These are our beloved friends and family.

	Randy and Jeanette Taylor, parents of the bride. Randy and Jeanette raised their firstborn in a Christian home, let her use their musical theatre season passes, paid for her art lessons, wrote to her at summer camp, attended every one of her shows and recitals, and let her become a vegetarian, among other things. They still pray for her, watch anime with her, encourage her to excel, support her pursuits, and comfort her when she's sad. Randy enjoys perusing used bookstores and his job as a contracts manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He and Stephanie share a love of history and literature. Jeanette continues to help out her daughters and extended family with numerous tasks and watch movies. She and Stephanie ran an eBay business of selling anime merchandise, and they traveled around Japan in 2000.
James and Gayle Komasinski, parents of the groom. Jim and Gayle have known Andrew for his entire life. At this point, they are semi-retired. Dad is originally from Michigan City, IN and Mom is from Chicago, IL (though she claims to be from Texas). They met in Heidelberg, Germany while both working overseas for the US Government. From the beginning, their relationship was one characterized by involvement in outreach. Christian ministry was and continues to be an important part of their lives. Gayle leads a women's bible study and Jim frequently teaches on Revelations for church. Jim taught John Paul and Andrew valuable reasoning skills and an interest in philosophy and hard questions. Gayle taught them to treat others with respect.
	Eileen Yamamoto, aunt of the bride. Auntie Eileen has known Stephanie her whole life. Even though her niece disobeyed her, killing the goldfish, while Stephanie's parents were in Italy, over the years she has sown Halloween costumes, made up fairy tales, designed pop-up Valentine's Day cards, and organized creative birthday parties. Eileen lived in the same house for a number of years during Stephanie's childhood, and worked on campus while Stephanie attended Azusa Pacific University. She has been a spiritual support over Thai restaurant lunch conversations and phone call prayers. Eileen and Stephanie share a heart for getting to know God better and doing ministry. Eileen loves teaching Sunday schools and mission work.
John Paul Komasinski, brother of the groom. John Paul and Andrew spent a lot of time together in childhood, particularly when living off-base with their family in Germany. John Paul and Andrew have wrestled and fought -- but mostly in good fun. John Paul went to the Univesity of Miami graduating in 2002 with honors in Audio Engineering. He now works in internet marketing for a large company and runs his own small business.
	Kimberly Taylor, sister of the bride. Kimberly Taylor, sister of the bride. As a toddler, Stephanie appreciated that Kimmie was quite pleased to share her toys, and later how Kimmie liked to pretend (such as mermaids, post office, centaur-ettes, spaceship, and runaway orphans), write backyard musicals, and form fanclubs... even when Stephanie gave ultimatums of how these things ought to be done. They got baptized in the same baptismal on the same morning and went on a mission trip to Aioi Megumi Kirisuto Kyoukai in 2001. Stephanie and Kimmie took 2 classes together at APU. Kimmie continues her enjoyment of dance and secretary work as the Office Manager at Academy of Music & Dance and creates art from found objects in her spare time. As a talented freelance wedding photographer, she will take Stephanie and Andrew's engagement photos - please look forward to their appearance on this site!
Peter Copp, friend of the groom. Peter and Andrew have been friends for 10 years. Peter and Andrew lived on the same floors at Wheaton for three years, being roommates for one year. For two years, Peter, Joe, and Andrew did a bible study that challenged each of them. Since graduation, Peter has been a faithful friend, driving across the country, visiting New Orleans, sightseeing California, mis-booking flights to visit, and a solid companion for prayer. Peter lives in Washington, DC where he is earning a PhD in Aerospace Engineering and involved in his local church.
	Brittany Taylor, sister of the bride. Brittany didn't complain when young Stephanie naively invented haphazard nicknames for her, which ranged from Princess Nickel to Bloke, although she did burst in and ruin the My Little Pony movie being filmed in Stephanie and Kimberly's bedroom. In later years she played Becky in 2 versions of Stephanie's Adventures of Tom Sawyer directed productions. Stephanie read countless classic novels and Babysitter's Club books to Kimmie and Brittany under the covers after bedtime, and became an assistant for Brittany's Girl Scout troop. Nowadays they share interest in international student ministry and discuss material from the Biblical Studies classes Stephanie told Brittany she had to take.
Quinton Cartwright, friend of the groom. Quinton and Andrew have been friends for 10 years. Quinton and Andrew lived on the same floors at Wheaton for four years, being roommates for two year. After graduation, they spent time chilling in Chi-Town together, met up one in New Orleans, and been dependable friends. In 1999, Andrew helped Quinton and Peter rearrange their room so that all of the furniture was one solid mass in the middle -- good times.
	Crystal Rivette, friend of the bride. Stephanie and Crystal were members of Galileans since 1982, Girl Scout Troop 254 from 1989, Choir School, Pasadena Park Group, rubber stamping parties, and college Bible study through Lake Avenue Church. After Stephanie spent a weekend at Crystal's house, they founded the K.D. CATS store at Green Oak Ranch, which earned enough money to buy a large camping tent in 4 years. Crystal recommended both of Stephanie's favorite university professors and gave her many rides to dinner, boba tea, and Pip's band shows. She serves as an R.A. and accompanist for music students in Heidelberg, Germany.
Noah Millard, friend of the groom. Andrew and Noah have been friends for 9 years. Noah and Andrew lived on the same floors at Wheaton for two years. Noah is a full-time missionary to Japan. Andrew's friendship with Noah is largely responsible for his heart for Japan. Andrew has flown to Japan two times to hang out with Noah and see the sort of work God is doing in Japan. Noah has visited Andrew in the following US cities: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York.
	Amber Brown, friend of the bride. Stephanie and Amber met in general ed. Psychology class during their first semester at APU, but didn't see each other for a year because Stephanie went to Oxford University and then Amber went to L.A. Term. When Stephanie suffered a housing crisis 3 days before the start of her senior year, Amber welcomed her into her apartment and they loved sharing conversation, encouragement, and cooking as roommates over the next year. They were members of International Chapel and The Fellowship, and taught English Conversation Class to Japanese students together.
Aaron Frankenfeld, friend of the groom. Andrew and Aaron have been friends for nearly 10 years. They met during their freshman year at Wheaton and bonded through argument, support, and encouragement. For three years, Andrew drove them both to church where they were proud to be a part of a Pentecostal Anglican church led by a passionate shepherd. Since college, Aaron and Andrew have kept up mostly over the phone or during Andrew's journeys across the country. Most recently, Andrew and Aaron travelled to Japan to stand in their mutual friend Joey's wedding.