“May God give you oversized blessings, God bless you too much.”

Unfortunately we didn’t get to go to Arusha, at least, not yet – we decided to postpone our trip a week, because there’s some graduation celebration coming week. I think I’ve had my share of those, but Asheri knows the person as it’s a member of our base.



So anyway, Timothy and Paulina’s wedding was truly great. They didn’t go to a government building as we do in the Netherlands, but they did go to a church and the YWAM conference hall for the celebration.



As for the service, if it wasn’t for the long preaching I think many of us dutchies would call it more of a party than a service. There was much dancing and singing and the like, it was very nice. After the service there was of course a real celebration, which I was told was actually a rather quiet one. There wasn’t too much shouting I suppose, a large part was just introducing the visitors and the two families. You could really see that besides the union of two people a wedding is also the union of two families. The families had special seats, and they were given time to introduce themselves, and at dinner time the parents of the two families had a special, separate place so that they could talk together. Also, Timothy and Paulina had to offer one “level” of the wedding pie to their now partner’s family. Of course the couple had to feed each other, and Obadiah and his wife too, as seems to be normal in any celebration that involves a cake here.



Obadiah and his wife had the special roles of best man and best maid. That meant they had to stay close to the wedding couple at all times (even when the couple had to be in front, which was nearly all the time), wipe the sweat of their foreheads, proper the dress, carry the above mentioned pie levels etc. Quite an honour!



One of the last things, which was done in a more celebrative fashion, was of course the giving of gifts. They now have a house to decorate, so they needed quite a few things. And they got them too, but then there were probably well over a hundred guests. There were also a few Maasai, actually, who were given special time to dress the couple in typical Maasai fashion.



I actually had breakfast with them the next morning – they couldn’t really go home since the wedding ended somewhat late. As for Timothy and Paulina, well, until this Saturday they had honeymoon, at this base. After the wedding there really wasn’t any money left for a trip, unfortunately. I think they really have been blessed with each other, even though the nervousness was drooping from their faces during the wedding I think a wonderful thing happened there.



As for my own daily business, I have spent my time working on the computer school, with things as the layout. We decided that it was better if I focused on that rather than the technology school. The main issue there is the lack of a teacher, the other things are relatively easy to do once one is available and can give some input. No, I’m not very much suited for this... It’s mostly about practical stuff, I only know the theory. I have about three days left here to work, I realised – the rest will be spent in either Arusha or Dar Es Salaam. But somewhere that’s ok, I feel like my task here is almost complete, a “closed chapter” as it were. Of course I might still come back... But for now there’s plenty waiting for me in the Netherlands.