Daniel and Allison originally met for the first time about ten years ago during their undergrad years, in the spring of 2016. Allison is originally from Gainesville yet had recently transferred to Liberty University up in Virginia. Daniel made the move up to Gainesville to attend the University of Florida. Because LU and UF had different semester breaks, the two had the opportunity to meet while Allison was home for a break to visit family and friends.

In the years that followed, Daniel & Allison completed their undergraduate and graduate coursework at their respective universities and began their careers. Years later, they found themselves both working for the University of Florida, with Allison as a mental health therapist and Daniel as a faculty member specializing in youth development. However, there was one simple issue... they were hundreds of miles apart. Allison was based on the main campus in Gainesville, and Daniel was in Palm Beach County. Throughout this time, they had not formally reconnected, but "followed" each other on social media, as they had since they first met.

Working for the University of Florida, Daniel's travels brought him to Gainesville several times a year. During one of those trips, Daniel found Allison on a dating app that required the guy to respond with a prompt set by the girl, upon matching (which they did). Allison's prompt was "Give me your unpopular opinion," and after Daniel's response of "fancy seeing you here!", he admittedly used AI to formulate the response of "I'm confident the second sneeze is always more powerful than the first." Yes - despite the corniness of the joke - Allison gave him a chance, and they began chatting.

Several weeks and daily conversations later, Daniel was back in Gainesville, and they met for lunch. During that lunch, they further caught up on their lives since 2016 - where they have been, what they have learned, and how the Lord had been present through it all. Since then, still in their current work locations, they have chosen each other, holding all their blessings open-handedly, and Daniel and Alli have seen the Lord work.

They would not be here today if it were not for being surrounded by Biblical community and accountability, both individually and together.

'For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord , “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. ' - Jeremiah 29:11