In August 2018, Cheyenne moved to Israel to work as an English teacher at an elementary school in an orthodox town 10 miles east of Tel Aviv, called Petach Tikva. Six weeks into living in Israel, on October 6, 2018, Cheyenne’s new neighbor American friend Leah, invited her to her friend’s “rooftop party” in Tel Aviv. Cheyenne said hell yea and off they went.

The house party happened to be a housewarming party for 3 roommates that rented a cool apartment in the center of Tel Aviv, in the most prime location. (What an odd event to bring extra guests to!) Turns out, Leah had told Kahana that she’s bringing three girls for him to meet…. The girls did not know that.

During the party, Cheyenne and Kahana chatted, Cheyenne not knowing this was his home (there were 30+ people there), and Kahana shared that his birthday was the following day. Cheyenne asked what his plans were and he said he didn’t have any. Cheyenne said “OMG your birthday is in an hour and well— I’m taking you out!”

They never exchanged numbers but both friend groups met up the following night to celebrate Kahana’s birthday doing his favorite activity— seeing live music. Kahana asked his friend for Cheyenne’s number and before she could even respond, he decided to just add her on Facebook and message her. (This is when Cheyenne discovered his real name was not Kahana, but indeed Amit). He offered her Ukelele lessons because she spontaneously bought a Ukelele and didn't know how to play (even though he had never touched one himself haha). Cheyenne accepted the lesson and that led to their first time hanging out and then their first kiss!

After leaving Israel in summer 2019, Cheyenne said, "one year in Israel was enough for me so if you want this dating thing to continue, you can move to me." Thus, Kahana made the big international move in 2020!

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