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Celebrity & Music Faith Stories September 14, 2026

All the Ways This Christian Influencer Prepared for Marriage

Annie F Downs
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 19: Annie F. Downs attends Lionsgate's "The Unbreakable Boy" New York Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on February 19, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)

Podcaster Annie F. Downs is giving fans an inside look at her honeymoon — and giving some marriage tips. 

“While we let our official wedding photographers and videographers COOK, we thought we’d share the honeymoon today!” Downs wrote under a series of photos from the trip. “We decided we wanted to go somewhere private, quiet, and LESS HOT. So Cape Cod won our week and WON OUR HEARTS.”

Downs continued, “We were very lazy. We left our phones in the room. We ate incredible food and laid by the pool. We napped and we walked. We laughed and talked the whole time. (We talk A LOT, you guys.😂)”

She also shared a quiet early-morning moment, where she “saw the sunrise and had the sweetest moments with the Lord. The whole week felt like Eden.”

Related: This Famous Christian Influencer Just Got Engaged!

The author recently shared some of the things she and husband JW Jaeger did to prepare for their marriage. 

“Once JW and I got engaged in the spring, YOUR GIRL GOT TO WORK,” Downs wrote on Instagram. “There was so much planning and prep to do. We wanted to prepare well as we walked into the rest of our life together. We know the wedding is a marking and important day, but it wasn’t the finish line. It’s the starting line and we wanted to train for this race together!”

She shared that the couple read The Ready or Knot Prayer Guide and had meetings with “mentors and pastors and friends” before the big day. 

Downs has kept fans updated on her relationship; she shared that she and Jaeger began dating in a 2025 Instagram post.

“I’ve never had this much fun in my whole life,” she said of her then-boyfriend. “He’s the most humble, silly, kind, loving, hilarious, brave man I’ve ever met. He loves Jesus and fun and me. I love him too. It’s the best.”

Downs continued, “It hasn’t been a perfect 9 months. We’ve worked through lots already and will continue to. He’s dating a human. So am I. But God has been kind to us as we navigate our humanness and learn each other and care for each other’s wounds- old or new.”

Downs’ fans are glad to see she and her new husband are enjoying married life! 

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