By Aaron Filzen, MNSU Senior Our story is unique, and certainly something neither of us would have imagined upon starting college when we both fell away from our faith. Through various people and events the Lord lead us back to Himself and His church. He also lead us to pray outside Planned Parenthood on a cold October night for 40 Days for Life. This is where we had our first conversation, and our first prayer. Four of us friends would continue to pray there week after week at the same time. Eventually this lead into our friendship witch blossomed into a relationship. The sacraments, specifically the Eucharist, have always been a key part to our relationship and our discernment. As our relationship with the Lord grew, so did our relationship with each other. It was through our dedication to Jesus that our relationship slowly progressed into something unlike other relationships. We would spend time daily while dating to seek out the Lord’s mission for our lives, as time progressed the Lord slowly revealed his mission for our lives. We had found this through our prayers and our adventures. These adventures have lead us many different places. One of the most recallable adventures was when I went to visit Shanna in Alaska where she had been working for the summer. We had decided to climb a mountain together and when we made it to the peak we would pray together. The climb was challenging and the path unclear at times, however we had an unquenchable desire to make it to the peak so that we could pray, eventually we had made it. The time was mid day the clouds had moved in. In prayer the Holy Spirit came over me and I looked up into Shanna’s eyes and had a profound acknowledgement that this will be the woman that I lay my life down for, and that she is to be apart of the mission the Lord invites me to go on with Him. Now preparing for the sacrament of marriage, the Lord is gently guiding us to discover all the beauty this vocation envelopes. We have been fascinated by JPII’s teachings and discoveries on Theology of the Body. As we are learning more about the Church’s teachings, we are also continually unwrapping the gift of friendship and authentic love between each other. We have recently been offered to serve as part of FOCUS- Fellowship of Catholic University Students as missionaries. We are excited to serve under the same mission and spend the first years of marriage serving each other and being the hands and feet of the Lord. St. Joseph- pray for us! SUMMER 2018 7
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