LAST WEEKEND (during our nice 5-day weekend) our old YoungLife leader Liz got married to her fiance Phil. For those of you have not had the opportunity to read about Phil and Liz, click here
Our entire family attended the ceremony, which was held at an old English church. Liz was about 20 minutes late (it wouldn't be LIZ's wedding if she wasn't late) and the ceremony was highlighted by their hilarious yet insightful minister, lots of excited British people, and even poppers. The ceremony was a bit different than our normal American ceremonies. First of all, the whole vows, rings, and kissing the bride is done at the beginning, followed by all of the music and readings, and then they leave for about 10 minutes to sign the register. Its all quite different.
Following the ceremony, we attended the reception at a nearby school hall. It was a traditional English Tea (at least an American's interpretation of an English Tea) with scones, tea with milk, sweets (American Translation: Desserts), and biscuits (American Translation: Cookies). At the same time we were able to have the whole YoungLife group at our table which was a lot of fun.
Our entire family attended the ceremony, which was held at an old English church. Liz was about 20 minutes late (it wouldn't be LIZ's wedding if she wasn't late) and the ceremony was highlighted by their hilarious yet insightful minister, lots of excited British people, and even poppers. The ceremony was a bit different than our normal American ceremonies. First of all, the whole vows, rings, and kissing the bride is done at the beginning, followed by all of the music and readings, and then they leave for about 10 minutes to sign the register. Its all quite different.Following the ceremony, we attended the reception at a nearby school hall. It was a traditional English Tea (at least an American's interpretation of an English Tea) with scones, tea with milk, sweets (American Translation: Desserts), and biscuits (American Translation: Cookies). At the same time we were able to have the whole YoungLife group at our table which was a lot of fun.
It was so neat attending a pseudo-British wedding and a pseudo-English tea. My mom was saying at the ceremony, "I can really feel the presence of God here" and you totally could. I'm so happy for Liz and Phil because I've never seen a couple with such a strong love for God and each other. I can't wait to see what He has in store for them. Congrats Phil and Lizzie!
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