We both were never fans of long distance relationships or online dating. But when the one person that is destined for you resides 2100 miles away, the universe shows you that this is the way. We were brought together by the grace of God, and by his grace our love continued to grow, and we look forward to the rest of our lives together in holy matrimony.

If you ask her:

She was shy at first, very quiet, she gazed into his beautiful hazel eyes, she smiled, she blushed. It was the first time she had seen him in person. They hugged. He was excited to talk to her, finally. He was not sure that she would have made it, that she would have shown up, but she did. She listened to him talk, and said not a word. He said, “You’re so quiet, what’s wrong, aren’t you happy that you are here”

And she said, as she couldn’t stop looking at him “You’re much better looking in person” He smiled, that was the first compliment he had ever received from her, but it was not the last.

If you ask him:

He was very persistent. From the very beginning, he would ask her many questions about herself. He could not believe that this gorgeous beauty before his eyes was single just before he had met her. He saw that she was very close with her family, a bittersweet notion that knowing that not only is she caring for her loved ones, but that it would be difficult for her to part with her family, and relocate. Would their love survive the distance, would she miss home?

Our love did survive, and our wedding date is the anniversary of the day that we first met.

It takes the three of us… a loving husband, a loving wife, and God through and with us, bringing a foretaste of that “joy unspeakable and full of glory” that we have been promised in Him.

Forever in love,

Crystal and Bobby

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