And then I install the Mutual dating app, which is the Tinder of members of the Church
And when I moved into the ward, I don’t like change. So I’m into this ward and the very first day I’m there, this guy is telling this story in the elders quorum meeting, which is the men’s group meeting. And he tells me, well, he tells everyone there. He says, “Well, then brother so and so wasn’t feeling so good. So me and brother Lloyd.” And my ears perk up because the Lloyds are who I did my discussions in their backyard.
And he’s like, “Brother Lloyd and I, we wanted to let this brother go fishing. So we made a little pond in brother Lloyd’s garage and stocked it with some fish so he could come over, sit in his wheelchair and fish.” And I’m just like, that’s such a weird story. And then I go up to him after and I go, this brother Lloyd, did he have two daughters and a son? Yeah. Did he live off of Lynnhurst over at such and such?
And he goes, “Yeah.” And I go, “I did my discussions in his backyard in a bus.” And to me, this was God saying, you are home. This is the right place. Here’s this thing. What are the chances of that? I meet this girl in a chat room. She happens to live down the road from me and she’s going to a meeting that afternoon.
I go to the meeting and then years later, when I’m just dipping my toes back in the water of the church, I move to a new ward. I move a city. And then bam, here’s a person that is telling a story about that family. So then I start taking things a little bit more seriously. I get the priesthood. I accept a calling.
I get my endowment so I can go to the temple. And I’m swiping and swiping. And this girl matches me in another state. And I’m like, yeah whatever. And we start talking. And then a year and a half-ish later, we’re married. And that was at the beginning of this year.
So we had to do that
And it’s never easy being a member of the church because there’s lots of things asked of you and we’re supposed to help people.
