Where & When we met

While we are here, we might as well add a bit about how and where it all started.
It was mid-July, 2004, and Juan was a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, living in Moss, Norway.

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Kristine had never spoken to the missionaries previously, although her best friend lived right next to us in the apartment of a member of the church from that city. She always had assumed that we all only spoke English. That night as me and my companion (Wilbur, in Moss for 6 months as companions) spoke with Solveig Rui (wife of Sverre Rui who were our landlords), Kristine came right up to me and introduced herself as Kristine Johansen, and then did the same to Wilbur, then hurriedly went her way to visit Elisabeth Rui.

[From Juan's point of view on the mission]: We kept on talking to Solveig about how we don't really associate ourselves with the younger opposite gender while on the mission, and how the short and to-the-point introduction was the perfect example of how to keep things stricktly business.
[From Kristine's point of view]: Did you see his eyes?!?!?!?!?! Her friends quickly told her what she should and shouldn't do when interacting with a missionary, which of course is what she did because Kristine is a good girl. :)

From there, we continued to be friends until my departure from Moss, and from Norway.

Looking back, we were probably living in different worlds, but how awesome none the less to have met my future wife(and In-Laws)!