Mark and I had the honor of being sponsors in a wedding this weekend of our friends from Mexico . It is so neat to learn the different parts of the hispanic culture. Although it is hard with the language barrier :)
Adriana and I
Mark and Raul
All of us
The beautiful bride
With her parents and son
All of the attendents ( look at Mr. Guapo in the middle:)
Mark and I
awwwww.....so happyEDITED TO ADD Okay I will explain how Mark and I got involved. This family is a family that attends our church and that we help out with our hispanic ministry. The whole family ( 9 people) live in a small 2 bedroom house , so our ministry helps them out with food and rent from time to time. Anyways a few weeks ago the brides mother ( in the 5th picture down) was involved in a bad car accident. Our church had to help them alot throughout this with rides to doctor and translation (or trying to) . So I got to know the family pretty well. Fast foward to last week I get a call from the daughter asking if I would be the "madrina" AKA godmother of the wedding. Because of the language barrier I still don't really know what that meant but they just told Mark and I to walk up holding the candles..... I should really research it and see what it means :) So the ceremony was pretty much the same other than the "madrina" which I had never heard of. The reception was awesome ... the hispanics cooked us Fajitias that were so good. They did a tradition that the bride stand on a chair and everyone walks in a circle around her dancing. And then all the couples switch partners to dance with them.
One more thing that was awesome is that the bride called me last week to go and help her find a dress. I asked her how much money she could spend and she said $30. I panicked knowing the least you could probably find one for is $100. So as I was talking to one of my friends from my church she said the bride could try hers on to see if it fit to borrow. So we brought her over there and guess what it fit PERFECT !!! So then she had the $30 to spend on accesories. GOD IS GOOD !!!
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10 comments:
What an opportunity and such a beautiful couple....both couples.
What an awesome way to learn more about Hispanic culture. Would love to hear more about it.
She did make a beautiful bride.
How neat is that!
Kerri and Ruby
I love it! What a beautiful couple! Wishing them many years of happiness!
Katie I am so PROUD of you and the way you are helping these people...YOU ROCK! I know your heart is SO in the right place with everything you do and I just LOVE you for that. Also I love teh SHHHHH Picture below this. I can't wait to have our two Angelicas together again
What an awesome experience! You need to blog more though...what is "sponsoring"? Were your children there? What other cultural parts did you see? I just think that was such a neat event. more. more. more! ;-)
That looks like a really neat experience! I love learning about different cultures.
Yay!! Thank you for the "more" Katie! That's an even more awesome post now!! ;-)
What an awesome opportunity to be involved in this beautiful wedding! I love to learn about other culture's traditions. It is so interesting.
That is incredible that your friend's gown fit her. She looked beautiful!
Your children are beautiful! The twins are so sweet especially when they are interacting with each other.
Sharon
Katie, just want to let you know that the bride's maid/matron of honor is referred to as la madrina. So it is a nice honor that this woman bestowed on you. Love all the pictures. What a special occasion!
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