Sure enough, the wedding was not even near to starting. In fact it was another hour before we saw the wedding party dance through the church doors.
I am fine with that and have even come to expect it. What I cannot figure out (and my Kenyan friends just laugh) is WHY they print the wedding program WITH TIMES!!! I tell my friends that Americans automatically assume and expect the times to be followed. It's a puzzle! In all fairness, we ended only about 1/2 later than the program states...
Let the show begin!
...as the couples dance their way down the aisle...
...lots of fun!
Both parents walk Margaret down the aisle...
The praise band was great!
I thought it was interesting that the bride and parents sat in the front pew during the start of the service...
Then her dad presented her to her groom, Alex.
Exchanging of the rings...
Signing the marriage certificate was at the back of the church, but was shown on the screen.
Wedding prayer...
Pronounced husband and wife! Pastor Alex and Pastor Margaret.
Photo ops...
This is David, the photographer at Missions of Hope where I work. Turns out he and Pastor Margaret are friends!
Wedding party was whisked away for photographs...
...while the guests lined up for lunch!
Daniel displaying the delicious food. His wife Amani (they were married in March) had to come late due to a prior commitment...
I was quite impressed when Dan took my plate and then began picking up plates and bottles from other guests...
And of course dancing...
Left is Bishop G, the MC...he also MC'd at Dan and Amani's wedding. In fact he was their committee chairman - but more about that later. In the middle is Pastor John Wesley - he was the senior pastor at a church where I used to attend...and, of course, Dan.
...and more dancing...
The wedding party arrives...
...and more dancing...
I flicked a bug off of my chair and it almost landed on his food...so he moved his food and after that he was extremely wary of me!
Amani arrived after lunch was finished, but she managed to get a plateful...
Okay - back to the committee. Most couples form a committee to help plan and organize the wedding. They are also responsible for raising funds to pay for the wedding. Bishop G was the chairman for Dan and Amani's committee and at the last minute their MC was a no show, so Bishop G filled in...Margaret was so impressed she hired him for her wedding! This is not his gig - Dan says he is a youth pastor!Here you see him with envelopes in his hand...he is handing them out to guests in order to make it easy for them to make cash donations to the couple...
The happy couple! I did an entry on their wedding also...
Time for gifts...
Okay - he has a rope in his hand...this is a symbol of the goat he is gifting them...
A mattress...
See the umbrellas...it began to rain...
And the cake...it was a Bible, a basket, two pots and a hut. I suspect there is symbolism but I confess I don't know what it is!
Cutting the Bible...and they presented pieces to both sets of parents and then cake was brought also to the guests.
God is so good, He kept the rain at bay until the very very end and all the guests were leaving. It rained pretty steady while I was on the bus, but was not raining when I dropped at my stage - so I barely got wet at all!
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