Hello Family and Friends!!
We are so excited to have you all be a part of our special day! On this webpage, we tried to include all the information you will need in order for you to join us in Mazatlan! We will be having the ceremony and reception at the Estrella del Mar hotel which is located outside the main downtown area of Mazatlan. We know that limits the options of places to stay so we have reserved rooms for our guests there at the hotel at a discounted rate! All details are provided on this site (see Blog tab). We ask for everyone to please RSVP by January, which will hopefully be helpful to you to also get the best prices on airfare!
Please let us know if you have any questions. Love and blessings to you all! Our Story
In 2013 I (Jenna) was volunteering at an orphanage in Tijuana with Carlos’ sister, Judith. We became good friends right away (she would often joke with me saying she wanted me to be her sister-in-law). When Carlos came to visit her that year, we met on the bus ride out to ministry one night. We talked a bit that night and a few other times during his visit. Before leaving, he made sure to let me know he was interested in us getting to know each other more and was hopeful we would be more than just friends one day. To be sure I didn’t forget him, he brought me a gift the day he left: 4 little fishies with a new tank and food. It was the sweetest (and weirdest) gift I had ever received! After that, we kept in touch through messenger.
Carlos would come visit as often as he could, many times by driving across the country to do so! Every visit was so special and memorable. In the months between his visits, we would talk on the phone and began to grow a friendship and eventually in love. We didn’t realize it at the time but we were building a foundation during those days. The challenges of falling for someone who is far away began to set in and it became harder and harder to move forward. It seemed like odds weren’t in our favor and timing just didn’t seem to be right. It felt like we couldn’t quite get our paths in the same direction. I had just agreed to another year commitment at the orphanage and he had work and school back home. The only way we could move forward would have been me moving to be with him and I knew that wasn’t something I could do at that time. We were both heartbroken when it came time to say “goodbye.” God’s Perfect Timing
(Carlos) I will never forget the first time I saw her. This little flame ignited in my heart for her. It made me not want to be with anyone else since the moment I met her! I felt from God so strong that she would one day be my wife.
After we stopped talking and so much time had passed without hearing from her, I thought she was gone. But still in my heart, I was feeling from God that His plans for us weren’t over. I decided to keep waiting for her, even though it didn’t make sense. After about two years, my family began having frequent dreams about us. Dreams where they would see us together and her being part of our family. I took their advice to try to reach out to her one last time before giving up on us. I was hoping that the dreams meant something. I'm so thankful I did. That first night we talked, we both just knew. We talked about the transformation that God took each of us through in those two years apart and we realized we both still loved each other deeply. We were able to see each other's hearts in a way like never before. I flew her out to visit me in September, I just remember standing there at the airport, about to see her for the first time in two years. It’s an emotion I will never forget. I proposed to her on September 13, 2018 and she said yes! |