Today, there was a wedding downtown for the sister of a young friend of ours. I elected not to attend, but Florence went to the wedding, Miriam and Rachel will attend the reception held out our way.
At Watoto Church, weddings are booked on the hour, every two hours. If you are late, too bad....
The wedding was set for 1 pm. Florence left here at 11:30. By 12:45 she was there and noticed the mother of the bride was no where to be see. When she inquired, she was told that it was all taken care of. Florence called her friend, who was still at home, waiting for the transport car to come!!! Sophie finally arrived about 1:45, in time to see the signing of the documents and the preaching. She had missed the wedding proper, and the parental blessing of the new couple. Fortunately, there were some other family there to stand in for her.
The reception, scheduled to begin at 4:30 about a 25 minute taxi ride from here, will be in a fancy place, with music and food and dancing with the husband's family from Kenya and all the bride's family and friends from here.
It is now 4:20 and Rachel just finished showering, Miriam is next. They will arrive fashionably late and have a great time, taking even more photos than Florence did at the wedding.
This all reminds me of the first wedding held at KIC a few years back. The wedding was set for 1 pm Muzungu time. We started an hour late, 2 pm. We were finished at 3 pm and as we left, there were some family and friends just arriving. Different ways of keeping time.....
Thanks for sharing. Weddings are special wherever they are held. We watched our wedding on our anniversary a few weeks back and had the kids watch as well. I tried on my wedding dress and IT STILL FIT!!! Was even a tad loose. Maybe that's how it always was. Had the girls each try it on too and got a couple of cute pics. :)
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