I first saw Luke on Sunday, June 4, 2023. I remember glancing up before service started at church and seeing him talking to someone thinking “oh hey, he’s attractive.” However, I figured he must already be married–checked his left hand and found out he wasn’t. Instead I convinced myself he must have a girlfriend that just wasn’t there that week or that perhaps a friend had brought him and he wouldn’t be back, so I just brushed it off for the week.

The following week he was there again which is when I became very interested. I figured that if he had a girlfriend she would probably be at church with him, so I decided he was single. Because he came alone, I knew he chose to be at church which was a green flag. His participation during worship and that he actively followed along during the message definitely caught my attention. Several weeks passed where I was hopelessly and desperately praying that he was “the one” and that I could at least find a way to meet him.

One Sunday, I heard him talking and eavesdropped his name before I ever even met him. I also found out that he was going to our young adults group at church, so I decided to start going to that again. I finally got to meet him July 9 at the young adults group on the lawn at Cornerstone Church. At the end, as we were packing up to leave, he talked to me. I told myself he was just being polite and making small talk to fill the silence. Luke will try to tell you that I shut him down–that I only said two words. I said more than that, but he simply didn’t hear me, so when there was silence I said, “Well, it was nice to meet you,” and left. I know, I know. It sounds bad, but I had been nervous for weeks! To my defense, Luke does an excellent job of making it look like he heard something even if he didn’t, and this is what happened.

Then the following Sunday was a game night. I remember stealing glances and texting my friend Grace in the bathroom about how wonderful he was and how everything just seemed to line up. I decided that next Sunday I would talk to him at church. Let me tell you, I felt so nauseous leading up to it. He recommended a documentary called What is a Woman at the game night, so I had watched it in preparation for the next Sunday so I could have something to talk to him about. After the service, I made my approach and started absolutely rambling, but I guess it worked out because he asked me out to lunch after and now we are engaged!

J&L

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