Him:

In October of 2024, I received a text from my mother's friend, Toni. She told me all about this young lady named Madeline who I should absolutely text because she was wonderful. And I absolutely was never going to do such a thing.

Fast forward a couple of days and a friend request popped up from Madeline DeHart. In my head I now had to reach out or be known as a coward forever. My sister's advice was, "Why not reach out? If it doesn't work out, you will never see or have to talk to each other again."

It was only a couple of days of texting before I realized that this girl was special and this might be something. So I asked to come up and meet her. Our first date went rather well and we just spent several hours talking. We have spent several hours talking almost every day since.

In Madeline I found a woman who loves the Lord and has similar values, morals and ideals for what our lives should look like. In February, I looked at her and told her, "I intend to marry you and am not going to go anywhere unless you tell me to."

Her:

In June 2024, my friend Katie was preparing to move to Alaska. I went over to talk with her, and she shared that her mom knew a good, godly man in Texarkana. I shied away from the idea of meeting a stranger in some blind set up.

Fast forward to October 2024: Katie brought Kent back up in conversation. Her mom really liked him and wanted to find a woman for him with similar morals and values. Katie also had a strong sense that this could be something (which was quite encouraging). My thought was, "At least this guy comes with a character recommendation!" So Katie and her mom had my permission to share my number. He could reach out if he wanted, but I was determined not to reach out first.

Turns out I accidentally Facebook-friended him while stalking (of course I was curious!). I think I just about died of mortification when I received the notification that my friend request had been accepted by Kent. I would never in a million years have consciously done that.

On October 9th, Kent texted me and introduced himself. Our conversation was fun, and I enjoyed his humor. As we talked about more, I found that we were so aligned in many important areas. And even more, I enjoyed playing games and completing tasks with him. He is my worthy partner and adversary in the best of ways!

We have been having wonderful conversations ever since that first day. I couldn't imagine a better man, let alone someone who is so perfect for me! I am very thankful to the Lord for orchestrating our meeting, and I am so excited for our future together!

K&M

Wedding Day