Prior to downloading Upward, I downloaded other online Christian dating apps and quickly uninstalled them because they weren’t user friendly. I went back and forth several times wrestling with what I wanted and what I was looking for. When I matched with Elias, the more we got to know each other the more and more I liked him. Being with him felt natural and did not feel any different than it did when we talked on the phone, he was just MUCH taller in person than I thought he’d be! ?⁣

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Prior to COVID, I don’t think I would have really considered online dating. I knew it was something that people did and that some couples have had great success in online dating, but I wouldn’t have really considered getting a dating app had it not been for COVID and the push of my friends to put myself out there and try something new.

Each success story is told by the couples in their own words.