August 18th - A day of celebration

Saturday was Lampstone and Janet's wedding day!

The wedding was scheduled to start at 10am, but schedules here are often very flexible. :-)

At about noon we caught a ride and found our spot at the beginning of the wedding parade. The parade took us to the church where the wedding was to take place.

The church choir had already started singing. They led us in many praise songs. Next, the wedding procession started and the wedding party began to take their places.

The bride entered the church at about 2pm. There was much dancing through the procession and we jumped into a few more praise songs.

Pastor Japheth gave a message on love and honor.

The parents came up to marry the couple off.

The couple exchanged vows and rings.

Pastors came up to bless the couple.

Marriage certificates were signed.

The exit procession began at about 4pm and we immediately transitioned into taking group photos.

After photos people were transported to the reception area where more celebrations commenced!

At the reception everyone enjoyed a giant meal.

Further festivities included dancing, cake cutting, gift giving.

Cake serving is done by the bride and groom and friends come up to be served by them, receiving a piece of cake directly in their mouth.

The party slowly transitioned to a close as it got dark and we rode away with the bride and groom.

After getting the newlyweds moved into their hotel, we went to Pastor Japheth's home for the night.

We talked with Pastor Japheth and his wife Serena and took tea with them.

Then Levi and I talked for a while longer and we headed to bed.

Notes & praises:

Lampstone & Janet are married!

Even the little kids here can pack so much food away!

Goat intestines are a delicacy here. They look a little like fried mushrooms but are much chewier.

We've driven by and/or stayed at hotels of many different star ratings. :-) I think they have a little bit different rating system here.