My name is Amy. I first came in contact with Matt, on October 3rd, 2012 through ldssingles.com. Something about him caught my attention, and I just liked his style. I sent him a flirt, the next day he returned with a smile, so I, feeling brave, sent him a message saying I thought his son was cute, because I have kids myself. A few messages of conversation took place for a day or two after that. It was a bit funny though that, later on, he referred to himself as a "feet dragger" and wasn't loving the idea of dating of being a single's website, but thanks to his inspired friend, Tony, for helping him set up the account. Matt had almost given up after not receiving messages from any one of interest.

Now I on the other hand, wasn't interested in just sitting and waiting. I believe I was inspired to contact Matt and be as forward as I was. He thought I was very pretty and his interest was sparked like it never had been before. After a few message exchanges, I was surprised that he hadn't asked for my number, so I just volunteered it, lol. I think I liked that he wasn't being aggressive or forward. I guess I liked his cool, laid-back, a little hard-to-get appeal, but I was still eager and didn't want to wait around.

I could've left it all up to him, but I felt like time was running out. I had other people pursuing me and I was actually really interested in Matt. He was one of the only "local" (an hour away) guys I had any interest in. What caught my eye on his profile, was first, I thought he was cute, and just my type. Then, I saw he had brown eyes, and even his shaved head appealed to me. It was as if I'd been searching for him my whole life and I'd finally found him. It was as if I finally understood why I had a "type" I was attracted to. Brown eyes, shaved head, football/wrestler build, not too tall, and strong features. Was it because I had been searching for him? Was he familiar to me?...

Our first texting session didn't really take off, but his interest was caught. He texted me a few days after me giving him my number, which he says was a big deal. He hadn't been dating or talking to any other girls for a while. He was a little hurt when I didn't respond after a few ho-hum back and forth texts, but was surprised when the following day he felt very impressed to send me a message and decided to do it through ldssingles even though we'd been texting, yet I didn't respond to his last text. I received the ldssingles message around 11 pm on a Monday night, the day after conference. I was feeling very close to the Spirit, but, not yet able to recognize that the other gentlemen pursuing me just wasn't right. What was special about Matt's message that night is I hadn't experienced a comforting feeling yet about any guy I'd dated, yet I felt very comforted by Matt.

The next morning I said a pleading prayer that I would be able to forget my most recent break up and to not be upset by the other gentlemen pursuing me, because his aggressive nature was making me nervous. In the middle of this heartfelt, pleading prayer to forget these two men, my phone received a text from Matt. It was no coincidence. The Lord was bringing us together. Had Matt waited any longer, I would've committed myself to giving this other man a chance, or the past boyfriend, who called 2 weeks later, would've been allowed back in. This was not the Lord's plan, and He was making it very clear.

The Lord allowed my heart to be healed from past hurt, and therefore it was prepared to receive Matt. The Lord allowed Matt and I to fall for one another right away. That Tuesday we texted all day long. The texts were heart felt and gospel centered. There was no "interview", just non-judgmental conversation. I had found someone who wanted to be treated the way I wanted to be treated, and someone with the same goals, to live righteously and obey God's commandments, and be a strong family. I must have lacked patience, lol, because even after an amazing and exciting day of texting, he was still yet to offer up a phone call or ask me for a date. I was very excited when I learned that we would be in California, San Diego area, at the same time the following weekend, yet we only lived an hour apart in Arizona. I had found my excuse to get together with him in California, and he was on board.

Thursday, he called me for the first time, and it was almost instant, the moment I heard his voice and his laugh, that I knew he was the one for me. Later that night, we talked for four hours. That was the first time the Spirit bore witness and flooded over me, telling me that I was in the right place. This was where The Lord wanted me to be.

I, being more forward and going with what I was feeling, told Matt I had to see him right away, so Friday evening, I drove an hour to see him because he was waiting to get paid and had no money for gas, as well he had a football game the following morning (he is a coach). I was worried I was being too aggressive and making it too easy for him, but I sensed he was not that kind of guy, and I was right. He said no girl had ever treated him so good.

So, that Friday night, October 12th, we met for the first time. I remember hugging him, and feeling so at ease. I remember feeling like I was home, or with a childhood friend. I felt as if I'd grown up with him. We have to come to believe it is because we were together before we came to the earth. We shared our first kiss that same night, and I drove home around midnight. I texted him immediately and told him I'd never felt this way before, and he responded, "Are you serious?" because he could not believe it himself either. He prayed that very night if he should still pursue me and before he could even finish the question he was told very clearly, over and over, "she's the one". The next morning we both left, in separate cars at separate times, to drive to southern California. He told me which way to go, and I tried to time it so I could be driving at the same time, and sure enough, he caught up to me not knowing it really, and we were able to say hi in Yuma, and he met my kids for the first time.

That night we were able to go out in San Diego. He surprised me with a visit to the San Diego temple, and he told me his experience about finding out I was the one. We then walked on the beach and then talked for hours on his parents couch. I already knew I loved him. A few days later, after texting every day and talking for hours each night, I prayed and received my answer, "he's the one...". Six days after meeting in person, Matt could barely contain himself, and couldn't wait another day to tell me in person, told me he loved me, and I was bursting to say it in return.

