Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Wedding Weekend

We enjoyed a cultural weekend by attending a wedding in Tierra Blanca - a pueblo about 4 hours from here. Alfonso (who attends our house church) and his new bride D'amariz were married on Saturday. It was a beautiful wedding! D'amariz is Hilda's sister (Jorge and Hilda are leaders of our house church) so we were able to meet a lot of their family over the weekend. It was a neat experience and a great opportunity to experience Mexico! What a beautiful country! We were invited to eat breakfast with the family on Saturday morning before the wedding - the kids were thrilled to see the large area of space, the young litter of puppies (which got dragged all over by them), the cats, the chickens, turkeys, and the three goats! We were returned on Sunday afternoon for another family meal and faced a lot of questions from Reece about the whereabouts of the three goats. Benjy's response was that they were "on vacation" to avoid the explanation that they had been butchered and were boiling in the pot right there! We enjoyed the tasty goats in a traditional barbacoa meal. I think I was away watching the kids when Benjy was served a consume soup with all sorts of interesting body parts of those goats (hey, i am not complaining!). We also travelled to nearby Veracruz (along the Gulf of Mexico) to visit the port with all the huge ships - and even got to see an Aquarium - very fun!

I was reminded this weekend about the goodness of living with simplicity, enjoying family, and the blessings of love and watching a new marriage begin. Alfonso and D'amariz will be moving to Mexico City so we hope to get to know them even better.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Carolyn! I've been enjoying getting caught up on your blog since I've been away for a couple of weeks! I've left comments along the way - wasn't sure if you'd see them if I didn't mention it. I'm so thankful to know you...

Lovingly,
Angie