Sarah and Jon's History:

Story 0001 - The Story Of Our Engagement By Sarah
Story 0002 - How We Met

The Story Of Our Engagement By Sarah
On the night of February 2, 2002 I was up in Seattle, Washington seeing the sights and doing the normal  tourist stuff with my wonderful boyfriend of 3 years, Jon.  We had spent the day shopping downtown, going to the fish market, and drinking some Starbucks coffee in the city where it originated (one of my favorite things to do as you all know)! Well, that evening we got dressed up and headed to the Space Needle. While enjoying the view from the "O Deck," Jon dropped to one knee and asked me those few little words I had been dieing to hear for the past few months! "Sarah I love you so much and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?" As he said this he opened up a lighted ring box which illuminated the exact ring I had been dreaming about! Of course I excitedly responded with a YES and a few tears of joy.

After the proposal we had a limo pick us up and take us downtown to a wonderful Italian restaurant for dinner. Following dinner, the limo driver took us for a quick tour of Seattle to see some beautiful sights! The night was just perfect!

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How We Met
In November of 1998 I went to Salem, Oregon with my best friend Heidi Saunders to visit my good friend (and her sister) Jill Saunders who was attending Western Baptist College. I had no idea at that point what the Lord had in store for me! Jill insisted I meet this guy who in her eyes was "absolutely perfect for me!" I wasn't interested. In my mind I was just there to have a fun weekend with Jill and Heidi. Well, we ended up hanging out with this guy and his friends all weekend and I came to really admire him. I saw in Him, a great Christian guy who had the qualities that I desired in a boyfriend (and potential husband), but I had no idea he would actually become mine! I went home thinking, "Wow, I hope I can find a guy like that someday." Well, after exchanging e-mail addresses we ended up becoming great long distance friends for the next two months! While he was on Christmas vacation he came down to California and stayed with me and my family. (Looking back I can't believe my parents allowed this!) Well, we hit it off again and decided by the end of the visit there was something special between us that we wanted to "help" develop! So for the next year and a half we "dated" by nightly phone calls and a visit every couple months. The Lord really worked on our friendship through this time and helped us bond in ways that most people are never able to experience. After the year and a half was over and I was done with high school the Lord opened up doors for me to be able to attend Western Baptist College. It was a dream come true in more ways than one! :-) For the next two years Jon and I were able to spend a lot of time getting to know each other in a different way, which has led us to this point in our lives. As we look back on it all, we know without a doubt that it was the Lord who planned it all out and guided us down the right paths because without Him, there is no way this could have worked out!

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