one day.. i open up instagram.. on a fateful february day.. and he.. was it
february? yes, february 2019 and this guy had dm'd me! yeah so! and i remember, all he
said was my name with 15 exclamation points!! hey everyone, welcome back to my channel. my
name is Melody and i make faith-based content here on Youtube and today i am joined by a
very special guest.. what's up y'all! this is my husband! if you couldn't tell, it's written
on his shirt here! so he is with me here today and we are going to be sharing with you the
very requested story about how we met how we met. we are going to be breaking it
down! i personally love our love story, but i'm probably biased. i just see like God's
hand in it so much and it makes me very happy to be able to share the story with you and really
just share like how God orchestrated this, because only He could have done all of this! do you
want to add anything before we get started? let's get it started! okay, let's go ahead and
jump right into it. so let's go ahead and start our little love story off - i'm gonna let you take
it away and paint the scene for the people of the first time we met in life! so give us the five
facts we need! five facts?? anyways! how old are we? we met freshman year [of college] at in at
FIU. okay! this is fall semester, um so this is around like august area or whatever. she lived
in lakeview south and i lived in panther hall. these are just different freshman dorms. that's
where we stayed at and then, yeah, i think i was 17 and she was 18. mhmm! he was a baby. i could
not do anything! he was like one of the youngest people i knew. i knew one other person, one of my
friends was 17 as well. yeah, he was like fresh, fresh. yeah i was super fresh and because of that,
i couldn't like go anywhere. so i went to a bunch of campus events & parties, yada yada and i think
at one of those the events we had in, what's it called? panther hall, that's where we actually met
up for the first time. and yeah, i can't remember which specific one, i just know that she's always
been goofy, is goofy and is super funny, so that's what made us click, yeah, and just yeah, vibing
with us. so i think that's our one we first met, but yeah that was it. yeah, yeah, 10 years later,
well not 10 now, but it was 2009. and that was basically like the first time our past crossed.
yeah and we would just kind of like hang out in group settings. he would come by my dorm and
hang out with me and my roommates or like my group of friends. he would kind of just come join
us. he had different, like, pockets of friends, so my friend group was just like one of those
pockets he would just hang out with sometimes. so, to me, he was just like my funny friend.
i thought he was so funny! because we're both like super goofy, we have all these photos, i'll
make sure to like post some around here, when i had just got my first mac laptop, you know all
those filters? yeah, before we went to the beach one time with our friends, we were like in my
dorm room taking photos like [insert crazy face]. so that was just like our relationship and
i never looked at him like that like. again, i thought he was just like my funny friend and
but i know for you, it's slightly different. yeah, i thought she was, you know, she was cute but
i was like hey, you knowm we just hanging right now and i wasn't like pursuing anybody at that
time. um, actually i was! wow!! i just wasn't looking at her at that time, i thought she was
cute but, you know. his eyes were elsewhere!! yeah, it's freshman year. it's perfectly fine
and i'm grateful for that because three months after school started, i started dating someone,
yeah, i know you started dating someone at some point [too] and so literally our paths were like
- we were hanging out and then after three months, we kind of went separate ways and then after a
year, so i was only at FIU for one year. after doing a school year.. well a [fall] semester 2009,
[spring] semester in 2010, i was out of there, okay ! your girl was like 'get me out of here'!
yeah it was just a lot. i talked about this more in my testimony video, which i can have linked up
here but FIU, just became, well Miami in general, it was just too much for your girl, so i
went back up to Orlando and to be honest, i didn't tell anybody. i don't know what she was
doing. yeah, i didn't tell you. it was like the second semester, this is spring semester now. this
time period, she was gone, i didn't know where she was and the thing is, everybody was ducked
off around that time, so like everybody was trying to make sure that them grades was looking
right because freshman year.. the reality, yeah, that like first report hits and it was terrible!
so it was like, all right everybody's ducked off, so i was.. i did not know where she went and for
the rest of my college career, i did not see her at FIU and it was just that. it is what it is.
but we're still friends on like social media and stuff, yeah we had each other on like facebook
and instagram but he didn't really post much on instagram or anything like that, so i don't
ever remember like coming across his profile. i literally i didn't think about you at all and
it's strange, because i always had a feeling that i was going to end up with someone i knew
[before] like, i always had this feeling and when i would think about people i knew, i never thought
about you. like, it was just that of significant, yet insignificant kind of thing, you know what
i mean? but that's me, i just always had that feeling so that's why i would think about it. i
was living life! he was out there living his life, so we didn't talk for 10 years from 2009 to 2019.
