Seth...
I grew up in the small town of Louisville, Mississippi, more than stone's throw from Wilmington, Delaware where my sweetheart lives. While being raised in rural farm country, I had the privilege of experiencing life in the wideness of creation. Summer hay baling, logging, and gardening are just a sample of the opportunities I had during my years in the country. I miss living in that beautiful place, though I know that God has placed me in Louisville, Kentucky, where I am now studying to complete my Master's degree at Southern Seminary. It's been a long journey from the open fields to my little dorm room here in the bluegrass state. When I was seventeen, I set my sights for Jacksonville, Florida where I intended to pursue my interest in the Navy. After that venture failed, I entered Florida Community College at Jacksonville as a computer science major. By the end of that first year, I was utterly miserable. I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing, and I was certainly not satisfied with where I was going at the time. I reached a rock-bottom point in my life, realizing that my life was absolutely senseless if there wasn't something more satisfying than what I could gain from this cruel world during my short span of life. Though I had been raised in a Christian atmosphere, those things I had been taught had not grasped me by that time. But I realized that I had no other option except to call out to this God who I had ignored for so long. God heard my prayer, and it was on that day that I begin my journey of knowing Him. The following semester I began studying piano at the community college. After seeing God work in my life for the next two and a half years there, He lead me back home to Mississippi where I finished my bachelor's degree at Mississippi College. It was here that my calling to Christian ministry was most clearly revealed. During my two years there, I had the wonderful experience of my deepest growth in my relationship with Christ. I also became convinced that the most responsible decision for pursing my calling to ministry was to attend Southern Seminary, where I have now been studying for one year. After my first semester in Kentucky, I began a summer internship for a church in Memphis, Tennessee. It was during this time that my sweetheart and I began more serious correspondence through email. We were able to meet a little less than seven months after we began talking in January, and from that point we began to pursue potential marriage. Looking back on our relationship, I realize how quickly this has all happened, and to my delight, I don't regret it in the least! I am bewildered and astounded that this incredible woman has agreed to marry me, and I look forward with great anticipation to our future as we serve our Lord together. May God be glorified for His incomprehensible grace!

Julie...
I was born in Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, so technically, I'm a Southerner like Seth. But my accent has long since disappeared, and I've spent most of my life in the Mid-Atlantic states of Maryland and Delaware. I'm an only child, and I was homeschooled from age three until I started at the University of Delaware five years ago. (I finally managed to graduate this May!) I was three years old when I asked Christ to be my Savior, but it wasn't until 2001 -- at the age of seventeen -- that I began to really understand the depth of His grace and the awesomeness of the joy He intends for us to have in Him. In some ways, I think my life has been bumpier since then (at least, I'm much more aware of my own fallenness), but the beauty of God's sovereignty has been constant throughout and increasingly clear. Seth was a big surprise -- I'd envisioned marriage as something that would probably only happen in five more years or so -- but the impact that he has had on my life has been incredible and wonderful. He's my best friend in so many ways, from the inside jokes to the serious talks to his knack for getting me to chill out or cheer up, along with his constant love. I am so incredibly blessed by him. One of the most amazing experiences in life must be to glorify and enjoy God alongside someone else, in marriage, and I'm grateful and amazed to have the opportunity to experience this grace with my wonderful Seth. We have the same Delight -- Christ -- and by His grace, our marriage, like our lives, will be spent in pursuit of Him.