Before I ever met my Fiancé, I remember saving up for the engagement ring. I didn’t meet her yet, but the way I reasoned it, she would come at some point. With that in mind, I started saving for the ring about a year before I ever met her. Then she came into my life, and I quickly snatched her as my girlfriend.

Alas, the love story began. Man meets girl, takes her away from another man, and falls desperately and dedicatedly in love with her. What evidence do I bring groomgroove of my unyielding passion and devotion for the most beautiful and dedicated woman to date? From day one, my overwhelming love for her drove me to start writing a journal…

Within this leather-bound journal, I would continuously write about our adventures, my feelings, and other things in a narrative via my perspective. The journal began to fill up, and next thing I knew, it was time to make that big decision.

With the journal full of over a year’s worth of memories, narratives, confessions, and stories, I decided to propose.

Included is a video of the proposal. The leather bound journal carries all the weight of my love for her, while the ring, which I saved up for two full years to buy, carries the weight of my dedication to her (And if you could see it, and understand I’m a college student, you would be amazed!)

She is a Student Ministries Director, and on the day of her biggest event (3000+ families in attendance; Trunk or Treat Oct. 31), I gathered up all of our family, friends, and church staff. After sneaking them in the reserved sanctuary in church, I ran out, stole her from observing a worship-band, and brought her on stage. The rest of the proposal can be found in the video:

Enjoy and God Bless,

- Leonard G., Florida

Before I start telling the story, know first of all that it was an entire day event and included multiple videos, which I have posted on www.railroadst.com/wedding. Furthermore, although Bethany knew I was going to ask her soon, she didn’t know exactly when or how. With the help of her mom and sister, we were able to create enough doubt that she wouldn’t know immediately if I planned something elaborate. Bethany woke up Friday morning at 5:45am planning to open Cups Coffee at 6:30 and work the morning shift until 2:00pm. When she arrived at the coffee shop, Bethany first found a rose and note on the front door. The note led her to other notes around the shop at places where she usually prepares to open. The last note led her to a portable DVD player in the conference room and instructed her to watch a video that I’ve secretly filmed and edited. Getting instructions from this video to open a note by the DVD player at 7:30am (as well as finding out that her shift is covered), Bethany follows this new note’s instructions to return to her apartment with the DVD player. Walking in the door, her roommate, Deb, is ready with their bikes to go mountain biking, which she loves to do. Bethany and Deb get in the car and watch a second video on the way to the trail. After biking and hanging out together, Bethany and Deb returned to their apartment so that Bethany could get ready to have lunch. On the way to lunch, she is presented with yet another video. Although the mountain biking video alluded to the fact that Bethany would have lunch with me, upon walking into the Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar, her grandmother, who flew in from Maryland, and her mom were sitting at a table ready to have lunch. After spending time with Frankie and Mel, Bethany was picked up by one of her good friends, Christa. Christa gave Bethany a journal with 240 hand-numbered pages that had questions written on random pages throughout. The driving directions were located on the same page as the questions, but in order to find them in the right order, Bethany had to answer the questions correctly so that she would be directed to the correct page number. One set of directions during the hour and fifteen minute drive had Bethany watch another video. Finally, they arrived at Lake Oconee. The guys that are in my Bible Study were lined up ready to escort Bethany down to the dock where a friend’s boat was waiting. They drove Bethany to an island on the lake, where I had previously blazed a long trail up to boulders at the top of the island, which overlooked the lake. That was where Bethany and I finally saw each other. After climbing the ladder to the top of the rock, I asked her to be my wife and she promptly said yes. After driving around on the wave-runner tied up near the island, hanging out, and eating dinner on the island, we finally drove back to Athens where she watched a final video, and was congratulated by friends and family at Cups Coffee for a small engagement party.

- Charles R., Athens, Georgia

Elaborate, enchanting and mechanically challenging!!! Make sure your box is securely fastened to the tree.

CJ the Dog helps out. Super cute.

A pretty funny couple that likes to have fun.

Guy’s got some talent.

A quick stroll will sweep her up.

Canada eh? Banff National Park is an excellent romantic destination.

Kinda funny.

A little tension, a great outcome. Best of all, no one went to jail!