we literally didn't speak to each other, at all. like, not once did our lives ever cross, not on
social media, like nothing nothing. so we're gonna stop there for a moment and then we will pick
back up. so let's give you guys a little bit of context of what we were doing in between these
10 years, just like high level. you guys know my story - i went i graduated, went to Korea,
came back, [tried to] figured out school, and then when we met [again], i was still trying to
like figure out what i was gonna do with my life, so that's kind of what i was doing in that 10-year
time frame. what about you? i was making money! oh my God lol! yeah, that's what i was doing. what
were you doing? yeah, literally i was just focused on building up like, you know, like, my career and
making money. he had graduated, moved to colorado, lived in colorado, lived in orlando, and
then at that time, i was living in virginia. and he was basically like chasing.. chasing
the opportunities. yeah, chasing the bag! yeah, so from doing all of that, it was like, you know,
for me, i was at that point, at that 10-year mark, i was looking for a place to like live and a place
to kind of settle down for a little bit, also make the most money. so that's what my state of mind
i was at when we first met up. yeah, that's good! okay, so that was his state of mind. my state of
mind - i had just finished doing the daniel fast, you guys know my testimony from that, if you
haven't seen it, i'll make sure it's linked above here but i had literally just accepted in my heart
that my husband existed and walked this planet because i was really having a hard time believing
that, so i was coming into that acceptance and that like faith, you know? i was 2, just finished
daniel fast, deciding not to go to school to pursue health sciences but also extremely
confused on like, okay, if i don't do that, what should i do? and i was living at my mom's
house in orlando. and so, one day, i open up instagram.. on a fateful february day.. was
it february? yeah february 2019 and this guy had dm'd me! yeah, so.. and i remember, all he
said was my name with 15 exclamation points!! so to give context, i guess i was just on
instagram and i scroll down and i see a picture of her getting like baptized and
i'm like oh snap, that's dope! but also, it looked like she was in the states and
from the last thing that i remembered that somebody may have mentioned or
something was that she was living overseas, so i was just like, oh that's dope,
she's in the states! so i reached out to her i'm like yo, what's good!! in the form of
"Melody!!!!!!!!!!" yeah literally saying nothing yeah, so we've talked and um i was just we
was just like catching up for a little bit and then it left off as, she was saying like
hey "if you ever in town, we can definitely link up'. yeah NOT like that! basically ,what
i said was, like, you know, how you kind of end the conversation in passing thinking like, that's
kind of all the conversation is? like you probably won't see this person? so i knew he wasn't in
orlando, he had just told me he lived up north, so at the end of the conversation i was like
'oh well if you're ever in orlando sometime, let me know & i'll take you to some hidden gems"
yeah, yeah, yeah and so, you know, i just kind of said it in passing and then he responded and i'll
never forget it because he was like "uhhhh....' i'm gonna be there next week. literally! yeah,
he'll be in town yeah and like taking me up on this like hypothetical offer. i was
like, hey if you still.. if you bout it, let's let's link up! yeahand i think we exchanged
numbers. yeah, and i just sorry, go ahead! yeah, cut me off!! and then in that moment, what's it
called, it was just like all right, let's link up and i was like all right cool because i'll be in
town next Saturday, you know, i got some stuff i need to handle down south, but then when i come
back, let's, you know, hang out. yeah. yeah and and then - well my intentions, at that time, was
literally just to hang out. i was not thinking of 'let me date her' or anything like that. i
was just my mindset, i'm just like all right, i just left a relationship not too long ago,
i'm trying to focus. i'm trying to, like, you know, stack this bread as always and just, you
know, move forward. that's it. but i'm in town, why not? let's say what's up to somebody i haven't
seen the ages! yeah. yeah, actually i agree. like, i wasn't going into it thinking, like, 'oh my
god, this is the day' like, i was like 'oh my God, it's like my old friend. we're gonna link up, like
who would have even thought? like, you know?' and i just remember too, like his vibe! i remember
when we would talk, he was still that same guy i remember. you are still goofy but like just
like, how do i describe it? like very straight up, very straightforward. i remember he gave me his
number or we exchanged numbers and he immediately text me, so i knew who i was or [really] who he
was and like, i think maybe he even called me to like confirm everything was still going on. oh
yeah, like, he just yeah.. he just didn't leave any room for any confusion, and like coming
from a lot of confusing situations in my life, i just appreciated that up front. like even if
it's just a friend, he is still like the good guy i remember. yeah, i mean, it's like, i don't know
i feel like it's proper manners, you know? that's you! everybody is not like you. its like are you
