Ridiculous Wedding Stories

Jane has already provided a complete rundown of the activities at Steve's wedding a couple of weeks ago (www.canyakenya.blogspot.com), but I wanted to point out a few of the funnier parts of the weekend. 

First of all, you can see below a copy of the wedding program.  I don't think Jane wants sparkles on ours, but it was very well done!  On the inside (second picture), you'll find a close-up of some of the wedding participants...see if you can find what's funny...

The inside of the program also included a schedule.  With times.  Ha...

Next, we have a picture of Jane inside the bride's family's house.  This was 45 minutes away from the wedding venue, and we drove there in an entourage of about 15 cars to sweet-talk the bride's family into letting her go get married.  As soon as we arrived, Jane was whisked into a black hole of the unknown inside the house...who knows what happens in those places with dozens of girls.  Looks like she came out smiling though!

Moving along in the day, after completing the ceremony we embarked on an ambitious program of photo-taking, both at the church and in a scenic spot on the edge of Lake Victoria.  Here are a couple of shots in which you can play a version of Where's Waldo known as, "Find the white people!"  You could also come up with your own interesting captions for the second one.

You might notice two white guys.  In fact, I was not alone "on the line" for this wedding, as an Australian guy who helps at Steve's church joined the group.  For some reason that makes me feel less special...

As you might have heard from previous posts, the wedding food left us with a not-so-pleasant case of food poisoning.  That makes the smiles on our faces as we eat quite ironic.  At this point, we were super happy about our rice, chapati, chicken, and beef, but later we would come to feel differently.
 

The text conversation below is between Duncan and I the next morning.  To help you decode what is happening, there are some definitions following (I'm green, Duncan is gray, for the iPhone un-initiated).

hakuna matata = no worries (really!)

bwana asifiwe = praise God

safari njema = travel safely

leo = today

pole = sorry

poa = cool

doing it both ends = you can figure that one out

YIKES!

To finish up, I'll leave you with some serious pictures of Jane and I, and the happy couple.  All joking aside, it was a great honor to be a part of Steve's wedding, and we are thrilled for what God is going to do in their future.  What an experience!