We met through our college ministry at church, but initially, neither of us took notice of one another. In early September of 2022, we went to the lake for an event for the college ministry. It was then that I started crushin on Benji. Benji took awhile to catch up, but upon my prompting, he finally asked me out. The rest is history. We went on dates, met the family, and I dragged Benji up to PA to prove to him that the north isn’t really such a bad, scary place after all. A little over a year later, we got engaged on the coldest day of the year in Columbia, SC. Benji coordinated with a mutual friend to ensure I was at the right place at the right time. This “right place at the right time” just so happened to be one of their favorite spots in Columbia, the Cayce/West Columbia river walk. He proposed right behind Stone River, our reception venue. As you can see, Benjamin and I are just a couple of sentimental people. God has been so so good to us and we cannot wait to share our special day with everyone in two of our most favorite spots in Columbia. - written from Cherith's perspective :)