Rustic Ties

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<p>Our story begins at Sacandaga Bible Conference in July of 2022. I (Will) was working at Sac on maintenance, and it was getting close to the end of camp. I was of the opinion that I didn’t want to be in a relationship for a while. However, on July 22nd in the evening when all the kids had left for the week, I was enjoying my free time with some of the staff, and Susanna came walking over with some of her friends. After we were introduced, we seemed to hit it off pretty well. She spent quite a bit of time at camp through the rest of the season, and we started to become friends. From the start, I had some interest in her. Then a little after camp we went to a Beach Boys concert with David and Emma. The three of them planned to go but wanted another friend to come, so David invited me last minute. He said several times that he wasn’t trying to set us up, but neither one of us believes him and we’re both happy that he did. We got to talk quite a bit there, and realized that we had very similar music taste, which was exciting for us both. After the concert I definitely had interest in her, but decided to just be good friends. So for the next several months we did just that. We’d talk often at church. When fall came, we both volunteered at Sac for the fall festival. We hung out with each other and talked a lot that night. After that our talks at church got a lot longer, sometimes an hour or two at a time. Through the winter we became very good friends. Once January came around, Paster Nate announced plans for our churches annual missions trip. We both decided to go. So in March we went with Adirondack Baptist Church down to the Dominican Republic to help build a church and apartment. We spent several of the evenings together talking, and stayed up pretty late a few nights. At that point I think I realized that I really liked her and wanted to date her, and I thought she might be interested too. During and after the trip, Paster Nate was teasing us both quite a bit. Not long after our return, on April 16th, there was a celebration at Sac for the 25th anniversary of the church. Following the program, Susanna, Mary, and I went to get ice cream. Once Mary left and we were getting ready to leave, I asked her out. After we had gone on three dates, Susanna had a trip to Virginia for a friend’s graduation and I was going away for a month; so the day that she was leaving I called her, and asked her to be my girlfriend, she said yes. We both decided to go back to Sac that summer and work as heads of staff. Fast forward and on February 9th, 2024. We went to the Empire State Plaza ice rink and that’s where I proposed! In march of 2024 we went back to the Dominican Republic on our second missions trip, but this time engaged! Looking forward to our next milestone on September 18th!!</p>

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Michaela VanGorder 

Mary Horst

Emma VanGorder

Hannah Weber 

Garrett Moore

Matthew Haman 

David Spencer

Tyler Moore

Wedding Party

<p>THE CEREMONY WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE, BUT CAN BE MOVED INSIDE ON SITE IF IT RAINS.</p>

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Susanna & Will

Susanna & Will

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