So, one might ask the question, "How did these two get together?" Well, that's what this page is for...
Gary & Lindsay met in April of 2006 at an Eastlake Church worship night (not on a Sunday morning like Lindsay likes to believe). It all began when Gary saw Lindsay across the room and thought, "Wow. She's hot." He boldly went up and introduced himself and stumbled through asking her...
"How old are you?"
A little creepy. Yes, he knows that.
Nothing came about at that point, but they began leading on the Eastlake Church music team together in the Summer of 2006 and when Lindsay found out Gary was going to lead a college small group for the summer, she was all in. There was some quality time spent together that summer and 2 weeks before Gary moved to Sacramento, CA, he decided to ask Lindsay out...over a voice mail. Now, that's ballsy.
Lindsay returned his call the next morning at about 7am hoping he wouldn't answer because she would inevitably say, "I'm not dating...kind of." Ouch.
Off to California went Gary, which was followed by some fabulous e-mails back and forth in which they discussed great C.S. Lewis books, being leaders in ministry, car accidents and the best game ever...Catch Phrase.
But it wasn't until 2008 that things really got interesting. Lindsay confessed her dying love for Gary (which actually means she said, "We should...ummm...maybe...like...hang out more").
The rest is history. They experienced lots of stuff together. Student ministry camps, trips to Canada, Portland and Idaho, a conference at Saddleback Church, Disneyland, hockey games, teaching junior highers about sex, golfing, In N Out Burger, laughing, pink hair, bleached hair, but most importantly...learning how to love and follow Jesus.
It took 3 years to get to the engagement and there's only more to come...
April 18, 2009.
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