Crothers, Paine engagement

Michelle Crothers of McCook and Jonathan Paine of Brighton, England announce their engagement and upcoming wedding.

Parents of the couple are Susan Crothers and Floyd and Jackie Lankford both of McCook and Phil and Judy Paine of Brighton, England.

The bride-to-be is a home school graduate of McCook and is studying music. The prospective bridegroom is working in project management as an analyst for Fidelity International Ltd in England.

The couple met while serving a humanitarian aid organization in Israel four years ago and are planning a March 24, 2007, wedding at the Evangelical Free Church in McCook.