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Cherish Darling Payne & Michael Ryan Beiber
Engagement Date:
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Wedding Date:
Saturday, November 1, 2008
Where did you get engaged?
Ocean City, MD at Sunrise
Bride's High School:
Bowie High School
Bride's College:
University of MD, School of Nursing
Groom's High School:
Bowie High School
Groom's College:
UMBC
Bride's Occupation:
Pastor/ Seminary Student
Groom's Occupation:
Nurse
How did you meet?
We're High School sweethearts! We met through a common friend and have been dating since the end of my Junior year (2002, WOW that means it took us six years to get hitched!). And yes, even though we're married we are still dating (i'll never stop dating my wife!)
Do you have a funny story?
Nelson Coleman Jewelers was the very first place we went to when we decided to shop for a ring. Cherish heard an add on the radio and said that she just "had a feeling" that we should go there. And I have a feeling that she was right! Once we came in and had a look around (and after talking with the wonderful folks there) Cherish fell in love with a Lucie Campbell ring. On the way home, we suffered a little bit of doubt. We had never purchased anything that expensive before! Together we prayed that God had led us to make the right decisions, not only in regards to the ring, but in regards to preparing for marriage and starting life anew as husband and wife. Well, God answered our prayers! Once we arrived home, we were surpirsed to find an envelope on the table with a check in it from my grandfather. The check was written for the exact amount that we had just paid for the downpayment on the ring! As for the actual engagement, I decided to hold onto the ring and surpirse Cherish with som
Why are you in love?
At the risk of sounding like a religious nut, I have to say that God is at the center of our relationship. We've been following Him from the get-go and through our time as a couple God has taken us amazing places! I know that my wife is God's gift to me (and she feels the same about me, although sometimes I wonder why...) I can tell you all about our love; how deep it is, how enduring it is, how fantastic it is. But I can't tell you WHY we loe one-another, it has simply become part of our very nature to love each other. After all, we believe that love comes from God; that God is love - so how can we possinly explain it? All we can tell you is that it's good, and we wish you the very same!
-Peace and Love,
Mike and Cherish Beiber