Becca's Story: We both attend a group called Aggie Lutherans. I was searching for friends and he was looking for ministry opportunities. The first time that I remember really noticing him was when we had a social event at GattiLand. We flirted around and I enjoyed his company. Later that week I was having problems with my ex-boyfriend and I called Nate just to talk. He took it as a ministry opportunity and came over for awhile. After that, we became good friends and spent a lot of time talking during road trips home for YARPs and breaks (His parents live in Bandera, about 30 min from Center Point). Everything fell into place and has been going great since!

Nate's Story: So much good stuff that Becca left out. . . When I met Becca I was a 5th year senior about to graduate. Most of my friends from college had moved away and gotten real jobs, so I needed to find a student organization where I could make new friends. I already knew a few of the people in Aggie Lutherans, so it was the logical place to start. I remember meeting Rebecca at Aggie Lutherans for the first time. She was outgoing, full of laughter, and had a wonderful smile. I quickly and intentionally introduced myself to her, but didn't dwell on her, afterall I wasn't interested in dating a freshman, and I was there to make friends. About a week later Aggie Lutherans went to Mr. Gatti's. We were all waiting at the church to leave as a group, I was sitting in the grass, and to my surprise she came up and sat down behind me so we could lean back to back. I'd say this is where the chemistry started, even though we didn't talk much, it just felt good. We flirted the remainder of the night and went to see Zoolander with some of the Aggie Lutherans, but she wouldn't sit by me... About a week later she called me because she was upset with her ex-boyfriend. Around this time I had been praying to be more open to personal ministry opportunities, and I recognized this as being one of them. I went to her dorm to be a listening ear, and I wanted to learn more about her. Later I found out that she intentionally changed into some short shorts before I came over to catch my attention. Shortly after that we went on a date, but she actually told me afterwards that she just wanted to be friends. I thought it should be easy for me to move on to the next fish (in the sea, not freshman), afterall she was just a freshman and I didn't know for sure at the time if I was going to be accepted into graduate school for the next semester anyway, but I was unable to do so. But after a couple of weeks of torture (for both of us) she seemed to resolve her personal issues, and we started to spend more and more time together. The rest is history!