Update from a friend: Matthew was not an aspiring Pastor. Lauren and Matthew lived in KY and that is where they went to middle school together. He found her on social media and contacted her when they were living in separate states. Lauren and Matthew Phelps are the perfect couple. He is an aspiring pastor and she is a Sunday school teacher. They got married and 10 months later, tragedy happened. Sources : insideedition.com, Time.com, wral.com, monstersandcritics.com, oxygen.com, mirror.co.uk, abcnews.com, people.com, heavy.com, News & Observer.  Photo cred: People.com