Our story began when we first met each other on January 15, 2022. Prior to this, I had been an aspiring pilot who sought to become an airline pilot. However, just as it is written in Proverbs 19:21, God says to us that “You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail." The Lord had very different plans for my life than I realized.

It was a few months before January 2022 that I had been dropped from the Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) course at Liberty University. I had come to a place of absolute defeat. I had lost complete and utter hope in my life and my faith in Christ. I could not believe in a God that would in my eyes destroy my life. So, when the fall semester of 2021 came to an end, my father and I had spoken of countless ways to fulfill that now faded and destroyed dream of mine. My father one day suggested the idea of me going through the aviation maintenance program at Liberty. After some time, I thought it would be cool if I had the same ratings as my brother and my father! So, I put my application in, possibly the last possible day you could, and I joined the maintenance realm.

On the first day our class did class introductions, and I was immediately struck by the red headed girl who answered a historical figure question with Chris Pratt. This bubbly, warm red head girl had gotten my attention and I secretly became smitten. However, because of what had happened in the past year, my heart and facial expressions had hardened. I knew that I had no chance with her and that she would probably not be interested.

Well... we had been grouped together for a good number of projects throughout the program and I grew more and more fond of her. Over the course of that year, I had begun to reevaluate what Christ has done for me and how this, at the time, major downfall was the Lord prevailing His will on to my life. This wonderful and beautiful young woman who I had initially thought was weird turned out to be the best and most wonderful individual I had ever met and and who I love to this day!

A&J

Wedding Day

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Ceremony

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