...apata jiko...

A celebrity got married recently here in Kenya, and the headline on the Swahili news that evening was, essentially, "so and so finds a cooker."(That's a stove here in Kenya). Nice to know that the general view of marriage in Kenya is of a man getting a stove!

So, it was reassuring to be at a friend's wedding this past weekend, and to hear the pastor tell the groom that the bride is not a shoe-polisher, or house cleaner, or cooker, but a partner. Marriage, he said, is being on a journey together.

Indeed.

A few shots from the day:

the beautiful bride

marriage is best begun with prayer

the mother-of-the-bride wedding hat. or is it head wrap?

sunflowers make happy decorations!

Whew! I never managed to get a good picture of the couple together because the official camerawoman and the "paparazzi" (photographers that descend upon weddings to take photos of the ceremony and guests to sell at the reception) got in the way.  It was a beautiful day and a beautiful ceremony.

And we have another wedding to attend next week!