Brooklynn:

“ Tai and I first met at a Monday night Bible Study. The first time I talked to him I thought he was really funny and cute but I didn’t think anything of it because I wasn’t looking for anything at the time. That night he asked for my number and we started texting. I thought it was kind of flirty but I knew it was strictly just friends. A couple nights later he needed a ride back from his teammates house so I offered to pick him up. We sat in the parking lot of his apartment complex for about an hour and had a really deep and genuine conversation about our faith and life. At that point, I found myself really interested because it was just so refreshing to see that he was a good guy. After that night, we kept spending time together, still just as friends. But before I knew it, I found myself really liking him. I had no idea how he felt though, so I just went with the flow, trusting God’s plan. I would pray every day that if it was God’s will and if he felt the same way about me, then somehow it would all come together. We continued spending time together every day, getting to know each other on a deeper level. He was everything I had been praying for and truly wanted. But I also knew where he stood, he wasn’t looking for a relationship because his focus was on God. So I chose to trust God and His plan. If it works out, great. If it doesn’t, that’s okay too. Before long we both knew this was something special. And after just four months, Tai asked me to marry him! And I didn't even have to think twice because when you know, you know...and now we're planning our forever and I'm so thankful that this was started as a Bible study turned into the beginning of our favorite story.

Tai:

" So we met at Bible study and at the time, I was praying to be single the rest of my life. This is because what Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:32-34 ,basically how a single man can devote all his time to God in a way that a married man cannot, there's no division of interests that needs to take place. So, back to Brooklynn, after the Bible study I went over to my buddy who was talking to a girl that was Brooklynn's good friend and so we were all just talking and what not. We all wanted to have a game night so we all exchanged numbers. I texted Brooklynn so she had my contact and we then just started talking more and more. About a week later I had a baseball gathering, I didn't drive (this is important). Brooklynn and I were texting back and forth and I had said something about how I wanted to leave but I didn't have a car (it's like 10:00pm at this point). She then says, "I can pick you up!" I insist that she doesn't because it's late, it's about 20 min away, etc. and she goes on to say how it's no big deal, she can pick me up. I say yes, we drove back talking about God, her family, and we ended up parked in the parking lot of my apartment complex for almost an hour just talking about these things. We got on the topic of church and she was actually looking for a church...we went to church on Sunday with a couple of my teammates, the last day of the Kern County fair was that day so I asked her to go (along with my teammates and whoever else wanted to go), my buddy then explained he wasn't going bc he didn't wanna intrude on my "date". I told him it 100% was NOT a date as I didn't want anything to do with anyone intimately at this time. She texted me later that day asking if we were going and I said shoot why not so we went and had a great time. During this whole process of praying for God to take my feelings for her away, asking God to take her feelings for me away, her prayers ended up being stronger than mine...and I am so grateful to God they were. Throughout this whole process God answered my prayers in a different way. Being the logical thinker I am, I would always ask God to reveal to me what He was teaching me through her and every time I asked God a question He revealed it in the only way that could've convinced me, loud and clear. Out on a prayer walk one day I was talking with God and I posed the question, "Would dating her/asking her to be my girlfriend bring me closer to you or further away from you?"...then it hit me. I asked her out shortly after that and 1 week and 4 days into dating (2 days before her 22nd birthday) I told my Mom I was going to marry her and 4 1/2 months into dating I asked her to marry me! She is an amazing woman and there is no one I would rather spend the rest of my life with.

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