We met at a Young Life leadership meeting in August of 1998. After leading together at Langley High School in McLean, Virginia for half a year, we broke the traditional Young Life rule of "NO DATING OTHER TEAM MEMBERS!" So, to fix the problem, we got engaged. Ben officially proposed on April 24th on the top of the faux Eiffel Tower at King's Dominion near Richmond, Virginia. And, as was fitting, I was there with a group of Young Life kids from Langley who coerced me to the top of the tower to take a picture. As Ben was supposed to be 1000 miles away in Boston at a training class, I was very surprised to find him at the top of the tower. I even thought to myself when he started walking towards me, "Wow, that guy really looks like Ben!"

And, while everything else is new, we have both decided it was time to pursue a new line of work. Ben recently began a new job in Tysons Corner as a web developer for an e-commerce start-up, Etensity. The job has been a blessing to him, offering a wonderful work environment and even better benefits. The company has grown to 100 employees in less than half a year and is poised to be very successful in the near future. Jennifer recently began a new job in Alexandria as the Marketing Coordinator for digitalNATION, the advanced hosting division of Verio, Inc. As the company was recently bought out by the largest Web hosting company in the nation, things have been changing on a daily basis. But, we are hoping that the change will prove fruitful in the near future.