Our story
We matched on Mutual in December 2023. Tayna liked KAJ first, so he swiped up too, and she sent the first message. We talked for a few weeks.
Then life took us in different directions: Tayna served as an FSY counselor and started her mission, and KAJ got busy with work and school at BYU.
Later, KAJ was accepted into a BYU internship at the University of São Paulo, with a full-ride scholarship, and posted about it on his story. Tayna messaged him: “Congrats, you’re going to love it!” She asked what he was most excited for and whether he’d ever been to Brazil. We haven’t stopped talking since.
After two or three months, we knew this was something completely different. As soon as the internship ended, KAJ went to visit Tayna in her hometown, Vitória da Conquista, in Bahia.
The proposal
We’d already talked about marriage, so KAJ bought the ring before the trip to make sure he had it in time. But the day he bought it, he was so nervous that he avoided Tayna all day, until she finally asked, “Are you mad at me or what?” He couldn’t keep the secret: “I bought a ring. I’m going to propose to you later.”
And he did. On August 16, 2025, at sunset, overlooking the rolling hills just outside Vitória da Conquista, Tayna said yes. Now we can’t wait to spend the rest of forever together.
