rachel lives in a beautiful town called gallatin, located about thirty miles north of nashville, tennessee. she is a recent graduate from mit university with a master's degree in mathematics.she decided to eat her breakfast at a local restaurant in gallatin. she purchased a newspaper on her way inside to read an advertisement from a local high school seeking to immediately hire a math coordinator. she approached an empty booth inside this very crowded diner and hoped to reserve it by laying the newspaper on the table.robert wilson, who is a recent graduate from johns hopkins school of medicine in baltimore, maryland, was passing through gallatin when he decided to stop and eat his breakfast at this same diner.rachel and robert were oblivious of each other's presence as they approached this empty booth from opposite directions, each focused on claiming the same booth, when their bodies collided, and her newspaper fell to the floor.they both nervously stooped down to retrieve the newspaper when rachel quickly glanced at robert's handsome face, causing her to swallow hard and raise her eyebrows. his eyes gave rachel a quick review from head to toe, and when their eyes met, his heart literally jumped in his chest.when they heard someone ask if they were finished using the booth, they quickly apologized and jumped into opposite ends of the booth to begin a life that will make you laugh and make you cry reading how their faith was tested.