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Jacinda is currently in dental school in Louisville, Kentucky, while Matt is pursuing his PhD in chemical engineering in Madison, Wisconsin. While each were living their own lives, not knowing the other existed, their mutual friends, Amanda and Joey Dilliha, were secretly plotting to set the two up. In January of 2023, they asked Jacinda and Matt separately if each of them would be willing to go on a double date, and both Jacinda and Matt said yes! Little did they know, that would be the start of their lives together. In March of 2023, we went on our first double date with Amanda and Joey! The date went really well and we both knew we wanted to see each other again! In July of 2023, we started texting one another, at first just every once in a while, and then eventually texting each other every day!

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Joline is Jacinda's little sister! As the two have gotten older, they have gotten closer, especially after Jacinda moved to college in 2018. Life is so much more fun with Joline's bubbly personality and you never know what to expect from her!

Joline Eskander

Despite growing up in the same neighborhood, Joey and Matt only became close in high school. Since then, the two have been inseparable. From being tennis doubles partners to traveling the West in a minivan for a month, the two of them have had no shortage of antics. Joey is a co-conspirator with Amanda in setting up Matt and Jacinda.

Joey Dilliha

Leah is Jacinda's undergrad roommate of 2 years and both were also in the same major, so they spent every second of every day together. Leah is still one of Jacinda's closest friends today. Fun fact, Leah is the one who got Jacinda to love coffee. 

Leah Conley

Chess and Matt met during their freshman year at UK through classes and being discipled together. Throughout college, you could often find them playing disc golf, meeting for accountability, or sleeping right next to each other in their shared bedroom senior year. Let them know if you have any good space-related business ideas.

Chess Necessary

Sarah is one of Jacinda's first friends ever and now holds the record of being Jacinda's longest friends of about 20 years! The two grew up going to church and camps together, and they were always mistaken as twins by everyone. 

Sarah Cymbalak

Milam was also neighbors with Matt while growing up. Through the power of Milam's bullying and Matt's Stockholm syndrome, they became close friends. You can often find Milam making fun of Matt to his face or bragging on him behind his back.

Milam Watkins

Emma is a childhood friend of Jacinda's. They met in 2011 and got especially close in high school while attending youth group together. Emma is one of the wisest people Jacinda knows and always gives sound advice. This makeup guru gets to do Jacinda's make up for her wedding day!

Emma Daghfal

Isaac is a groomsman. As a man of few words, little other information is known about him.

Isaac Phillips

Payal and Jacinda met at the start of dental school with Jacinda just going up to Payal and asking her if she wanted to study together, and they got really close very quickly. They always joke that they are the same person because they are always thinking the same thing. 

Payal Patel

Nick and Matt became close in college through coincidental meetings at Old School Coffee. He soon joined Matt and Chess in accountability meetings, and the three quickly became close friends. If you don't like hearing the cold, hard truth, you might not want to talk to Nick - he won't hide it!

Nick Wilkins

Amanda and Jacinda met in dental school and started to get really close during the second year. You can always spot them walking through the halls of school rambling about everything and helping each other in clinic and projects. Amanda gets half the credit (along with Joey) for setting up Jacinda and Matt!

Amanda Dilliha

Drew and Matt met when they sat next to each other in their first chemical engineering class and quickly became friends. They then spent Junior year as neighbors and senior year as roommates! You can often find them together jamming to Uncle Kracker's "Follow Me".

Drew Thomas

Sarah is Matt's older sister, and Jacinda and Sarah have gotten to know each other throughout the last year of Jacinda and Matt dating, especially while rooming together during family vacation. Their favorite activity to do together is to gang up on Matt and make fun of him. Jacinda looks forward to having an older sister! 

Sarah Orndorff

Caleb and Matt met in high school at a summer program, but they became friends at UK through the Baptist Campus Ministry. Beyond this, they were roommates junior year while being co-leaders of the BCM worship team. You can often find Caleb doing/saying something out-of-pocket - much to Matt's chagrin.

Caleb Nelson

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Deadline to book: May 14th, 2025

La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Peru Starved Rock St Park

Deadline to book: May 29th, 2025$3 parking feeSeparate booking for same hotel for Sunday night, June 29th (see the last website linked on this list)

Fairfield Inn & Suites Peru

Deadline to book: May 29th, 2025$3 parking feeSeparate booking for same hotel for Saturday night, June 28th (see previous link on this list)

Jacinda & Matthew

Jacinda & Matthew

J&M

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