Saturday morning Paula and I left Texas at 6;30 AM to get things ready for the monthly food outreach. We met a Pastor last week, Fernando, and he clowns at various events presenting the gospel with his puppets. He came Saturday and we had a crowd of 300 come and hear what he and his puppets had to say, and the response was very positive. Several kids and a few adults came forward for prayer and Salvation. We gave them beans, rice and oil to take to their church in Reynosa. We finished the outreach by 11 am and then started taking tables, chairs, speakers and the wedding dresses down the road.
The afternoon was a little crazy, trying to get the churches finishing touches on decorations done as well as the women getting their makeup done. It all culminated with a beautiful ceremony linking four couples together in Holy Matrimony. I had the honor of walking Lupita and Paula down the isle to meet their groom. Tears flooding my eyes as I remembered walking my daughter down the isle several years ago. The ceremony only lasted two hours which I thought was pretty short in Mexican standards.
We had several cakes donated for the event, and the food was great as usual. There was a special anointing that day. The brides were absolutely radiant and the men were freaking out in anticipation as they waited to see their brides.David Garcia and I prayed with the men as they waited. The flower girls filled the isle with fresh roses and the brides walked the isle to join their grooms. It was a joyous event and even though it costed us several hundred . maybe even a thousand dollars, it was worth it to give these precious people a wedding of their dreams.
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