How it all started

Our story is one that shows the Lord's faithfulness and sovereignty.

I (Katy) had just moved to Augusta, Georgia to begin nursing school and Harry was starting his second year of medical school. Previous to this, both of us had completed our undergraduate education at the University of Georgia, but our paths, despite all odds, never crossed.

While attending the University of Georgia, I had always known that I wanted to go to nursing school. However, UGA does not have a nursing program, so I would be required to transfer to another school to obtain a nursing degree. After completing my pre-requisite courses my Junior year, I applied to schools and obtained acceptance! I was absolutely delighted. I went as far as to sign-up for classes and attend orientation for the program that would begin in a few short weeks. As I sat in the auditorium with my future classmates my heart was stirring and I truly believe the spirit of the Lord was telling me that I was not supposed to be starting this nursing program. I listened to that voice and withdrew from the program and continued my education at UGA where I graduated with my Bachelor's degree in Public Health and then continued on to gain acceptance to the Masters of Nursing program in Augusta, Georgia, and I am so glad that I made that choice.

Harry graduated from the University of Georgia and then proceeded to begin his medical education at The Medical College of Georgia. He was in his second year and absolutely enjoying the friends and memories he was making! If you know Harry, you know that he is the type to know no stranger and warmly accept others and look for friendships given any opportunity to do so.

On Saturday October 3rd, 2020 Harry's aptitude for meeting new people shined like never before! On this particularly gorgeous Fall day, the Georgia Bulldawgs were matching up against the Auburn Tigers. With a medical school class full of football fans who loved an excuse to get together, an afternoon of fun began! I was lucky enough to have friends who also knew members of the class and we joined in on the soiree. Here, the invisible string that had tied us together for all those years at the University of Georgia was finally was untangled. Harry so confidently walked up to me, introduced himself, and we proceeded to spend the rest of the game talking about anything and everything (That's saying a lot since Harry refuses to ever miss UGA football!). From that point forward it was Harry and Katy. Harry pursued me, just as I had prayed for so many years that my future husband would, and showed love for me that I never knew existed. We spent our free time exploring Augusta, growing in friendship with each other and with the many close friends that Augusta gifted us, and of course discovering our love of making homemade pasta! We took many post-exam and post-quiz walks in the Brick Pond Park behind the apartment building we both happened to be living at (His opening line was "Do I know you, you look familiar" so maybe it wasn't just a good pick-up line:)). As we spent more and more time together we both realized how deep our love was for each other and that our souls were supposed to be together. We made it through away rotations for weeks at a time, my first job as a night shift CVICU nurse in Atlanta, as well as the many ups and downs that life always tosses at you to make you stronger than you ever thought possible.

Then, Harry decided it was time to ask the most important question of all! It was the week of his graduation from the Medical College of Georgia. We had learned only a couple of months prior that he had matched into Otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. It was an incredibly exciting and electric time of celebration and on top of all of it, Harry proposed! He decided the most perfect place would be the Brick Pond Park where we had spent so much time contemplating our lives, goals, dreams, and where so many other delightful memories were made. I immediately said "yes" and we proceeded to have the most blissful, joyful, giddy day of our lives. We now celebrated both the huge accomplishment of Harry graduating as well as the the beginning to the rest of our lives together.

K&H

Please join us in celebrating the marriage of Ms. Katherine Elizabeth Van Breene and Dr. Harry Douglas Vildibill, III