In 2023, Jessi decided to set up an account on a Christian dating app called SALT in hopes of meeting someone special. She had been on the app for a few months with little success and was about to give up on it for good in April of 2024. Aaron decided that he was ready to start looking for someone special too, and decided that SALT might be a good place to start. So he got a haircut, took a picture, and created his profile April 26th, 2024.

Within 24 hours of setting up his profile, a pretty girl came across his page and he decided to like her profile. It just so happened that the pretty girl was busy finishing her EMT class and preparing for a new job in Wyoming, but thought the man's profile was too good to pass up, so she liked his too. Aaron was the first to message. He wanted to know her thoughts on a book she liked called "The Road to Serfdom." She responded and asked what biblical history books he could recommend. From there, their conversations got deeper and nerdier, and they decided they should meet up in person.

Their first date was quite interesting. Jessi decided to spend May 6th with Aaron in Wichita, which was 3 hours away from her home. Her family was concerned, not just because she was going to be so far away with a strange man she had just met online a week prior, but tornado warnings and severe storms were forecasted for the day of their date. The two decided they just couldn't wait, so they went on the date anyway. They had a wonderful time and spent many hours at the Museum of Natural History, ate cajun food, and held hands all day. Surprisingly, they had avoided any bad weather up to the end of their date. It was only as Aaron was driving home that he got stuck in a downpour.

After that first date, the couple tried to be together as much as they could. Even though Aaron knew Jessi was moving to Wyoming to be a park ranger in early June, he felt that his new calling was to be with her. So, in late August, he followed and moved to Torrington, WY just before her 26th birthday.

Since then, they have both been loving their new relationship, new home, and new jobs. Aaron got a job as an inspector for a machining company in Scottsbluff, NE, and Jessi works as the Education Technician at Fort Laramie National Historic Site and a part-time EMT in Torrington. Aaron proposed at home, not long after moving to Torrington.

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