Dear friends and family,

We are honored that you are choosing to share in our special day. Although the gift of your friendship is more than enough, we know that some of you would like to help us celebrate this next chapter by giving us something special. While a new blender or picture frame would be sweet, we eagerly hope to soon settle into a new home that we can call our own. We decided to set up a down payment fund you are welcome to contribute to in lieu of the traditional gift.

Although we know that sometimes guests prefer to be remembered by specific home-warming gifts, we feel that God is inviting us to put our trust in Him to secure our first home for us sooner rather than later. We recently started seriously inquiring into houses in the Crestline area. We chose Crestline especially because it appeals to our deep spiritual connection with nature and resonates with our desire to reside within a solid Christian community.

Please prayerfully consider how you would like to participate in the celebration of our wedding, but know that your prayers for our future marriage are more meaningful than any monetary gift. If you would strongly prefer to purchase us a more traditional wedding gift, we also can point you to a registry we’ve set up at Zola: https://www.zola.com/registry/marianaandjonathan2021.

Whatever God’s plan, we can’t wait to open the door of our future home to you. The budding love of our new union is not limited to just our wedding day; we see ourselves hosting many families and friends over for fellowship and fun in our future place together!

We joyfully anticipate seeing you on our wedding day!

Jonathan & Mariana