We had returned that Saturday from an amazing trip to Indiana with the
Shepardsville Team (along with our lovely escorts, my Mom and Mrs. Bontrager.)
We had such a fun time with everyone but were pretty tired from the trip.
I was totally not expecting what came next! The next night, Sunday, September
27th, Seth told me we were going to go somewhere special to watch the lunar
eclipse/blood moon. I fell asleep on the drive, and when I woke up we were
arriving at a beach in Holland. We walked out to the end of the pier, across
from a lighthouse. It was a beautiful view, but the clouds came almost all the
way down to the water. We couldn't see any stars, much less the moon, and I was
worried that we had driven all that way for nothing... We walked back down to
the beach and found a wooden walk that looped around with a beautiful view of
a bay. I had been thinking all night that it would be the perfect place and
time to propose, but knew there was no way Seth even had a ring or had asked
my parents blessing (which apparently he had that day!) We sat on a bench and
looked up to see the clouds had peeled back; the stars were shining brightly
and the moon was just coming up over the clouds. After a little bit (9:34pm,
to be exact) Seth stood up -ready to leave, I thought- so I stood up too.
Instead he pulled me into a hug, and I heard one of my favorite songs (All I Ask of You) start playing. I think I started crying at that point, feeling so
blessed...which may explain why I didn't even notice Seth pulling a box out of
his pocket and checking it behind my back, still hugging me the whole time.
Just as the song ended, Seth stepped back and got down on one knee. To be honest,
I was so in shock I don't totally remember what happend next. Seth says that he
asked, "Kailey, will you marry me?" and apparently I gasped sharply and said
"YES" right away.... Less than two months until we become man and wife, and we
are soooo excited!!!!
We are so excited for them and hope you join us in praying that God will bless them radically and use them to glorify Him in ways they could never imagine.
