Hilton Head Island Engagement Session - Justus + Angelica

Justus + Angelica

"We met freshman year of college (2012) at GCSU, on a Tuesday night at BCM. Angelica was on the worship team and Justus thought she was really cute… and she thought he was really cute too ;). 

A few days later, Justus was sitting in Blackbird Coffee in downtown Milledgeville (soon to become their favorite date spot). Angelica walked in and said “hello” then told Justus to come sit with her if he got “bored.” 

Well, as you can imagine, Justus got “bored” very quickly, and went to sit with this beautiful woman. 

They talked about themselves, family, and their common faith for over two hours. Justus was so enthralled by her love for Jesus and her love for her family that his fascination only increased. Angelica was surprised how easy it was to talk to him and how much they had in common. 

After spending some time together, Justus knew he couldn’t let her pass him by… 

He first asked her out one night after BCM. He managed to get a moment alone with her and and asked her to coffee the following morning, where she replied, “Uhm… I have class at 8:00 and 7:00 is too early. Can I let you know?” 

“Great,” thought Justus, “I don’t have a chance.” 

Ready to embrace rejection, Justus was surprised to get a text message saying that she would be there at 7:00. 

Bright and early, he bought both of them green tea and explained to Angelica the way that he felt about her, and asked her if she would be willing to start “hanging out” together with the intention of moving toward a dating relationship. Once again, she pulled out the “Can I think about it?” card, to which Justus agreed. 

A week later, after many sleepless nights, Justus couldn’t stand the waiting. He asked Angelica if they could discuss their conversation from the week before. He was determined that she would say “no,” but he had to hear it directly from her so that he could move on with his life. 

Surprisingly, she said “yes… under one condition: we go reallllly slow.” 

Justus thought he wanted “slow” too, so he agreed! 

Blackbird, tennis courts, Taco Bell, blindfolds, and an extremely memorable Valentine’s date later, Justus knew there was something special about this girl and that he wouldn’t be content without her in his life. 

March 16, 2013, after a lot of second-guessing, awkward evenings, and Waffle House with his best friend, Jacob, Justus finally mustered the courage to ask Angelica to be his girlfriend. She agreed!

Fast-forward two years, Justus finally had the nerve to ask Angelica to be his wife (it should be pretty obvious at this point that she said “yes”) and the rest, as you can say, is history."

Such a Justus look, I had to...;)

Some of you may not know, this is my little brother! One of the SIX bothers I have been blessed with! LOVE YOU JUSTUS & ANG! -Ashah

Downtown Macon Ga - Britt + Ben

Britt + Ben

"We met in college. It is a very small school, so we had seen each other around campus, but never spoke. He played baseball and I played softball, so us meeting was bound to happen. One night, my sophmore year, a girl on my team had some friends over and we were hanging out, then he walked in and when I saw him I got butterflies. After we started dating, he told me that when he saw me that night, he told his friends, "that's her, I'm talking to her tonight." So we hung out that night and got to know each other a little bit. It was funny because I realized that I told him my entire life story that night and I usually don't talk that much, especially first meeting someone. Us dating was a process though because I was so oblivious and naive to his little hints about wanting to date. He probably asked for my number 15 times. Thank goodness I finally caught on because after we really started hanging out and dating, I knew that God placed him in my life at the most perfect time. I knew he was my one before he knew I was his. He is definitely my best friend and I can't remember what life was like before I knew him. We knew were going to marry each other not too long after being "official". We made it through college together! Shortly after graduation, on Memorial weekend, he was getting ready to go to Canada to play baseball for the summer. I planned a day of us going out to eat, to the Braves game, and to SkyView Atlanta (the big ferris wheel) in Centennial Park downtown. As we were walking to the ferris wheel, he said "hold on, I forgot my wallet". Which, looking back, is weird because he never takes his wallet out of his pocket. So I stood on the corner and he ran back to the truck. We went to the ferris wheel and I noticed he was acting goofier than normal, but I didn't think anything of it. We get in the little bucket and start the ride. It was so awesome! Atlanta lit up is really pretty and we got to see it from the top! So we are riding, just goofing around and making jokes and he starts wiggling around trying to get on one knee. He is 6'4", just fyi. And I immediately start questioning him and wondering why his crazy self is doing this in a tiny cart on a huge ferris wheel, a billion feet in the air. He starts talking and I, of course, interrupt and say, "Is this real life? Are you for real right now? What are you doing?" (he played an April Fool's joke proposal on me) and I am awkward so of course I "ruin" his moment! He tells me to hush and keeps talking and all I remember is him saying, "I want to go through life with your hand in mine, will you marry me?" Of course I say yes!! It was perfect and wonderful and amazing and I will forever have butterflies, a smile, and very blesses and full heart. 

He tells me that he always had his eyes on me ever since he saw me on campus one day, then at a baseball game. When he wanted to talk to me, he found out that I had a boyfriend back home (this was freshman year).  We even saw each other at Walmart one day and made awkward eye contact because we both got caught staring at each other. God's timing is always perfect and through everything in my past Ben was always a part of my story."