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April 28, 2024
Chico, CA

Danielle & Adam

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Danielle Johnson

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Adam Watanabe

April 28, 2024

Chico, CA

How We Met

April 2023

In 2023, I had big plans to move to Portugal. Thousands of dollars and several months into trying to get my digital nomad visa, things took an unexpected turn when my fingerprints for my background check got DENIED. Apparently, I’m an international spy…or maybe they just needed me to retake the photos…who’s to know?! But anyway, this setback seriously delayed my plans to get to Portugal, and there I was, still stateside when Easter rolled around. Adam also had an unexpected life plot twist around this time as well. He felt a calling to leave his job of 15 years, working as a Creative Director at a large design agency. A few days before Easter, he reached out to Felipa. Felipa was Adam’s co-worker of 9 years, and also happens to be my cousin-in-law. Although they hadn't been in touch for some time, Adam messaged Felipa to let her know he was going to be exploring new opportunities and expressed his desire to stay connected and visit her and her family sometime soon. Fast forward to Easter Day and Felipa and I are together at a family party, where she inquires about my dating life. I told her that it wasn’t looking and I’d told my Uncle Ken and Dave that they could just set me up with someone. Felipa was a bit taken aback… “Why didn’t you ask me?” “Well, who do you know!” I replied. And freshly on her mind was Adam, who had just messaged her. And as they say, the rest is history! Adam left me a SUPER long message on Instagram introducing himself...to which I ignored because it never showed up in my messages! Once I finally got the message, we started talking and by date 4 (date 3 for Adam) we knew we were going to get married. Some fun lessons in our origin story: 1. If your travel plans are altered, roll with it, your spouse might be waiting to meet you 2. Felipa is a great matchmaker and life planner (she’ll be at the wedding, you should probably meet her). God’s crazy perfect timing and goodness in our relationship has been so overwhelming for us both. We feel incredibly honored to have you join us on our wedding day. We can hardly wait to celebrate our union in the presence of God, our loving family, and our cherished friends!

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