We had such a fun time this weekend celebrating the union of our good friends Dani and Randy. Friday's festivities started out with an early morning pancake breakfast for the boys where they spent time eating, memorizing scripture, and praying for Randy as he headed into the sacred and exciting journey of matrimony. Friday evening we all gathered at the international church for the wedding rehearsal and then off to La Comunidad, the church our plant came out of, for the civil ceremony. Here, in Bolivia, there are always two big ceremonies. The civil comes before the church wedding and is where you sign papers before a judge and witnesses and your marriage becomes legal as far as the state is concerned. Christians participate in this ceremony but always see the church wedding as the official union and when normal married life begins. This was my first time attending a civil service, it is reserved for the wedding party and closest friends and relatives. There was a speech made by the judge on the importance of the institution of marriage (from a strictly social standpoint) and then there was a special time when Dani and Randy served us the elements of the Lord's supper and Randy's Bolivian pastor spoke on what it means to partake of it.
It was a neat time, followed by dinner, and the celebration that Dani was now officially Randy's wife. Saturday morning there was a time of basketball for the boys and then several of Dani's 8 bridesmaids met up with Dani to get our hair and nails done.
We enjoyed chatting together at the salon and spending these last few hours with Dani before the big event. It was a blessing to help her get ready and get her dress on and then rush over to the church where the music had already begun and all the rest of the party were waiting for us and Dani. The service was beautiful, in both Spanish and English, with traditional vows and personal ones that the bride and groom had written for each other and said in both languages. There was a beautiful time of worshipping the Lord together at the beginning of the service, giving glory to Him who we live for and who brought these two lives together.
After, we enjoyed a fun-filled, late reception with dinner at 11:30pm and dancing still going on when we left at 1:30am! Scotty and I saw some old friends we hadn't seen for a while and some of the guys he used to disciple in the church he attended before we were married.
It was a sweet night of celebrating God's goodness.
We had such a fun time this weekend celebrating the union of our good friends Dani and Randy. Friday's festivities started out with an early morning pancake breakfast for the boys where they spent time eating, memorizing scripture, and praying for Randy as he headed into the sacred and exciting journey of matrimony. Friday evening we all gathered at the international church for the wedding rehearsal and then off to La Comunidad, the church our plant came out of, for the civil ceremony. Here, in Bolivia, there are always two big ceremonies. The civil comes before the church wedding and is where you sign papers before a judge and witnesses and your marriage becomes legal as far as the state is concerned. Christians participate in this ceremony but always see the church wedding as the official union and when normal married life begins. This was my first time attending a civil service, it is reserved for the wedding party and closest friends and relatives. There was a speech made by the judge on the importance of the institution of marriage (from a strictly social standpoint) and then there was a special time when Dani and Randy served us the elements of the Lord's supper and Randy's Bolivian pastor spoke on what it means to partake of it. 
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So fun!!!! I love weddings : ) You look amazing!!!
So, how did you know this couple?
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