Hey party people, this is Caleb! Today is Kendall and I’s one year anniversary. Because of that, we decided we wanted to share a little bit about how we became us! This is my version. If you’re interested in checking out Kendall’s, click here.

For those of you who do not know already I worked at Glorieta Camps in New Mexico. With camp, summer is the most popular season and Summer staff are often needed. While this was only my first Summer at camp (never even been to camp before) it was Kendall’s second summer there. During the Summer I had the opportunity to work with the Day Camp and Travel Camp with some amazing people. One of those people was Kendall. 

Despite what she may say if you ask her, she is very outgoing and loves to talk. Me. . . not as much. While I was still helping Glorieta get ready for all the different camps that were held there, I helped in the Day Camp one Day (the very first day). That same week, she was helping them as well. As kids slowly began to arrive, she was ready to make them feel welcomed. Talking to many of them as they would kick a soccer ball, asking questions. Around lunch time that day, we both helped kids off a zipline. In between kids she would tell me all about her family, how she came to know God, mission trips she’d been on, and how pumped she was for Travel Camp to start (even tried to scare me a little about travel camp). Little did she know I was thinking about joining Travel Camp and the way she was talking about it, just made me want to join more. . . get me out of my comfort zone.

I ended up joining Travel Camp for most of the summer and it was so much fun. Getting to travel around with a great group of people, doing fun things and teaching kids about Jesus! What could be better than that?! As the summer went on Kendall and I talked more and more. We became friends, then good friends, and feelings started to develop. For the last 2 weeks of Camp, as other summer staff left to go back to school, I returned to help the (very) low-staffed Day Camp. Right before getting back Kendall had told me the way she felt (she was so in love. . . it was crazy. Couldn’t even think straight :P). But I did end up telling her soon after. We kept in touch, obviously, and decided to talk stuff out and be very clear to make sure we want to pursue this relationship. We began that process on July 19, 2019. And that is why we celebrate our anniversary on that day!

It has been one year. Not to brag or anything, but we kinda got everything all figured out. So yeah! No, we definitely don’t and probably never will. Is that even possible? But it has been an amazing year for both of us. We’ve both grown in so many ways together, in our own lives, and in our personal relationships with God. She is my best friend and I can’t wait to continue this journey and see what God’s got in store for us!