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Reyna’s side - so as for my side of the story I first met Kyle at the maintenance training on our kingdom hall but because I was focused on recovering from the year , losing some important people in my life and I didn’t really have an interest in dating or getting married so I kept my distance . Kyle had moved into our kingdom hall so I saw him a lot , but only started to notice him after different people mentioned how he looked at me differently but again not having a any interest in dating I didn’t think to much into it. But later on a mutual friend connected us so that I could help him make friends , who knew he would become my best friend haha , I started to invite him to a couple different places , like Six Flags where he tried to impress me by facing his fear of heights, , the movies where he dealt with the movie he didn’t even want to go see, the Channel Islands where we played Uno on a Cliffside , and we did a few hikes where he helped my friends and my dog Indie cross the river all during that time I didn’t see him as anything other then a friend. but later on in the year in January,early February is when I first started to like him ,we started talking a lot and for me I was gathering information to see if I wanted to see where this would go. The moment where I felt like was a turning point in how I felt about him was when we did a group tour at the Getty Museum. We hung out on and off throughout the day but it wasn’t until the end of the day when we drove home, we talked and talked and talked, and it felt like nobody else was there. We talked about everything and anything during those 2 Hours. I was having such a good time to the point that when I realized there was only 20 minutes left of the drive I felt disappointed it was ending …”I wish that it could go on longer that we could spend more time together. “ Later that month in February I had a trip to go visit a friend in Thailand planned so because of my feelings starting for him , I was planning on telling him when I got back , when he and a friend of ours was going to pick me up from the airport. But because we had talked so much the week prior to me leaving I felt bad making him wait and leaving him confused. So the day before I left to Thailand we got together at a park , and at the end of the night , I told him I liked him. Such a terrifying thing haha . Heres the catch I told him I liked him but didn’t know what I wanted to do with it and was going to take the time in Thailand to gather advice from the older sisters , I was Going be with , think it over and give him my answer when I got back. I did however have two things I wanted him to do. Which also those two things aligned with a prayer that I had asked Jehovah to give me the answers to , the answers would determine whether or not I would pursue this relationship. Those two things was approval from my mom and approval from an elder that knew us both very well. Later on in the week he gave me a call and told me that he had got in my mom‘s permission which I was surprised about haha , But before that he had also gotten approval and blessing from the elder ,so when I got back I knew Jehovah had given me my answer and I was ready to accept his request to be his girlfriend.. The first week of us dating he was introduced to the rest of my family , when we went bowling . My uncle dressed up in overalls, a fake mullet and fake buck teeth . And even with all of that, he stuck around. And now writing the story it’s been almost 9 months and looking back, it blows my mind how Jehovah has blessed us throughout this whole time with such a loving community of friends and family to support us throughout our whole relationship. Kyle’s side- My side of the story starts September 1st 2023 when I decided to move to Adelanto for work. Knowing that I didn’t know anyone there I decided it would be a good time to focus on myself spiritually and not worry about distractions (girls) and that went good for a couple month. But then Reyna started to catch my attention when we had the first hall cleaning. When I Saw her out there with her safety vest on working as hard as all the other brothers out there I was thinking…hmm she seems pretty cool. But I kinda shrugged it off because she ignored me when I walked up to my friend who she was talking to. A few weeks later we had an LDC training day at our hall and there she was again with her vest and hard hat and I remember thinking, hmm she’s kinda cute…but no I’m focusing on myself! At lunch we ended up in the same group and the topic of visiting Six Flags came up and our group ended up making plans to go. That was the first time that I remember thinking ok yea, I kinda like this girl. The day of Six Flags we ended up spending a lot of time talking to each other but she had to go and tell me “I don’t plan on dating to getting married in this system so don’t try it” and I kinda played it cool cause I was also trying to focus on myself. But from then on we started talking to each other more and more and doing more stuff together like hiking and movie nights. The more we hung out, the harder it was to ignore my feelings. One day we ended up going to the Getty Villa for a Bible tour and the entire car ride there and back, we just talked and talked and talked and I remember thinking geez I really like this woman We had so much in common and even common goals. It was hard though because she had explicitly told me she never wanted to be in a relationship but at the same time there where moments were it seemed like she also liked me. But knowing she didn’t want to get married in this system I respected her thinking and told myself if she wants to date…SHE has to make the first move. The following month we talked nonstop. We talked so much that we were on the phone till 2-3am…and I had work at 4am. It was so much fun, but also so confusing cause I keep going back and forth on if she likes me or not. Finally on February 17th she invited me to a park with some of her friends and we spent the evening there hanging out and towards the end of the night she finally told me she liked me…I was so excited. There was a catch though, the following day she was leaving to Thailand for 2 weeks and if I wanted to date her, I needed to ask 2 people, her mom, and a very straight forward elder in our hall. The “easy” one was the elder in the hall. I already had a good relationship with him so when I finally opened up to him about her his response was “yeah I already knew you liked her, I think you would both be really good for each other” that was a big relief. Now for her mom, at the time I hadn’t talked to her mom yet, but when we were at meetings she was taller than me cause of her heels and Reyna had told me when she was younger she lived in Alaska where she hunted bears…now I don’t know a lot but I know bears are harder to hunt than me and I was suppose to ask her if I could date her daughter??? Yea needless to say I was terrified (I’m not THAT terrified of you any more Joy, I love you❤️) But I knew if I wanted to date her, I had to man up and ask. So after one meeting I asked to speak to her. Shaking in my boots I told her that Reyna and I have started to get close and I wanted to ask her permission to date her daughter, she told me “I don’t mind…but you better not hurt her” and I’m a smart enough man, that I took those words to heart. On the drive home from meeting that night I called Reyna while she was still in Thailand and told her the news, we were both excited but nervous at the same time because neither of us had been in a relationship before. Looking back now it was definitely worth being patient and seeing where our friendship would lead. Back in those first few months I never would have guessed we would end up getting married especially less than 2 years after meeting each other, but she quickly became my best friend and I can’t even imagine having a life without her.

Reyna & Kyle

Reyna & Kyle

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