Happenings in Morelia: October 2007

I'm sorry it's been so long since I last updated. I promise it isn't because we've been sitting around twiddling our thumbs! We've been focused on getting Summer married off. : ) That's right, she is officially a married woman now.

The festivities began the week after the retreat when the church here had a shower for her and Túpac. Instead of presents, we decided to focus mainly on blessing them in their n

ew life together, both spiritually and financially. Ann put together a book and people wrote blessings for the new couple, along with some of their favorite recipes. We also had a time for people to speak blessings over them and we prayed over them. It was a great night of fellowship.

Summer left Morelia the next day to head to Texas for the wedding. I followed about a week or so later and arrived a few days before the bridal shower hosted by Richland Hills, our sponsoring congregation. It was another sweet time to reconnect with friends and family.

The next item for me on the agenda was to go with Summer and Túpac to the records office in Decatur and serve as a translator so that they could get their marriage liscense. I ended up getting to translate for another couple who'd come in as well. I may have found my new calling. : )

Friday, October 5 was the rehearsal and the rehearsal dinner. It was an interesting experience because about a third of the participants had never been to a rehearsal before, since that isn't not part of the wedding tradition in Mexico. Everything went well and we were also able to enjoy some yummy country cooking a cafe in town. After dinner, we went back to Summer's parents house to celebrate her mom, Janene's birthday. She was very surprised and also very much enjoyed her first bi-lingual birthday party. After dessert, the bridesmaids and Summer headed to Summer's sister, Brook's apartment to hang out. We were

also joined by two of Summer's college roommates. We stayed up until three in the morning talking!

We woke up the next morning to cloudy skies and started praying hard for everything to clear up, since the wedding and the reception were going to be outside. After getting our hair fixed and picking up the flowers, we headed out to Summer's parents house, which was the site of the wedding. We spent the rest of the afternoon getting everything ready and praying for the rain to go away, which it did around 12:30, praise the Lord!

The wedding was wonderful and the bride was beautiful. A few tears were shed, mainly by Túpac, and everything went great! The ceremony was a great combination of both cultures represented there and had a little bit of Summer and a little bit of Túpac. The dinner afterwards was incredibly yummy and the company was even better. Overall, everything was a huge success!

I'll leave you with a few pictures from the day of the wedding. Enjoy! And please be praying for Summer and Túpac as they begin their new life together. Here is what Summer wrote about their future plans.

'We are currently splitting time between Mexico City and Morelia as we both get back to work and make a home together. I will be stepping down as a missionary at the end of October and pursue opening up an after school program in Morelia. Please pray that God gives us tremendous wisdom in getting the funds and setting up the project. We are also working on transferring Túpac's job to Morelia as soon as possible.'