
In fact, we were spending so much time together, that after two weeks, we both admitted we had feelings for each other. Inevitably, we started spending a lot of time together. I instantly remembered that this must be James, who I was told would be one of my two flatmates and the only other member of staff at the organization I was volunteering at.

I arrived at the volunteer house, where I was greeted by a handsome Canadian man (who very graciously lugged my three oversized suitcases inside). In September of 2019, I felt a strong and unexpected calling to leave my life in New Zealand and move over to a small town in Australia to volunteer for a missions organization. Now I’ve hopefully got you hooked in, here is the real-life story of how I met my husband (plus all the scoop on our lockdown wedding)! Meeting the love of my life when I least expected it Will their transpacific relationship be able to withstand a global pandemic? International borders slam shut and the two star-crossed lovers become indefinitely separated.


After their relationship endures months of long-distance, just days before their planned reunion, a fatal disease sweeps the world. Two people from opposite sides of the world meet in an unlikely place. If I were to write our love story as a dramatic blurb for a movie, it would go something like this…
