How we met:


Luke and I met initially through friends during our first training camps for volleyball and football as freshmen, but God knew the best timing for bringing us together would be two years later, half way through our sophomore year of college. We are the most dramatic example of right person wrong time, with a story full of misunderstandings and unrevealed feelings. This lasted a year and a half, and gave us both individually time to grow up a little and mature in our faith, creating the first picture in our dating relationship of what it means to pursue Christ first before we can love one another. In February that year, Luke and I were both at a Whitworth men’s basketball game, where by God’s grace, we reconnected, this time for good! We got coffee at Thomas Hammer the next day, leading to charming but awkward first dates, intramural basketball games, and many rounds of five crowns. On March 11, 2023 we went to dinner and Luke asked my dad for his blessing to lead me in a dating relationship. We celebrated with the Princess Bride and played hot seat with friends! Since this moment, we have shared two summers of long distance where hearts grew fonder and the understanding that we belong to each other grew deeper. We’ve cheered each other on from the sidelines of two seasons of Whitworth volleyball and football games. We’ve danced to many songs, exchanged many origami love notes, spent many priceless hours with OUR family, and have learned more about God’s character than either of us thought possible. With grateful hearts, full of a love that sanctifies (and my dad’s blessing), Luke asked me to marry him, and I said HECK YES.


When deciding when is the right time to get married, Luke and I wrote the following lists for each other, which we would love to share with you, our dearly loved friends and family:


Cass’s List:

I can love you for the rest of my life because:
You’re a faithful and obedient servant of the Lord who always points me toward God.
You’re a helper.
You have an enthusiasm about the things you love. It’s joyful and feels like living
You feel like my home.
You care about family and want one one day.
You’re goal oriented disciplined and motivated.
You give me God’s peace.
I love that our social needs are compatible and allow for similar hobbies like games, fitness and nature.
You make prayerful decisions
I love how thoughtful you are toward me, I love your your actions and words toward me.
I love that we both speak to each other with kindness and love. I don’t often have to guess how you feel about me because you make it known.
I love that you want to learn about me and how we can pursue each other best.
I love that I know you’ll protect our family one day and will lead them according to the Bible.
I love that through you I can have sisters to share life with.
I love that we get to share literary worlds in reading and writing. Our marriage will be a life long book club.
I love the way my soul feels when you laugh and how you lead me in joy.


Luke’s List:


I can love you for the rest of my life because:
Our shared faith and love of Jesus!
You make me the best possible version of myself in life, faith, relationships, emotions, future plans, and every other aspect of my life.
You pursue me with love.
You make me feel secure.
You love others in a way that God’s love can shine though you.
You act out of wisdom and care and you always think of others first.
I love our shared life and our shared passions like books and hikes.
Your sense of humor and how you make me laugh.
Your kind words and how they help me to feel and be better than I was.
How you pursue God’s plan for you.
The way you pray and the intention you put into each action in your day!
How excited you are to share life with me and how excited I am in return :)
You make me feel like I am home no matter where I am.


What God has done in our relationship:


Cass embodies the love and faithfulness of Christ in all that she does. From where I started in my faith to now, she has been all that a woman of God should be as a helper and an embodiment of Christ. From wanting to talk about bible studies and topics we were learning about, to reading our bibles together over coffee our relationship was framed in a way that put God first. A major point in my faith was when Cassidy and I began going to GCF church together every Sunday, this added a layer of fellowship was truly a blessing from God. From the time we first met to now, it has been a joy to see all the work that God has done to shape us into the people we are now! It is one thing to read about faith or hear others talk about it but it is hard to truly understand aspects of it without living it out. Cassidy has become the best examples of what a Woman of God should aim to be and because of that, I have been shaped into the role of a Godly man.


Luke is the most beautiful picture of headship and deepens my understanding of what it means to be loved by our Heavenly Father. He has been an earthly image of what happens when we come to the Lord in prayer asking for forgiveness, and receive a grace that washes away shame and fills our souls to sustain us. God has led Luke through his diligence in prayer in every direction our dating relationship has wandered, leading us to love God more and embrace the beautiful design for the spiritual gifts of a man and a woman. God, through Luke, has transformed my heart, making me holier, so that I may respect and honor Luke and God through the power of prayer, the humility to be led, and utter gratitude for the miracle of love. On July 12, 2025, we will be of one mind and one soul and give thanks to god for a unity bound together by things not of this world, for Christ is the mark before our eyes.