We then solidified our love through dating, and spending as much time as possible with one another. We talked on the phone for hours each night when we weren't together, as well as texted all day. We shared pictures, and very easily talked about marriage and our future together.

We got engaged November 24th, in Gilbert Arizona, where I was living at the time. We have set the date for February 2nd, 2013!! We plan to be sealed together a year from our wedding day in Denver, Colorado, since that is where he served, but hopefully our first temple session together will be in the San Diego temple.

Our LDSsingles.com story is one where neither of us were there to "make friends" or to just date. I felt inspired and guided, and pressed, to find someone. I was so excited when the person I was interested in showed interest in return. It turns out it was meant to be. We were both exactly where we needed to be. It gets better. Matt had prayed, last January, right after his divorce, as to whether he should move back to California when the opportunity was open, which he had wanted to do for years but couldn't, was told "no". He couldn't understand why, because his ex-wife was willing, but he felt impressed to stay in Arizona. He learned one thing, and that is to listen when being told something. Neither of us are from here or have any family here. I felt impressed to stay here after my divorce, even though I could have easily moved to Utah after I left my husband.

Matt and I now plan to live in Buckeye, AZ and are so excited to merge our families together. He has a 9 year old son, and I have a 4 year old boy and a 3 year old girl. We can't wait to have children together and see our family grow. We feel that we are in Arizona so our children can still have their other parents, but also because this is where we are to build our lives and do the Lord's work. We have felt inspired in every step along the way, even in where we were to live. Matt has shown me what it means to not only pray for guidance, but be prepared to obey when an answer is given. We are proof that blessings come for being obedient.

Thank you for your time,

Amy & Matt

I first had contact with my fiancee on December 13, 2011. Coincidentally, this was just 2 days after I officially signed up for a full account and finished the Compass. She initiated contact by sending me a message inquiring about where I served my mission, because that's where she's from. Our conversation blossomed into chatting on-line and talking on the phone. We decided we couldn't wait any longer to meet each other in person by February. So, we met, sparks flew; and the rest is history. We plan to be Sealed in August. There has not been a day since December 13th that we have not been in contact, despite being out in the middle of nowhere on more than 10 of those days.

I'm sure my story is similar to many others in that I was reluctant to try the online dating game. I first built my profile without any photos and after about two weeks, added some pictures. Within hours of adding pictures, I was getting many responses and engaged in many fun and interesting conversations with some fascinating women. I decided to send out a few messages to some young ladies that I felt met my criteria.

I received a response from a certain individual that I thought was amazingly beautiful and honestly, out of my league :-). She responded, gave me her number and we arranged a first meeting. When I met this beautiful woman for the first time, she was even more beautiful than her pictures portrayed and her personality trumped her beauty. The first date was absolutely amazing and each recurring date was that much better. Neither of us imagined that in such a short amount of time we could feel so comfortable around each other and feel that we have known each other for much longer.

We are now engaged and looking forward to marriage. I am absolutely satisfied with my LDSSingles.com experience and would highly recommend this site to anyone. Thank you very much for this service and for the opportunity to have met such an amazing future spouse.

JamminJB

Thea, pronounced Tia

On April 17, 2012 after 14 years of searching for the truth I prayed to Heavenly Father and told Him I was going to give up on going to churches to find the truth. I knew that the churches of today are not what God intendeds and I wasn’t going to be a part of those churches in my search any longer. I went to bed that night and the next day my life changed.

My brother introduced me to his friend. We were talking about dating and anything that could get in the way. He said he was LDS. I didn’t know what that was. He then said he was Mormon. Ok, I have heard of that denomination but I didn’t know that much about it. So I asked him to tell me about it. He gave me his testimony. That night, April 18^th, I went on mormon.org and clicked the chat button. I was introduced to 2 missionary men. The next week, every day at 9 pm, we would meet online or over the phone to talk about the faith.

May 12, 2012 I was baptized and the next day, May 13^th I was confirmed. The next day the Sisters came over to my home because I was a little down about my love life or the lack there of. I shared with them that I felt I was going to be alone for the rest of my life. One of the Sisters suggested that I get on LDSSingles.com and I told her that I wasn’t getting on another dating sight. No one seemed to be serious on those sights. She said they just left a house of a couple that met on there and that there are a lot of singles that are really nice on that sight.

So, at around 2 am Tuesday morning, I was putting my profile together. I was very tired and acting goofy and mentioned that I wasn’t going to pursue anyone, the man would have to pursue me. I said that I wanted a man that thought about me during the day and on his way home would stop by the side of the road and bring me wild flowers or a rock. “You know, you come home and say, ‘hi honey, I was thinking of how strong my love is for you and brought you this rock.’” That part of my profile got a lot of responses.

That is when I got a “flirt” from Enduringtotheend.

The username got my attention because that is the question I always had when I went to different denominations. I wanted them to tell me what that meant, enduring to the end, when they say once saved always saved.

