The Whirlwind Romance of Dylan & Hannah Wagner

G'day!

I have a very special article today!  My sister-in-law has kindly agreed to give me her courtship/love story.  It was a whirlwind romance to be sure.  It was a beautiful testimony to others watching of how Christ was the center and He was glorified through it all. 

Dylan and Hannah made the decision together to have no physical contact whatsoever; their first touch and kiss was in the wedding on April 19, 2014!   The moment that Hannah’s father placed her hand in Dylan’s was precious.  Now that the wedding is over, they say they wouldn’t do anything different.  It was worth the wait. 

The Lord led Dylan to a wonderful godly wife and I now have the three best sisters-in-law in the world!  By the way, Hannah is expecting their first child in January!  Yay!!! Children are a blessing!

Enjoy!  ~Ashley 

PS. For some reason I am unable to post pics on my blog.  I'll have to look into that.  If you'd like to see some wedding pictures, check out the Wassenberg blog.

Daddy and I sang this song in the wedding.  Please forgive the recording quality.  We did it on our cell phone. :)  Just click the link below to hear it. The lyrics are beautiful!

The Marriage Prayer

Our Story

Written by Hannah Wagner

Well, I've decided to post the love story God wrote for Dylan and I in full so people don't have to jump around the blog to get the entire picture –www.wassenbergfamily.blogspot.com) 

It all started on a mid-wintery day in February.  I had joined an online forum of homeschool graduates (homeschoolalumni.org) in November of 2012.  I didn’t really expect anything from it but daddy had always said he thought we might find a young man on there.  Then, on the evening of February 7th a young man from Nebraska sent me a message and asked if he could friend me and possibly write me every-now-and-again.  After talking it over with daddy I agreed on February 8th, 2013.

 For a little over 5 months Dylan and I sent frequent emails back and forth…mainly talking about our lives; who we were, what we were doing, our family, our church, etc.  Nothing too deep or spiritual, just common, every day, down to earth conversations.  I really didn’t think anything of it but I knew enough about him to tell Kimber sometime in June that I viewed him and one other person as possible suitorsJ!  Then on July 27th it happened.

 I had just gotten into bed that night when momma came up and whispered that she and daddy wanted to talk to me downstairs.  My heart was pounding….there was only two reasons momma and daddy would ask me to come downstairs: 1. I had done something wrong or 2. Somebody had asked to court me.  I hurried down and after settling on the couch daddy told me that a young man had called and asked about me J.  Happily daddy asked me to guess who..I was like “Dylan???” and he responded “yes”.  I was excited and nervous all at once.  I had always hoped that I would be married young, actually I had prayed about it quite frequently, but I had surrendered that dream over to the Lord and I honestly thought I would not be getting married until my mid-twenties!  After a nearly sleepless night of prayer and rejoicing I called and said “yes” to a courtship with Dylan on July 28th, 2013.

For the next two weeks or so we questioned each other on every hard theological question we could think of as well as some easy ones like our personality, favorite color, sleeping habits, etc. !  We communicated at first mainly through email and then by phone.  By the middle of August we had proceeded as far as we could have without knowing each other in person.  We knew it was time for us to see each other.  Dylan booked a flight on August 13th to come out from the mid-west to Virginia in September.  My emotions were every which way.  I knew I liked this young man a lot but I was slightly nervous about meeting him in person.  We had no red flags in this relationship so far but his visit would really be the turning point in the relationship- either closer to marriage or completely broken off

On Monday, September 9th, 2013 Dylan landed in Dulles International Airport at 7:26 PM. to spend two weeks with my family and I.  Daddy picked him up, with some of the younger children and then made the 2 hour trek back down to our house.  We had agreed to a “handsoff” relationship from the very beginning (this was a personal decision that we made in order to stay pure physically) so when he first walked in our front door, with a suitcase as big as Josiah, we simply said hello and waved awkwardly J.  Those first two weeks were different from what I was expecting.  When Dylan left we had actually called off the courtship indefinitely.  We liked each other physically and respected each other spiritually but we just weren’t feeling a whole lot of sparks.  After praying and at the encouragement and advice of our parents, Dylan called and asked me to fly out and spend 10 days with him and his family as a friend.  I agreed and traveled to Omaha, Nebraska on October 5th.  I left IAD at 9:35AM and, after a brief layover in Detroit, arrived in the mid-west at 1:17 PM.  I had a lovely visit with Dylan and his family.  On Monday, October 7th we left for a 3 day trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma to visit the Wagner’s cousin who had recently been in a pretty bad car accident.  On Tuesday night, after traveling quite a ways and visiting with their cousin, we finally arrived at a hotel for the night.  By the time we finally got settled in our rooms it was well past midnight.  At 1:25AM, Dylan texted me to ask if I would like to go to breakfast with him the next morning.  I agreed.  We went down to the restaurant in the hotel and made our plates.  I tried to keep up a little bit of a conversation but Dylan didn’t seem very interested in talking.  After we finished he leaned back in his chair, put his hands on his head and said “You know, I don’t think this “just friends” thing is going to work anymore”.  I was like “what” but then he said he was becoming rather fond of me and that he would like to officially in person ask to court me!  I said yes!

After that things moved pretty quickly!  A week after I left NE Dylan came back east on October 22nd and spent a week here and then on November 21st, 2013 I flew out to NE again.  I landed in Omaha at 2:15PM and Dylan met again but this time he had a dozen roses.  I was like, “Oh, how sweet” but nothing else really crossed my mind.  We headed down to pick up my bag again but then we went back up the escalators.  We began to cross the bridge connecting the parking garage and the airport.  We were about halfway across when we stopped and he said “I have something else for you”.  He then said “Hannah, I love you” and stooping on one knee while reaching for a ring case from his pocket asked “Will you marry me?”.  I said yes!

It was such a blessing for Dylan and I to have almost 2 weeks together as an engaged couple. 
We planned a wedding originally for April 12th but had to move it to April 19th, 2014. 
We’ve since had several more visits and our love has blossomed!  We are eager to begin married life in a just a few weeks! 

Something I learned through this all was that when God writes your love story you must learn to expect the unexpected!  God’s stories are the best…be patient and in His time all your dreams will come to past.

 “Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart!.” 

Psalm 37:4
God Bless,

Dylan ♥ Hannah