Kola and Kaitlyn met the summer of 2013 in Jamaica on a mission trip. Kole was living in Texas and Kaitlyn was living in Mississippi and they were both about to start their senior year of high school. As soon as they met, sparks flew between the two of them and everyone on the trip could tell. Kaitlyn would say that Kole followed her around like a puppy dog over the corse of the whole trip. When the trip ended the two went back to their hometowns but they didn't stop talking.