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Ceremony & Reception

We would love for you to join us at our ceremony and reception at Pacific Palms in City of Industry. The ceremony will begin at 3:30 in their outdoor gazebo, and move into one of the ballrooms for the dinner reception.

Directions

Pacific Palms is located at
One Industry Hills Parkway
City of Industry, CA 91744
http://www.pacificpalmsresort.com/

Our Story

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Stephanie's Story

Living in Berkeley as a college student, you would typically find me walking to someone’s house or at a café to cram in notes from various forms of gibberish biology or physical chemistry. A baby believer at Evangel Bible Church of Berkeley, I quickly found friends who shared the same year, and often times visited them to study together. That is also where I met Frank.

Sophomore year was one of the most memorable years of our relationship. One of our first conversations was when he was amused by my puzzle ring, and figuring out how to solve it. The next one was when he walked with me to meet a group of people to watch a meteor shower up at the Big C (a large hill that has little light pollution). Walking with him there, I learned that he was very humble about his academic achievements. I soon learned that he served the service team at our church every Saturday, and was quickly attracted by his humble character. He also visited me once when I was really sick, and kept me company throughout the day watching movies and studying. We grew to be closer friends after a drive down to southern California during spring break, and talked more often after that. We soon started watching movies together, as I admitted that I liked anime in the past. From there, we watched numerous Studio Ghibli films (Frank has never watched any of them before!), as well as another anime called Code Geass. He was also there to share my joy in getting my first digital SLR camera, and he was the first person I took a picture of.

At the time, I deeply admired him... as a friend. But my trip to Taiwan in June 2010 really tested that claim. I realized the change to not seeing him for weeks made me realize, “Wow, why do I feel sad that I don’t see him anymore?” I knew then I liked him, especially since I was super embarrassed to show him my new permed, poodle-like hair when he and Verna picked me up at SFO airport. People started picking up the idea that there was a good chance that Frank liked me. There was a time I posted on Facebook a picture of us, and people went crazy commenting on it to the point I had to delete the picture! From there, I realized that there might be rumors spreading about me and Frank and became more self-conscious of how much or often I would spend time with him.

Junior year was a difficult year, yet a sweet time learning to trust in the Lord for the future. I remembered running back and forth to my housemates anxiously thinking: Frank didn’t like me, why did I like him, I want these feelings to go away, etc. I didn’t think it was wise to approach him, and so I continued to pray that either 1) these feelings would go away or 2) give Frank to me if it’s according to God’s will. Spending time reading the Bible, dwelling on Psalm 25, and reading Elisabeth Elliot’s Passion & Purity were prized possessions in keeping myself at peace with the turbulences of my heart.

Frank drove me and Sandra down to southern California during spring break. At the time, I noticed that it was raining in Berkeley before we left. My mom commented that leaving at 3pm in the rain was not a good idea, but I insisted to her that we would be fine. Boy, were we wrong. To make a long story short, we were snowed in at the grapevine area, which made our drive to be 12 hours! Thankfully, we were safe, and I fell asleep for the latter half the trip. When we dropped off Sandra, Frank soon asked me to date him before he dropped me off home, at 3:30 in the morning! I remembered my eyes widened when he asked, and I quickly hid myself in a jacket asking him if I was dreaming. I realized it wasn’t a dream since he took a wrong turn to get to my house. From there though, I realized how the Lord has grown me and led me to rely according to His will. Dating Frank for two and a half years, that theme has not changed, but has grown sweeter being reminded of that truth.