Wedding

Last night I went to the wedding of my Tico brother. We left my house at about 3:10pm. We stopped and picked up daughter’s boyfriend. He told me that the Costa Rican people think it’s more stylish to show up late to events. In reality they had put 3:30 pm on the wedding invitations so people would get there by 4 pm and it would start then. It did start at 4ish with a guy playing several songs on saxophone.

Then the groom walked down the aisle with both his parents. Then the flower girl, ring bearer, best man and woman. Last the bride walked down the aisle with both of her parents. There were chairs at the front where the bride and groom sat. The others sat on the front two rows.
The hotel had a really nice view overlooking the mountains and the city of San Jose and other smaller villages around.

The couple is evangelical, not Catholic. They attend an Assembly of God church. The pastor from their church did the service. He started with a mini sermon-talk. He told several points about marriage. He used the Mark 10 passage where it talks about leaving father and mother and becoming one. He said marriage was a creation of God. He used a symbolic illustration with sand. The pastor had 3 jars of sand, all different colors. He had each of them take some sand from different jars. Then they put it in the bigger jar and mixed it all together. He said this symbolizes the union of man and woman. Also he mentioned having love and respect for each other.

The pastor prayed over the jars of sand and the Lord’s Supper items before the wedding started. After he spoke, they shared their wedding vows and exchanged wedding rings. I remember they said to love, respect and help each other. Then they had Lord’s Supper together, their first time having it together as husband and wife.

At the end of the ceremony, they left the area with the people blowing bubbles in the air as the couple walked by. The Tica mom kept saying how happy the son looked and he did look happy.
Then they went outside to the patio area and pictures and had pictures taken. The rest of us

went and sat at our assigned tables. The waiters started serving drinks and snacks. Anyone who wanted could go outside and have their picture taken with the bride and groom which I thought was neat. Later after the meal they had a time where the bride and groom had their picture taken with the people from each table, I thought that was a neat idea.

After a few snacks, the band started playing and the first round of dancing started. The bride and groom started with their first dance. A few more snacks were served. Then later dinner was served and it was good. Meat, chicken cordon bleu, rice, salad, mixed veggies, bread and coconut flan. It was good. The evening continued with more music, dancing until 10 pm. It was a little after 11 pm when we got home.

They had fireworks set off which was neat. It was cold standing outside watching them. I had my fleece on and I was glad I did. I’m not sure how stylish it looked but it kept me warm. I did find a place outside where I was able to disappear a while and walk some and enjoy the fresh mountain air during some of the dancing time.