“They said, ‘No Branson, you need to move out here and also at least fulfill people.’ They downloaded to my phone, of most things, Tinder,” Shaffer laughed. Tinder, a dating application, is now known more for casual relationship, in the place of locating a genuine relationship. “They wouldn’t stop hounding me personally about any of it. We stated, ‘OK I’ll do it’ … Olivia really was the first individual We chatted to and we’ve been together ever since.”

Shaffer joined the Church in 2014, and came across Olivia Collins, 21, right after.

“She had in her bio all of this cool stuff — she ended up being into movie, art and music and I also thought this is somebody I’m able to be friends with,” Shaffer stated. “But the thing that is first had on the website ended up being like ‘bride of Christ.’ We thought, ‘OK, i could really connect.’ Unless this will be a trick, she’s advertising she thinks in Jesus and follows him. I’ll opportunity this one.”

Collins stated Shaffer “seemed extremely smart, that is what sort of received us to him.” Plus, their profile picture ended up being for a rock plateau, that was Masada in Israel.

“ Her question that is first was ‘Where had been your image taken? That appears awesome’ after which she asked if it absolutely was a pilgrimage. Types of our very first talk had been about spiritual opinions, the thing that is first not supposed to talk about,” Shaffer laughed.

Both pupils at UCA, the 2 had been learning in numerous divisions and most likely never will have crossed paths. Collins, who was simply nondenominational, joined the Church this Easter in addition to few intend on getting involved. Continue reading →