Our family story: How we met

Chris and I have an Epic love story that has spanned two countries. At the age of 19, Chris was called to serve a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and was sent to serve in the Canada, Toronto mission.  He dedicated the next two years of his life to serve for the Lord. Near the end of his mission, he was transferred to my hometown, Timmins, Ontario. I remember the first time seeing him, I thought he was the most handsome, jaw dropping, man that I have ever seen. Since my dad was the Bishop, my family had him and his mission companion over for dinner once a week and during that time I was able get to know them better.  I found Chris is to be kind, caring and illuminated joy into the lives around him. I remember that he once asked me to sing my favorite hymn in front of him and I was so nervous, but I did it anyways. That Sunday he gave me Mike and Ikes, wrapped in newspaper, with a note attached to it saying, thanks for stepping out of your comfort zone. To this very day, our favorite candy is Mike & Ikes (we served this to our guests at our wedding as a thank-you gift). When Chris was going home to Idaho Falls, I was preparing to drive from Ontario, across America to get my degree in Education at Brigham Young University- Idaho. When Chris was leaving his mission in Timmins, Chris then stated that if I needed anything, to Facebook him and we can find time to hang out. I, being an 18 year old girl, was stunned and assumed he was interested and waited for the day for him to call me. Chris, being an amazing man, wanted to be friendly and polite, and wanted to welcome me to America and make sure I was comfortable and adjusting well. During the next couple months, we became really good friends. Our friendship grew stronger but in the end, I was really attracted to him and wanted more. After much thinking and conversations with my family, I decided that I needed some time to find out what I wanted in my life, which was Chris, but he wanted to be friends. During our two weeks apart, Chris contacted me. He wanted to develop our friendship into a relationship.  Chris and I love each other so much. We are so very grateful that we made the decision to get married 4 years ago.