I'm convinced that the favor of the Lord and his grace are the only reason that Logan and I have found ourselves here, preparing for marriage. This is the story of how Logan and I became a couple.

Logan and I met as lab partners in PA school, in the anatomy lab. Immediately it became clear that we were very different; Logan was a hard worker, a good dissector, and I spent the majority of my time in the lab chatting with TA's, hoping that they would help me with most of my work. They did, and Logan hated me for it.

Lucky for me, being Logan's lab partner led to me getting an invitation to study with her and our group of friends. We struggled through all of our classes, and somehow made it through the most difficult summer and fall semesters of our lives together. With our group of friends, somehow we found a way to make all of the brutal parts of school a little bit better.

In spring 2022, after a friend's birthday party, Logan, our friends and I were all walking back to our cars. I left Logan and our other friends at their vehicles and rode a Lime scooter (my favorite thing about nighttime in OKC) back to my car. By the time I got back, I checked my phone and realized I had a missed call from Logan.

I called her back, and Logan thoughtfully asked "Hey, I was just wondering if you needed a ride home?"

"No, I'm good, thanks!"

What a dumb reply.

That phone conversation and the regret I felt after saying no were the beginning of the biggest crush I've ever had.

In the months that followed, I spent more time analyzing every conversation Logan and I had than I did studying. Picture me, in my friend's apartment with him and his girlfriend, writing on a whiteboard and providing my own commentary, looking for input and support that yes, Logan was actually interested in me, not just being a friend. The jury was still out. I needed someone closer to help me.

Enter my confidant, a close friend of both of ours. I admitted that I had a crush, and she kept my secret for about 4 months - more on that later. What was important is that I had a mediator, someone that cared for both of us and would look out for my interests.

The crush was wearing me down. Months were passing and I wasn't getting any sign of reciprocity from Logan. She was participating in conversations with our friends to set me up with other girls. Things were bleak. I really believed she was passing on me, pushing me out into a dating pool of other people.

She wasn't. To hear it from her, that conversation of setting me up with someone else was a moment when she decided she might like me, too.

A weekend or two after that set-it-up conversation, Logan and her friends spent the weekend together. She spilled to one of her friends, "What if I like Kyle?"

It just so happened to be our friend, the mediator. She outed me, explaining to Logan that I was interested too, and called me the next day to say go for it.

Logan and I went on a few dates, answered some up front questions that were major boxes we each wanted to check, and continued to get to know each other. For the last year, we've come to know each other more fully, and fallen deeper in love.

Logan is my complement in so many ways. She challenges me to pursue my faith. She helps me to love people better. She points me to Christ in the way that she lives. It will be my honor to partner with her for the rest of our lives and make much of the gospel, to serve and be generous, to move towards the marginalized and stand for justice. We can't wait to spend an evening with the people we love and celebrate the beginning of this journey!

-Kyle