Vista Community Church

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Our Wedding

If you ask JJ: Before Ashley came into my life, I spent the last five years serving in the military and in March of 2024 I was involved in a training accident overseas that nearly cost me my life. I returned to the states in late May of 2024 and started attending Vista Community Church that following June. I noticed Ashley in the midst of all her friends and the way she carried herself and treated others caught my attention. Soon whether we realized it or not every time we attended church on Sundays and Vespers on Wednesday nights, we would always find ourselves around each other. I slowly began to build up the courage and after a couple of weeks I asked Ashley on a date. I thought she was joking at first when she said yes! To the point where I called her Wednesday night before our date just to be sure. The more we hung out and spent time with one another, the more certain my feelings and intentions with Ashley came to light. I realized that Ashley was not only the woman that I wanted but the woman that I needed. Ashley has taught me a lot during our time together, such as teaching me to slow down and smell the roses sometimes. Ashley has allowed me to be able to embrace love and receive it and continues to reassure me each and every day that I am deserving of love. She loves me unconditionally and continues to support and show up each and every day for the lord and for us. She inspires me to want to do more for her and for everyone around me. Ashley has brought me into her family and made me feel at home and at peace. With that being said I have no doubt in my mind that Ashley is going to make an amazing wife! I’ve been praying for someone like Ashley to come into my life for so long and I’m so blessed and excited to begin this journey with her. If you ask Ashley: Before JJ came into my life, I was very happy and content with where the Lord had me and I had faith that He would bring the husband I needed into my life at the right time. Staying dependent on God through prayer, I surrendered the desire of marriage to God and trusted that He would bring the right person and prepare me for my husband as well. I would say August of 2024 is when I first started noticing JJ at church because he started to become friends with people that I was already friends with at the time. Truthfully, I didn’t really think much of him at first, other than the fact that he seemed cute and respectful towards others! Later in September, I went to meet up for coffee with JJ and a couple of other friends before church just to catch up and do a bible study. This is really the first time I remember having an in-depth conversation with JJ and we continued to have coffee together before church a couple times after this. A couple of weeks later in the church parking lot JJ asked me out on a date and I was shocked! I really didn’t think he was interested in me in that way, but I said yes because I truly did want to get to know him more and see if there could be anything there. From this point on JJ continued to intentionally pursue me in every way and God opened my heart to him, and with my complete trust in God, this allowed me to open my heart to fully love and trust JJ. As time went on my love, admiration and respect for JJ began to grow and I’m so thankful that JJ was brought into my life at the perfect time. I can’t wait to see how the rest of our story unfolds!&nbsp;

Ashley & Jaheim

Ashley & Jaheim

A&J

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