Once upon a time….

In June of 2023 Ariana came across Joshua’s social media account on instagram. She didn’t want to admit it at the time, but sent the friend request because she thought he was good-looking from his profile picture. He immediately accepted the request and requested to follow back- fast forward to October of 2023 and Joshua liked a story Ari had posted (which happened to be pictures of just her). Though, she didn’t think too much into it until a few days later, while she happened to be out to lunch with her parents, Joshua sent her a funny reel on instagram. The reel he sent her was in Spanish, which she didn’t know, so her mom watched it and laughed instead of telling her what it said. LOL. Ariana then sent a few reels back and later that day he asked how her day was going. From that moment on they were in constant communication day in and day out. The butterflies were going and all the excitement of having this new friendship and chemistry was unexplainable. Joshua, though, he hadn’t even met her yet, expressed his love to her in December of 2023. She was so happy he felt this way because she felt the exact same and immediately expressed her love back. They met soon after in January 2024 at her church’s youth conference, where him, his parents, three siblings, and grandmother came to meet this girl who he had just started talking to on instagram a few months back. The moment they laid eyes on each other they knew this would be the beginning of their journey together. They officially started courting January 19th, 2024. From traveling back and forth from Arizona (where Ariana lived) to California (where Joshua lived) and visa versa, their love and relationship grew stronger than ever. They soon realized long distance is not for the weak, and though their relationship was tested and tried throughout their year of courtship, they persevered and together, with God at the center, Joshua got down on one knee on April 19th, 2025. Ariana’s immediate answer, was of course, YES!!!

J&A

Wedding Day

From Far Away to Forever