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In 2009, Brenda Rivera sent out a text of Bible scripture to all of her contacts. One of the contacts happened to belong to Isaiah Stearns, who she had never met before. Stearns had just been given this phone number through his company, when 30 minutes later he received the mystery text from Rivera. When he received the Bible scripture from Rivera, he replied, "Amen to that. Who is this?" Shortly after, they both realized they did not know each other but continued texting. They developed a friendship over text but were a little hesitant since they had never met. Luckily, Rivera's mother lived in Ohio just like Stearns and offered to meet up with him. After meeting him, Rivera's mother called her and said, "You are going to marry this guy someday." Their first in-person date was in December 2009 and in June of 2010, they got married. They have now been married for twelve years and have six kids. They believe "God's finger was orchestrating every step of (their) relationship." What began as an accidental text to the wrong number, turned into a love story of fate for Brenda Rivera and Isaiah Stearns.