan wanted to create a proposal for her that would sweep her off feet, Bachelor style. When that night arrived, Paula was at home, ready for Jordan’s family to pick her up. She was surprised when a stretch limo arrived at the house and her chaffeur greeted her at the door. In the limo, she found four letters, telling the story of their relationship: The High School Years, The College Years, The Working Years, and finally, The Future. Paula couldn’t help crying as the limo driver took her to a surprise destination as she enjoyed this light-reading. The limo stopped at Silver Lake Park in Belmar, NJ. Paula spotted Jordan standing there in the gazebo as soon as they pulled up. She walked the pathway leading to the gazebo where Jordan got down on one knee asking her to marry him. The limo took the two of them to Antonia’s Trattoria in Manasquan where their families greeted them with champagne, balloons, and flowers and they shared a celebratory dinner. Let’s just say, Paula got the final rose.

Story: When you start Kindergarten at 5 years old and meet new friends you would not think that one of those friends would one day be your fiancé. Jason and I were friends throughout middle school and high school. After graduation we went to senior week at Myrtle Beach with different friends. One day we all met up with each other on the beach and decided to watch the sun rise. We got to talking an when we returned home we began dating. Two months later I went away to college and he stayed home to work. We dated while I was in college. I would come home to see him and he would come to Greenville to see me. It was difficult, but we survived a long distance relationship. After dating for 4 1/2 years we took a Sunday drive to the mountains on October 22, 2017. We drove the blue ridge parkway and visited a winery. On the way home we stopped to sit on the side of the mountain overlooking a beautiful fall view. That's where Jason got down on one knee and asked me to marry him. Of course I said yes. On May 25,2019 we will begin a new journey together.

Story: Our story is a true love story! My fiancé has been waiting to marry me for 6 years. He is honestly my best friend! The day he asked me to be his for the rest of our lives I thought it was a joke, but it was a dream come true! I couldn’t imagine a day with out him!

Story: My name is Olivia Johnson and I am 28 and I am originally from Mississippi, but I currently live in Georgia. I relocated to Georgia to pursue my Masters Degree from Clark Atlanta University and to get away from Mississippi. I never thought I would find true love and happiness again!  To make a long story short, I dated a guy for five years and had high hopes of being married by the age of 24. Well God had a different plan for our lives. I lost the boyfriend of five years in a car accident in 2013. He passed two months before my 23rd birthday and four months before my undergrad graduation. Struggling to finish school. I went through a depressing point in my life and I thought God was punishing me. I had my mind made up that I would never date again, didn’t want to be love nor did I want men talking to me. But to be honest I was afraid to date again. I had fear in my heart that God would take away any man that I decided to love.  In June of 2013, I moved away from Mississippi. I needed a fresh start and an escape. While in MS, I suffered everyday because I held in my pain and tears because nobody wanted to see me cry.  I moved to Georgia and enrolled in school. I didn’t have family nor friends there which I was good because I needed room to grieve. However, it took me longer than expected to heal. I found peace with his death in 2015. Though, I still wasn’t ready to date, I had school work on my mind so I didn’t have much time to think about dating. I worked two jobs, held an internship and went to school full time. I kept myself occupied so that I wouldn’t rest, dream nor cry.  I graduated from CAU in 2016 and of course I had a lot of free time on my hands. I felt myself becoming depressed again because I was accomplishing so many great things that he would never get the chance to see.  Moving forward, on December 31, 2016 I got on my knees and prayed to God! I told God, that “I forgave him and that I was tired of fighting His love off”! I knew I couldn’t have accomplished any of the things in my life without Him. I asked God for a fresh start, then I heard a voice say to me “travel, get out and see the world, if you continue to worry and be depress, you will soon join me”. That voice scared me and from that day forward; I began traveling the world.  In 2017, a friend introduced me to “Tinder”. I know what you are probably thinking “Tinder of course”. Honestly, I was afraid to talk to someone over the internet after all the horrible things I had seen on TV. Especially “catfish”, but it had been four years since I last went out on a date.  I didn’t know how to date, love, flirt or accept compliments. So, I thought to myself “why not”, “it’s not like I’m going to meet him anyway”.  Well, guess what, we met up! Yes, I met my fiancé on Tinder! Yes, he was my first match! No, I didn’t think he was cute but something said swipe right! Lol  Each day I would come home from work and he would be my first match, but I didn’t want to swipe left. Lol. So I would close the app until a different match popped up. Unfortunately, I was only able to bypass him three times. Lol.  So, I decided to give it a try and just swipe right! Since, God was clearly trying to tell me something! I thought to myself, “Ok God, I will not decline this blessing but make it count”When I swiped, it said he”super liked” me. Lol Well God obviously got to him first! Lol  He messaged me and we started talking. He was the second person I talked to each morning after God of course. I knew, God had a plan for us because I am a daddy’s girl and nobody come before talking to him in the mornings, besides God. Lol. Ok, I know story became long lol but we started dating and the moment I laid my eyes on him in person, I knew he would become my husband. One night when he was asleep, I prayed over him and I asked God to show me if he’s my husband because I am scared to fall in love. While in the middle of the prayer he woke up and said “I love you” my mouth dropped and I started snoring because I didn’t know what to say. Lol GOD!!!!! Was my answer, he had answered my prayer when I did not expect him too. The next day, while driving to hear Travis Greene preach in Macon, GA he asked “baby, did you say I love you last night”?.  I replied by saying “no you did, I was praying over you and you yelled I love you”. He started crying, I thought something was wrong and he looked at me and said “I was afraid you wouldn’t love me back because you have everything I don’t, two degrees, no child, own place, working for the government and etc, but honestly I knew I loved you before I met you in person and it was love at first talk. ”Oh how I cried, because I loved him back but didn’t want to move without God’s say.  Moving forward a year later, he proposed to me on Easter, April 1, 2018. No April Fool’s joke, lol I’m getting married!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!This is my story, my boyfriend/ fiancé waited on me and God saved him for me!!! Our wedding song is Travis Greene, “You Waited”. Yes, He waited on me, he drove hours to see me two to three weeks and he dealt with me calling him my deceased boyfriend name. What man does that??? I waited on him, I saved myself for my husband!!! God sent me my Boaz and sent him his Ruth. God and him called out my name and it’s Amazing Grace, that a girl like me, that didn’t want to be loved again and didn’t want to do meet and greets with guys, FOUND LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!  But GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  GOD BLESSED THE BROKEN ROAD THAT LEAD ME TO HIM.

Story: Little over 9 years ago I was set up for a prom date. My prom's theme was Disney. I decided before even having a date that I would create my own Cinderella Ball Gown. It didn't take me long to figure out I had actually found my real Prince Charming except he looked nothing like Prince Charming as he was a cowboy! The proposal was nothing fancy, but it was priceless to me. I was 100% surprised! I was sitting on the couch still in my pajamas, and he brought me pictures of engagement rings I had printed off the week prior asking what I liked about each one. I had printed these pictures off because I was trying to give him a hint, but I had no idea he already had my ring. He then pulled out a ring, and asked what I liked about that one. He then of course got down on one knee and asked if I would marry him! My Prince Charming has surprised me since the day he showed up for prom in a western tuxedo.