{"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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Cool Timeline Free V4.1.0 -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-wrapper ctl-new-design ctl-editor-preview ctl-timeline-custom\" style=\"--ctl-timeline-max-width: 1140px; max-width: 1140px\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Timeline\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"cool_timeline_1\" class=\"cool-timeline-wrapper ctl-both-sided ctl-vertical-wrapper ctl-compact-wrapper\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-start\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Timeline Container -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-timeline ctl-timeline-container\" data-animation=\"fade-up\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Center Line -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ctl-inner-line\" role=\"presentation\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-169\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"1\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class= \"fa fa-heart\" aria-hidden =\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-169\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Our big day(s)\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/getting-married\/\" class=\"story-link\">Our big day(s)<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Media --><div class=\"ctl-media full\"><a data-glightbox=\"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_glightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" 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)\" 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><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">August 10 2019<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-156\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"2\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class= \"fa fa-heart\" aria-hidden =\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-156\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"The day she said &#8220;Yes&#8221;\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/the-day-she-said-yes\/\" class=\"story-link\">The day she said &#8220;Yes&#8221;<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Media --><div class=\"ctl-media full\"><a data-glightbox=\"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_glightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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;\" 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><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">October 27 2018<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-246\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"3\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-246\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"The long distance ends\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/the-long-distance-ends\/\" class=\"story-link\">The long distance ends<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">September 1 2018<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-245\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"4\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-245\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Close yet so far\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/close-yet-so-far\/\" class=\"story-link\">Close yet so far<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">September 1 2017<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Raphi interned at a church in Austria while Ell interned with a charity in Ireland<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-168\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"5\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class= \"fa fa-heart\" aria-hidden =\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-168\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Starting the dating game\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/starting-the-dating-game\/\" class=\"story-link\">Starting the dating game<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">December 30 2016<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-242\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"6\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-242\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"The long distance begins\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/the-long-distance-begins\/\" class=\"story-link\">The long distance begins<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">August 13 2016<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-158\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon odd ctl-story-right\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"7\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class=\"fa fa-clock-o\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-158\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"Thanks Josh Garrels\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/first-time-hanging-out\/\" class=\"story-link\">Thanks Josh Garrels<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Media --><div class=\"ctl-media full\"><a data-glightbox=\"Thanks Josh Garrels\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/07\/IMG_1419-e1594931977966.jpg\" class=\"ctl_glightbox\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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\" 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><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">July 4 2016<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>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.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Timeline Content --><div  id=\"ctl-story-138\" class=\"ctl-story ctl-story-icon even ctl-story-left\" data-aos=\"fade-up\"   data-story-index=\"8\" role=\"article\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"ctl-icon\"><i class= \"fa fa-heart\" aria-hidden =\"true\"><\/i><\/div> <!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"ctl-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Story Content --><div class=\"ctl-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"ctl-title story-138\" aria-label=\"2\"><a target=\"_self\" title=\"How we met\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/cool_timeline\/how-we-met\/\" class=\"story-link\">How we met<\/a><\/div><!-- Story Media --><div class=\"ctl-media full\"><a data-glightbox=\"How we met\" href=\"https:\/\/forever.forrer.at\/usa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/06\/llbc-e1555219918725.jpg\" class=\"ctl_glightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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\" 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><!-- Story Date --><div class=\"ctl-labels\"><div class=\"ctl-label-big story-date\">June 2 2016<\/div><\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"ctl-description\"><p>Raphi couldn&#8217;t leave the states and drove form New Orleans to Wisconsin to bridge a summer before his last year in Seminary. 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