Jason's side of our story

Here's an Ice-Breaker... I'm getting married!!! As some of you may know, I met Liz at the Christian Surfer's International Conference last September in France. The first morning I got up for the dawn patrol and was supposed to wake up my buddy Casey (from Virginia Beach). Casey had relayed his room number the night before, but my mind was drawing a blank. And, the room numbers were hiding in the dark to make matters more difficult. I knocked on a likely door (praying to have Casey answer), but Liz pops her head out. From outside, I ask if Casey is there? She says one second, and comes back with Katie from England, who is definitely not Casey! Embarrassed, I quickly slip into the dark. I remember thinking: wow, she'?s even beautiful in the morning!

My buddy Dave took the beating for my next opportunity to meet Liz. A couple UK surfers, an Aussie, Dave, and myself had a memorable surf session the next day. Needing to get back to the conference, we were changing into civilian attire swiftly. Dave was attempting to get water out of his head, but instead nailed the edge of the car door with the back corner of his head. Blood squirted out immediately and he was about to pass out! We wrapped a towel around his head and he recovered like a champ.

Once we arrived back at the conference, we were looking for the doc. Instead we found Liz, and since she was helping with administration of the conference, this was a good thing. Since Dave was looking fine, Liz and I began to chat. We found out we were both from the same neck of the woods, which was a bit strange since we were in France. We were just beginning to see how aligned our dreams were as well. And as they say, the rest is history! So thanks Dave!

Liz grew up on a farm SE of Tacoma, WA. She spent quite a bit of time in Portland, OR where she went to Multnomah Bible College. When I met her in France, she was a finishing up a missionary internship in Paris. Oh yeah, she speaks French fluently. Ending her internship early, Liz arrived back in the NW in October, and we began dating shortly thereafter. It quickly became obvious that she was the one. If I was given the opportunity to pick out my future wife, I would have ended up with Liz. She's everything I ever dreamed of.

Be sure to download our journal of a recent trip to France at my website.

It looks like we're going to be having a small wedding ceremony on the beach in Oregon, August 25th. Then we'll party with all our friends!