{"id":257,"date":"2019-05-13T16:43:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/?page_id=257"},"modified":"2019-05-13T16:43:36","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T20:43:36","slug":"our-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/our-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<! ========= Cool Timeline Free 2.0.7 =========><div class=\"cool_timeline cool-timeline-wrapper compact-wrapper white-timeline-wrapper default-skin-tm\"><h1 class=\"timeline-main-title center-block\">It all began in the summer of 2016...<\/h1><div class=\"cool-timeline white-timeline ultimate-style compact-wrapper compact compact\"><div data-animations=\"fade-up\"  id=\"ctl-free-one\" class=\"cooltimeline_cont  clearfix icons_yes\"><div class=\"center-line\">\r\n            <\/div><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-138\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-heart\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">June 2 2016<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"How we met\"  href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/llbc-e1555219918725.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img width=\"750\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/llbc-e1555219918725.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"How we met\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/llbc-e1555219918725.jpg 750w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/llbc-e1555219918725-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">How we met<\/h3>Raphi couldn&#8217;t leave the states and drove form New Orleans to Wisconsin to bridge a summer before his last year in Seminary. Little did he know that he would meet Ell.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-158\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">July 4 2016<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Thanks Josh Garrels\"  href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img width=\"812\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Thanks Josh Garrels\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966.jpg 960w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">Thanks Josh Garrels<\/h3>The day we found out that we both liked Josh Garrels might have changed our lives. Later in the summer, we found out that Garrels would be preforming not too far away. This concert became the first time we hung out outside of camp.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-242\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">August 13 2016<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">The long distance begins<\/h3>At the end of camp, Raphi asked Ell out but she was about to move to British Columbia, Canada and so she needed time to figure things out. Meanwhile, Raphi moved back to New Orleans to finish his studies.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-168\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-heart\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">December 30 2016<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">Starting the dating game<\/h3>After we parted our ways, we stayed in contact through the months. Christmas came around and we both ended up back in Wisconsin for the holidays. Let&#8217;s just say Raphi asked Ell out once more and Ell said yes.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-245\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">September 1 2017<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">Close yet so far<\/h3>Raphi interned at a church in Austria while Ell interned with a charity in Ireland<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-246\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">September 1 2018<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">The long distance ends<\/h3>Ell moved back to British Columbia to finish her last year of college. Not long after, Raphi followed suite in order to make an end to this long-distance-thing.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post even light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-156\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-heart\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">October 27 2018<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"The day she said &#8220;Yes&#8221;\"  href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img width=\"812\" height=\"918\" src=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n-906x1024.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"The day she said &#8220;Yes&#8221;\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n-906x1024.jpg 906w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n-266x300.jpg 266w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n-768x868.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/45981523_1863354810440312_8665219600557801472_n.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 812px) 100vw, 812px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">The day she said &#8220;Yes&#8221;<\/h3>How to surprise your girlfriend with an engagement: ask her for the ring size the day before. What a day full of surprises in the middle of Canadian mountains.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><!-- .timeline-post-start--><div  class=\"timeline-post odd light-grey-post icons_yes timeline-mansory default-skin\"  id=\"story-169\"><div   data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-icon icon-larger iconbg-turqoise icon-color-white\">\r\n                    \t<div class=\"icon-placeholder\"><i class=\"fa fa-heart\"><\/i><\/div>\r\n                        <div class=\"timeline-bar\"><\/div>\r\n                    <\/div><div  data-aos=\"fade-up\" class=\"timeline-content clearfix\"><h2 class=\"content-title\">August 10 2019<\/h2><div class=\"ctl_info event-description full\"><div class=\"full-width\"><a title=\"Our big day(s)\"  href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Photo-Jan-21-1-17-06-AM.jpg\" class=\"ctl_prettyPhoto\"><img width=\"778\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Photo-Jan-21-1-17-06-AM.jpg\" class=\"story-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"Our big day(s)\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Photo-Jan-21-1-17-06-AM.jpg 778w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Photo-Jan-21-1-17-06-AM-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/Photo-Jan-21-1-17-06-AM-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 778px) 100vw, 778px\" \/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"content-details\"><h3 class=\"content-title-cmt\">Our big day(s)<\/h3>Celebrating one wedding seemed a little lame. So we settled for two: One in the USA &amp; one in Austria. We are excited to have you be part of our big day.<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- timeline content --><\/div><!-- .timeline-post-end --><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div> <\/div><!-- end\r\n \t\t================================================== -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":258,"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/257\/revisions\/258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}