About Bryan (by Samantha)I am so blessed to be married to Bryan! Bryan is a man of integrity and honesty. If he’s given you his word, you can count on it. He is one of the most generous people I’ve ever known and would literally give you the shirt off his back if he knew you needed it. Bryan is also a hard worker and tries to be excellent in everything he commits himself too. I know he will be a wonderful father because he knows what a crucial role a father plays in a child’s life. He already talks about taking a son camping and fishing and teaching him what it means to be a man. And if we have a little girl, he wants to take her on “daddy dates,” so she knows just how precious and treasured she is! I am excited to hopefully see Bryan in this role as “Daddy” someday.
About Samantha (by Bryan)Samantha is an amazing woman and my best friend. She has a real relationship with Jesus Christ and loves people well. Samantha is compassionate and kind, a peacemaker, a nurturer, intelligent, hard-working, frugal and giving. I like to tell people that she was made to be a mom. From her deep love for babies and children to her professional training as a nurse or 12+ years of experience as a babysitter, Samantha has a way with kids and desires to be a full-time mother. I am confident that God has already established her as an amazing woman for any young girl to follow, but I am excited to see how God uses her humility and desire to learn to make her into the best mother a child could have. She may not be perfect in every way but she is in every way perfect for me and the children that God will give us. I am very much looking forward to seeing a new side of her as we enter into the season of raising children.
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How We MetWhen Samantha was finishing her last semester of nursing school, she began attending a prayer group that met at Bryan’s house on Tuesday evenings. They hit it off right away and got to know each other a little better each week. They soon discovered that they both were passionate about international missions, adoption, and living frugally in order to be generous to others. About 6 weeks after they first met, Bryan took Samantha on a long walk and expressed his interest in her as more than just a friend and his desire to intentionally get to know one another in order to determine whether or not they should pursue courtship. After lots and lots of prayer and about 2 weeks of getting to know one another better, Bryan asked Samantha to enter into a season of courtship.
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Our Relationship
The Lord made it very clear to both of us that we were meant for one another! Bryan asked Samantha to marry him after only a few months of courtship, and she knew without a doubt what her answer was! We got married exactly one year after our long walk together. And now we’ve been married for nearly 3 years! We love each other very much and are committed until “death do us part.”