So on July 10th 2014, Grant asked me to marry him and I said yes!!!!!! That was such a great day, and after I said yes..my brain literally just shut off and I couldn't think! I was so excited!!! Anyways, lets back it up three years. This is how our story began......
On July 7th 2011, our camp..."Camp Harmattan" was hit with a storm which included a few tornado's that surrounded the camp and so we were all put into the bathrooms because they were concrete. After a few hours when the storm calmed down, we either had to be in our cabins or in the dining hall and my friend (at the time) and I decided to go in the dining hall and I saw this guy sitting at a table by himself, so her and I decided to sit down at the table and talk about life and how camp is going so far. After we had talked and ate supper together, I knew he was the one that I was going to spend the rest of my life with! . I instantly fell in love with him! During chapel that night, my friend and I had argued over who liked him and GUESS WHAT?1? I won! Haha!!! That night our camp put on a talent show and I sang, "Blessings" by Laura Story and Grant gave me a standing ovation afterwards which was pretty cool. After I was done singing, Grant and I talked and we laughed alot haha! When it was time to go back to our cabins, Grant stopped me halfway and asked for my cell number but I didn't have a cellphone at the time so I gave him my email. That night, I couldn't sleep and I was so excited!!! The next day came and we had to go home, Grant and I at least said "goodbye" 20 times haha!
A few weeks later, I told my friend 'Jasmine" that I met and liked this guy named Grant and I told her that I was going to tell him during Family Camp that I liked him. Family Camp came and I couldn't get the guts to tell him!! We ran into eachother twice while I was there visiting for a day but I was so nervous! Since we didn't really talk that day, I couldn't tell him :(
In August, I was at a Family reunion in Barrhead and afterwards we went to Calgary and stayed at a hotel and I finally got his number from a friend and so I texted him and I told him that I had something tell him and I finally told him that I liked him...ALOT! He responded with saying that he really liked me too and he was trying to tell me during Family Camp but we really didn't get the chance to talk. I was gleaming and again I felt like he was the one!
On September 8th 2011, he asked me if we could..I guess go steady haha, that wasn't the word but we weren't aloud to date until we were 16 but we still kind of became a couple...we were at that really awkward stage haha! Anyways, in November of 2011 we hung out for the first time since we told eachother we liked eachother and let me just tell you...I was sooooooooooo nervous, I almost threw up. We met up that day at West Edmonton Mall and I met his parents for the first time and that day I couldn't look at him, hug him or do anything because it was really awkward and I didn't know what to do haha! After that day was over, we started texting alot and we actually started talking about getting married one day. When we started talking about marriage we were both 15 years old...yes we were 15!! CrAzY!
The next year in 2012, because we were both 16 finally my dad met Grant for the first time! I stayed at Family Camp for the full week and during that week, we had our first kiss and our close camp friends started calling us Granala and they even made a dance for us haha! My dad and brothers came out and met Grant for the first time and I was waaaaaay more nervous than Grant was and so I hid behind the ice cream shack for quite a while until they were done talking. We officially started dating August 16th 2012!!! Great day:) Again, from then till about last year we were in that awkward stage where I wouldn't hold his hand or cuddle with him or even kiss him infront of family. As we began to start dating we only saw eachother maybe once a month and if we were lucky, twice a month.
In 2013, for my 17th birthday, Grant gave me a promise ring and that was just so amazing because our dream started becoming more real. Over the past year, we really started talking about getting married and the jobs and ambitions we both have. God has blessed us with the gift of serving and missions which has been a HUGE blessing. We have also gotten really close spiritually and we are at that point in our relationship where we can't even be three days without seeing eachother but in reality we can't see eachother everyday due to being in a long distance relationship and him being in college now and as I am working alot it just doesn't work to well, but it is very hard not being with eachother all the time. It gets pretty emotional.
During the early spring of 2014, I wondered when Grant was going to propose and I asked him and he said the latest I would have to wait would be the end of summer and I knew that it was going to be in July because being a girl, we figure things out and we try and plan how things are going to go aswell as we are very suspitious! Grant and I were at Harmattan cabin leading for the grade 3-4 from July 6-9 and on the last day of camp, we hung out with our friends and went to BP's at 10:30 at night which was so much fun and because it was late, Grant stayed at our house for the night and he kept texting and he wouldn't stop texting the next day either and I really didn't think much of it until he asked my if we could go to the lake around 1:30 pm and I said sure so we left for the lake and while we were sitting at the lake, he wouldn't stop talking! While we were sitting at the lake I wondered if he was going to propose but I didn't want to suspect it because what happens if he didn't do it. While we were sitting and talking about our future and how God is working in our life, he looked at me and he said that he had an important question to ask and then he said these words.."Mikayla Andrushko, will you marry me?" I said yes and then I kissed him but it didn't click until he asked me again saying.."Mikayla Breann Andrushko, will you marry me?" I said yes again and I was going crazy because he just proposed!! I was sooo happy! We went to DQ afterwards and we couldn't stop smiling and once we got back to my place, we prayed and committed out engagement to God, and we started calling our family and friends and it was so awesome hearing our friends and families reaction!
As I look back on when we first met till now, we have really grown in so many ways and I wish once we started dating, we would have given our relationship to God but I know that he was taking care of us and we have grown so much closer to God which is an amazing blessing because I don't know where we would be without God in our relationship/engagement. Grant and I want to make sure that we give our wedding day and marriage to God because what is a better way to start our marriage off then by giving it to God? Nothing can start our marriage off better than our amazing and loving God who gave us eachother to do his will together!
I love Grant so much!!!! God has really given me a huge blessing which is Grant and I can't wait to say "I do!"
Mikayla......soon to be Mrs.Sawyer!!
Here are a few pics from out relationship! The first picture was our first picture together!
