Kami Shoell
attended the Willow Creek YSA Ward and had a soft spot in her heart for
Mark.
One night at
Ward Prayer, Mark told Kami’s father
(who was a ward clerk so attended these functions) that he needed to talk to
him and then took him down the hall where they could have some privacy. Mark told her father that he wanted to marry
Kami for time and all eternity and that he wanted to ask his permission so he
could ask her to marry him. He told her
father that he would take good care of her and that he was a good priesthood
man. Kami’s father was surprised at
Mark’s request and asked him if he had ever even been on a date with Kami. Mark didn’t seem to think that mattered, but
her father tried to persuade him that it did.
Her parents
had to leave the ward prayer soon after Mark’s request. Right after they left
Mark went to Kami and got down on one knee in front of everyone and told her he
had talked to her dad and that he wanted her to marry her for time and all
eternity.
Kami told
Mark that she was flattered but that she was in love with someone else and that
it wouldn’t be fair to marry Mark. Mark
got a little indignant and wanted to know who else she was in love with. She told him David Archuletta (which wasn’t a
lie. She was as obsessed with David
Archuletta as Mark was with Texas Ranger).
Mark demanded to know why she loved David Archuletta and she said, “Have
you ever heard him sing. He’s the best
singer?” Mark stomped his boots and said “but I am the best cowboy!)
