We first met when Emma went on a short-term mission trip during her senior year at SJU. Then again when Emma returned to Peru for her 6 months of volunteering at Santisimo Sacremento Parish. During Ruben's summer break from school, he would also volunteer at the parish. We loved those days together under the hot Peruvian sun and quickly began to like each other.

Two months before Emma was set to return home to Ohio, we officially began dating and decided to give long distance a try. It was hard but Ruben was visiting Boston when Covid hit in 2020 and got stuck in the US for 9 months. We survived 9 months of lockdown together in our shoe-box sized apartment and realized we wanted to spend forever together.

After many trips visiting each other, we applied for the K-1 (90 days fiancé) visa and were officially engaged on October 20th, 2022 in Siesta Key, FL. After a long wait (and 5.5 years of long distance!), Ruben emigrated to the US on November 8th 2023 and we were legally married in Portsmouth, NH on December 2nd 2023.

Finally living in the same country is pretty special and we cannot wait to celebrate our marriage with our family friends on the Cape in September!

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