It was a cold and stormy night… just kidding. It was a normal Sunday in March during Spring break for most college students. Ryan had flown from Florida, back home to Coatesville, Pennsylvania that weekend and was driving into Philadelphia to visit a church. Little did he know that Ashley was getting ready to attend the very same service he was driving to at that moment.

Ryan walked into church with his good friend, Chaim, shook a couple hands, introduced himself to many people, and eventually made his way into the service. Chaim had led him to the front row of the auditorium where they would sit with a couple more friends. Ryan and Ashley quickly said hello, not knowing who each other were, and enjoyed that night’s service.

After the service was over, Ryan and Chaim were walking back to his car with a couple buddies when Ashley honked her car horn at Chi and I to say goodbye for the night. Ashley rolled down her window, and we chatted for a couple minutes before deciding to head out. But when the conversation had ended, Ashley realized her car window had stopped working.

Her car window had broken.

She lives in the middle of Philadelphia. This is not the place to have your car window broken. Ashley is pretty resourceful however and decided to duct tape her window shut! Chi, Ashley and Ryan parted ways that night. Ryan flew back to Florida the next day to finish out the last couple months of the Bible Institute he was attending.

Ryan knew that Ashley was something special just from that one conversation they had. Clearly she thought the same about Ryan because she stalked some friends instagrams to eventually follow him later that week. Ryan thought it was funny, a little weird, but he truthfully appreciated it. It gave them a reason to continue posting and keeping up to date until it was time for Ryan to eventually move to Philly in May.

May of 2019 finally rolls around. Ryan packs up his things and drives 18 hours from Florida to Pennsylvania. Just a few days after arriving, Ryan, Ashley, and a couple of friends are grabbing dinner on top of Cira Green (a rooftop park in Philadelphia). Months go by as Ryan and Ashley get to know each more and more. The more they get to know each other the more they are reassured of their desires for dating each other.

A couple months later, in July of 2019, Ryan decided to be bold and ask Ashley out on a date. He had the whole night planned out. They would start the night at an arcade by playing games together, then drive to a burger place (because burgers were Ashley’s favorite food at the time), and then end the night on top of Cira Green like they did when they first started hanging out.

On July 20th, 2019, Ryan made things "official" with Ashley. A little over a year into dating Ryan knew he couldn't wait any longer and finally asked Ashley to marry him - of course she was over joyed to yes. So far their journey has been nothing short of an amazing adventure, as Ryan promised he would give her.

Thank you for reading a quick recap of our story, we are so glad to have all of you be apart of our best day yet.

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