We're getting Married!

We met in Huntington Beach, California during out discipleship training school with an organization called Circuit Riders. We saw each other as brother and sister for about two and a half months, and we both were there for the Lord, not to date someone. At the end of those two and a half months, as shocking as it was at first to us, the last week of our school we started to like each other. The "blinders" were ripped off our eyes and we deeply admired one another hearts. Before we left for outreach for two months, we went on our first date and came to find out we started to like each other at the same time, on the same day. We weren't allowed to date yet until after outreach was over, so we waited and sought the Lord over our relationship for those two months we were apart. Isaiah ended outreach in Hawaii and then, he flew to OKC to ask my dad to take me on a date. Three days later, we said I Love You to each other. Now, here we are, hand in hand, about to become one so soon. It is a joy to do life as lovers and best friends. We give God all the honor and glory

The timing of the Lord is the best, and we knew it would be super clear to both of us when the time would come. On October 3rd I brought it up to Isaiah and I felt released to tell him that I trust whatever he feels in prayer in regards to timing for engagement, because I know he will always yield to the Lord. After I said that, he told me he felt the month of October, he would start praying about it. Then he tells me earlier that morning, he was praying about when he's supposed to propose with his mentor. So, on the same day we felt released to start seeking God on it. Little did I know, he started planning to propose the next day. I tried really hard for the following two weeks before I got engaged, to not have any expectations. I knew we were moving from California back to Oklahoma soon, and I wanted him to propose so badly before we road tripped back. I called my mom balling two times over the span of two weeks because I wanted it to happen so bad, I tried to catch every "suspicious" act and thought it was maybe happening, my friends played me so hard and threw me off everyday. Basically it was two weeks of "maybe it could happen" and then "no Haylen, it's not happening." The day before he proposed, my friends asked me if I wanted to get my nails done. I wanted to pick out a neon color so I could see how they responded to it, and they responded like "yeah, you should do it, go for it!" Not the response I was looking for. I ended up getting a red color luckily. The next day, Isaiah tells me we're going on a special date because it would be our last date in California. We were on the way to a restaurant I thought, and then we pull up to our favorite beach. I see the beautiful picnic set up, and I am still like "what is going on?" We sit down, and he sings his third love song he wrote for me. I start shaking. At the end of the song he proposed to me. We both joyfully wept and had the most tender moment. On top of all that, my best friend flew out to surprise me.