A KENYAN EXPERIENCE
The wedding of Agnes and Evans
(part one)
For some time, we missionaries had been praying for this young couple called Agnes and Evans. They are both members of the Christian Believers Fellowship church and were eager to be married. With this culture and the daily pressures they face, it's difficult maintaining your moral purity. Evans is the oldest son of Pastor Erick and Gaudensia from the Kasongo church. Finally the day arrived on April 24, 2009!
The youth from all eight churches had been invited, so we with our Kajulu youth set out for the one hour drive to Kasongo. With the continual spring rains, the road back to the church is......umm....wet and muddy and slippery and not very suitable for wedding garments or shoes. We made it after scooting this way and that, but one van load did slide off to the side and got stuck in the muck! In spite of all this, most everyone arrived in good time for the 10:00 wedding service.
Ten o'clock came and went and people still kept trickling in. The bride arrived a bit late with Merle, Sue and Kim Beachy. They had gone to pick her up so she had to come. Many were waiting outside the church and some at the gate watching for the groom. hhmmm......this is different.....late to your own wedding.......this could get interesting!
The wedding of Agnes and Evans
(part one)
For some time, we missionaries had been praying for this young couple called Agnes and Evans. They are both members of the Christian Believers Fellowship church and were eager to be married. With this culture and the daily pressures they face, it's difficult maintaining your moral purity. Evans is the oldest son of Pastor Erick and Gaudensia from the Kasongo church. Finally the day arrived on April 24, 2009!
The youth from all eight churches had been invited, so we with our Kajulu youth set out for the one hour drive to Kasongo. With the continual spring rains, the road back to the church is......umm....wet and muddy and slippery and not very suitable for wedding garments or shoes. We made it after scooting this way and that, but one van load did slide off to the side and got stuck in the muck! In spite of all this, most everyone arrived in good time for the 10:00 wedding service.
Ten o'clock came and went and people still kept trickling in. The bride arrived a bit late with Merle, Sue and Kim Beachy. They had gone to pick her up so she had to come. Many were waiting outside the church and some at the gate watching for the groom. hhmmm......this is different.....late to your own wedding.......this could get interesting!
While the bridegroom tarried.....the wedding guests waited.....some visited in the church......some napped......others like Pastor Sam watched the cows walk by.......we waited and still waited.....
Agnes, the bride, waited outside under the tree with her wedding party. I had to wonder what was going through her mind.One of the church ladies, Alice Adhiambo, had sewn all the dresses and they were a snazzy group.
(to be continued in part two)
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