gonna be there or not? don't play. yeah, you know, yeah but yeah so february [2019] i always remember
that day, it was february 23rd. our first "date", um yeah that was our first date. so unfortunately
on my end, i got into an accident that day. not just any accident, yeah it was a crazy
accident, but i survived thank God. however, i had to catch my flight and i did not want to be stuck
down in Florida with a missing flight and having to deal with all this stuff, so it's just like,
all right i need to get back up north, you know, as fast as possible. so, a little context - the
accident happened in south florida. yeah, south florida, his flight was leaving out of orlando,
where i live, yeah. so that's like a three-hour drive away, so i had to take the bus to come up
and i was like dang, i'm gonna get there and i'm like, hey - i let her know the situation, i'm like
legit i do apologize and i have a request to make and you know, she was like yeah sure, she'll
pick me up. she was concerned for my safety, she's like you sure you good? and i like just like
yeah, i was shocked. i had gone out to dinner with my friends before we were meeting up and i told
them about it, like 'oh, like my old highschool, not high schoo, my old college friend,
were about to get together, blah blah blah" and then we were eating and you called me, and i
was like "oh no" like "what happened?" you know? and then he told me what happened. he had burnt
his fingertips, like it was crazy! and i was like are sure you are okay? like that was my biggest
concern and then when you said you were gonna take.. he's gonna take the the greyhound bus from
south florida up to orlando, i was like please, let me just take you to the airport, like let me
make sure you just get to the airport, okay? and so that was my biggest concern, just like making
sure that he was okay, like that's just crazy. i've never been in a like a major accident or
anything like that, he had to go to the hospital and get checked out and you know? luckily, thank
God he was fine but yeah that was my biggest concern. so that was like, plot twist, yeah no
more date, it was more like let me just make sure this boy gets to the airport. oh yeah, your phone
got burnt up. oh yeah i had to go, so after the accident, i had to go get a new phone immediately
and - you got like a nine dollar android! and then after that, just so that i can catch
the bus, link up with her and then, also like, you know, all your informations on your phone. so
yeah took care of that and then when we came up, after i got off the bus station and she picked
me up that was the first time i've seen her now in 10 years! i know i remember that, i
remember you were wearing a purple button up and jeans and your thursday boots. this
is was such an upgrade from the tall tee's and basketball shorts you wore all freshman
year! i thought 'he is so cute!'. i'm outside, i'm like yo she is fine, yes! and i just
couldn't stop grinning. i was just cheesing. i was like Mel, that's you? what's up, okay! yeah,
so um what's it called, uh she opened her trunk, i put my bags inside, yeah um i skipped the
part where we gave each other a hug. yeah, yeah and he got in the car and i took him
to get wing stop! yeah i was hungry. i was hungry. and you don't have any money, right? no,
i had nothing yeah. so i bought him his first meals i guess technically. sugar
momma status! a whole 12 dollars lol. but it was actually really special because at that
wing stop, first of all, like i don't really go to wing stop like that and i've never been to that
wingstop before, but so many people came up to us! yeah it was wild. it was like, so first on
the drive there, it was chill. we were talking, talking, cheesing, laughing. yeah and like it was
so relaxed. there was like no stress, no nothing and then um when we got there and we were
sitting down we was just like chatting it up for hours like, to give context i think we got
there at like maybe 9:30/10. around 10, 10 yeah, yeah 10 around that time period and we did not
leave that place until like 12. yeah wingstop was closing and there were people gone and they were
cleaning up and we were still there talking. so it was a great conversation but at the start of
the conversation, we was talking and cheesing and then as she was saying this group came up
to us well, this guy and his wife and they're like 'oh you guys look so good together' and
everything like that, a're you guys married?' and we're like... no, we were just cheesing at each
other, just shaking our heads. yeah, we're just cheesing and like you know. and then they're like
'oh we just came from this christian concert or something'. yeah, like a conference yeah, and
they like 'they want to pray for us' and i'm like oh wow, thank you. yeah, and then the waiters
would come by and be like 'oh y'all look cute! you're a good couple' and all this and we just
cheesing each other, not saying anything because, yeah what can you say, you know? and then she
went to the bathroom and then the waiter was like 'yo is that your wife?" i was like nah,
that's not my wife and she's like 'yo y'all should definitely get married, i bet y'all gonna
get married" and i'm like yo, that'd be nice, you know! so after that, you know, we went into
the car and then now it's time for her to drop me off at the airport. yeah, so we weren't too far
from the airport and i just want to touch on like something that he had said during, when we were
