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The night it all began! See "Our Story" for more details

Two weeks later: our first date included mini golf and a visit to this surprisingly cool pagoda in central PA

Two MONTHS later: work brings Sharon to Rwanda, Todd hops a flight and shows up at the airport with flowers (the first sign that he may be a keeper)

Riding ATVs on Mount Kigali a few moments after we "officially" began a relationship!

Our first dinner date as a couple at the Mille Collines (Hotel Rwanda) in the land of a thousand hills

The longing of long distance, with Zoom bearing witness to a love quickly growing

Reunited in Boston, four endless months later! This airport hug may have lasted a full ten minutes...

One of Todd's favorite pastimes and our first Broadway show together: SIX on tour in Boston

Sharon's first taste of Todd's hometown, and what's cuter than a sleigh ride together?

Christmas in Fabius with the Abbott clan!

Gotta represent our teams — a little healthy competition couldn't hurt!

The one who'll always pick Sharon up when she's down...

Airport reunions become a favorite theme: Sharon's first time visiting Todd in Nairobi

Sharon gets to be by Todd's side for his baptism on this beautiful Sunday morning!

The shared album is called "adventure buddies" for a reason. Here's to many more, God-willing!

Sharon understood the assignment on dressing the part for her first Kenyan safari

A sunset for the ages in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro!

In typical Todd fashion, a surprise arrival and same day tickets for our first baseball game together (his other favorite pastime)

Todd recreates our first date with mini golf on Cape Cod! Little does Sharon know, t-minus three hours to proposal...

• 5.19.23 •

IT'S A YES! (technically, Sharon said "gladly," which Todd still pokes fun at)

Some of our people who traveled from near and far to help Todd pull off the big moment!

In words: amazed, humbled, overjoyed at what God has brought together

The perfect ring, complete with a "trinity knot" to remind us that we need Jesus' help every step of the way

Sharon gets TWO Master's degrees hotter

An engagement photoshoot in the Ngong Hills of Kenya to celebrate our first anniversary!

The drive up the hillside to these windmills was a bit more perilous than we had bargained for. Worth it!

We named him Bartholomew — available to hire for all your photo bombing needs

Equal parts sandy and smitten

"We love because He first loved us" — 1 John 4:19

Our first wedding together, Nairobi style! April 6, here we come...