Dearest Family and Friends, We have made the difficult decision to cancel our wedding reception due to the coronavirus outbreak. Your health and safety are our top priority! Instead of the original wedding plan, we are going to be having a very small wedding ceremony with only immediate family present. Thank you for your love and support. Please know that this decision did not come easily to us as we were really looking forward to celebrating our special day with all of you present. Love, Ivana and Samuel

We met during a night of salsa dancing. One afternoon, after a year of friendship, we realized how well our values aligned and decided to pursue a romantic relationship. We prayed together in front of the Blessed Sacrament at the Church of the Nativity in Menlo Park, California, and felt that, at last, this was the right time for their relationship to begin. From that moment on, we intentionally discerned marriage together. Towards the end of dating, before engagement, I (Ivana) prayed a 54-day rosary novena asking Mary to guide us if God was calling Samuel and I to marriage. I asked her to help us be holy, joyful, and pure in our relationship. About two months after finishing my novena, Sam took me back to the same church where he asked me to be his girlfriend. This time he knelt down before me and asked me to be his wife!