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A.J. Young

Age: 25

Profession: High School History Teacher (and Track Coach and Part-time Groundskeeper and Youth Minister)

Hometown: Shady Springs, AR (Formerly Little Rock, AR)

Myers-Briggs Personality Type: ESTP

Three years out of college and A.J. Young still doesn’t know what he wants to be when he grows up. Between teaching history, coaching track, maintaining the Shady Springs church building, and volunteering as a youth minister, A.J. keeps too busy to think—let alone plan for the rest of his life.

A.J.’s father always wanted a steady job for his son. Something requiring an MBA and a suit. But that lifestyle doesn’t feel right to someone as restless and athletic and free-spirited as he is.

He knows he wants build a family but hasn’t found the wife he’d like to share his life with. Then Madeleine comes to Shady Springs. Their friendship buds quickly, although it can never be anything more as long as she isn’t a Christian.

An undeniable attraction grows between A.J. and Madeleine, but she’s only in town for a few weeks, and he can’t date someone who doesn’t share his beliefs. How can Madeleine help A.J. discover a passion for the career he’s always wanted?

Read more about A.J.’s story in A Summer in Shady Springs!