Going to and from places, can be interesting because we have to cram 6 people into the smallest car I have ever been in. Just imagine Steve Urkel's car from Family Matters with 6 people in it. Sam likes to play the lottery when crossing the major streets. He likes to yell, "oh I should have gone" when we would have all definitely been crushed by the speeding convi's!
We arrive at church and set up all the electrical equipment. We are there 1 and a half hours early and we set up in record time, (45 minutes) so we are just sitting around waiting. Sam, our contact is falling asleep at the sound board. Brandon is doodling and I am on the internet. ASU wins! Woohoo! It is FIESTA time! Also, before church started, I got all the kids to do some "jumping" pictures which turned out fun and even Brandon did one!
Church started and the pastor began to speak. Well, I found out that I was volunteered, about half way through the service, to take pictures of a wedding that was going to take place in the middle of the church service. Weird, but okay. The keyboardist, named Precious, starts playing "Here comes the bride" cutting off the pastor only to quit after playing for 5 minutes because the bride and groom hasn't come in. Yet, as he quits, they start walking in. This was the start of the hysterics began. The pastor had 4 camera's going on, 2 video cameras and 2 digital cameras. I, along with Excel (a 10 year old boy) were on the digitals and Jacob (a grown man) and Josh (9th Grader) were on the video cameras. The bride and groom are sitting down next to the podium and both do NOT look happy. They are looking away from each other and around the room like "seriously?" Well the pastor begins to talk and tell everyone why we are gathered here today and asks if anyone has anything against them to say it now or forever hold their peace. Well the ring ceremony began and I was snapping some good shots from a distance because I didn't want to get too close or get in the way. I am hiding, trying not be involved. Meanwhile, Jacob, Josh, and Excel are climbing all over the pastor, the bride and groom trying to take pictures. When I mean climbing, I mean "in your grill" all over them! I was trying not to laugh during the service it was so funny. To put things into perspective, the shot that Excel was most proud of was the shot of the ring he took from 3 inches away! I don't think the rest of the audience could see anything because the camera people were so close! The even weirder part was that nobody cared! They all just sat there and probably thought I was the weird one for trying to hide and not get stuck in! Well, the service ended and the preacher just went straight back into the sermon he was talking about earlier before the service. It was the strangest thing I have ever seen. It was like the wedding hadn't even happened. Then the pastor went back to the new couple, announced them, in front of God and the congregation, man and wife. The keyboardist began to play, of all songs, Handel's "Messiah Hallelujah Chorus!" I basically lost it! It was like the "unexpected or the most unlikely thing to happen!" YES they are FINALLY married! Brandon and I were crying we were laughing so hard at the morning's events. We had lunch at the church and then left.
One funny thing to close on and this is very cultural is when people see something that they like, like a camera or computer, they come and commandeer it. Haha they just come up and take it and don't ask anything. Then the really funny thing is they walk off with something that isn't theirs while you are sitting there wondering what in the world just happened!
Well, until next time, may God keep you and bless you!
Skelly
Don't Quench the Spirit!
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