Wedding Date on Jan 3, 2022

They met on a Israeli trip! Their story got published on Birthright Israeli Foundation. Here's the link and a in sight of their story: https://birthrightisrael.foundation/blog/birthright-israel-love-story-nikki-labaschin-joey-torres/ Nikki: I heard Joey speak the first night we arrived which happened to be Shabbat. I thought he was really smart and the next morning at breakfast, I followed up with him on something he said. I quickly realized that if my goal was to make the trip successful for ALL participants, I needed to avoid him at all costs. It wasn’t until the last day, which happened to be my birthday, that I stopped worrying so much that I thought he was cute. I then actually spent the day talking to him. On our way home, Joey had lost his boarding pass for our connecting flight and needed to get it reprinted at the Madrid airport. It was an extremely tight layover and he needed to go through security again to get it reprinted. While my co-lead successfully got all the other participants to the connecting flight, Joey and I sprinted through the airport to try to get him a new ticket. We (unfortunately) made it and today, we refer to Madrid as “the date we never had.” Between trying to avoid him the majority of the trip and him being in law school outside of Chicago, I never thought he’d ask me out. I am so glad he did. Joey: The first day I can’t say I was particularly fond of her. Stubbornly, I didn’t like being told what to do, but over the course of the trip, I found myself very attracted to her leadership style, her intelligence, and her quick wit. One particular memory in Jerusalem, we were standing on the roof of where the Last Supper took place and I walked over to share nerdy ancient facts about Jerusalem. She seemed uninterested so I quickly wrapped up and walked away. I later learned that she was quiet because “I was supposed to be leading this trip and you knew way more about Jerusalem than me. I didn’t want to give away that I was clueless so I didn’t say a word!” Her words, not mine.