Our names are Isaac Roa and Hannah Gross, and we met a little over a year and a half ago (Summer 2022) at one of the summer camps here at Camp Berea, about 45 minutes outside of Morelia, Mexico.

In 2023, we had the opportunity to learn and grow deeply in our faith and discover God's calling on our lives. Hannah came to Mexico in January of that year to learn how to be a missionary while Isaac was interning as a

mechanical engineer at the camp. Hannah

has always wanted to be a missionary but didn’t know where—until the Lord opened the doors to

come to Mexico. Hannah did not go into the year looking to get my MRS degree but actually dedicated the ten months she was spending in Mexico to the Lord to be single. That mindset kept her focus on why she came to Mexico.

Her dream idea of a relationship was to skip the drama of the whole dating/courting stage, and instead, simply become such good friends with someone until one day they both realized they wanted to get married. However, she didn’t think it was realistic.

Hannah was surprised to find out Isaac was living at the camp (since they had been on the same team the summer for) but wasn’t interested. We became good friends right away, however, and Hannah noticed his character and admired his faith and began to pray for the Lord to change her heart if it was His will.

Little did she know that around the same time (towards the end of March 2023), Isaac began to pray for the Lord to work out His will in our relationship as well, because he realized he was interested.

During the year, we both participated in many evangelistic outreaches and learned the importance of sharing the Gospel as the return of Jesus becomes

closer each day. We participated in several AMOR Divino projects, went evangelizing to the hospital in Morelia,

discipled some of the young men and women from church, and sat in on many teachings from the senior missionaries here during various camps.

As we saw the need for more missionaries in Mexico to carry the good news of salvation to the

people, the Lord began to put a desire in both of our hearts to serve in full-time ministry.

Hannah finally realized she was interested in July, and from there, the interest between us grew as we spent more time together. Although we never had spoken our feelings to each other, it was no longer a question of “if” but “when.”

When Hannah's family came down to Mexico for Thanksgiving, we finally had "the talk." Long

story short, we became such good friends that we really don’t need a long relationship stage, so already started planning the wedding!

Isaac officially proposed on January 27, 2024, and our long-term plan after getting married is to serve as full-time missionaries here in Mexico, wherever the Lord may

lead, focusing on evangelism and discipleship.

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