We met through a mutual friend, Nathaniel. I (Christie) started a life group and invited Nathaniel at the last minute to the community group the week it started. The next week, Nathaniel ran into Karl (after not seeing him for years) and invited him to the community group. Karl showed up the second week of the group and Nathaniel mentioned that Karl could host the group sometimes, so I reached out to Karl to chat about it the next week.

I (Christie) pocket dialled Karl one day and hung up quickly out of embarrassment. Karl texted immediately saying he would have answered so I called back and we talked for about 2 hours. Karl spilled the beans very quickly declaring his admiration and respect for me. In true Christie fashion, I just said, "thank you" without giving any indication that I was interested in Karl.

We decided to go to the agribition to check out the horse pulls. It sounded way more interesting than it was. We just ended up talking for a few hours about our childhood and family. We didn't start dating until 9 months after this.

After our first "date" to the agribition, I basically put Karl in the friend zone. Seven months later, I felt inspired to undo that. Our life group went to Katepwa for a camping trip on Canada Day weekend. We did a Sunday service on a hill overlooking the town. After that, Karl and I walked around the town for about 3 hours on our first visit in 7 months. I told him I'd be open to dating him. Two months later, he asked me to be his girlfriend then invited me back to the farm that same weekend to meet a lot of his family.

Karl somehow drove us all the way to Katepwa without me noticing: I'd always travelled through Indian Head and he went through Fort Qu'appelle. It was a fun surprise although much colder and icier than our trip last summer. He wanted to recreate the "day things changed for us" so we walked along the beach and through the town before "hiking" to the lookout point. It was extremely windy and Karl didn't think it would be a good proposal spot on top of the hill. He planned to walk back to a bench halfway down but I suggested going down the side another way. It was quite steep and my feet were sliding down in my shoes so we stopped to rest and take in the view. It turned out to be the perfect spot. Sheltered from the wind, with a front row seat to God's creation, Karl began... "I bet you're wondering why I called this meeting...". Then he read a note he had written on a receipt for a car part. We laughed about that then he maneuvered into a kneeling position on the steep hill and popped the question. Then I said...