John and Christie | Disneyland!

As she slowly opened the ring box, tiny little hearts glinted back at her. Her jaw dropped and her heart pounded. Tears sprang to her eyes and she looked in disbelief at John.

"But how?" she cried. It was exactly the ring she had always dreamed of, but never in her wildest dreams did she think that it could be hers.

Being in full-time youth ministry, John's life is devoted to spreading the good news of Jesus Christ to youth all across Mexico. While he loves what he does, he's never considered himself good marriage material - constantly going into dangerous areas, not much fame or prestige and no money, not even for a ring. I think John himself said it best, "When I first spoke to Christie about possibly getting married, the only thing I had to offer her was a life trying to live for God. She responded with an e-mail where she had researched rings for around $300 telling me that was all she needed, that a life lived for God was all she wanted."

After months of saving, John decided to buy a ring with what little he had. Nobody knew his plans, but the day before he was to go shopping two separate groups of people sent him money telling him to buy a ring. John counted the money. God had given him the exact amount he needed to buy the ring that Christie had always wanted! Little did Christie know that by giving up her dreams, God would give her so much more.

John and Christie are long time friends of Jeff and I and when John told Jeff about his plans to ask Christie to marry him, we both couldn't contain our excitement. Christie has worked at Disneyland for nine years in various roles, and much of John and Christie's relationship has developed in the Happiest Place on Earth. Just ask John how many hours he's spent hanging out and watching Christie work - he knows where to find every outlet in the Magic Kingdom for his laptop! When they asked if we could do their engagement session there, we were ecstatic!

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John and Christie know Disneyland so well, that they will take pictures on their phones and make each other guess where it is. So I thought we'd play our own version of their little game. See if you can identify where we took these shots! (Answers are the end of the post)

These two were so much fun! They kept us laughing the entire afternoon!

Ok, so I know that we were in land of fairytales, but photographing these two was definitely like a fairytale!

Everywhere we stopped had special significance to these two. They would always come here to swing dance for hours.

Christie is the kind of girl that we could ask to rock it, and she wouldn't disappoint! I love when a bride isn't afraid to rock the heels!

We caught some gorgeous afternoon sun just before it disappeared. She is so cute!

I love John's smile! This guy is the most caring individual you'll ever meet. He has such a huge heart for youth and everyone he comes in contact with is blessed for knowing him!

John cracks me up!

After the last of the sun faded, John and Christie let us play in the dwindling light. I love how this one turned out!

And then we played some more inside! Gotta love Pluto!

Image 22: Do I really need to tell you?