A Beautiful Wedding

Saturday, January 9th was a milestone not only for a special couple but for our ministry as well. It was my first wedding that I have had the privilege to perform. Mike and Lourdes attend our Las Uvas church and God has really been helping them in recent months. They have lived together for fifteen years. It was a circle of sin. They were constantly fighting, and the home was very dysfunctional. They both prayed and started attending church and have been trying to get their life straightened out. But it was tough getting established when they continued living in fornication. Yet, they were afraid of the cost of getting married. They had to have a civil wedding first for it to be legal and there was quite a bit of paper work to be done. I had several counseling sessions with them and they both agreed they wanted to get married and have a happy home. They chose the 9th for the wedding. So we had to have the civil wedding the day before. Well, this was all new for us, I didn't know how they did weddings here, it was a great learning experience. We started their paper work but it didn't look too promising. Several papers couldn't be returned to us until Wednesday two days before their wedding. We had to have all these papers in on Wednesday by noon if they were going to be married on Friday. We were really praying. Thankfully after several hassles we got the paper work done and in on time for their civil wedding. God answered prayer!

Saturday afternoon we had the religious wedding at the church. Family and friends came from all around. There were probably close to 90 people there. The church was decorated with pine needles for the aisle, a pine arch and blue ribbons around the walls. It was very simple but yet very special. Our people helped them with their dresses, shoes, and I loaned Mike one of my suites. Mike has been out of work for the past week and didn't have a red cent in his pocket but God provided everything for their wedding. It was a real miracle!!

Hannah worked hard on the wedding cake. This was her first wedding cake ever!! She was very nervous but did a fantastic job. The people loved it. Joseph tried to help out in the kitchen when she was working on it and couldn't wait to eat it!! He kept talking about it all day long.

All in all it was a very special day. This has really helped Mike and Lourdes get their feet down, they are in a situation now that God can bless. Out of all the people that live in the area of the church there is only one other couple that is married, but they are separated. Mike and Lourdes is the only couple that are married. This is a huge step for them and a bright and shining testimony to their friends and relatives!