I made a rule that I would not give out my number to anyone until after we were talking for at least a week. Enduringtotheend asked for my phone number the next day…I gave it.

LeGrande

I had gone through some rough times with women I had dated. I was engaged to an LDS woman who I met on another sight that lived in Salt Lake City, Utah for about a week and then we called it off. Then this one-day I was at an event with the church and the Stake President came over to my table and asked how my girl was. I told him that we were no longer together. He proceeded to tell me why I should get involved with single activities and I told him I wasn’t interested but he was persistent. So, I succumbed and told him I would. That night I got on LDSSingles.com and put my profile up. I put the age limit between 30-40. I was only going to talk to women that were active in the church. Later that night I spoke with a friend who told me that I needed to widen my age search because she thought I needed someone a little older than me. I took her advice and widen my search to 45. That is when AGirl2010 came up. She was 41. One year off my original search. I sent her a flirt and that is how it all started.

What is so amazing about our story is that the timeline of when we were told by her Sister Missionaries in Tennessee and my Stake President in Kentucky to get on this sight was within 24 hours of each other.

I sent the flirt on May 17^th. I got her phone number and met her for the first time that weekend. Our first date was Sunday morning and I took her to church. Before she got in the car I laid a rock on the seat for her to find when I opened her door to sit down. We couldn’t stay away from each other after that.

That Wednesday I went back to TN but her older children were not ready to meet me. I did meet her parents. That weekend I attended her church again. The next Wednesday she came to my place and met my children and parents. That weekend she attended my church. The following Wednesday I met her children, then had to go back to work on Thursday in KY. I drove back on Friday the 8^th and we went to Shane Co. and picked out our rings….we were getting married. Thea called the Bishop of her church and asked if he would perform the wedding ceremony the next day.

June 9, 2012 after 3 weeks from meeting on LDSSingles we married. We have no doubt that we have found our eternity partner, our soul mate. We are having a renewal ceremony for her family on November 17, 2012, which happens to be my parents wedding anniversary and then In May of 2013 we plan on getting sealed in the Nauvoo Temple.

It truly is amazing and unique how our story began. Thea was a new member only 4 days before we met. I’ve been a member my whole life. All within a month she found the truth, was baptized and confirmed, met her soul mate, got married and received her Patriarchal Blessing. We are the happiest we have ever been and we know that we were close in the pre-existence. We know that with our commitment to each other and to Heavenly Father we will reach the highest degree in the Celestial Heaven.

While the Internet was the tool used to bring us together it is also a tool to tear people apart. We safeguarded ourselves during our dating time of 3 weeks by getting off LDSSingles.com and deleting our Facebook accounts. We didn’t want any distractions. We wanted to concentrate on our relationship and where it could go. Since our marriage we have rejoined Facebook to share our lives with family and friends with a “couple” page. When you are married it is best to be together on Facebook not apart. It’s a safeguard for our marriage. We had no idea it would move so fast in the direction of marriage but when you know…you know.

I'm sure my story is similar to many others in that I was reluctant to try the online dating game. I first built my profile without any photos and after about two weeks, added some pictures. Within hours of adding pictures, I was getting many responses and engaged in many fun and interesting conversations with some fascinating women. I decided to send out a few messages to some young ladies that I felt met my criteria. I received a response from a certain individual that I thought was amazingly beautiful and honestly, out of my league :-). She responded, gave me her number and we arranged a first meeting. When I met this beautiful woman for the first time, she was even more beautiful than her pictures portrayed and her personality trumped her beauty. The first date was absolutely amazing and each recurring date was that much better. Neither of us imagined that in such a short amount of time we could feel so comfortable around each other and feel that we have known each other for much longer. Now, this is still a work in progress, but we are both committed to make this relationship work and continue to grow so that we can take it to the next level. I am absolutely satisfied with my LDSSingles experience and would highly recommend this site to anyone. Thank you very much for this service and for the opportunity to have met my future spouse (fingers crossed ;-)

It's a modern day Internet fairytale. The best thing we did was complete the match profile. It gave us so much to see in each other without ever meeting. It also led to some great conversations while dating. After dating only a few months we fell in love. We're getting married in only a few short months, and it's the best thing that could ever happen. We truly know each other, and it all started with the match profile. LDSsingles.com is where Heavenly Father wanted us to find each other.

I meet my husband on LDSSingles.com, last December. We got married in April 7th of this year. I wanted to let other people know the happiness that LDSSingles.com brought into our lives.

I met my fiance, Austin on LDSSingles.com and we are now getting married this Saturday in the Bountiful Temple. We are having our children sealed to us there also. This website has been a blessing in disguise.

I had just gotten out of a four year relationship with a non-member that wasn't going anywhere. I live in the South where there aren't a lot of members, and was feeling discouraged because there wasn't anyone here I was interested in. A friend of mine had found her husband on LDSSingles.com, and encouraged me to join. I'm so glad I did!! I found the love of my life. He is everything I have always wanted. We are getting married Oct 19, 2012. I am so grateful to LDSSingles.com for leading me to him.