at.. um i was going to say whole foods [lol] what is that called? wing stop. so one thing that
really impressed me was he had asked me about like my relationship with God. i guess i had said
something in our conversation, yeah texting-wise, i said, i had mentioned something about God and
he had asked me about my relationship with God and so i kind of told him a little bit of my
testimony and then he had shared that he had recently got baptized, yeah a few like two months
before, yeah in january. and like told me that story and i was just like oh my gosh, okay, you
know? like that, that was just like i don't know, it just meant a lot to me that he asked and then
also that he was on his own journey with the Lord, you know? yeah, i was trying to figure stuff
out for myself and i think in that moment, that was something i was like 'if i am gonna
be talking to somebody, that is something that i need to make sure that they are working on'. and
i don't care what state they are at, but as long as it's something that they are actively, you
know, doing in their own way. yeah, and also at the same time too, i guess to give more context
for me to look towards somebody to like be in a relationship with them, that was something i
also mentioned to her too, like, i'm not just looking for a girlfriend or anything, if i'm like
actively going to like court you, i am looking to be married to you too. so that was something
that like, when i said that, i told her that up front and i'm not and i'm not telling that to her
to say like 'i'm looking to you to get married', i'm saying these are the conditions for me to
even look at you, like, i gotta see that we can actually be married together. yeah, so yeah i told
her that straight up early on in just us talking. then the couples come and do all of this
stuff. i've never had so many people come up ever saying that I look good with someone so many
different ways! like i was like, well this is wow, this is a sign - multiple signs, multiple
confirmations. and then, we got in the car and we kept talking when we got in the car listening
to music and then i started driving him to the airport and i think at a certain point we started
talking about relationships, yeah. and he asked me like 'oh, do you have a boyfriend?' and i said
"no." the conversation keeps going on and then maybe, i had asked back at a certain point "yeah,
do you have a girlfriend? and he said "no" and the conversation keeps going on and then we get
to the spirit drop off area, yes i was flying! park the car, yeah park it and then get out to
give him a hug and he like walks around from his side of the passenger side and he was like
"since you don't have a boyfriend and i don't have a girlfriend, i'm gonna consider this our
first date and i'm gonna let you know that i would love to do this again and i will be back in town
in orlando in two weeks!" and i was like a man. with. a. plan!!! i was just cheesing so hard,
like that's what i mean, where he's just like up front like there is never any room for guessing
of how he felt guessing with what his intentions were, no guessing of what he was looking for, no
guessing of what he was looking for out of me, like he just made it crystal clear. yeah and i
was just like cheesing like.. i was like okay! and then i think that was it ,you know?
literally.so i had to come back in town in the next two weeks because the car situation, i
needed to go take care of some things down south. and it ended up kind being like a small blessing,
it kept causing him to come back to orlando or florida and then we could like hang out. yeah,
so i always, what i would do then is just fly into florida take the rental down and then come back
up or i think, I think i flew down to um florida, uh fort lauderdale area, so when we're saying down
south, my bad it's fort lauderdale area and then from there i would take the bus or drive back
up [to orlando] and then i would have her take drive me around. and during that time, we went
on our date too, yeah domu, we went to domu and we went to this place um chef arts, oh yeah chef
arts homecoming in orlando - that places fire! make sure y'all check it out. plug plug plug
but anyways that food is fire, uh Malcolm can, you know? anyway! all right anyways that food is
so good! and i took her to this spot. we don't need all this, this is about the when we met.
yeah like our first like official like date, yeah i guess our first real date, yeah because
wingstop was like we're meeting up, yeah it wasn't something but we weren't intending it for
it to be something so that's that's our story guys that is a story of how we met and then i
guess timeline wise in our relationship we we he came we met like met and went to wing stop
in february [2019], he officially asked me to be his girlfriend in april in austin and then we did
long distance for over a yea,r almost a year and a half, yeah, and then he moved to atlanta last year
june 2020, we got engaged october 2020, yes and we got married january 2021.. oh yeah january 23rd
january 23rd 2021, yes! and that's our story. yeah so that is our story guys, this
is the long version of how we met. what do you think? good. yeah yeah thanks for
just kind of like going down memory lane, i know, yeah like it makes me happy talking about it.
it's fun how things are ordained, yeah absolutely. well guys thank you so much for hanging out
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